Synopsis
Fifteen-year-old Lesia can hardly bear it. She and her family must leave their beloved Baba in their Ukrainian hometown in order to flee to Canada. Dreaming of fields of wheat, wealth and security, Lesia looks forward to a life in Canada, free from poverty and rumours of war. But the 160 acres of hardscrabble prairie look nothing like the wheat fields of her dreams. And even though there is no fighting in her new country, the First World War follows them there.
About Laura Langston
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Laura Langston is the author of several books for children and adults. Lesias Dream recently won for the Kobzar Literary Award, Canadas newest national book award. It was also nominated for three other childrens choice awards. Mile-High Apple Pie, her recent picture book, was nominated for the OLAs Blue Spruce Award; The Foxs Kettle was nominated for a Governor Generals Award for Illustration; and Pay Dirt! was nominated for the Red Cedar and Silver Birch Awards. A former writer and broadcaster for the CBC, Laura Langston also writes regularly for Canadian Gardening magazine and has authored a book on herb gardening. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
Published September 4, 2012
by HarperCollins.
272 pages
Genres:
Literature & Fiction, History, Children's Books.
Fiction
