| Ticket to Curlew Contributor(s): Lottridge, Celia Barker (Author) |
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ISBN: 0888998430 ISBN-13: 9780888998439 Publisher: Groundwood Books OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2007 Annotation: When Sam Ferrier and his father arrive in Curlew, Alberta, in 1915 to build a new house for their family, Sam wonders why his father would move the family from Iowa to such a barren place. But after the house is built and the family joins them, Sam learns there is much more to the prairie that he realized. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017296375 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.75" W x 7.54" (0.30 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Alberta - Demographic Orientation - Rural |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 20492 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is 1915. Endless stretches of grassland against a boundless sky are all Sam Ferrier sees when he and his father arrive in Curlew, Alberta, to build a new house for their family. He wonders why his restless father would move them to this lonely, barren place, so different from Iowa. But after the house gets built and the family joins them, Sam gradually discovers that there is much more to the flat, featureless prairie than he realized. The new land sparks his wild curiosity. But when his little brother disappears, Sam discovers how terrifying the terrain can be. The Ferriers survive their new life on the prairie with its brutal winters and devastating isolation. Sam even makes new friends with a brave and resourceful horse named Prince. |