Jean Pendziwol
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Though her mind is still sharp, Elizabeth's eyes have failed. She fills the void with music and memories, but the past becomes all too present when her late father's journals are found in the ruins of a shipwreck. Elizabeth goes through the diaries with the help of Morgan, a delinquent teen doing community service. Entry by entry, the unlikely friends are drawn into a world far removed from their own--Porphyry Island on Lake Superior--and begin to...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
"Jean Pendziwol’s beautifully written novel captured me from the very first page. Its descriptions of the windswept lightkeeper’s station of Elizabeth’s and Emily’s youth are so crisply rendered I felt I was standing on its shores watching the great ships cross the stormy waters of Lake Superior. Even more than its vivid evocation of a unique time and place, The LightKeeper's Daughters is a sensitive and moving
...Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Let's go! Experience the magic of skating on wild ice. Two children wake up to hear the lake singing, then the wind begins wailing ... or is it a wolf? They bundle up and venture out into the cold, carrying their skates. On the snow-covered shore, they spot tracks made by fox, deer, hare, mink, otter ... and the wolf! In the bay, the ice is thick and smooth. They lace up their skates, step onto the ice, stroking and gliding, and the great lake sings...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When a child is asked to "Please, be quiet!" they sit silent ... and their imagination sweeps them away on a breathtaking journey. Through the window, the child can hear the trees breathe and watches them sway back and forth as they begin to dance. Then bears join in, accompanied by the child on their drum, making so much noise they wake up a dragon! The dragon's smoky breath fills the sky, and the wind forms a knight on a steed that gallops through...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Though her mind is still sharp, Elizabeth's bones have aged and her eyes have failed. No longer able to linger over books or gaze at paintings that move her spirit, she fills her days at the retirement home with music and memories of her family, especially of her beloved twin sister, Emily. When her late father's journals are discovered after a accident, she seizes the opportunity to piece together the mysteries of her childhood. With the help of...
11) Dawn watch
Author
Publisher
Douglas & McIntyre
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English