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Disaster Strikes series
Created by Coteaubooks on February 24, 20120 ratings
A series of novels for ages 8-12, each tackling a famous Canadian disaster. Some have free teacher guides, available for download from www.coteaubooks.com
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Twelve-year-old Janey Kane grows from a spoiled, untested kid into a capable and courageous young woman through time travel to four different points in Edmonton's past.
Free teacher guide downloadable from http://coteaubooks.com/index.php?p=Education%20Resources
Free teacher guide downloadable from http://coteaubooks.com/index.php?p=Education%20Resources
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Thirteen-year-old Nathalie Vaughan struggles to save friends and neighbours on the night of Canada's Frank Slide disaster.
Free teacher guide downloadable from http://coteaubooks.com/index.php?p=Education%20Resources
Free teacher guide downloadable from http://coteaubooks.com/index.php?p=Education%20Resources
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One cold day in 1929, a tsunami strikes the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland and suddenly twelve-year-old Murphy is doing a man's work, saving lives and caring for the people he loves.
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Jack Gordon and Henry Addison meet when the Great Lakes cruise ship, the Noronic, docks at Ward Island, just before the ship catches fire - with Henry on board.
Ice Storm!
edition:Paperback
The deadly ice storm which struck Eastern Canada and the US in January of 1998 has a drastic effect on the lives of two 12yearold cousins, one a figureskating "princess" from Montreal, and the other her downtoearth farmgirl cousin.
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The deadly ice storm that struck Eastern Canada and the US in January of 1998 has a drastic effect on the lives of two 12-year-old cousins, one a figure-skating "princess" from Montreal, and the other her down-to-earth farm-girl cousin.
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Nell helps in her father's lighthouse on the Vancouver Island coast but when a ship crashes on the rocks will she be able to actually save lives?
