Forget-Me-Not
By MAXINE TROTTIER
Illustrator: NANCY KEATING

ISBN: 1-897174-24-1 ISBN 13: 978-1-897174-24-1 Format: 8.25 x 11 # of pages: 32 pages Published: 2008 Price: CDN$12.95 Qty:

Book Description One day in the summer of 1917, Bridget Keats sees something new. A stranger - Jake Wiseman - has come to their small Newfoundland outport. A mysterious stranger who will not show himself, he hides away on a nearby island in the old lighthouse keeper's cottage. No one knows for sure why. It is Bridget Keats who must bring his food to him each day. And it is Bridget who learns the truth of what is inside the man when a terrible storm forces Jake Wiseman to make as hard a choice as he has ever made. Maxine Trottier is a prolific writer of books for young people. Born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan on May 3, 1950, she moved to Windsor, Ontario in Canada with her family ten years later. In 1974 she became a Canadian citizen. She is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. Maxine spent 31 years working as an educator in elementary classrooms, guiding children toward literacy. The students in her class, who of course thought of her only as their teacher, saw each step in the creation of a new work. They heard the unillustrated story, saw the roughs, and were the first to view the finished book. Maxine lives with her husband William and their two Yorkies, Ceilidh and Moon. They divide their year between Port Stanley, Ontario on Lake Erie, and Newman’s Cove, Newfoundland, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Both are wonderful places to write.