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Children's Fiction Friendship

Acadian Star

by (author) Helene Boudreau

Publisher
Nimbus Publishing
Initial publish date
Sep 2008
Category
Friendship
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781551098319
    Publish Date
    Sep 2008
    List Price
    $32.85
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551096827
    Publish Date
    Sep 2008
    List Price
    $10.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 8 to 12
  • Grade: 5

Description

The Acadian Star competition is the biggest thing to ever happen in Meg Gallant's small Cape Breton town. Meg dreams of performing onstage with her best friend Nève. If they're lucky, they might even make it to the finals in Halifax. But Meg's weird old aunt, Tante Perle, has been acting stranger and stranger—and just before the finale of the competition, she whisks Meg away from everything she knows. Meg suddenly finds herself trapped in the time of the tragic Acadian Deportation—and she has to choose between escaping to her own time and saving a girl who looks remarkably like Neve. Why is she trapped in the eighteenth century? Will she be able to save this stranger, so quickly becoming a friend? And where does Tante Perle fit in with all this?
This remarkable book for middle readers introduces us to contemporary Acadian characters, and also offers a young girl's perspective on the Acadian Deportation.
Hélène Boudreau is an Acadian writer and artist. A native of Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, she writes fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults from her home in Markham, Ontario. This is her first novel.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Awards (English Fiction)

Contributor Notes

Helene Boudreau is a Canadian writer and artist. A native of Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, she writes fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults from her home in Markham, Ontario. She's the author of seven novels for children including the first Red Dune Adventure, Keep Out! and Acadian Star, which was nominated for the 2009–2010 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award. Visit her website at heleneboudreau.com.

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