Cher Journal : Mes frères au front
Élisa Bates, au temps de la Première Guerre mondiale, Uxbridge, Ontario, 1916
- Publisher
- Independent Publishers Group, Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2012
- Category
- General
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 12
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781443122900
- Publish Date
- Nov 2012
- List Price
- $16.99
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Il y a près de deux ans déjà que Hugo, le frère d'Élisa, est parti à la guerre. Alors que la majorité de la population affiche un enthousiasme débordant face à la participation du Canada au conflit, ses parents, eux, restent de glace. Lorsque le second frère d'Élisa traverse l'océan lui aussi, la jeune fille s'inquiète et prie pour que les deux soldats lui reviennent sains et saufs. Si seulement elle pouvait se confier à quelqu'un...
It has been two long years since Élisa's beloved older brother, Hugo, went away to war. Caught up in his enthusiasm, she couldn't understand her parents' less-than-enthusiastic reaction. Now that her other brother, Jack, has also enlisted, she yearns for the safe return of both brothers. If only she had a friend that she could talk to about her feelings. . .
Origina title: Brothers Far From Home
About the author
Jean Little was born in Taiwan in 1932. Her parents were both doctors. Jean grew up in Ontario and graduated from the University of Toronto. She was born with a severe eye problem and is severely visually impaired. A special "talking" computer assists her with her writing. She has a retired seeing-eye dog named Ritz and a new one named Pippa, with whom she travels. The author focuses on her experiences from the time she was a child through young adulthood in her autobiography, Little by Little, and continues her story in Stars Come Out Within. The books, which will appeal to children 10 and older, are both humorous and poignant as Jean describes living with a disability and the ridicule she sometimes experienced as a result, as well as her love for the world of reading and books. Jean's books include From Anna, Listen for the Singing, Stand In The Wind, Mama's Going To Buy You a Mockingbird, Hey World, Here I Am!, Look through My Window, Emma's Yucky Brother, The Belonging Place, and Mine For Keeps. Listen for the Singing was the Canada Council Children's Literature Award winner in 1977. Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird was the CLA Book of the Year in 1985.
Jean Little's first book, Mine for Keeps, won the Little, Brown Children's Book Award in 1962 and was republished by Viking Penguin in 1995. It tells the story of Sally Copeland, a 10 year old with cerebral palsy, and her adjustment to being home after spending several years in a special school. You'll find that several of the themes in this book appear in a number of the author's other books: dealing with a handicap and the responses of others, fitting in, and adjusting to new situations and surroundings.
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