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Gr 3-6 This Quebecois folktale has all the charm, humor, and characteristic spark of Roch Carrier's "The Hockey Sweater"(1984), "TheBoxing Champion"(1991), and "The Basketball Player"(1996, all Tundra). "So you don't think that a birch bark canoe can fly?" With this challenge, this adventure begins. On New Year's Eve in 1846, 11-year-old Baptiste is working in an isolated logging camp in the dead of a frigid Canadian winter alongside several lumberjacks. They find themselves overcome with homesickness, and climb ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More