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The lost history of stars / Dave Boling.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print historical fictionPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Company, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 475 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781432843359
  • 1432843354
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: In turn-of-the-century South Africa, fourteen-year-old Lettie, her younger brother, and her mother are Dutch Afrikaner settlers who have been taken from their farm by British soldiers and are being held in a concentration camp. It is early in the Boer War, and Lettie's father, grandfather, and brother are off fighting the British as thousands of Afrikaner women and children are detained. The camps are cramped and disease ridden; the threat of illness and starvation are ever present. Determined to dictate their own fate, Lettie and her family give each other strength and hope as they fight to survive amid increasingly dire conditions. Brave and defiant, Lettie finds comfort in memories of stargazing with her grandfather, in her plan to be a writer, and in surprising new friendships that will both nourish and challenge her. Inspired by Dave Boling's grandfather's own experience as a soldier during the Boer War.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Dr. James Carlson Library Large Print Fiction Boling, Dave Available 33111008531069
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print Fiction Boling, Dave Available 33111008865392
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Early in the Boer War, fourteen-year-old Lettie's father, grandfather, and brother are off fighting the British. Meanwhile she, her mother, and her younger brother join thousands of Afrikaner women and children detained in cramped, disease-ridden concentration camps. Brave and defiant, Lettie is a figure of abiding grace, and her richly drawn story is impossible to forget.

"A novel"--Cover.

In turn-of-the-century South Africa, fourteen-year-old Lettie, her younger brother, and her mother are Dutch Afrikaner settlers who have been taken from their farm by British soldiers and are being held in a concentration camp. It is early in the Boer War, and Lettie's father, grandfather, and brother are off fighting the British as thousands of Afrikaner women and children are detained. The camps are cramped and disease ridden; the threat of illness and starvation are ever present. Determined to dictate their own fate, Lettie and her family give each other strength and hope as they fight to survive amid increasingly dire conditions. Brave and defiant, Lettie finds comfort in memories of stargazing with her grandfather, in her plan to be a writer, and in surprising new friendships that will both nourish and challenge her. Inspired by Dave Boling's grandfather's own experience as a soldier during the Boer War.

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