Ticket to Canada

by Celia Barker Lottridge

Book Overview

In 1915 eleven-year-old Sam and his father arrive in an undeveloped part of western Canada and begin to plan a new farm for the family waiting back in Iowa. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0382391462
• ISBN13: 9780382391460
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Silver Burdett Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Story of how a family moves to Canada and develops a farm.

Sam and his father take a train to Alberta, Canada from Iowa farm. They have bought land, built a house, and developed the farm. Sam's mother, sister and younger brother join them in a couple of months. Describes what it is like to hoe on a farm in the middle of Alberta with no nearby neighbors and flat land everywhere.