Capture Claire By Moonlight Imagined By Lynne Kositsky PDF
written but sad historical novel about the brutal expulsion by the English of the Acadians from what is now the Maritime provinces of Canada in, including Claire and her family.
.Claires future should be simple and predictable and include all the normal expectations of a young Acadian woman.
But her life is far from straightforward, Her mothers mental illness is a blot on the family name and Claire feels the brunt of it keenly.
Her father, long sickened by his wifes behavior, barely finds the energy to fend for his evergrowing family.
Claires brother, Jacques, is increasingly angry and suspicious
of the British soldiers who seem to take an unnatural interest in the familys daily routine.
Grandmère, well she is Grandmère always hard to please, never capable of a single word of praise, no matter how hard Claire works to provide for all of them.
And then there is Sam Douglass, handsome in his red coat and always paying attention to her.
What danger does she court just by talking to him Somehow Claire must make sense of it all before her home in GrandPré is changed forever.
There are traitors about but who are they Is Sam one Is Jacques Most terrifying of all, is she
Lynne Kositsky paints a vivid portrait of the land, the Acadians, and a tragic chapter in history.
Claire by Moonlight traces the journey of one girl, facing insurmountable odds, who will forever remain haunted by the ghosts of those she loved.
Lynne Kositsky is an award winning Canadian author of poetry and young adult historical fiction, Kositsky, who was born in Montreal, Quebec and grew up in London, England, now lives in the Niagara region of Ontario.
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