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A Deadly Distance

A Deadly Distance

Down, Heather

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General Juvenile FictionHistory

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ISBN10: 1550026372
ISBN13: 9781550026375
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: Sep 30 2007
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.47 Depth: 8.36
Language: English

Startled, Mishbee gasped, frozen with horror. She was staring down the barrel of a musket and was familiar with the sound those weapons made. The young girl knew muskets meant death.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Newfoundland, the Beothuks, a First Nations people, have been decimated by disease, and their numbers dwindle further as they are hunted and persecuted relentlessly by European settlers. Young Mishbee, her older sister Oobata, and Oobata's baby struggle courageously on Exploits Island against tuberculosis, misunderstanding, and prejudice. Mishbee tries to maintain the traditions of her people as she slowly befriends a young settler named John and attempts to bridge the deadly gulf between their two cultures. But has the friendship blossomed too late? Will Mishbee and John be able to show the settlers that the Beothuks arent a threat before they disappear completely?

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