Available September 2006 ISBN-10: 1-55380-041-9 ISBN-13: 978-55380-041-5 5-1/4 X 7-5/8 210 pp trade paper $9.95 Cdn $8.95 US YA Fiction, Ages 10 and up

This historical time-travel novel, for children ten and up, is the third volume in Cathy Beveridge’s ongoing series on Canadian disasters. Once again we meet Jolene and her twin brother Michael, this time in an RV on the shores of the Great Lakes, where her father and grandfather are conducting research into the Great Storm of 1913. Away from home, twelve-year-old Jolene feels fragile and lost, lacking a sure sense of direction in her life. When Grandpa discovers a time crease that enables them to step back into 1913, Jolene embraces the opportunity, feeling that she may find some help for her self-doubts in witnessing an earlier time. At first, however, the past offers no answers. Jolene’s high-spirited new friend Em is a total mystery, and her ardent support of the suffragettes reinforces Jolene’s self-doubts. Then Em inadvertently leads the twins onto the Regina as the ship sails onto Lake Huron and into the Great Storm. When the order to abandon the sinking ship comes, they manage to escape and spend a night clinging to a raft in frigid waters. With her twin brother injured, Jolene is forced to draw on all her resources to allow the threesome to survive. In the process, she discovers her inner strength and a new passion for life.

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"The goal of historical fiction writers is to make long ago become real to young readers...Cathy Beveridge does even better than that...she literally 'takes' readers back in time in a very effective way."— Lian Goodall, Children’s Book Reviewer

Cathy Beveridge has had great success with Shadows of Disaster, dealing with the Frank slide, and Chaos in Halifax, with the Halifax explosion. Other publications include Offside (2001) and One on One (2005), published by Thistledown Press. She is the winner of the Snow Willow award and was shortlisted for the Rocky Mountain, Diamond Willow and Red Cedar awards. Cathy Beveridge lives with her family in Calgary.