Set during World War II, teenager Marie-Claire and her younger brother and baby sister are all stricken with tuberculosis. Sent to the sanitarium near their Manitoba farm, they join the other "exiles" as they chase the cure.
Her anger and stubbornness shows as she Marie-Claire struggles with personal tragedy, loss of privacy, and separation from everyone she knows. Nicknamed the Queen of Hearts by her late uncle (a TB victim), she works to keep from turning her back on others.
No cure exists... the best is to arrest the disease. There Marie-Claire makes friends with roommate Signy. Though she lost her brother, it is through him that she meets Jack.
Martha Brooks recreates the TB ward with such accuracy and care. Turns out she was raised by a medical family on the grounds of a tuberculosis sanatorium.
2012 Notable Children's Books
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