Penny misses her family and worries for her Uncle Robert, serving in France. When she begins school at an exclusive private academy in Montrǎl, the upper-class girls look down on her and she must learn to take pride in her Irish heritage.
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In the wake of the Halifax Explosion, Penny's father makes the difficult decision to send his daughters, Emily and Maggie to his sister's in Toronto and Penny to her grandmother's in Montreal. Penny's life in Montreal is like that of a princess, but she cannot get over the devast...
As Christmas 1919 approaches Penny's family will be reunited. She and her sisters and her papa will return to home to Halifax. Yet Penny knows this might not be the happy ending for her, and she must make a decision that might change the course of her life.
Jacob and Oteka find themselves in the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda and must try to survive.
"Based on real events, this suspenseful novel vividly portrays the fear, uncertainty, and terror of the Nazi occupation in Holland. It is a story that reflects both the worst and best of humankind. A worthy addition to children's books about the Holocaust, The End of the Line wil...
The year is 1919. The Great War has come to an end, and Charlie Wilcox, battle-weary and fatigued, has finally returned home to Brigus, Newfoundland. When he left, he was a boy of fourteen. Now, at seventeen, he is a man, his childhood left behind on the battlefields. His homecom...
When the orphanage they live in is closed, Pax and a younger boy, Kai, are forced to live on the streets. Desperate to make enough money to send Kai to school, Pax does jobs for a shady character known only as Mister. When Pax is given a "special mission"--to deliver a heavy box ...
Charlie wants a life at sea, but is handicapped. He stows away on what he thinks is a fishing vessel, but finds that he is bound for France and the battlefields of World War One.
The fictional account of Esther Brandeau, who disguised as a boy, joined a ship's crew and became the first Jew to set foot in New France.
Tells the stories of Jewish children who were confined in ghettos during the Second World War.