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Major, Kevin

Ann and Seamus

109 pp. | Groundwood | March, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-88899-561-X $$16.95

(1) YA Illustrated by David Blackwood. This is adventure, coming-of-age, and love story, all set within vividly evoked Newfoundland history in stunningly immediate poetry. In a winter storm in 1828, seventeen-year-old Ann Harvey rows out with her fisherman father and brother to rescue 163 shipwreck survivors. The elegant pencil and wash illustrations effectively suggest a Newfoundland winter's cold. A brief note on the historical Ann Harvey's life is appended.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2004