Title: Revenge on the fly
Description: Leaving behind England (and the graves of his mother and baby sister) 12-year-old William sails to Canada with his father, where he joins the campaign to eradicate flies in cities and stop the spread of deadly diseases.
Subjects: Irish, Competition (Psychology), School contests, Juvenile fiction, Immigrants, Flies, Fiction, Historical fiction, Flies as carriers of disease, Contests, American literature
Places: Canada, Hamilton (Ont.), Ontario, Ireland