- Paperback: 88 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Canada (Aug 30 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0141002522
- ISBN-13: 978-0141002521
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.7 x 0.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #407,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
A Mighty Big Imagining tells the story of ten-year-old Rachel, who in 1783 arrives in northern Nova Scotia with her mother, where they reunite with Rachel's stepfather after escaping slavery in South Carolina. Like many slaves during the American Revolution, Rachel's family aided the British war effort, in return for which they were promised their freedom as well as title to land in the British Colony.
Their joy at gaining freedom in a safe new home is dashed when they arrive, for the land they are given is barren, the weather frightful. Worse still, Rachel's mother is pregnant. For a while, Rachel even believes they were better off as slaves - at least they were warm and didn't go hungry.
Despite the adverse conditions of their new life, Rachel is determined not just to survive, but to make the most of her freedom. She wants to learn to read and write, and to help her family turn their squalid hovel into a home. With perseverance, pluck, and the help of a native girl named Marie-Andrée, she will help herself and her family to survive their first winter of freedom.
About the Author
Lynne Kositsky is the author of Rebecca's Flame, A Question of Will, and Candles, which was shortlisted in the Geoffrey Bilson Award and was an "Our Choice" selection of the Canadian Children's Book Centre. she lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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A good historical novel for young girls., July 29 2005
By Rebecca Herman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining (Our Canadian Girl) (Paperback)
This book is the first about Rachel, a young former slave, in the Our Canadian Girl series. The Our Canadian girl books are about young fictional Canadian girls during different periods in history.
Rachel is ten years old in 1783. She and her mother and stepfather were slaves on a plantation in South Carolina. Because the British promised to free the slaves, Rachel and her family ran away to join them during the American Revolution. But when the British lose the war, although Rachel and her family remain free, they must travel to the far off colony of Nova Scotia. This new place turns out to be very different than her old home. It is cold, barren, and desolate. Can Rachel and her family succeed and build a new life there?
This was a book that is sure to appeal to young girls who enjoy historical fiction set in the 1700s. Rachel is a likeable character and readers will admire her courage as she struggles to make a new life in a new land.
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