A prairie as wide as the sea : the immigrant diary of Ivy Weatherall
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- ISBN: 9781443113342 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1443113344 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations, maps, portrait. - Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada, 2001.
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General Note: | "Milorie, Saskatchewan, 1926"--Cover. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Genre: | Fiction. History. Juvenile works. Electronic books. |
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Ivy Weatherall is just 11 years old when her family leaves England for the promised riches of Canada's expanding West. They've come to join her uncle for the available land, the lush harvests, and the opportunity for success. But in Milorie, Saskatchewan, their dreams crumble into dust when they reach Uncle Alf's small sod hut and discover that jobs are scarce, and that they can barely make ends meet. Ivy's relatives pack up and head back to England, but to Ivy, Canada is full of wonder and beginning to feel like home. There are challenges in her new life, but Ivy's feisty character and her sense of wonder for a prairie as wide as the sea make her adventure one that readers won't easily forget.