| Under Emily's Sky Contributor(s): Alma, Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 0888783795 ISBN-13: 9780888783790 Publisher: Dundurn Group OUR PRICE: $5.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: During a camping trip with her Uncle Brooke and cousin Alex, eleven-year-old Lee finds herself on a rough trail in Vancouver Island's forest. Halfway to an abandoned homestead, Lee trips and is knocked unconscious. She awakens in a world unfamiliar--all the usual landmarks have disappeared and the terrain is unpopulated except for a strange trailer and a herd of dogs. Lee investigates only to find an ornery woman at an easel who says she's Emily Carr, and a family from the Depression-torn Prairies now illegally logging the island's mighty cedars. Lee is alone with the painter and has many questions--where and when is home? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.32" W x 8.24" (0.26 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - British Columbia - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During a camping trip, 11-year-old Lee finds herself on a rough trail in a Vancouver Island forest. Halfway to an abandoned homestead, Lee trips and is knocked unconscious. She awakens in a world unfamiliar - all the usual landmarks have disappeared and the terrain is unpopulated except for a strange trailer and a herd of dogs. Lee investigates only to find an ornery woman at an easel who says she's Emily Carr, and a family from the Depression-torn Prairies illegally logging the island's mighty cedars. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alma, Ann: - Ann Alma's books appears on the children's books bestseller lists and on the British Columbia government's recommended reading lists. She lives on a hobby farm in the West Kootenay mountains near Nelson, British Columbia. |