This is a series of books about a girl named Rachel whose family has escaped from America to Nova Scotia, leaving their brutal lives as slaves behind them. To learn more about Rachel visit the Our Canadian Girl web site.

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• A Mighty Big Imagining- Rachel has just boarded a ship that will take her and her mother from slavery in America to promised freedom in Nova Scotia, where Rachel's stepfather is waiting for them. For Rachel, the best thing about freedom is the chance to learn to read and write. But the new home that awaits them is not what they imagine. The land is barren, the weather cold and mean. Worse still, Rachel's mother is pregnant. For a brief moment, Rachel even wonders if they were better off as slaves. But she is determined not only to survive, but to make the most of her new life. How will she do it, in this strange new land?
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• The Maybe House- Rachel's family has spent months living in the horrible pit house. Then, thanks to her stepfather Titan's hard work, Rachel's wish for a real home is granted. And her determination to learn to read and write also begins to bear fruit. But will these wonderful accomplishments last? The atmosphere in Shelbourne, Nova Scotia, is an increasingly intolerant one, as white soldiers who have left the army and who are now unable to find work, begin to look with resentment at their black neighbours. Even as Rachel's life begins to improve, new and dangerous obstacles arise for her to overcome.
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• Certificate of Freedom- Rachel's family has been obliged to move back to Birchtown after being chased out of Shelburne by white de-listed soldiers. In this third installment of Rachel's story, the unthinkable happens -- after asking to see their certificates of freedom, a soldier marches Rachel and her mother through the woods, saying that he must show their certificates to a superior officer to prove that the two of them are not still slaves. But as they march further and further afield, night falls, the beasts in the forest howl, and Rachel becomes terrified. Where are they going? What will happen to them? And who is the sinister man with a gun who has taken them from their home?
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• An Elephant Tree Christmas- With no sign of her beloved mamma’s return, Rachel’s been doing the work of two, trying to look after baby Jem and take care of the new house that Titan’s built. Soon she’s doing much more than that, having undertaken to teach the other children how to read and write. But with a hard winter coming and no indoor schoolroom, Rachel knows that her classes will soon come to an end. Even worse, some of her students may not survive another winter of bitter cold and not enough food. Rachel knows she can help the other children keep their bellies full enough. But what she doesn’t count on is that someone will help keep her little school going.
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Four captivating girls, four award-winning authors-the Our Canadian Girl Treasury is one great gift-giving idea.

Since the first Our Canadian Girl book was published, children, teachers and librarians across the country have raved about the courageous young girls who bring Canada’s past to life. Now, fans of the acclaimed series can collect beautiful hardcover editions of the first four books that started it all.

In Emily: Across the James Bay Bridge, Emily discovers B.C.’s Chinatown in 1896 and befriends Hing, her middle-class family’s servant. In Penelope: Terror in the Harbour, Penelope’s world is rocked-literally-with the 1917 Halifax harbour explosion. In Marie-Claire: Dark Spring, Marie-Claire’s life in 1885 Montreal is turned topsy-turvy amidst a smallpox outbreak and some drastic family changes, and in Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining, Rachel, a freed slave, dreams of a better life in Nova Scotia, only to find that Canada brings its own set of hardships.
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When trapped or frightened, Esther sees windows--and flying out of them--as her only salvation. Young, Jewish, and on the run from the Nazis, Esther is one of a group of children who manage to flee Germany at the beginning of World War II.
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Anya, a young girl, receives an old Chanukah menorah, which takes her back to a time before she was born. As she lights the first candle on the menorah, she becomes Estie, a Jewish girl who escapes from Nazi Germany with the help of a Christian woman. As she lights each successive candle, more of the story unfolds, and Anya learns a few things about her own family and her faith.
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When Perin Willoughby, a feisty, fast-talking teen, travels back in time to the theatre of the Elizabethan era, she is frightened--and fascinated. Soon she has snagged an actor's job at The Theatre, all the while masquerading as a boy to avoid being thrown out on the street. Travel with "Willow" through the streets of London. Experience the sights, the sounds...and the smells! Guaranteed to entertain Shakespeare fans, both old and new.
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Rebecca's Flame takes readers back to the Irish potato famine in the mid-1800's. Rebecca is the daughter of a middle-class Jewish merchant, who, along with her sister, have escaped most of the hardships of the famine. However, her life changes when she meets Sean, a Catholic boy, and witnesses first hand the starvation and destitution from which she has been shielded. Despite the objections of her father, Rebecca continues her friendship with Sean which has consequences that will forever alter her life. Her growing affection for Sean forces her to make decisions about her faith, family and future.
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Claire’s future should be simple and predictable and include all the normal expectations of a young Acadian woman. But her life is far from straightforward. Her mother’s mental illness is a blot on the family name and Claire feels the brunt of it keenly. Her father, long sickened by his wife’s behavior, barely finds the energy to fend for his ever-growing family. Claire’s brother, Jacques, is increasingly angry and suspicious of the British soldiers who seem to take an unnatural interest in the family’s daily routine. Grandmère, well she is Grandmère – always hard to please, never capable of a single word of praise, no matter how hard Claire works to provide for all of them.

And then there is Sam Douglass, handsome in his red coat and always paying attention to her. What danger does she court just by talking to him? Somehow Claire must make sense of it all before her home in Grand-Pré is changed forever. There are traitors about but who are they? Is Sam one? Is Jacques? Most terrifying of all, is she?

Lynne Kositsky paints a vivid portrait of the land, the Acadians, and a tragic chapter in history. Claire by Moonlight traces the journey of one girl, facing insurmountable odds, who will forever remain haunted by the ghosts of those she loved.
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