The Loxleys and Confederation

Winner of Children's and YA Book of the Year, and Best Illustration Award at the 2016 Book Publishers Association of Alberta annual conference.1864 was a pivotal time in Canadian history, as economic and military threats from America had placed the Canada's in grave danger once again. Taking the form of a travelogue The Loxleys and Confederation details George Loxley's attempts to unite the provinces. He is joined along the way by his daughter and her daughter, Lillian. It is Lilian's diary entries and her developing love story that threads the history together.