Short listed for the 2000 CLA Book of the Year Award for Young People
A CCBC Our Choice Book
It is 1760, and Lord MacNeil decides that the way to make a man of his 13-year-old son, John, is to bring him along from England to Canada. He knows that John, with his expert drawing skills, will make an excellent cartographer of Canada's wilderness; an activity that will keep him away from the dangers of war.
On the eve of John's departure, his beloved twin sister, Jane, gives him her treasured silver ring. As John wears this circle of silver, it becomes the link to everything he loves: his homeland, the frontier, and his newly-made friends - especially the intriguing Marie Roy. Set against a backdrop of tradition, growing unrest, and the looming danger of Pontiac's Rebellion, John's experiences in a young Canada do indeed carry him toward manhood.
The first in a trilogy, A Circle of Silver brings history, memory, and hope together in a seamless adventure of discovery.
Read all of the MacNeils' adventures in the Circle of Silver Chronicles:
- A Circle of Silver
- By the Standing Stone
- Under a Shooting Star
Cover art by Al Van Mil
Maxine Trottier has an array of exceptional books to her credit. She has earned the CLA Book of the year Award and has twice won the Ontario Women Teacher’s Federation Writing Award. Maxine lives with her husband William and their two Yorkies, Ceilidh and Moon. They divide their year between Port Stanley, Ontario, and Newman's Cove, Newfoundland. Both small fishing towns are wonderful places to write.
Visit Maxine's web site at www.maxinetrottier.com.
Click here to see the Teacher's Guide for A Circle of Silver on Maxine's web site.
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