Bradan Press is pleased to offer two Nova Scotian novels perfect for Grades 4-9 and historical fiction lovers of all ages! Author Margaret MacKay, a retired teacher in Pictou County, NS, meticulously researches Nova Scotian history and weaves real historical people and events seamlessly into her captivating fiction:
Historical Fiction Book Box
The Historical Fiction Book Box contains one copy of Iain of New Scotland and one copy of Lisette of Louisbourg. Order this Book Box directly from Bradan Press for a 15% discount! Order by Sunday, December 8 for the best chance at delivery by December 24th, 2024. Additionally, up to Sunday, December 14 we will still ship your order by the following business day for delivery as quickly as possible and a possibility of arrival by December 24th.
Lisette of Louisbourg
When the convent she has been living in burns down, twelve-year-old orphan Lisette barely escapes with her life. The nuns think she died in the fire, but Lisette sees a chance to escape the drudgery of lacemaking under a cruel, greedy Mother Superior. She sets out alone to find the uncle who left her at the convent when she was six. Things don’t go quite as planned, so when an opportunity arises to escape her troubles in France and start a new life at the Fortress of Louisbourg, clever and resourceful Lisette jumps at the chance. But has someone followed her to New France? This middle-grade novel is set in 1749 during the time when the British are handing the Fortress of Louisbourg back to the French.
Paperback, 5.25 x 8 inches, 202 pages. Available worldwide on Amazon or directly from Bradan Press in the USA and Canada:
Iain of New Scotland
Thirteen-year-old Iain Robertson is homesick for the Highlands of Scotland. It’s September 1773, and he has just arrived in Nova Scotia with his parents and little sister after the long, disastrous, Atlantic voyage of the ship Hector. They wanted a new life in New Scotland—but the land agent lied to them! With no money, no food, no shelter, and winter fast approaching, how will they survive? Author Margaret MacKay draws on the true stories of her ancestors to weave a tale of the first Gaels to settle in Nova Scotia. With a foreword by Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander.
Paperback, 5.25 x 8 inches, 198 pages. Available worldwide on Amazon or directly from Bradan Press in the USA and Canada:
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Lisette of Louisbourg by Margaret MacKay
Iain of New Scotland by Margaret MacKay