Dear Canada: Flame and Ashes: The Great Fire Diary of Triffie Winsor, St John's, Newfoundland, 1892
✍ Scribed by Mcnaughton, Janet
- Book ID
- 109623327
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781443124430
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✦ Synopsis
A touching "riches to rags" story set during the second-worst disaster in the history of Atlantic Canada.
Eleven-year-old Triffie is the middle daughter of a well-to-do merchant. Triffie knows nothing about what it means to be poor -- until the disastrous fire of 1892 burns down most of St. John's, Newfoundland, leaving Triffie's family and 15,000 others homeless.
The fire claimed everything but their underwear, Mother's best china . . . and Triffie's journal. With no other options, Triffie's family moves into a filthy warehouse while they attempt to rebuild their lives from the ground up.
The aftermath of the fire teaches Triffie a lot about what it means to survive. More importantly, she comes face to face with her own prejudices, and begins to develop a much greater appreciation for how the less fortunate live.