W. Ross Macdonald School Library

The Hiding Place /

Cook, Lyn, 1918-2018, author.

The Hiding Place / Lyn Cook. - Toronto : Lester, 1994. - 148 pages ; 20 cm.

It is 1650 in New France. The tragic fire that destroyed their home has left twelve-year-old Justine and her younger brother, Denis, orphaned and at the mercy of their neighbour, the brutal Monsieur Gaudin. He wants Justine for his wife, and she will do anything to escape that fate; Denis will do anything to stay with Justine. They decide they must flee to a place where Monsieur Gaudin will never find them. But how will they survive in the treacherous Quebec wilderness?

Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, 1991

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Orphans--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers--Fction.


Quebec (province)--Fiction.


Authors, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
FICTION / Historical / Canada.

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