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Avis Dolphin / Frieda Wishinsky ; [illustrated by] Willow Dawson.

by Wishinsky, Frieda.

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Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2015.

Lusitania (Steamship) -- Juvenile fiction.

Girls -- Juvenile fiction.

College teachers -- Juvenile fiction.

Ocean travel -- Juvenile fiction.

Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction.

9781554984893 (hc.)

164 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

"Avis Dolphin doesn’t want to sail to England on the Lusitania. War is raging in Europe, and the Germans threaten to sink the ship. Avis is lonely and afraid until she meets a kindly professor whose stories of a magical island help her face an uncertain future. When the Lusitania is attacked, Avis must draw on all her newfound strength to cope with the confusion, terror and despair. How can she survive the sudden devastation of the ship? Will the people she cares about, especially the professor, live through the horror and danger? The immediacy of Frieda Wishinsky’s voice engages readers in this thrilling story based on real events. Set against a background of growing anxiety, readers are glued to the dramatic unfolding events and the surprising fate of the people they have come to know."--From publisher.

Grades: 4-6. SLJ.

Historical fiction, Juvenile.

Canadian fiction, Juvenile.

Dawson, Willow, ill.

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