Adrift in Time

by John Wilson

As a child, Ian enjoyed his summers at the family cottage on the west coast, but now he's a teenager—bored, missing his friends in the city and arguing with his father who's always telling him how wonderful things were in the old days and how great his long-dead ancestors were.After one particularly frustrating argument, Ian storms out of the cottage and, to assert his independence, decides to row over to a nearby island. That's when things begin to go wrong. He didn't check the tides and, as darkness falls and the weather deteriorates, he's swept out to sea. Exhaustion and hypothermia set in and Ian gets scared. Then he discovers he's not alone."Wilson shifts realities in a convincing way and his evocation of island life—on land and water, now and then, is masterful." Globe and Mail"Adrift in Time is firmly anchored in its sense of place, rich in stories evocative of a region peopled by pioneers as recently as the nineteenth century" Resource LinksChocolate Lily Award finalist

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First published May 1, 2003

About the author

John Wilson, an ex-geologist and frustrated historian, is the award-winning author of fifty novels and non-fiction books for adults and teens. His passion for history informs everything he writes, from the recreated journal of an officer on Sir John Franklin’s doomed Arctic expedition to young soldiers experiencing the horrors of the First and Second World Wars and a memoir of his own history. John researches and writes in Lantzville on Vancouver Island. There are many more details in his memoir, Lands of Lost Content, https://www.amazon.com/Lands-Lost-Con...

Reviews

[Shawn Bird · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book that introduces the stories of assorted pioneers to a spoiled teen boy. Ian is visited by a series of ghosts (mostly his relations) as he floats out to the Georgia Strait in a leaky row boat. A high interest low vocab book by Ronsdale Press.