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Rex Zero and the End of the WorldIt's the summer of 1962, and to twelve-year-old Rex the world is starting to look like a pretty scary place.

The MaestroBurl Crow hasn't had many breaks in his young life.

It's the summer of 1962, and to twelve-year-old Rex the world is starting to look like a pretty scary place. On TV there are reports about the Russians and a nuclear war.

This enhanced e-book, in celebration of Groundwood's 35th anniversary, includes a read-aloud feature of the story narrated by Tim Wynne-Jones.

Rex and his friends begin grade six against the backdrop of the 1962 Ban the Bomb protests on Parliament Hill. But once again it is trouble on the home front that has Rex's attention.

Meet someone new...

It has been six years since sixteen-year-old Dec's free-spirited mother, Lindy, disappeared. Dec feels so trapped in the present that he has avoided examining his past.

Two years after his father mysteriously disappeared, Jim Hawkins is coping -- barely. Underneath he's frozen in uncertainty and grief. Then Ruth Rose crashes into his life.

Commended, Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books: Historical Fiction It's September 1963 when Rex is blindsided by some unexpected news.

Burl Crow hasn't had many breaks in his young life.

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.

For ages 9 to 13 years. Fifteen-year-old Peggy is trying to run away from her problems at home.

Ezzie has friends and a loving family who never maker her feel that she is "fat." But sometimes schoolmates tease her.

Remember when children grew up in well-defined stages?

Peggy is starting to outgrow Notherland, the imaginary world she created as a child, and wants to cut her ties - not knowing it will destroy Notherland completely.