Children's Fiction Chapter Books
Cher Journal : À la sueur de mon front
Flore Rutherford, 11 ans, enfant-ouvrière, Almonte, Ontario, 1887
- Publisher
- Independent Publishers Group, Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2012
- Category
- Chapter Books
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 12
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780545987448
- Publish Date
- Mar 2009
- List Price
- $16.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781443122887
- Publish Date
- Nov 2012
- List Price
- $16.99
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Description
Lorsque Flore quitte l?orphelinat pour aller rejoindre sa tante et son oncle à Almonte, la jeune fille tire un trait sur son passé pour commencer un nouveau chapitre de sa vie. Avec joie, elle s?intègre à sa nouvelle famille et avec sagesse, elle accepte de travailler à l?usine de textile de la ville avec sa tante et son oncle. Survient alors un triste événement. Son oncle perd plusieurs doigts à la suite d?un grave accident. S?envolent alors son salaire et sa joie de vivre. Flore et sa tante gardent espoir, mais elles n?ont plus suffisamment d?argent pour vivre. Comment la jeune fille peut-elle aider ceux qu?elle aime à traverser cette épreuve.
Young Flore is happy to leave the orphanage behind and join her aunt and uncle, even though it means working at a textile mill where there is the constant threat of being injured or going deaf. She writes about her feelings in her diary, addressing her father and mother who died when she was five. Then her uncle loses several fingers at the weaving machine leaving him unable to work, and money is very tight. Can Flore help her aunt and uncle survive?
Origina title: Days of Toil and Tears
About the author
Sarah Ellis is one of Canada's most-loved children's writers. A former librarian, she is a highly sought-after children's book reviewer, literary jury member and speaker who lectures internationally on Canadian children's books. She is the winner of the Governor General's Award (Pick-Up Sticks), the Mr. Christie's Award (Out of the Blue and The Several Lives of Orphan Jack) and the Sheila A. Egoff Award (The Baby Project, Back of Beyond and Odd Man Out). Further accolades for Odd Man Out include the prestigious TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List, ALA Notable Book for Older Readers, Maine State Library Cream of the Crop List and OLA Best Bets - Top 10 Fiction for Children. Sarah Ellis has also won the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work. Sarah is on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
