Our Canadian girl treasury
Publisher: Viking Canada
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780670044849
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; History; Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse; Histoire
Description: In Emily: Across the James Bay Bridge, Emily discovers B.C.[alpha]s Chinatown in 1896 and befriends Hing, her middle-class family[alpha]s servant. In Penelope: Terror in the Harbour, Penelope[alpha]s world is rocked-literally-with the 1917 Halifax harbour explosion. In Marie-Claire: Dark Spring, Marie-Claire[alpha]s life in 1885 Montreal is turned topsy-turvy amidst a smallpox outbreak and some drastic family changes, and in Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining, Rachel, a freed slave, dreams of a better life in Nova Scotia, only to find that Canada brings its own set of hardships.
Table of contents: title: v 1. Rachel : A mighty big imagining / Lynne Kositsky; title: Marie-Claire : dark spring / Kathy Stinson; title: Emily : across the James Bay Bridge / Julie Lawson; title: Penelope : terror in the harbour / Sharon E. McKay.