{"product_id":"counting-on-hope-sylvia-olsen-9781550391732","title":"Counting on Hope","description":"Hope and her family travel from England to their new home on an island off the coast of British Columbia in the 1860s. Hope thinks that she has arrived in paradise. She is right ... until whiskey traders arrive. Letia and her family are Lamalcha people who winter on Kuper Island and move to Wallace Island in the summer. The problem is that Letia's summer camp is on the island that the Crown has deeded to Hope's family. When the two girls meet, against the wishes of their mothers, their stories intersect. Set against the backdrop of the confusing events surrounding the English colonization of British Columbia, and an 1863 naval assault on Kuper Island, \u003ci\u003eCounting on Hope\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of two girls whose lives are profoundly changed when their two cultures collide. Alternating between free verse and prose, Sylvia Olsen follows the girl's individual storylines before, during and after their meeting. She captures the wonder and joy with which Hope and Letia develop their friendship. She also describes the tragic events, suspicion, fear and confusion that characterize so many early encounters between Europeans and the First Peoples. Ultimately a story of hope, this sensitively drawn depiction of innocence lost and wisdom hard won follows Hope and Letia out of childhood, off their island paradise and into the complex realities of an adult world. Awards and Nominations City of Victoria Bolen Children's Literature Prize (Winner) - 2010 Chocolate Lily Award (Nominee) - 2010 Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize (Nominee) - 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvia Olsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550391739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550391732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sono NIS Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.72w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e158995 \/ Counting on Hope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 - Recommended - Readable","brand":"Sylvia Olsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130078032127,"sku":"9781550391732","price":11.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bad1da38-c3ee-49a1-bed5-baba03a54a9d.jpg?v=1687467438","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/counting-on-hope-sylvia-olsen-9781550391732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}