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2006 Hackmatack

Children's Choice Book Award/Prix littéraire - le choix de jeunes

 

The Adventures of Tommy Smith
by Robert Sutherland

HarperCollins, 2004
ISBN 000639244X
$7.99 (pb)

In 1882 the S.S. Asia, a dangerously overloaded passenger ship, went down in gale force winds in Georgian Bay, Ontario. More than 100 passengers died in the wreck.

Tommy Smith, a young orphan, barely survives the sinking. Months after being nursed back to health by natives, Tommy discovers that he has been framed for murder. It's a good thing everyone believes Tommy drowned in the sinking, allowing him to take a brand-new identity in Toronto - and a wonderful job in the circus. But when his past suddenly catches up with him, Tommy must run for his life in a race against time.

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