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The High Climber of Dark Water Bay

by Caroline Arden

A mystery in a British Columbia logging camp

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A mystery in a British Columbia logging camp

Set against the economic hardship following the 1929 stock market crash, the novel places twelve-year-old Lizzie Parker in a remote logging camp after her father’s death ends her comfortable life in Seattle. Her expected refuge is unsettled by her uncle’s absence, and the search for answers becomes the book’s central mystery, with danger adding urgency to Lizzie’s predicament. The historical setting connects a young person’s uncertain circumstances with the world of a logging camp in post-Confederation Canada.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in historical fiction set in Canada.
  • Readers who enjoy mysteries involving a missing family member.
  • Readers looking for a story with a twelve-year-old protagonist facing danger.

Themes

Economic hardshipCourageFamily loss and uncertaintyMysteryLogging-camp life

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Book overview

"How brave are you?"

Twelve-year-old Lizzie Parker's father died after the stock market crash of 1929. Accustomed to a comfortable life in Seattle, she is now so poor that she is sent to live with her uncle in a remote logging camp in British Columbia. But when she arrives, her uncle is gone.
Left to fend for herself among rough loggers, she begins to unravel the mystery of her uncle's disappearance -only to discover that her own life is in danger. Now Lizzie must find out just how brave she truly is.

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