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HeleneB said: From the Publisher:
The Acadian Star competition is the biggest thing to ever happen in Meg Gallant''s small Cape Breton town. Meg dreams of performing onstage with her best friend Nève. If they''re lucky, they might even make it to the finals in Halifax. But Meg''s weird old aunt, Tante Perle, has been acting stranger and stranger-and just before the finale of the competition, she whisks Meg away from everything she knows. Meg suddenly finds herself trapped in the time of the tragic Acadian Deportation-and she has …+ read more
The Acadian Star competition is the biggest thing to ever happen in Meg Gallant''s small Cape Breton town. Meg dreams of performing onstage with her best friend Nève. If they''re lucky, they might even make it to the finals in Halifax. But Meg''s weird old aunt, Tante Perle, has been acting stranger and stranger-and just before the finale of the competition, she whisks Meg away from everything she knows. Meg suddenly finds herself trapped in the time of the tragic Acadian Deportation-and she has to choose between escaping to her own time and saving a girl who looks remarkably like Nève. Why is she trapped in the eighteenth century? Will she be able to save this stranger, so quickly becoming a friend? And where does Tante Perle fit in with all this? This remarkable book for middle readers introduces us to contemporary Acadian characters, and also offers a young girl''s perspective on the Acadian Deportation.
About the Author:
Helene Boudreau is an Acadian writer and artist. A native of Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, she writes fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults from her home in Markham, Ontario. Her writing has appeared in various Canadian publications and her Maritime-themed art has been exhibited by the Toronto Public Library. This is her debut novel. The manuscript won 2nd prize in the 2008 New Brunswick Writers'' Federation Literary Competition for juvenile fiction.
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