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Gillian Chan

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kidscanpress.com presents ...
	A Foreign Field written by Gillian Chan For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5554

Paperback CAD $6.95 978-1-55337-350-6 Hardcover Jacket CAD $16.95 978-1-55337-349-0 Grades: 5 to 8 Ages: 10 to 14 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding historical fiction Social Studies History WW II Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell Z Grade Level 7-up Accelerated Reader 5.6 UG © 2002 BW 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 192 pages	Life has been tough for 14-year-old Ellen Logan. With her country embroiled in the Second World War, she's forced to shoulder many family responsibilities. Life's even tougher for Stephen Dearborn, a young British pilot in training at the local airfield. As Ellen and Stephen are forced to grow up before their time, their friendship deepens — and together they discover that sometimes falling apart is only steps away from falling in love. Awards 2004 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, shortlist 2003 Hamilton & Region Arts Council Book Award, Hamilton & Region Arts Council, winner 2003 Nautilus Award - Young Adult Literature, winner 2003 Our Choice, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, winner 2003 White Pine Award, winner Reviews “An affecting novel with a strong cast of believable characters and a well-realized historical setting.” — Booklist Starred Review, September 2002 “... [Chan] takes readers into the harried days of World War II and gives us an insightful look into the lives of the young British and Canadian fighter pilots ...Chan has drawn upon her own family history - both her father and uncle were pilots in the RAF - to create an engaging and compassionate novel that succinctly explores how war really changes young lives.” — Books in Canada, November 2002 “Reading this book, it is easy to imagine growing up with the glamour of the flight school, the everydayness of life as a 14-year-old, and the uncertainty of war. Recommended.” — Library Media Connection, May 2003

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	A Foreign Field written by Gillian Chan For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5554

Paperback CAD $6.95 978-1-55337-350-6 Hardcover Jacket CAD $16.95 978-1-55337-349-0 Grades: 5 to 8 Ages: 10 to 14 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding historical fiction Social Studies History WW II Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell Z Grade Level 7-up Accelerated Reader 5.6 UG © 2002 BW 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 192 pages	Life has been tough for 14-year-old Ellen Logan. With her country embroiled in the Second World War, she's forced to shoulder many family responsibilities. Life's even tougher for Stephen Dearborn, a young British pilot in training at the local airfield. As Ellen and Stephen are forced to grow up before their time, their friendship deepens — and together they discover that sometimes falling apart is only steps away from falling in love. Awards 2004 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, shortlist 2003 Hamilton & Region Arts Council Book Award, Hamilton & Region Arts Council, winner 2003 Nautilus Award - Young Adult Literature, winner 2003 Our Choice, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, winner 2003 White Pine Award, winner Reviews “An affecting novel with a strong cast of believable characters and a well-realized historical setting.” — Booklist Starred Review, September 2002 “... [Chan] takes readers into the harried days of World War II and gives us an insightful look into the lives of the young British and Canadian fighter pilots ...Chan has drawn upon her own family history - both her father and uncle were pilots in the RAF - to create an engaging and compassionate novel that succinctly explores how war really changes young lives.” — Books in Canada, November 2002 “Reading this book, it is easy to imagine growing up with the glamour of the flight school, the everydayness of life as a 14-year-old, and the uncertainty of war. Recommended.” — Library Media Connection, May 2003

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	A Foreign Field written by Gillian Chan For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5554

Paperback CAD $6.95 978-1-55337-350-6 Hardcover Jacket CAD $16.95 978-1-55337-349-0 Grades: 5 to 8 Ages: 10 to 14 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding historical fiction Social Studies History WW II Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell Z Grade Level 7-up Accelerated Reader 5.6 UG © 2002 BW 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 192 pages	Life has been tough for 14-year-old Ellen Logan. With her country embroiled in the Second World War, she's forced to shoulder many family responsibilities. Life's even tougher for Stephen Dearborn, a young British pilot in training at the local airfield. As Ellen and Stephen are forced to grow up before their time, their friendship deepens — and together they discover that sometimes falling apart is only steps away from falling in love. Awards 2004 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, shortlist 2003 Hamilton & Region Arts Council Book Award, Hamilton & Region Arts Council, winner 2003 Nautilus Award - Young Adult Literature, winner 2003 Our Choice, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, winner 2003 White Pine Award, winner Reviews “An affecting novel with a strong cast of believable characters and a well-realized historical setting.” — Booklist Starred Review, September 2002 “... [Chan] takes readers into the harried days of World War II and gives us an insightful look into the lives of the young British and Canadian fighter pilots ...Chan has drawn upon her own family history - both her father and uncle were pilots in the RAF - to create an engaging and compassionate novel that succinctly explores how war really changes young lives.” — Books in Canada, November 2002 “Reading this book, it is easy to imagine growing up with the glamour of the flight school, the everydayness of life as a 14-year-old, and the uncertainty of war. Recommended.” — Library Media Connection, May 2003

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Life has been tough for 14-year-old Ellen Logan. With her country embroiled in the Second World War, she's forced to shoulder many family responsibilities. Life's even tougher for Stephen Dearborn, a young British pilot in training at the local airfield. As Ellen and Stephen are forced to grow up before their time, their friendship deepens — and together they discover that sometimes falling apart is only steps away from falling in love.

Grades: 5 to 8
Ages: 10 to 14

© 2002
BW • 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 • 192 pages

Curriculum Connections

Language Arts

Genre, Literature, Understanding

historical fiction

Social Studies

History

WW II

Reading levels

Fountas & Pinnell

Grade Level

7-up

Accelerated Reader

UG 5.6

Paperback

978-1-55337-350-6

Reviews

“An affecting novel with a strong cast of believable characters and a well-realized historical setting.”: — Booklist Starred Review, September 2002
“... [Chan] takes readers into the harried days of World War II and gives us an insightful look into the lives of the young British and Canadian fighter pilots ...Chan has drawn upon her own family history - both her father and uncle were pilots in the RAF - to create an engaging and compassionate novel that succinctly explores how war really changes young lives.”: — Books in Canada, November 2002
“Reading this book, it is easy to imagine growing up with the glamour of the flight school, the everydayness of life as a 14-year-old, and the uncertainty of war. Recommended.”: — Library Media Connection, May 2003

Awards

2004: Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, shortlist
2003: Hamilton & Region Arts Council Book Award, Hamilton & Region Arts Council, winner
2003: Nautilus Award - Young Adult Literature, winner
2003: Our Choice, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, winner
2003: White Pine Award, winner