Shadows of disaster

Title
Shadows of disaster

Personal Author EPSB
Cathy. Beveridge

Summary
When twelve-year-old Jolene's seemingly senile grandfather shows her his secret of time travel, they go back in time to 1903, just days before a disastrous landslide nearly destroys the small coal-mining town of Frank in the western province of Alberta.

Year Published
2003

Physical Description
191 p. ; 20 cm.

Age Interest level
Gr. 4-7.

Grade Interest level
5-8.

Program Information
Accelerated Reader 4.8 6.0
 
Accelerated Reader MG 4.8 6.0 79349
 
5.9

Subject
Landslides -- Alberta -- Frank.
 
Landslides -- Alberta -- Frank -- Fiction.
 
Coal mines and mining -- Fiction.
 
Time travel -- Fiction.
 
Grandfathers -- Fiction.
 
Sex role -- Fiction.
 
Frank (Alta) -- History -- Landslide, 1903 -- Juvenile Fiction
 
Frank (Alta.) - History -- Fiction
 
Geography---Fiction
 
Natural Disasters---Fiction
 
Natural Environment---Fiction

Geographic Term
Frank (Alta.) -- History -- Landslide, 1903 -- Fiction.
 
Alberta -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
 
Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
 
Frank (Alta.) -- History -- Landslide, 1903 -- Juvenile fiction.

Curriculum Objective
Social. 4.1 local
 
Social. 4.3 local
 
Social. 5.1 local
 
Social Studies---Study and teaching---Grade 4 local
 
Social Studies---Study and teaching---Grade 5 local
 
Social studies -- Grade 4. local
 
Social studies -- Grade 5. local

Summary
When twelve-year-old Jolene's seemingly senile grandfather shows her his secret of time travel, they go back in time to 1903, just days before a disastrous landslide nearly destroys the small coal-mining town of Frank in the western province of Alberta.

ISBN
9781553800026

Publisher
Vancouver : Ronsdale Press, c2003.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
D.S. MacKenzieFIC BEV CANBook30522000337946Historical Fiction