Picturing Alyssa (eBook)

Alison Lohans (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
216 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-0361-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Every time Alyssa looks at an old family portrait, she lands on an Iowa farm in 1931. The past is nothing like Alyssas unhappy life, and Alyssa finds herself wanting to live on the farm with her new friend, Deborah. But a series of old family photos shows Alyssa unsettling things about Deborahs family things Deborah seems not to know.

---

Short-listed for the 2011 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Children's Literature Award and Regina Book Award Who is the girl staring out of the old photograph? Every time Alyssa Dixon looks at it, even by accident, she finds herself on an Iowa farm in 1931. The past is nothing like Alyssas unhappy life her mother severely depressed after the stillbirth of Alyssas baby sister; escalating bullying by Brooklynne, a popular girl; and a teacher who is unsympathetic toward Alyssas familys pacifist beliefs. Why cant Alyssa live in the past with her new friend, Deborah? Yet Alyssa is always pulled back to the present, where things only get worse. Maybe the farm isnt so idyllic, though. Deborahs mother is ill with a difficult pregnancy, and theres so much work. A series of old family photos shows Alyssa unsettling things about Deborahs family things Deborah seems not to know. Can Alyssa help the baby be born safely, and at the same time work through the overwhelming problems at home?

Autor

Alison Lohans has published 22 books, many of which have been finalists for awards such as the CLA Young Adult Book Award and the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award. This Land We Call Home won the 2008 Saskatchewan Book Award for YA Literature. Her recent novels for young people include River Rat and Collapse of the Veil. She lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.8.2011
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Gewicht: 1 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher
• Schlagworte: Cows • fiction, children's, quakers, bullying, mental illness in a parent, pacifism, grief, time travel, historical, Alison Lohans, rural Iowa, genealogy, depression, families, peace marches, farm life in the 1930s, friendship, sibling relationships, family photos, middle years school, class assignments • unsympathetic teachers, class research project, growing up, children wanting to make a difference, cyber-bullying, Quaker plain language, still-born baby, learning to speak truth to power, activism, cats, farm animals, chickens
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-0361-8 / 1459703618
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-0361-2 / 9781459703612