A prairie as wide as the sea : the immigrant diary of Ivy Weatherall

Title
A prairie as wide as the sea : the immigrant diary of Ivy Weatherall

Personal Author EPSB
Sarah. Ellis

Summary
Upon Ivy's family's arrival on the prairies in 1926, prejudice and a job shortage obstruct their dream. Ivy keeps a diary of their trials and tribulations.

Year Published
2001

Series
Dear Canada

Physical Description
205 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 20 cm.

Note
"Milorie, Saskatchewan, 1926"--Cover.

Program Information
Accelerated Reader MG 4.7 6.0 63232
 
Gr. 2+ A Community in the Past; Stories, Histories & People of Alberta

Subject
Frontier and pioneer life -- Saskatchewan -- Fiction..
 
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
 
Immigrants -- Canada -- Fiction.
 
British -- Saskatchewan -- Fiction.
 
Immigrants -- Canadian -- Fiction.
 
Immigration and emigration -- fiction.
 
Agriculture -- Saskatchewan -- Fiction.
 
Family life -- Fiction.
 
Diaries -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Saskatchewan -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
 
Canada -- History -- 1914-1945 -- Fiction.
 
Canada -- fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.
 
Canadian fiction.

Summary
Upon Ivy's family's arrival on the prairies in 1926, prejudice and a job shortage obstruct their dream. Ivy keeps a diary of their trials and tribulations.

ISBN
9780439988339

Publisher
Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada, 2001.


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Institutional Services SchoolsFIC DEA BK2Book30706000476172Aspen Program Fiction