Revenge on the fly

By Sylvia McNicoll

Subjects: Historical fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, American literature, Immigrants, Irish, Contests, School contests, Flies, Competition (Psychology), Flies as carriers of disease

Description: Leaving behind England (and the graves of his mother and baby sister) 12-year-old William sails to Canada with his father, where he joins the campaign to eradicate flies in cities and stop the spread of deadly diseases.