Title: Rescue at Fort Edmonton
Author: Rita Feutl
Publisher: Coteau Books
Age Range: Children (9+)
Time Period: 1846-1929
Location: Fort Edmonton
“Janey Kane doesn’t want to spend the summer in Edmonton with her grandmother, but her parents don’t leave her much choice. She soon finds out the reason she’s been sent there, and she’s not happy about it.
Then Granny Kane takes her to historic Fort Edmonton, where Janey’s pulled into strange adventures that take her back through time. It all starts when she drops Granny’s antique locket.
Why is Janey getting a crash course in Edmonton’s history? If she can work out why she’s travelling to the past, she may learn something important about her family.
And she may be able to prevent a disaster.”
A time-travelling novel, this book takes young Janey Kane on an adventure though history at Fort Edmonton. Each trip takes her to a different part of the developing story, giving a short but fascinating glimpse at both life and experiences of the times. Combine that with her own teenage struggles of family and the unknown, and you have a good story.
The author has done a good job of painting a snapshot of life in several different time periods through vivid language, high action, and interactions with characters Janey encounters on her various journeys. Though short experiences – you can feel the tensions and emotions that various people were going through. It’s like a snapshot of time.
At first, I found Janey’s character moody, rude, and rather irritating with her language and actions. She doesn’t want to be in Edmonton, she wants to be home in Toronto with her friends. Even after she learns her Grandma has cancer, she still acts in a very self-centred way. It was a little annoying, but I suppose it is relevant teenage behaviour.
Note: Other than the initial teenage attitude oozing from the first few pages and a short blip of “mean girls” style bullying from a kid in Edmonton as Janey tries to fit in, the modern day experiences are rather mellow. The story does deal with a grandma with cancer and how she might not make it. In the past, Janey experiences some rather aggressive physical and verbal bullying from one character, encounters racist bullying against immigrants, and participates (unwillingly) in the butchering of a deer.
Although these books are no longer in print, you could look for Canadian Flyer books at your local library or second hand.
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Woow !! I love this book so much, I’m not sure if this is a real story? or just a story, story. Anyways, upon reading this book you would understand the story about Janey Kane and why she hate the city. But when reading this I don’t hate the city after all, instead I was time travelled from the past on it looks like. The book is very detailed in which you make one of the character. Funny tho (hahaha) but that is how I read books. I put my heart on it. Thank you so much for this recommendation. It is worth to read!!