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The sky is falling  Cover Image Book Book

The sky is falling / Kit Pearson. --

Summary:

Norah and her brother are sent from England to Canada during World War Two because their parents are afraid that Hitler's army will invade England.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0143056344 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780143056348 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 246 p. --
  • Publisher: Toronto : Penguin Group, 2007, c1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award.
"Puffin Canada."
Target Audience Note:
"Ages 8-12"--P. [4] of cover.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 9.99
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
British > Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Canada > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch J FIC Pears 31681020107215 JFIC Available -

Kit Pearson, who has been honored with many major literary children's book awards in her native Canada, lives in Vancouver.

Kit Pearson worked as a librarian for many years before publishing her first novel,The Daring Game (1986). She went on to write the linked novels The Sky Is Falling(1989), Looking at the Moon (1991), and The Lights Go On Again (1993), published in 1999 as The Guests of War trilogy, and Awake and Dreaming(1996), which won the Governor General’s Award. Pearson lives in Victoria, close to Ross Bay Cemetery, one of the settings inAwake and Dreaming .


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