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Author:

Baugh, Leanne, 1959- author.

Title:

Wild bird : a novel / Leanne Baugh.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Red Deer Press

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

336 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Subject:

Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction.
Smallpox--Juvenile fiction.
Indigenous peoples--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Ambition--Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls--Fiction.
Smallpox--Fiction.
Indigenous peoples--Canada--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Ambition--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Ambition.
Families.
Friendship.
Indigenous peoples.
Smallpox.
Teenage girls.
Canada.
Novels.
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

"Kate Harding at 16 rebels against the social norms of the remote colonial town of Victoria in 1861. Here, Indigenous people are regarded as fodder for the small pox epidemic, and Kate's hope of practicing medicine is disparaged. But she is determined and eventually wins out."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0889956367
9780889956360

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1200314478

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)