It is 1932, and the Great Depression is hurting everyone in Canada. Sisters Maud and Polly have been living in poverty with their single father in Winnipeg. When he is reported dead, they are sent to live with a grandmother they do not know. Grandmother lives on a Gulf Island near Victoria, and Maud is happy that she will be able to go to a boarding school instead of having to leave school and go to work. 10 year-old Polly is overcome with grief and missing her sister. And then there is the secret the girls have promised to keep.
How will Polly ever manage to keep quiet without Maud there to remind her? Governor General Award winning children’s author Kit Pearson has not published since 2007, and it has been worth the wait!
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