![]() ![]() ![]() She lives in Toronto, where she is writing a third book about the Ferrier family. (Booklist ) 'Celia Lottridge creates an attractive, intelligent child protagonist in Ticket to Curlew.' Quill and Quire 'With believable characters and an intriguing setting, this novel provides insights into resourcefulness, hard work and satisfaction of pioneers on the prairie. ![]() But gradually Sam discovers that there is much more to the flat and featureless prairie than he realized - gleaming white skulls, torrential thunderstorms and, best of all, a new friend and a brave resourceful horse named prince.ĬELIA BARKER LOTTRIDGE has won international recognition for her many children's books, including Wings to Fly, the sequel to Ticket to Curlew. It is 1915 and the Ferriers are the first settlers to come to this stretch of country. When Sam Ferrier first stands on the prairie land his father has bought from the railroad, there is nothing to see but grass and sky. 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. Was it a stone? Out here a white stone would seem strange and foreign as a seashell.īut it wasn't a stone. He figured he had walked about a mile and the tent was just a little bump far behind him when he saw something whte gleaming through the grass up ahead. Sam Ferrier and his father arrive in Curlew, Alberta to build a house for the family. Canadian Literary Association Book of the Year Award ![]()
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