Shadow in Hawthorn Bay
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Winner of the both Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year Award and the
Young Adult Book Award, Shadow in Hawthorn Bay is the second book in
Janet Lunn's Hawthorn Bay trilogy, which begins with The Root Cellar and
ends with The Hollow Tree. Hawthorn Bay, which plays an important role in
all three novels, is based on Pleasant Bay in Ontario's Prince Edward County,
where Lunn lived for more than 30 years in the farmhouse that was the setting
for The Root Cellar. Shadow in Hawthorn Bay traces the
overwhelmingly difficult journey that 15-year-old Mary Urquhart makes from the
Highlands of Scotland to the wilderness that is just becoming Upper Canada. Mary
makes the journey in part because she believes that she's heard the voice of her
beloved cousin, Duncan, calling to her to come to Hawthorn Bay. Mary has
"second sight" and knows that she has to leave behind all that is dear
to her to come to Duncan's aid. But it's 1815 when Mary arrives, four long years
since she last saw Duncan, and she discovers to her horror that Duncan is dead.
Mary is a survivor, though, and she is determined to make Hawthorn Bay her home.
Lunn creates a gripping portrait of pioneer life and doesn't shy away from
giving readers a taste of the harshness and brutality of life in the wilderness.
But she also captures the sense of magic and mystery that the landscape evoked
for early settlers and that still grips many of us today. Shadow in Hawthorn
Bay is part romance, part mystery, and part historical fiction, and is one
of Janet Lunn's most powerful fictions for young readers. (Ages 12 and older)
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