![]() ![]() The poignant story moves between romance, tragedy, and adventure, while the strong and determined character of Claire is appealing with its mixture of youthful hope and mature calculation as she strives to find a new home for her remaining family. ![]() Well-researched and beautifully written, Kositsky’s story of a young girl’s trial by fire and water presents a compelling portrait of a tragic chapter in our country’s history. Separated from her mother and youngest brother on the deportation boats, Claire tries to hold together the remnants of her family as she and her remaining brother and sister endure a shipwreck and appalling conditions on the boats, always hoping to finally return to their beloved Acadia. Claire’s father and older brother have been deported to France, a country they have never known her village of Grand Pré has been set ablaze and Claire is torn between her hatred and fear of the brutal English soldiers and her love for a young French-speaking soldier who is appalled by what he is being ordered to do. Claire Richard, her Acadian heroine, is a 15-year-old girl who has to grow up fast when her community is destroyed by English soldiers who are seizing the Acadians’ land and forcing them out of their homes. Lynne Kositsky’s depiction of the Acadian expulsion is a stirring tale of fear, loss, and stubborn survival. ![]()
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