Ellie's New Home OSI

by Becky Citra

Book Overview

Ellie and her little brother Max find themselves moving from their grandmother's comfortable home in England to Upper Canada. Their mother is dead, Father wants to start over again, and in 1835 there... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551431645
• ISBN13: 9781551431642
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

A heartwarming story about a young pioneer girl.

When nine-year-old Ellie's widowed father decides to leave England and move to the Canadian frontier in 1835, she doesn't know just what to expect, but she is sure her family will stay together. However, when they arrive in Canada, Ellie's father leaves her and her five-year-old brother, Max, with a pioneer farm family while he goes off to find land and start building their home. Ellie is upset that her father has left her and fears he may not return. She also has trouble adjusting to life on the frontier, which is very frightening compared to England. And she can't seem to get along with Mary, the daughter of the family she is staying with. Will Canada ever be home to Ellie, and can she and Mary ever become friends? This was a very sweet story about a young immigrant girl's struggle to adjust to life on the Canadian frontier in the 1800s. Ellie is a sympathetic character and young girls will relate to her feelings of loneliness in a new home and her struggle to fit in. Fans of the American Girls books and other similar historical fiction will most likely enjoy this book.