Title: Dark spring
Description: In Montréal, Québec in 1885, ten-year-old Marie-Claire, worried about sickness in the family, quits school to help at home after her fireman father is injured and her mother takes in work as a seamstress.
Subjects: City and town life, Family problems, Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Smallpox, Romans, nouvelles, etc pour la jeunesse, Death, Families, Variole, Histoire, Mort, Marie-Claire (Fictitious character : Stinson), Marie-Claire (Personnage fictif : Stinson), Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Famille
Places: Canada, Montréal (Québec)
Time periods: 1867-1914, 19th century