This novel in verse tells the story of a 11-year-old girl struggling to recover after a farm accident leaves her crippled and fatherless.

After Emaline, 11, is crippled by a farm accident with her father’s tractor, Daddy kills her beloved dog, Prince, and walks away from the farm. Mom takes in Angus from the local mental hospital to help with the farm work, but the neighbors complain about the crazy man on the loose. Emaline never denies Angus’ illness, but she sees his kindness and strength, and they help each other with their work and with their grief.

Related: Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction

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• ISBN: 0888996950
• Author: Porter, Pamela
• Published: 2005, Groundwood Books
• Themes: Acceptance, Disability, family relationship, Farm, healing, prejudice
• Descriptors: Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction
• No. of pages: 214