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Our Canadian Girl Millie #1 Ride the River

Ride The River

by (author) Troon Harrison

Publisher
Penguin Group Canada
Initial publish date
Feb 2004
Category
General
Recommended Age
8 to 12
Recommended Grade
3 to 7
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780143312024
    Publish Date
    Feb 2004
    List Price
    $8.99

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Description

Ten-year-old tomboy Millie MacCallum needs a break from her parents and new baby sister almost as much as they need a break from Millie. So it’s arranged that Millie will spend the summer with her aunt at Stoney Lake in Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes region, one of the province’s first areas of pioneer settlement. It’s 1914 and life in the Kawarthas is much different than Millie’s urban existence in Toronto. In the course of a wonderful, adventurous summer, Millie learns about another way of life—and about herself—in ways that she would never have imagined.

About the author

Troon Harrison's many picture books, stories for juniors, and teen/YA novels, are published in seven languages and in Braille, and appear in animated TV shows. She teaches creative writing, and edits for writers full-time from her office with a view of river and hills while her dog snores! When not writing, she loves to learn about local history, and to visit her horse. Among her many books, Courage to Fly was published by Red Deer Press in 2002.

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