 |
Bibliography Search
» Biblio Info
Help
|
|
|
|
Bibliograhy Picture:
|
|
:
|
|
|
Bibliography Information:
|
|
Material Type:
|
Book |
|
Collection:
|
Comics |
|
Call Number:
|
CAN TEENSHISFIC WIS2015 |
|
Title:
|
Avis Dolphin |
|
Remainder of title:
|
|
|
Personal name:
|
Wishinsky, Frieda (writer) and Dawson, Willow (illustrator) |
|
Statement of responsibility, etc.:
|
|
|
Show in OPAC:
|
yes |
Bibliography Copy Information:
|
Barcode # |
Description |
Status |
Status Dt |
Due Back |
|
016295 |
|
checked in |
2023-02-17 19:23:14 |
|
|
Additional Bibliographic Information:
|
|
Topical term or geographic name as entry element:
|
Teen Historical Fiction |
|
International Standard Book Number:
|
9781554984893 |
|
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.:
|
Groundwood Books (House of Anansi Press) |
|
Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
|
2015 |
|
Other physical details:
|
hardcover |
|
Summary, etc. note:
|
Avis Dolphin doesn’t want to leave Canada and sail to England on the Lusitania. War is raging in Europe, and the Germans threaten to sink the ship. Avis is lonely and afraid until she meets a kindly professor whose stories of a magical island help her face an uncertain future.
When the Lusitania is attacked, Avis must draw on all her newfound strength to cope with the confusion, terror and despair. How can she survive the sudden devastation of the ship? Will the people she cares about, especially the professor, live through the horror and danger?
The immediacy of Frieda Wishinsky’s voice will engage readers in this thrilling story based on real events. They will identify with Avis and Professor Holbourn as they grapple with a stubborn captain, encounter German stowaways and contend with the feud between Avis’s two cabin mates. Set against a background of growing anxiety, readers will be glued to the dramatic unfolding events and the surprising fate of the people they have come to know.
Willow Dawson’s art depicts the stories the professor tells Avis in enchanting graphic-novel form. They provide a riveting magical element to the story, creating a story-within-a-story.
Like Avis, readers will fall in love with Foula and will dream of the island long after they have reached the last page of this exciting story. |
|
Expansion of summary note:
|
England, Canada, Canadian, war, travel, 1910s, women, drama, anxiety |
|
Source of acquisition:
|
Rotem Diamant |
|
Method of acquisition:
|
Donation |
|
Date of acquisition:
|
November, 2019 |
|
:
|
../pictures/Avis Dolphin.jpg |
|
:
|
16.95 |
Library Home |
OPAC |
Help
Powered by OpenBiblio version 0.7.2 database version 0.7.1
Copyright © 2002-2014 Dave Stevens, et al.
under the GNU General Public License
|
Canada Comics Open Library 