Keeley's Big Story

Our Canadian Girl: Keeley #2

by Deborah Ellis

It's 1902, and Keeley has decided that she wants to be a newspaper reporter. What better way to start off her career than by solving a mystery and writing about it for the new local paper? All over Frank, Alberta, things have been going Mrs. Johnston's shirt from her clothesline, Andy Grissick's frying pan, and Mrs. Greer's axe. But there are even more mysterious things happening around Frank. Keeley's teacher, Miss Griffin, is behaving oddly, there are women protesting in the streets, and Canada is apparently at war, although Keeley doesn't understand whom the soldiers are fighting or where the battles are taking place. What she does know is that if she can solve these mysteries, she will have a great story to tell!

Genres: Historical Fiction, Childrens

96 pages, Paperback

First published July 14, 2005

About the author

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Deborah Ellis has achieved international acclaim with her courageous and dramatic books that give Western readers a glimpse into the plight of children in developing countries.

She has won the Governor General's Award, Sweden's Peter Pan Prize, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the University of California's Middle East Book Award, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award.

A long-time feminist and anti-war activist, she is best known for The Breadwinner Trilogy, which has been published around the world in seventeen languages, with more than a million dollars in royalties donated to Street Kids International and to Women for Women, an organization that supports health and education projects in Afghanistan. In 2006, Deb was named to the Order of Ontario.