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Voyageur

Eric Walters

2009256 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2009
first published
  • 2009PENGUIN GROUP (CANADA) · ENGISBN 9780143172963
  • 2009Puffin Canada · 256 pagesISBN 9780143168119

Brian, his mom, and his sister Jennie have left their Manhattan home for a canoe trip in Northern Quebec in order to scatter the ashes of Brian's father, whose most cherished memories were of his childhood summers spent at a boy scout camp. Although the trip starts out well enough, it soon becomes clear that the 3 are in over their heads--literally, in Brian's case--when they take a wrong turn into rapids! It is only the quick action of an old man named Pierre that saves Brian from drowning. Seeing just how ill-equipped the family is to complete their journey safely, Pierre kindly offers to guide them to their destination. Along the way Brian faces his grief and his deepest fears of life without his father while developing a friendship with Pierre, who turns out to be somebody far more important than Brian could have imagined...

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