Janet Lunn
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Description
Popular Canadian author of children's historical novels. She was chair of the Writer's Union of Canada.
Books
The story of Canada
The twelve dancing princesses
The unseen
A collection of twenty-one short stories and poems about ghosts and other things supernatural by a variety of Canadian authors including Tim Wynne-Jones, Kit Pearson, Jean Little, Karleen Bradford, Janet Lunn, and L.M.Montgomery.
Charlotte
After the end of the Revolutionary War in New York, ten-year-old Charlotte witnesses the deportation of Loyalists, including her cousin's family.
Double Spell
Strangely attracted to an antique doll, twelve-year-old twins buy the toy and soon find themselves haunted by powerful and tragic memories of ancestral twins who had also been owners of the doll.
Duck Cakes for Sale
A woman who moves to the country for peace and quiet soon has more ducks, and more duck eggs, and more visitors come for the things she makes from the duck eggs, than she quite knows how to handle
Le message de l'arbre creux
"Dans les années 1700, au coeur de la guerre de l'Indépendance américaine, la jeune Phoébée doit livrer une missive importante que lui a confiée son cousin bien-aimé, un soldat loyaliste qui a été pendu. L'orpheline vivra maintes aventures dans l'espoir d'une vie plus facile." Réf. La Sélection de livres pour les jeunes (de 12 à 17 ans) 2001-2002.
The hollow tree
"The third novel in the trio that began with 'The Root Cellar' and 'Shadow in Hawthorn Bay.' This is the unforgettable tale of a young girl who escapes to Canada during the American Revolutionary War, who will delight and inspire readers with her courage and determination" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998.
Shadow in Hawthorn Bay
When fifteen-year-old Mary journeys from Scotland to Canada in search of her cousin, she makes a tragic discovery and alienates the townsfolk who fear her psychic powers.
Phenomenes inexpliques
Recueil de sept histoires terrifiantes concernant les fantomes, les presences invisibles, etc., redigees par sept auteures canadiennes renommees. -- De courtes notes biographiques sur les auteures sont proposees a la fin du recueil. [SDM].
Twin spell
Strangely attracted to an antique doll, twelve-year-old twins buy the toy and soon find themselves haunted by powerful and tragic memories of ancestral twins who had also been owners of the doll.