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Our Canadian Girl Ellen #4 a Time for Courage

A Time For Courage

by (author) Dorothy Joan Harris

Publisher
Penguin Group Canada
Initial publish date
Jun 2006
Category
General
Recommended Age
8 to 12
Recommended Grade
3 to 7
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780143054481
    Publish Date
    Jun 2006
    List Price
    $8.99

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Description

 

In this beautiful treasury edition, you’ll meet Ellen, who in 1939 lives with her family in Vancouver. After her father loses his job during the Depression, her family is forced to move into her grandfather’s cramped bungalow.

 

In Hobo Jungle, Ellen meets and an out-of-work man named Will and their growing friendship opens Ellen’s eyes to a world more difficult—and more dangerous—than her own. In The Wishing Time, news of the war in Europe dampens everyone’s spirits. But when Japan becomes a hostile aggressor, Ellen discovers that war affects everyone, including children, even thousands of miles away. In The Waiting Time, the community is gripped in fear of the polio epidemic. When Ellen becomes ill and must recuperate at home, she has time to think about what she can do to help the men overseas and how she can cheer up a sick friend. And in the final book of the series, A Time for Courage, Japanese Canadians are now considered “enemies,” and Ellen is worried about what will happen to her Japanese Canadian friend Amy and her family.

 

 

 

Welcome to Our Canadian Girl

 

In this wonderful series you will get to know Ellen and many other strong, smart, and courageous girls. They come from different places and times in Canadian history, and each of them meets some ordinary—and extraordinary—challenges in her day-to-day life.

 

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About the author

Dorothy Joan Harris was born in Kobe, Japan on February 14, 1931, and came to Canada in 1938. She graduated from the University of Toronto in modern languages, then taught in France and Japan. In 1955, she married Alan Harris, settled in Toronto, and was editor with Copp Clark Publishers. She began writing for her two children, Kim and Doug, and has gone on to write for other people's children.

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Librarian Reviews

Ellen: A Time for Courage (Our Canadian Girl)

Vancouver, 1941: The United States declares war on Japan, and the members of the Takashima family fear for their safety. Will the war separate Amy and Ellen forever? Book Four in the series.

Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Canadian Children’s Book News. 2007.

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