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A sea of sorrows : the typhus epidemic diary of Johanna Leary

McClintock, Norah


"Ireland to Canada East, 1847"--Cover. After a massive potato famine strikes Ireland, thirteen-year-old Johanna Leary flees to Canada with her family. But typhus and other illnesses plague the "coffin ships," so named for the staggering number of immigrants who died enroute. One by one Johanna loses the members of her family, until she has only her brother Michael left when she sets foot on Canadian soil. When her brother is mistakenly told that she too has died, he sets off to find their uncle "somewhere in Canada," leaving Johanna to face a new life in a strange land... totally alone.
Date Published:2012

"Ireland to Canada East, 1847"--Cover. After a massive potato famine strikes Ireland, thirteen-year-old Johanna Leary flees to Canada with her family. But typhus and other illnesses plague the "coffin ships," so named for the staggering number of immigrants who died enroute. One by one Johanna loses the members of her family, until she has only her brother Michael left when she sets foot on Canadian soil. When her brother is mistakenly told that she too has died, he sets off to find their uncle "somewhere in Canada," leaving Johanna to face a new life in a strange land... totally alone.

Date Published:2012

A rebel's daughter : the 1837 rebellion diary of Arabella Stevenson

Lunn, Janet Louise Swoboda, 1928-



Date Published:2006

Banished from our home : the Acadian diary of Angélique Richard

Stewart, Sharon (Sharon Roberta), 1944-



Date Published:2004

A trail of broken dreams : the gold rush diary of Harriet Palmer

Haworth-Attard, Barbara, 1953-



Date Published:2004

Alone in an untamed land : the filles du Roi diary of Hélène St. Onge

Trottier, Maxine



Date Published:2003

With nothing but our courage : the Loyalist diary of Mary MacDonald

Bradford, Karleen.


Because Mary's family supported the British during the American Revolution, they are forced to leave their home in Albany and travel into the Canadian wilderness. Along the way, they face hardship and loss. Mary finds herself wondering if she will have the courage to go on as her family builds a home in the wilderness-- "allreaders" rev.
Date Published:2002

These are my words : the residential school diary of Violet Pesheens

Slipperjack, Ruby, 1952-,


"Twelve-year-old Violet Pesheens is taken away to Residential School in 1966. The diary recounts her experiences of travelling there, the first day, and first months, focusing on the everyday life she experiences--the school routine, battles with Cree girls, being quarantined over Christmas, getting home at Easter and reuniting with her family. When the time comes to gather at the train station for the trip back to the residential school, her mother looks her in the eye and asks, "Do you want to go back, or come with us to the trapline?" Violet knows the choice she must make."--
Date Published:2016

"Twelve-year-old Violet Pesheens is taken away to Residential School in 1966. The diary recounts her experiences of travelling there, the first day, and first months, focusing on the everyday life she experiences--the school routine, battles with Cree girls, being quarantined over Christmas, getting home at Easter and reuniting with her family. When the time comes to gather at the train station for the trip back to the residential school, her mother looks her in the eye and asks, "Do you want to go back, or come with us to the trapline?" Violet knows the choice she must make."--

Date Published:2016

An ocean apart : the Gold Mountain diary of Chin Mei-ling

Chan, Gillian



Date Published:2004

A prairie as wide as the sea : the immigrant diary of Ivy Weatherall

Ellis, Sarah.


"Milorie, Saskatchewan, 1926" --Cover. Ivy Weatherall and her family leave a comfortable life in London for the promised riches of Canada's expanding West. Expecting to make their fortunes on Uncle Alf's ranch, the Weatheralls are shocked to find themselves living in a sod hut on a rented farm. Ivy is determined to taste life to the fullest, whatever hardships she may encounter-- Publisher.
Date Published:2001

Footsteps in the snow : the Red River diary of Isobel Scott

Matas, Carol, 1949-


"Perseverance and help from the local Cree band enable Isobel and her family to put down roots in the Red River Valley" Cf. Our choice, 2003.
Date Published:2002

Ten marks and a train ticket : Benno's escape to freedom

Goldstein, Susy, 1955-


This is the true story of a Canadian, whose journey reaches out to all our hearts. Benno and Heinz, two brothers who are nine and thirteen, respectively, were put on a train departing Nazi Germany, in January 1939. Their parents were in a desperate bid to relocate them to a safe location. From Berlin to Amsterdam to London and, finally, to Toronto, Benno recalls his traumatic journey, as he makes his way across the continent during the war.
Date Published:2008

This is the true story of a Canadian, whose journey reaches out to all our hearts. Benno and Heinz, two brothers who are nine and thirteen, respectively, were put on a train departing Nazi Germany, in January 1939. Their parents were in a desperate bid to relocate them to a safe location. From Berlin to Amsterdam to London and, finally, to Toronto, Benno recalls his traumatic journey, as he makes his way across the continent during the war.

Date Published:2008