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14-year-old Leah loves wilderness survival books. In fact,
sometimes she wishes she could escape into the wild. Then she could
get away from the body image obsession at school and the bullies
who pick on her little brother, Aiden. As long as she could still
braid her hair, she could definitely survive without home
comforts... and she could explore her passion for stargazing. But
alone in the woods one night, Leah's life is transformed. She has
the strangest sensation of gliding across the night sky, among
millions of dazzling stars. This profound experience sparks a
burning question in Leah that no one seems able to answer.
Desperate to broaden her horizons, Leah challenges herself to
attend an international summer camp. Will the people she meets
there, from her first love Sean, to formidable climate activist
Kayleigh, help Leah find the answer to her question: what is
'Home'?
This action-packed, first-hand account chronicles the mission of
Canada's most famous naval warship from her commissioning in 1943
to her return to Halifax for a refit in late 1944. The ship began
her career on convoy duty from Britain to Murmansk, and the book
includes a vivid description of the battle between the HMS Duke of
York and the German Scharnhorst that led to the Scharnhorst's
destruction. Haida went on to patrol the French coast in the months
leading up to D-Day, and then with her sister ships guarded the
Western Approaches on D-Day itself, sinking two German destroyers
and crippling two more. Commander William Sclater witnessed these
events first-hand, and his description-together with paintings by
Grant Macdonald-provides a vivid recounting of the heroic days of
the Second World War.
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