![]() ![]() ![]() The Great Eastern, the biggest ship of its day and the first double hull ship built was used to place the cable at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The book is set in 1865 when the Trans Atlantic Cable was run from Valentia, Ireland to Hearts Content, Newfoundland. ![]() Ghost Messages is about the factual revolution of worldwide communication via a submarine cable and a young, fictional Irish girl, Ailish, who’s trapped aboard a ship, disguised as a boy and looking for treasure stolen from her. Many of her young adult books contain Métis history, as well as other portions of Canada’s history, along with mystery and adventure. Guest has been writing for the last 20 years. Jacqueline Guest visited Diamond Willow Middle School to talk about two of her newest novels, Ghost Messages and Outcasts of River Falls. From the foothills of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, from ghosts to Canadian Robin Hood, Ponoka students were given the chance to explore them all using only their imaginations. ![]()
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