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Cher Journal : Sans havre

Charlotte Blackburn lors de la grande explosion, Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse, 1917

by (author) Julie Lawson

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
Nov 2012
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781443120203
    Publish Date
    Nov 2012
    List Price
    $18.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781443122795
    Publish Date
    Nov 2012
    List Price
    $18.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 9 to 18
  • Grade: 4 to 12

Description

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À la suite de l'explosion massive du 6 décembre 1917, Charlotte raconte au fil des pages de son journal personnel, sa quête pour retrouver Duncan, son frère jumeau, à travers les rues dévastées d'Halifax. Il est sa seule famille depuis que son frère aîné a été tué en France, pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.

 

Following the massive Halifax explosion of December 6, 1917, Charlotte writes in her diary of her search through the devastated city to find her twin brother Duncan after the rest of her family — except for her older brother, who is fighting in France in WWI — is killed.

Original title: Dear Canada: No Safe Harbour

About the author

Julie Lawson is the author of over 30 books for children and young adults. Her critically acclaimed works have received numerous award nominations, including the Children's Book Centre Award for A Blinding Light, the Canadian Library Association Award for White Jade Tiger, and Forest of Reading Awards for Goldstone, Ghosts of the Titanic, A Ribbon of Shining Steel, and many more. Her YA novels include White Jade Tiger (winner of the Sheila A. Egoff BC Children's Fiction Prize), No Safe Harbour (winner of the Hackmattack Children's Choice Award) and A Blinding Light (runner-up for the City Of Victoria Bolen Books Prize).

Julie writes from her home in Victoria, BC.

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