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A swarthy villain, nearly seven foot tall and presumed hanged, seems to wake from the dead in the presence of young Bartholomew Dorking.

Helped by humans who love and admire her, Acorna has found her people at last.

Graham Marshall looked upon himself as one of the winners in the rat race, comfortable and content, with a secure future.

Growing up in the ?50s with a single mother and no father, Hope is a loner with a wonderful imagination.

Since the days of ancient Egypt, women have demonstrated their skills as leaders.

This can’t be good! Suddenly Suze’s mom wants back into her life, and her teacher wants her to “try harder”?!

In the summer of 1900 a meteorite lands on the day of Peg Staynor’s baptismal, barely missing the small church in rural Ontario.

Sixteen-year-old Peggy has gone north to plant trees for the summer. On a visit to a petroglyph site, she is abruptly transported to Notherland, an imaginary world she created when she was seven.

Elsie MacGill achieved many firsts in science and engineering at a time when women were considered to be inferior in the sciences.

It is 1937 Poland, and Miriam is devastated when her grandparents tell her that they can no longer survive as a family, and that the only solution is for David to go to an orphanage.

Gladys Sage escaped the backwoods of Northern Ontario, leaving behind the body of her stepfather, to arrive in New York and the world of political revolutionaries.

Laura has just three weeks to go before her Jewish “coming of age” ceremony, called a Bat Mitzvah, when she is assigned a special project.

A wonderfully frank look at a life lived within beauty and without regret.

Danny McMillan never knew that his father was abusing his mother, until a night of violence that shattered his family forever.

David’s younger sister Ivy, born with multiple disabilities, needs constant attention. She may be eleven years old, but in many ways she’s still a baby. She embarrasses him in public.