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Reviewed on February 1, 2005
Gr 6-9 An acclaimed Canadian author veers from her solid contemporary novels with this fictionalized account of Susanna Strickland Moodie's life as a young girl in England and as an adult frontierswoman in Canada. In the 19th century, when writing was still a socially unacceptable venue for ladies, Susanna makes a name for herself as a poet. At age 28, she falls in love with the admirable but poverty-stricken John Moodie; they marry and move to Canada, lured by the promise of free land and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
