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Acts of Courage
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 274

Acts of Courage

In Acts of Courage, Connie Brummel Crook dramatizes the life of one of Canada's most enduring heroines, Laura Secord. From young Laura Ingersoll's early days in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, amidst the turmoil that followed the American Revolutionary War, the story outlines her father's difficult decision to move his family to Upper Canada. Laura's subsequent meeting and courtship with James Secord is described against the backdrop of homesteading in the Niagara Peninsula and of enduring the imminent threat of American invasion. These first sections of the book provide the background for Laura's courageous rescue of her husband from the battlefield at Queenston Heights, and her even more ...

Flight
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 463

Flight

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-04
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  • Publisher: Unknown

George Waltermyer is left behind to care for the family farm while his mother and six brothers and sisters go to New York to find their father, Hans Waltermyer. He has been leading dangerous missions for the British as the American Revolutionary War heats up. But George decides he just can't let them go alone, and so he heads through the wilderness, crossing enemy lines, in search of his family� Flight is the story of one United Empire Loyalist family's harrowing escape from enemy forces, to a new life in Canada.

Maple Moon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 391

Maple Moon

"When a boy with a disability makes an amazing discovery that saves his people from starvation, he earns the respect of his elders and a new name" Cf. Our choice, 1998-1999.

No Small Victory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 343

No Small Victory

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010
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  • Publisher: Unknown

When Bonnie's family moves to a new community during the Depression for a fresh start, the new town holds its own set of problems including bullies, illnesses, and the challenge of making do with less

Meyers' Creek
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 250

Meyers' Creek

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007-08
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  • Publisher: Unknown

A compelling story of the true experiences of a United Empire Loyalist family during a critical period of Canadian history Mary Meyers is typical of any nineteen-year-old. She longs for adventure--and for freedom to live her own life. But in the year 1786, and the realities that face newly settled United Empire Loyalist families like Mary's are often harsh. In this continuation of the Meyers family saga that began with the author's first novel, Flight, Mary must come to terms with danger, the survival of her family, and love.

The Perilous Year
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 204

The Perilous Year

CC Year 2 Perilous Year is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.

Flight
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 181

Flight

From the National Book Award–winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the tale of a troubled boy’s trip through history. Half Native American and half Irish, fifteen-year-old “Zits” has spent much of his short life alternately abused and ignored as an orphan and ward of the foster care system. Ever since his mother died, he’s felt alienated from everyone, but, thanks to the alcoholic father whom he’s never met, especially disconnected from other Indians. After he runs away from his latest foster home, he makes a new friend. Handsome, charismatic, and eloquent, Justice soon persuades Zits to unleash his pain and anger on the uncaring world. But picking up...

Nellie's Victory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 280

Nellie's Victory

Nellie continues her struggle for women's rights.

When We Had Sled Dogs
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 32

When We Had Sled Dogs

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019
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  • Publisher: Unknown

This story takes readers on a journey into the past when dog teams were part of the traditional way of life in Northern Saskatchewan. It follows the seasonal cycle of trapline life.

Maple Syrup Season
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 279

Maple Syrup Season

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Pancake and waffle-loveing readers will eat up this process picture book with a behind-the-scenes look at making a much-loved treat.Sap's rising! It's officially maple syrup season at the Brockwell family farm. There will be a lot to do, from hammering spouts into the maple trees to gathering, pouring, and boiling the sap. But the whole family will help together, and when all of the work is done, there will be a sweet and tasty treat.Maple syrup is a favorite breakfast treat for many children. Ann Purmell satisfies young readers' curiosities by showing the in-depth process of making syrup.Jill Weber's cheerful artwork portrays a family working together to achieve a goal, alongside cozy and humorous forest animals who occasionally "help" with the process.Teachers are always looking for process books that tell how familiar products are made.