![]() ![]() This is a tale taken from a very complex part of Canadian history. She must try to keep herself together among the ghosts of her family, never knowing where she is going and if she has done the right thing. This, however, proves to be just the start of Claire's journey and the beginning of a tale of survival for her. ![]() She knows that her brother will not forgive her for her feelings toward the one person she does trust, but she cannot seem to help herself when that one person, English soldier Sam Douglass, makes her feel the center of someone's world. Those duties have fallen to Claire, who is now being over-burdened by taking care of her siblings and is not sure what will happen to her community of Grand-Pr‚ now that the rift between the English and the Acadians seems to be worsening. She is frustrated with her maman who is giving their entire family a bad name by being over-friendly with the English soldiers and neglecting her duties at home. It was as if he'd said, "After the carrots are cooked," or, "After the fence is fixed." As if my people were just flotsam, floating across the Minas basin.Ĭlaire finds herself in a difficult position in her family. "After the Acadians are expelled," he went on, "I'll be packed off to Fort Edward and you'll live in Pisquid by the garrison." After the Acadians are expelled. ![]() Nova Scotia-History-1713-1775-Juvenile fiction. September 2, 2005Īcadians-Expusion, 1755-Juvenile fiction. ![]()
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