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Young Adult Fiction Canada

West to Grande Portage

by (author) Joan Donadlson-Yarmey

Publisher
Books We Love Ltd.
Initial publish date
Nov 2015
Category
Canada, Canada, Pre-Confederation (to 1867), General, General
Recommended Age
14 to 18
Recommended Grade
5 to 12
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781771455008
    Publish Date
    Nov 2015
    List Price
    $3.99

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Description

On his sixteenth birthday Phillipe Chabot is told that his brother-in-law has hired him to be a voyageur. He will be paddling west from Montreal to Grade Portage to trade supplies with the Indians for furs. He is overjoyed and receives all the appropriate clothing from his family as birthday gifts, even a tobacco pouch. As the loaded canoe brigade gets ready to leave, his cousin, Jeanne, accepts the proposal of marriage yelled at her by the clerk who is going along to keep track of the trading. Unfortunately, disaster strikes the brigade as the men paddle the rivers, make their portages, and get onto the sometimes violent and unforgiving Lake Superior. In Montreal, the city is ravished by a fire and death is everywhere.

About the author

Stuart R. West is a lifelong resident of Kansas, which he considers both a curse and a blessing. It's a curse because...well, it's Kansas. But it's great because…well, it’s Kansas. Lots of cool, strange and creepy things happen in the Midwest, and Stuart takes advantage of them in his work. Call it “Kansas Noir”.  Stuart writes thrillers tinged with horror and horror tinged with thriller, both for adult and young adult audiences.  Ghosts of Gannaway is the first of his novels to be published by Books We Love.  Stuart spent 25 years in the corporate sector and now writes full time. He’s married to a professor of pharmacy (who greatly appreciates the fact being a full-time writer allows him to cook dinner for her every night) and has a 22 year old daughter who’s still deciding what to do with her life. But that's okay. It took him twenty-five years to figure that out.

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Editorial Reviews

West to Grande Portage is an exciting adventure that brings the exploration of Canada's West to lifel Donaldson-Yarmey makes her readers feel the heat from the fires in Montreal.

Jude Pittman, Mystery and Paranormal romance author

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