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Big Water

by Andrea Curtis
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Seventeen-year-old Christina McBurney has led a sheltered life. But when her twin brother, Jonathan, dies of consumption, Christina, unwilling to be farmed out as a nursemaid or teacher, runs away from home and her destiny. In Owen Sound she boards the Asia, a steamship that transports passengers and freight throughout the Great Lakes. She doesn't really have a plan other than to get to Sault Ste. Marie. She'll figure things out once she's settled.

But a violent storm suddenly rises on Georgian Bay, and the overloaded and top-heavy steamship begins to sink. Christina is tossed overboard. Pulled to safety just before she loses consciousness, she finds herself on a lifeboat, surrounded by a number of bedraggled and terrified passengers and crew. One by one they succumb to their injuries, until only Christina and a brooding young man named Daniel are left alive.

The usual rules of society no longer apply—Daniel and Christina must now work together as equals to survive.

Big Water is a fictional account of the real-life story of the only two survivors of the sinking of the SS Asia in 1882.
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Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Kindle Book

  • Release date: March 6, 2018

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  • ISBN: 9781459815735
  • File size: 1878 KB
  • Release date: March 6, 2018

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781459815735
  • File size: 1878 KB
  • Release date: March 6, 2018

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781459815728
  • File size: 2857 KB
  • Release date: March 6, 2018
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Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:720
Text Difficulty:3

Seventeen-year-old Christina McBurney has led a sheltered life. But when her twin brother, Jonathan, dies of consumption, Christina, unwilling to be farmed out as a nursemaid or teacher, runs away from home and her destiny. In Owen Sound she boards the Asia, a steamship that transports passengers and freight throughout the Great Lakes. She doesn't really have a plan other than to get to Sault Ste. Marie. She'll figure things out once she's settled.

But a violent storm suddenly rises on Georgian Bay, and the overloaded and top-heavy steamship begins to sink. Christina is tossed overboard. Pulled to safety just before she loses consciousness, she finds herself on a lifeboat, surrounded by a number of bedraggled and terrified passengers and crew. One by one they succumb to their injuries, until only Christina and a brooding young man named Daniel are left alive.

The usual rules of society no longer apply—Daniel and Christina must now work together as equals to survive.

Big Water is a fictional account of the real-life story of the only two survivors of the sinking of the SS Asia in 1882.
Expand title description text
Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Orca Book Publishers

    Kindle Book
    Release date: March 6, 2018

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781459815735
    File size: 1878 KB
    Release date: March 6, 2018

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781459815735
    File size: 1878 KB
    Release date: March 6, 2018

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781459815728
    File size: 2857 KB
    Release date: March 6, 2018

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 720
    Text Difficulty: 3
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