Dyer, KC.  Ms. Zephyr’s Notebook.  Toronto:  Boardwalk Books, 2007.

When the first page of a book is set in a hospital morgue, a reader is bound to be intrigued.  As Logan Kemp sneaks into the Children’s Ward of Evergreen Hospital, many possible scenarios as to why he is there will probably run through the readers’ mind, none of which will be as good as the reason that author, KC Dyer, creates.  Written partially in the present, and partially through the printed resource of homework assignments, Ms. Zephyr’s Notebook is impressive both in its style as well as its characterization.  Patients of Evergreen Hospital Children’s ward, Cleo, Logan, and Kip are all facing their own challenges, both illness related and not.  With his hard exterior Logan tries to remain aloof and superior but as the book progresses, his true personality of a caring, but confused teenager who must struggle with a debilitating illness comes forth.  When Cleo goes missing from the ward, Logan takes it upon himself to find her, and the journey they undertake is one of personal forgiveness, acceptance, and understanding.