Title: Eastland
Author: Marian Cheatham
Genre: YA Historical Fiction
Published: Feb. 7th 2014
WOULD YOU RISK YOUR LIFE FOR JUST ONE DAY OF FREEDOM?
For
hardworking teen, Dee Pageau, the annual employee picnic will let her
escape the drudgery of work and possibly find love with her best friend
Mae’s older brother, Karel. But in 1915 Chicago, girls don’t go on
picnics without their mother’s approval. Unfortunately for Dee, Mama has
had a premonition of disaster and forbids Dee from going. Forced to
watch as Mae and Karel leave without her, Dee defies Mama and rushes off
to join her friends. But Dee’s joy soon turns to terror when the ship
ferrying them to the picnic capsizes. Rescued not once but twice-by
Karel and a mysterious sailor-Dee finds herself tested in unimaginable
ways. What happens next turns out to be worse … and better … than
anything Dee ever expected.
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