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GIFT OF THE BEAR is a 208-page, middle grade novel set in the New England Colonies at the onset of the French and Indian War. England and France are fighting for sole possession of the eastern seaboard of Colonial America. Thousands of French Acadians are deported from their homeland and scattered throughout the thirteen colonies. Edward Abbott of Massachusetts befriends an exiled immigrant boy, Johnny Bear, who has been deported from Nova Scotia and separated from his family. Edward is deeply moved when he learns about the horrors of the French Acadian expulsion and vows to find his new…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
GIFT OF THE BEAR is a 208-page, middle grade novel set in the New England Colonies at the onset of the French and Indian War. England and France are fighting for sole possession of the eastern seaboard of Colonial America. Thousands of French Acadians are deported from their homeland and scattered throughout the thirteen colonies. Edward Abbott of Massachusetts befriends an exiled immigrant boy, Johnny Bear, who has been deported from Nova Scotia and separated from his family. Edward is deeply moved when he learns about the horrors of the French Acadian expulsion and vows to find his new friend's family. He teaches Johnny Bear English and helps him cope with townspeople's prejudice against French Catholics. He learns it is against the law for Acadians to leave their assigned town, but with unrelenting determination, he discovers the whereabouts of Johnny Bear's family. When the town votes to 'farm out' Johnny Bear as a slave, Edward must choose between obeying the law or saving his friend from a dire fate.
Autorenporträt
Patricia Zube's passions for writing and research into family history led her to Gift of the Bear. As a young girl, she found out she descends from both French Acadians and English colonists. It has been her life's dream to tell this story of unwelcomed Acadian exiles and those who opened their hearts and homes to kindly care for them. Patricia is a member of SCBWI, New Hampshire Writers' Project, New Hampshire Historical Society, Poetry Society of New Hampshire, and the American-Canadian Genealogical Society. Patricia has been published in various university anthologies and newsletters in the United States and Canada. Her poetry has been published in regional anthologies.