{{Short description|1981 novel by Bernice Thurman Hunter}} '''''That Scatterbrain Booky''''' is a 1981 novel by Bernice Thurman Hunter. It was the first in a trilogy.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wynne-Jone|first1=Tim|title=Boyish delights and melodrama|work=The Globe and Mail|date=26 July 1986|location=Toronto ON|page=D17}}</ref>
The novel, set in 1932-33, is narrated by ten-year-old Beatrice "Booky" Thomson as she and her family live in Toronto during the Great Depression.
She was nominated for a 1982 Toronto Book Award.<ref>{{cite news|title=Engel, Bissell share $5,000|work=The Globe and Mail|date=25 February 1982|location=Toronto ON|page=E3}}</ref>
==Adaptations== A play based on the book debuted at the Cascade Theatre as part of the 10th Annual Children's Book Festival, held at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto in November 1986.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wynne-Jones|first1=Tim|title=Kids' week gets writers on the road|work=The Globe and Mail|date=14 November 1986|location=Toronto ON|page=D4}}</ref>
A new musical by Joey Miller debuted in March 1991 at the Young People's Theatre, Toronto,<ref>{{cite news|title=Entertainment Across Canada: an advertising feature|work=The Globe and Mail|date=19 March 1991|location=Toronto ON|page=C4}}</ref> running for at least two months.<ref>{{cite news|title=Entertainment Across Canada: an advertising feature|work=The Globe and Mail|date=27 April 1991|location=Toronto ON|page=C2}}</ref>
The production received eight nominations for the 1991 Dora Mavor Moore Awards,<ref>{{cite news|title=That Scatterbrain Booky and Lilies pace Dora race: Each production picks up eight nominations|work=The Globe and Mail|date=15 May 1991|location=Toronto ON|page=C2}}</ref> winning three:<ref>{{cite news|last1=Conloguh, Ray|first1=Kirchhoff, H. J.|title=Bouchard's Lilies picked as best new play: Passe Muraille production wins two other Dora awards|work=The Globe and Mail|date=18 June 1991|location=Toronto ON|page=C1}}</ref> * '''Outstanding new revue or musical (writer and composer)''', Joey Miller (win) * '''Outstanding production (producer)''', Young People's Theatre * '''Outstanding direction''', Peter Moss (win) * '''Outstanding choreography''', William Orlowski (win) * '''Outstanding performance by a male''', Paul Brown * '''Outstanding performance by a female''', Mary Ann MacDonald * '''Outstanding set design''', Leslie Frankish * '''Outstanding costume design''', Leslie Frankish
The book was adapted into a TV film in 1992, produced by Atlantis Communications and Peter Moss. It starred Renessa Blitz as Booky, and appearances from Gerard Parkes and Patricia Hamilton.<ref>https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol21no3/vidscatterbrain.html</ref>
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