Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Whole Truth Whole Truth Kit Pearson The year is 1932 when Polly and her sister Maud move from Winnipeg to an island between Vancouver and Victoria, to live with their grandmother, who is their new guardian. Polly's older sister Maud se… OL16794104W
Le ciel croule Le ciel croule Kit Pearson Pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, près de 15000 enfants anglais furent évacués dont 8000 au Canada. Norah et son petit frère Gavin furent de ceux-là. Si le garçonnet s'adapte bien à cette situatio… OL20908123W
And nothing but the truth And nothing but the truth Kit Pearson Thirteen-year old Polly is following in her sister's footsteps to a boarding school in Victoria. Will her sister's new secret tear her family apart again? OL24713186W
Dear Canada Dear Canada Kit Pearson When war breaks out between the United States and Great Britain in 1812, eleven-year-old Susanna chronicles her experiences when her father and brother go off to fight leaving the women to fend for t… OL2802863W
The lights go on again The lights go on again Kit Pearson In 1945, after living in Canada for five years to escape the war in Europe, ten-year-old Gavin and his fifteen-year-old sister Norah face the prospect of returning home to their family in England wit… OL2802864W
Awake and Dreaming Awake and Dreaming Kit Pearson While living a miserable, poverty-stricken life with her young, irresponsible mother, nine-year-old Theo dreams of belonging to a real family but finds a shadowy figure haunting her thoughts. OL2802865W
The sky is falling The sky is falling Kit Pearson In the summer of 1940 as the war in Europe begins to intensify, a reluctant ten-year-old Norah and her five-year-old brother Gavin are sent by their parents to safety in Canada where to Norah's disma… OL2802867W