| Big Water Contributor(s): Curtis, Andrea (Author) |
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ISBN: 1459815718 ISBN-13: 9781459815711 Publisher: Orca Book Publishers OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Canada - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Siblings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017949697 |
| Lexile Measure: 720 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seventeen-year-old Christina McBurney has led a sheltered life. But when her twin brother, Jonathan, dies of consumption, Christina, unwilling to be farmed out as a nursemaid or teacher, runs away from home and her destiny. In Owen Sound she boards the Asia, a steamship that transports passengers and freight throughout the Great Lakes. She doesn't really have a plan other than to get to Sault Ste. Marie. She'll figure things out once she's settled. But a violent storm suddenly rises on Georgian Bay, and the overloaded and top-heavy steamship begins to sink. Christina is tossed overboard. Pulled to safety just before she loses consciousness, she finds herself on a lifeboat, surrounded by a number of bedraggled and terrified passengers and crew. One by one they succumb to their injuries, until only Christina and a brooding young man named Daniel are left alive. The usual rules of society no longer apply--Daniel and Christina must now work together as equals to survive. Big Water is a fictional account of the real-life story of the only two survivors of the sinking of the SS Asia in 1882. |
Contributor Bio(s): Curtis, Andrea: - Andrea Curtis is the award-winning writer of several books for young people and adults, including Into the Blue, about her great-grandfather, a steamboat captain who disappeared on Georgian Bay in the early twentieth century. A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Andrea lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband and their two sons. For more information, visit www.andreacurtis.ca. |