Status
Available
Publication
Groundwood Books (2015), Hardcover, 160 pages
Description
"Avis Dolphin doesn't want to leave Canada and sail to England on the Lusitania. War is raging in Europe, and the Germans threaten to sink the ship. Avis is lonely and afraid until she meets a kindly professor whose stories of a magical island help her face an uncertain future. When the Lusitania is attacked, Avis must draw on all her newfound strength to cope with the confusion, terror and despair. How can she survive the sudden devastation of the ship? Will the people she cares about, especially the professor, live through the horror and danger?"--
Awards
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People (Shortlist — 2016)
Language
Physical description
160 p.; 7.38 inches
ISBN
1554984890 / 9781554984893
Local notes
graphic novels