Banished from our home : the Acadian diary of Angélique Richard

Title
Banished from our home : the Acadian diary of Angélique Richard

Personal Author EPSB
Sharon Stewart

Summary
The story of the expulsion of the Acadians by the British from Nova Scotia in 1755 is told through a series of diary entries by young Angelique Richard, whose father and brothers are imprisoned and remaining family members are sent away from their colony.

Year Published
2004

Series
Dear Canada

Physical Description
203 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Grade Interest level
3-8

Program Information
Accelerated Reader MG 5.2 6.0 82576

Subject
Family life -- Fiction.
 
Diaries -- Fiction.
 
Acadians -- Expulsion, 1755 -- Fiction.
 
Deportation -- Fiction.
 
Frontier and pioneer life -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Grand Pré (N.S.) -- History -- Fiction.
 
Canada -- History -- 1755-1763 -- Fiction.
 
Nova Scotia -- History -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.
 
Diary fiction.

Curriculum Objective
Social studies -- Grade 5.2. local

Summary
The story of the expulsion of the Acadians by the British from Nova Scotia in 1755 is told through a series of diary entries by young Angelique Richard, whose father and brothers are imprisoned and remaining family members are sent away from their colony.

ISBN
9780439974219

Publisher
Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada, c2004.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
StratfordF STEBook30577000016940Fiction