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Janet Lunn is the author of The Root Cellar (1995), Shadow in Hawthorn Bay, Amos's Sweater, The Twelve Dancing Princesses and The Hollow Tree.

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The Root Cellar

release date: Jan 01, 1995
The Root Cellar
Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.

Shadow in Hawthorn Bay

Shadow in Hawthorn Bay
When fifteen-year-old Mary journeys from Scotland to Canada in search of her cousin, she makes a tragic discovery and alienates the townsfolk who fear her psychic powers.

Amos's Sweater

Amos's Sweater
Amos, an old sheep, is tired of having his wool cut off, and tries to take the sweater that has been made from it.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

The Twelve Dancing Princesses
A retelling of the tale of 12 princesses who dance secretly all might long and the gardener's boy who follows them and discovers where they dance.

The Hollow Tree

The Hollow Tree
From one of Canada's best loved children's writers comes the enthralling tale of a brave young girl caught up in the American Revolutionary War. It is 1777 and Phoebe Olcott is thrown headlong into the horrors of war when her beloved cousin Gideon is hanged for being a British spy. When she finds a message left by Gideon containing the names of Loyalist families to be protected by the King's army, Phoebe knows she must deliver the message to the general at Fort Ticonderoga. She sets out into the wilderness and soon meets up with Jem, a young Loyalist travelling to the safety of British Canada. As they travel across the country facing rebel guns, wild animals and worse, Phoebe and Jem discover they have a growing attraction for each other. But her own mission cannot be ignored and Phoebe once again finds herself alone, freezing and near death before she is reunited with Jem on the shores of Lake Ontario.
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