![]() Threatened with eviction and worried for their father, the children run away to Corner Brook, where a friend of their mother takes them in. Sadie and Flora anxiously await the return of their father at the end of the school year, but rather than coming to collect the girls, he leaves to search for gold. Hatch, who feeds the children lumpy porridge and makes them do household chores. While their father works for a mining company inland, Sadie, 14, and Flora, 8, try to adapt to a new school and a new town in the absence of their parents. John's, Newfoundland, in the fall of 1926. This is the story of two sisters who have left Ontario after their mother's death to live in St. As per the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada, you can request alternate formats of this page on the Contact Us page.Īward-Winning Titles 2004 English Awards (continued)įOR THE BEST ENGLISH BOOK (AGE 12 AND OLDER) ![]() ![]() Web pages that are archived on the Internet are not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards. ![]() This page will not be altered or updated. This archived Web page remains online for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. ![]()
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