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author: Draper, Penny

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Language: English
Genre: Children and Youth,Thrillers
Publisher: Coteau Books
Publishing year: 2006
Length: 03:45 Hours / 114 Pages

Book summary:

Nathalie lay awake, listening for the train whistle that will bring her cousin Helena to visit. But instead of the whistle, Nathalie hears a terrible roar as Turtle Mountain breaks apart, sending 90 million tons of rock into her valley. Will anyone survive? Terror at Turtle Mountain epitomizes the Canadian survival story. Suspenseful, fast-paced, and moving, Penny Draper's historical novel about loss, finding self, and reconciliation easily transposes modern-day readers to 1903, to life in the booming coal mining town of Frank and the 90-second slide disaster that killed In this character-driven plot.


 
 
 
 
 

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