Encampments, yesterday and today
In a fast-paced pair of early chapter books, authors examine social politics and community-building, though in discrete historical eras—contemporary Canada and BC in the 1880s. —Alison Acheson reviews A Home For Lucy, by Mike Levitt (Toronto: Lorimer Books, 2026) $19.95 / 9781459420595 and Peril at Hell’s Gate, by Bill Freeman (Toronto: Lorimer Books, 2026) $19.95 / 9781459420625