A blinding light
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- ISBN: 9781771085410
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Physical Description:
264 pages ; 20 cm
regular print - Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia : Nimbus Publishing Ltd, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
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System Details Note: | Historical fiction for young people Geoffrey Bilson Award finalist --cover. |
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Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at South Central Regional Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Winkler Library | J F Law (Text) | 35864002395380 | Junior Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2018 April #2
A catastrophic harbor explosion shattered parts of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1917. Was it deliberate, perhaps an act of war during the uneasy days of the Great War? Six months after losing her beloved dad to the high seas in a storm, all Libby knows is that her life has changed forever, again, as she lies buried in rubble before her rescue. When she and her brother Will locate their mother, they learn that Mum will lose an eye and almost lost both eyes due to flying glass. Lawson creates a strong family drama around the painstaking job of picking up and moving forward after tragedy. The layered plot also involves the anti-German sentiment the family suffers due to Dad's German nationality and the controversial inquiry into the explosion (caused by collision of an explosive-laden ship) that calls into question the fairness of the press and the possibility of a fair trial. Solidly grounded with believable and appealing main characters, the story weaves the many threads together artfully, presenting a finely tuned, engaging historic tale. Grades 5-8. Copyright 2018 Booklist Reviews.