Belle of Batoche

Titre
Belle of Batoche

Jacqueline, Guest

Sommaire
Belle, an eleven-year-old Metis girl, and Sarah both want the coveted job of church bell ringer. An embroidery contest is held to award the position, and Sarah cheats. Before Belle can expose her, the two are caught up in the advancing forces of General Middleton and his troops as they surround Batoche in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. The church bell disappeared that day and remains missing to this day.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2004

Orca young reader

Description matérielle
135 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm

Terme de vedette-matière
Métis -- Fiction.
 
Cree -- Fiction.
 
Batoche, Battle of, Batoche, Sask., 1885 -- Fiction.

Résumé
Belle, an eleven-year-old Metis girl, and Sarah both want the coveted job of church bell ringer. An embroidery contest is held to award the position, and Sarah cheats. Before Belle can expose her, the two are caught up in the advancing forces of General Middleton and his troops as they surround Batoche in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. The church bell disappeared that day and remains missing to this day.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781551432977

Informations de publication
Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers, [2004]
 
©2004


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