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Hoping for home : stories of arrival

Ruhl, Greg. (Added Author).

Summary: In this wonderful new short story anthology, eleven of Canada's top children's authors contribute stories of immigration, displacement and change, exploring the frustration and uncertainty those changes can bring. Told in first-person narratives, this collection features a diverse cast of boys and girls, each one living at a different point in Canada's vast landscape and history.

Record details

ISBN: 9781443128124
ISBN: 1443128120
ISBN: 9780545986977
ISBN: 0545986974
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (242 pages) : illustrations.
Publisher: Toronto : Scholastic Canada, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Illustrated by Greg Ruhl.
Formatted Contents Note:	Marooned in Canada / by Kit Pearson -- Ghost town / by Shelley Tanaka -- To get away from all that / by Rukhsana Khan -- The flower of the flock / by Irene N. Watts -- The Charleston at the trapline / by Ruby Slipperjack -- Prairie showdown / by Paul Yee -- In the silence of my heart / by Lillian Boraks-Nemetz -- Entrance certificate / by Brian Doyle -- To learn ... even a little / by Afua Cooper -- Out of the ashes / by Marie-Andrě Clermont -- Hattie's home / by Jean Little -- About the authors.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.