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The Death of My Country: The Plains of Abraham Diary of Geneviève Aubuchon by Maxine Trottier
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Banished from Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angélique Richard
Sharon Stewart - 2004
Will she ever see her home again?
Brothers Far from Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates
Jean Little - 2003
Caught up in his enthusiasm, she couldn't understand her parents' less-than-enthusiastic reaction. Now that her other brother, Jack, has also enlisted, she yearns for the safe return of both brothers. If only she had a friend that she could talk to about her feelings. . .
A Ribbon of Shining Steel: The Railway Diary of Kate Cameron
Julie Lawson - 2002
Everyone is excited about the 'Iron Horse' but building the railroad is a treacherous undertaking. Kate is always thinking about her father's safety, and the Accident Hospital next door is a constant reminder of the hazards the railroad brings. There is tremendous excitement surrounding the creation of the transcontinental railroad despite the danger as Kate, her town, and all of Canada eagerly await its completion.
With Nothing But Our Courage: The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald
Karleen Bradford - 2002
All they have is what they can carry with them — and their determination and courage — when they head north toward Canada. Along with other Loyalists they hope to start a new life in Québec, where there is land for those who have been loyal to the King. But the journey is treacherous, the winter bitterly cold, and the MacDonalds find it hard to survive. Even with the supplies from Britain, clearing the land to build their home is a struggle. . . But will they even survive to forge a new life in a new land?
Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Diary of Susanna Merritt
Kit Pearson - 2002
When war breaks out between the United States and Great Britain in 1812, eleven-year-old Susanna chronicles her experiences when her father and brother go off to fight leaving the women to fend for themselves on the family farm on the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada.
To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937
Barbara Haworth-Attard - 2010
The Great Depression has brought great hardship, and young Noreen’s family must scrimp to make ends meet.In a horrible twist of fate, Noreen, like hundreds of other young Canadians, contracts polio and is placed in an isolation ward, unable to move her legs. After a few weeks she gains partial recovery, but her family makes the painful decision to send her to a hospital far away for further treatment. To Stand On My Own is Noreen’s diary account of her journey through recovery: her treatment; life in the ward; the other patients, some of them far worse off than her; adjustment to life in a wheelchair and on crutches; and ultimately, the emotional and physical hurdles she must face when she returns home. In this moving addition to the Dear Canada series, award-winning author Barbara Haworth-Attard recreates a desolate time in Canadian history, and one girl’s brave fight against a deadly disease.
Days of Toil and Tears: The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford
Sarah Ellis - 2008
She writes about her feelings in her diary, addressing her father and mother who died when she was five. Then her uncle loses several fingers at the weaving machine leaving him unable to work, and money is very tight. Can Flora help her aunt and uncle survive?
A Rebel's Daughter: The 1837 Rebellion Diary of Arabella Stevenson
Janet Lunn - 2006
It is up to twelve-year-old Arabella to take care of herself and to pray for her father’s safe return.
Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott
Carol Matas - 2002
But Isobel's mother dies before they even cross the ocean, and other misfortunes seem to follow their every step. Isobel's family and the other Selkirk Settlers find themselves caught in the fur-trading rivalry between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company. They cannot even start to build once they finally reach their destination. The harsh climate and escalating threats against the settlers make it impossible to start a new life. Only through perseverance and help from the local Cree band are Isobel and her family able to put down roots in the Red River Valley.
Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch - 2007
But soon after they arrive in the land they hoped would welcome them, World War I is declared, and Ukrainians are considered “enemy aliens” — many of them sent away to internment camps. Anya must find a way to deal with the challenges in the land she now calls home.
Winter of Peril: The Newfoundland Diary of Sophie Loveridge
Jan Andrews - 2005
After their long voyage, they arrive to a “new world" indeed. Will they be able to survive the winter in this harsh country?
Not a Nickel to Spare: The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen
Perry Nodelman - 2007
And her cousin Benny is always getting into scrapes Sally has to try to get him out of. Sally must find the strength and learn to cope with the world around her.
An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling
Gillian Chan - 2004
Mei-ling works after school, and her father holds down several jobs, in a frantic effort to come up with the head tax that will allow her mother and brother to come to Canada. They must have that money before the Exclusion Act bars any more Chinese from immigrating. Mei-ling cannot stop thinking about what will happen if they are unable to come up with the money to reunite their family?
A Season for Miracles
Sarah EllisJanet Lunn - 2006
These touching stories of Christmas offer a glimpse into each girl’s diary a year after the events of their original diary.
A Sea of Sorrows: The Typhus Epidemic Diary of Johanna Leary
Norah McClintock - 2012
But typhus and other illnesses plague the "coffin ships," so named for the staggering number of immigrants who died enroute. One by one Johanna loses the members of her family — first her baby brother on the journey over, then her mother in the Grosse Isle fever sheds where sick passengers are quarantined when they reach the port of Québec, and her father soon after. Johanna has only her brother Michael left when she sets foot on Canadian soil. When her brother is mistakenly told that she too has died, he sets off to find their uncle "somewhere in Canada," leaving Johanna to face a new life in a strange land... totally alone. A Sea of Sorrows captures a dreadful time in history for those desperate, impoverished Irish families who hoped to make Canada their home. Johanna's incredible journey of survival is told with insight and sensitivity by master storyteller Norah McClintock.