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In the 1950s, Abraham Okimasis becomes the first Indian ever to win the Trapper's Festival Dog Sled Race and, as tradition dictates, he is kissed by the festival's beautiful Fur Queen.

Keegan Bishop, championship skier, is almost injured in a dangerous trap set for one of his teammates. Snowboard tracks leading away from the trap are the only clue as to who might be responsible.

"Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing" tells another story of the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve, also the setting for Tomson Highway's award winning play The Rez Sisters.

Protrays the attempts of seven Indian women from a northern Ontario reserve to beat the odds and win the world's largest bingo in Ontario.

Webb's abusive stepfather has made it impossible for him to live at home, so Webb survives on the streets by busking with his guitar and working as a dishwasher.

Jim Webb's pursuit of the truth about his grandfather's role in the Vietnam War puts him squarely in the sights of someone high up in the US military who wants certain events from that wa

“Speaking one language, I submit, is like living in a house with one window only...” From his legendary birth in a snow bank in northwestern Manitoba, through his metamorphosis to citizen-artist o

In this middle-grade novel, Jim Webb goes to the Florida Keys with his grandfather and becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a dead man and a missing cache of diamonds.

This high-interest novel for teen readers is set in Nashville, where Elle, a talented musician, tries to make it in the cutthroat music business.

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Max hops on a freight train to seek out the dad who abandoned him when he was a baby. This edition combines both written and spoken words.

In this early chapter book, the seventh installment in the Justine McKeen series, Justine sets out to ban bottled water from her school.

In this early chapter book, the eighth installment in the Justine McKeen series, Justine works with Principal Proctor to reduce the school's energy use and save trees in the rainforest.

Webb thinks he has what it takes to make it in Nashville, but one shady music producer may have the power to crush Webb's dreams.

Jace has taken up boxing on the wrong side of the tracks as he prepares to seek vengeance on his abusive father with two other teen vigilantes in this fast-paced entry in the Retribution trilogy.

Ray Hockaday plays center for the Medicine Hat Tigers. He’s spent his hockey career hiding something from the world.