Booky Makes Her Mark

Booky Makes Her Mark
Directed by Peter Moss
Written by Bernice Thurman Hunter
Joe Wisenfeld
Starring Megan Follows
Tatiana Maslany
Lauren Collins
Stuart Hughes
Distributed by Shaftesbury Films
Release dates
 30 April 2006
Running time
 89 min
Country United States/Canada
Language English

Booky Makes Her Mark is a made-for-TV movie that is based on the books by Bernice Thurman Hunter. This uplifting family film also features beloved Canadian actors Megan Follows ("Anne of Green Gables"), Roberta Maxwell and Lally Cadeau. Filmed in Hamilton Ontario Canada and set in Toronto, this film features a young and diverse cast of Canadian actors and actresses.

Plot

Beatrice “Booky” Thomson, is a spunky 15-year-old who dreams of becoming a great writer despite the odds. Life in Toronto during the 1930s are hard ones for Booky’s family. Parents Thomas and Francy are barely able to eke out a living for themselves and their children Willa, Arthur and Booky. But irrepressible Booky, with her big imagination and even bigger plans, seems able to tackle anything.

When her new school teacher, Mr. Jackson inspires her to become a writer, Booky pursues her career with gusto - until she lets some well-meaning advice from a great Canadian author shatter her dreams.

Following a short stay at Aunt Aggie’s Muskoka farm to quell a bout of bronchitis, Booky returns home to resume the usual joys and trials of growing up. She starts the Deanna Durbin fan club with her best friends Ruthie and Gladys, rebuffs the advances of her brother’s trouble-making friend Georgie, celebrates her 16th birthday with disastrous results, and falls for Gloria’s ex-boyfriend Lorne. Then one day, she decides to enter the local newspaper’s essay writing contest and what happens after that nearly turns Booky’s life upside down.

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