“Nosy Parker” by Lesley Crewe

 This is a story about a year in the life of a girl in NDG, during Expo 67. She did not know a thing about her mother, and her father was quite old. She made good friends, the neighbours were very kindly, and there was some darkness thrown in for good measure. The dialog was not very realistic, and an unusual number of characters were unusually nice. But the story was interesting enough that I read it rather quickly (for me).