• Age: 8 to 12
• Grade: 3 to 7

It's 1942, and Izzie Publicover's life is changing. Her father has finally been accepted by the Canadian navy, and the rest of the family is moving to Dartmouth so that Izzie's mother can work. Although Izzie is proud that her father will be fighting the Nazis, she loves her home in Granite Cove and will miss her best friend, Jasper. Making the most of her new circumstances, she soon befriends another recent arrival at her school. Patricia has been evacuated from London, England, where the war is more immediate and dangerous. But even as Izzie works on breaking Patricia's standoffish exterior, the terror of war is moving closer to Nova Scotia.

Welcome back to OUR CANADIAN GIRL, and the continuing adventures of Izzie and many other smart, spirited, and courageous girls. They come from different places and times in Canadian history, and each of them meets some ordinary—and extraordinary—challenges in her day-to-day life.

Budge Wilson (b. 1927) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and lived in Kingston, Ontario, before moving back to North West Cove, Nova Scotia. A former commercial artist and photographer, she has written more than twenty books, many of them for children and young adults; her awards include the Ann Connor Brimer Award for children's literature. "Mr. Manuel Jenkins" is included in her story collecton The Leaving (Anansi, 1991).

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