Boy of the deeps

Title
Boy of the deeps

Personal Author EPSB
Ian, Wallace

Summary
"Set in Cape Breton at the turn of the century, this powerful account of a boy's first day in the mines is a tribute to the generations of miners who have endangered their lives to supply us with energy" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000.

Year Published
1999

Physical Description
[34] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.

Note
"A Groundwood book".

Note (Local)
Regular
 
1-New

Program Information
Accelerated Reader LG 4.1 0.5 43319

Subject
Coal mines and mining -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- Fiction.
 
Coal miners -- Fiction.
 
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
 
Picture books for children.
 
Father-son relationship -- Fiction.
 
Coal mines and mining -- Fiction.
 
Mining -- Fiction
 
Mines and mineral resources -- fiction.

Geographic Term
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) -- Fiction.
 
Cape Breton, NS -- fiction.

Summary
"Set in Cape Breton at the turn of the century, this powerful account of a boy's first day in the mines is a tribute to the generations of miners who have endangered their lives to supply us with energy" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000.

ISBN
9780888993564

Publisher
Toronto : Douglas & McIntyre, 1999.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
NorwoodE WALBook30156000010128Picture Books