{"product_id":"big-water-9781459815711b","title":"Big Water","description":"Seventeen-year-old Christina McBurney has led a sheltered life. But when her twin brother, Jonathan, dies of consumption, Christina, unwilling to be farmed out as a nursemaid or teacher, runs away from home and her destiny. In Owen Sound she boards the Asia, a steamship that transports passengers and freight throughout the Great Lakes. She doesn't really have a plan other than to get to Sault Ste. Marie. She'll figure things out once she's settled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut a violent storm suddenly rises on Georgian Bay, and the overloaded and top-heavy steamship begins to sink. Christina is tossed overboard. Pulled to safety just before she loses consciousness, she finds herself on a lifeboat, surrounded by a number of bedraggled and terrified passengers and crew. One by one they succumb to their injuries, until only Christina and a brooding young man named Daniel are left alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe usual rules of society no longer apply—Daniel and Christina must now work together as equals to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBig Water\u003c\/span\u003e is a fictional account of the real-life story of the only two survivors of the sinking of the SS Asia in 1882.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Orca Book Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42826265985104,"sku":"9781459815711B","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781459815711-l.jpg?v=1785904902","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/big-water-9781459815711b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}