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Big Water by Andrea Curtis

Big Water

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Andrea Curtis

Orca Book Publishers · Ebook · March 6, 2018

Seventeen-year-old Christina McBurney has led a sheltered life.

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Who it’s for
A shipwreck turns one young woman’s escape into a stark test of survival and equality.
Genres
Historical YA - Canada, YA Survival Stories
Published
Orca Book Publishers, March 6, 2018

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About this book

Seventeen-year-old Christina McBurney has led a sheltered life. But when her twin brother, Jonathan, dies of consumption, Christina, unwilling to be farmed out as a nursemaid or teacher, runs away from home and her destiny. In Owen Sound she boards the Asia, a steamship that transports passengers and freight throughout the Great Lakes. She doesn't really have a plan other than to get to Sault Ste. Marie. She'll figure things out once she's settled.

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But a violent storm suddenly rises on Georgian Bay, and the overloaded and top-heavy steamship begins to sink. Christina is tossed overboard. Pulled to safety just before she loses consciousness, she finds herself on a lifeboat, surrounded by a number of bedraggled and terrified passengers and crew. One by one they succumb to their injuries, until only Christina and a brooding young man named Daniel are left alive. The usual rules of society no longer apply—Daniel and Christina must now work together as equals to survive. Big Water is a fictional account of the real-life story of the only two survivors of the sinking of the SS Asia in 1882.

Survival at Sea

A shipwreck turns one young woman’s escape into a stark test of survival and equality.

Come here for

  • A historical survival story rooted in a real Great Lakes shipwreck
  • A young woman forced to meet danger on equal terms

Expect

  • A focused tale of two survivors facing peril together
  • A fictional account of the SS Asia’s 1882 sinking

Where it sits

YA Survival Stories100%
Historical YA - Canada79%

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Publisher categories

  • YA Survival Stories
  • YA Sibling Stories
Authors
Andrea Curtis
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Published
March 6, 2018
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
YA Survival Stories