When Dani sets out to uncover her father’s past, she also discovers her own future. Raised by her mother, eighteen-year-old Dani Lancaster only had six weeks to get to know her father, Sam, before he lost his battle with cancer. It was long enough to love him, but not long enough to get to know him – especially since Sam didn’t even know himself. In this two-book bundle, Dani meets and loses her birth father, and then sets out to uncover his r ...
Presenting the three titles in the Ballet School Confidential series, which follows a group of friends (and sometimes adversaries) during their time attending the Vancouver International Ballet Academy. Kaitlyn was the star at her old school, but the competition at VIBA is fierce and her reputation as a prodigy is threatened. About to turn 15 years old, Taylor is a bit of a scatterbrain. She’s got a lot of potential, but the teachers are frustra ...
This special bundle contains both of Jennifer Maruno’s Cherry Blossom novels about the internment of Japanese-Canadians, viewed through the eyes of nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa. Michiko bids her father goodbye before her birthday celebration. She doesn’t know the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of the province. Ten days later, her family joins hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a train to the interior of British Columbia. The ...
Jonny must travel to the distant past to understand the present. As an orphaned white boy in a school full of Native students, fourteen-year-old Jonny Joe isn’t like any of the others at the island Redemption Residential School off the west coast. When the advances of Father Gregory disturb Jonny, he joins another boy in an escape to a mountain cave. But when they leave the cave, the world as they knew it no longer exists. The boys travel to a ...
For the first time, the Felix Taylor Adventures are available as together in this two-book bundle. Short-listed for the Snow Willow Young Reader’s Choice Award and the Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award . «An entertaining and thoughtful read that will please fans of sci-fi and historical fiction alike.» – Caitlin Campbell, CM magazine Fortuna – Felix Taylor Adventure #2 (NEW!) Just when Felix thought the 23rd century was returning to ...
Lebst Du dein Leben so, wie Du es Dir ertraumst? Was wurdest Du andern, wenn Dir nichts im Wege stehen wurde? Start ins neue Leben Millie, Val und Lady Di sind zuruck in ihren Studienorten, zuruck in ihrem Leben. Aber ab jetzt ist alles anders: Sie haben sich geschworen, ihr Leben in die Hand zu nehmen. Die ersten Aufgaben, die sie sich dafur gegenseitig stellen, fuhren ihnen vor Augen, wie schwer das ist. Vals Jogginghosen-Challenge ist verg ...
Annie can’t believe her eyes! The «Santa» in the mall looks so much like her grandfather’s friend, Simon. A Jewish Santa? Annie lines up to get a closer look – and ends up «placing an order». Simon Greenbaum, flat broke, has taken the job at the Winter Castle to earn a few dollars between jobs. And after all, with his long white beard, he looks just like Santa already. «Don’t breathe a word to your Zaideh that you saw me here,» he says. «If you ...
Josiah Hensons life is an epic tale of one mans battle against evil and ignorance. By the time he was six, Josiah had been sold three times. When he was nine, his familys owner beat him for trying to learn to read. In spite of his physical pain and emotional heartache, he never lost the sense of morality that was his bedrock. After his escape, Josiah became an advocate for those still in bondage. As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, he le ...
Short-listed for the 2012 Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award and for the 2011 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award Nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa bids her father good-bye before her birthday celebration. She doesn’t know the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of the province. Ten days later, her family joins hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a train to the interior of British Columbia. Even though her aunt Sadie jokes ab ...
