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edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
category: Children's Fiction
published: Apr 2004
ISBN:9781551432984
publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Catching Spring

by Sylvia Olsen

tagged: native canadian, camping & outdoor activities, post-confederation (1867-)
Description

The year is 1957, and Bobby lives on the Tsartlip First Nation reserve on Vancouver Island where his family has lived for generations and generations.

Bobby loves his weekend job at the nearby marina. He loves to play marbles with his friends. And he loves being able to give half his weekly earnings to his mother to eke out the grocery money, but he longs to enter the up-coming fishing derby. With the help of his uncle and Dan from the marina his wish just might come true.

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About the Author

Sylvia Olsen (PhD, history) is an adult educator and facilitator specializing in First Nations housing. She is the author of over twenty books for adults and children, including Working with Wool: A Coast Salish Legacy and the Cowichan Sweater (Sono Nis Press, 2010), which was awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing. She lives in North Saanich, BC.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
9 to 12
Grade:
4 to 7
Reading age:
9 to 12
Awards
  • , Young Readers' Choice Book Awards of British Columbia (YRCABC) Red Cedar Book Awards
  • Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Awards
  • , Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards - Diamond Willow
  • Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Our Choice

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