Blood Brothers in Louisbourg

In 1744, at age 15, Jacques and his father leave France for Louisbourg, the capital of Île Royale – a far cry from his books and music and the comforts of his mother’s home. In the Acadian forests that surround Louisbourg, a young Mi’kmaw man named Two-feathers watches the strange comings and goings of soldiers and citizens. The two young men follow very different paths – one formally educated and refined, the other curious and skilful – both seeking to understand their father. Canadian author Philip Roy was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Roy writes adventurous and young adult novels focusing on social, environmental and global issues, including the Submarine Outlaw series. Historical YA fiction, 12 and older, Nova Scotia, Canada, pre-Confederation, Aboriginal, Mi’kmaq.