Canadian fiction

  • Sun signs

    Creator

    Hrdlitschka, Shelley

    Abstract

    Unable to attend school while she battles cancer, fifteen-year-old Kaleigh Wyse tries to complete her classes online by correspondence. Developing a science project on astrology, Kaleigh enlists other online learners as study participants. What starts as a collaborative and supportive project based on the scientific method, slowly becomes unwieldy and then flawed when it is apparent that all the project participants are hiding vital clues about their identities.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • All-season Edie

    Creator

    Lyon, Annabel

    Abstract

    Eleven-year-old Edie Jasmine Snow has a "perfect" thirteen-year-old sister, two loving parents, and a cat named Dusty. She also has a grandmother she suspects is a witch and a grandfather who insists on calling her Albert. Framed by family summer vacations at the lake, All-Season Edie follows Edie through a tumultuous year in which her beloved grandfather becomes ill.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Out and about with the big tree gang

    Creator

    Bogart, Jo

    Griffiths, Dean

    Abstract

    Reg and Keely and Burt and Shawna are back, and ready for new adventures from hunting for treasure to sledding together and building fearsome creatures in the snow.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Timberwolf hunt

    Creator

    Brouwer, Sigmund

    Griffiths, Dean

    Abstract

    When the Timberwolves get a new coach, they also get the coach's son. The only problem is that Eldridge Elwell is a terrible hockey player. The team is on the hunt to make the playoffs, and every time Eldridge plays a shift, it hurts the team more. Johnny Maverick is just as angry about it as anyone on the team, until he learns something important about the coach's son.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Boarder patrol

    Creator

    Thomas, Erin

    Abstract

    Ryan is determined to be a professional snowboarder but he's learned from what happened to his whistle-blower father that doing the right thing doesn't always pay off. When his parents leave Kamloops, Ryan decides to stay with relatives so he can be near the Salmon Valley Ski Resort. He spends all his time at the ski hill, volunteering with the Junior Safety Patrol to cover the cost of his lift pass. When his board is stolen, he discovers that his cousin, Kevin, knows more than he should about recent thefts at the resort.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Hardball

    Creator

    Barwin, Steven

    Abstract

    Baseball season has begun for the Gulf Coast Sharks. As a senior, Griffin has college in his sights and plans to land himself a baseball scholarship. His determination causes him to turn a blind eye to the hazing of new players by the team captain, Wade. But when Griffin senses that his cousin Carson is getting the brunt of Wade’s aggression, Griffin finally stands up to him. Soon after, steroids are found in Carson’s locker, and he’s kicked off the team. Can Griffin stop Wade’s reign of terror, prove his cousin’s innocence and still stay on track with his baseball dreams?

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Sharing Snowy

    Creator

    Helmer, Marilyn

    Charko, Kasia

    Abstract

    More than anything else in the world, Ali wants a pet cat for her birthday. Unfortunately her brother Jay is allergic to cats. One day, Ali discovers that something is sharing her clubhouse with her. To Ali's delight, the new resident is a beautiful white cat, who she names Snowy. Ali thinks that the clubhouse is the perfect home for Snowy. But is she right and, more importantly, is Snowy really hers to keep?

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Hitmen triumph

    Creator

    Brouwer, Sigmund

    Abstract

    Left winger Nolan Andrews thinks it's great that he can play hockey in Calgary, where his older brother, Nathan, is a star center for the Hitmen. When Nolan finds out that a lot of things about Nate's new life in Calgary don't make sense -- or might not even be legal -- Nolan has to make some difficult choices that will affect him and his brother for the rest of their lives.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • The dream where the losers go

    Creator

    Goobie, Beth

    Abstract

    No one knows why she hurt herself, least of all Skey. After five long months in treatment for self-destructive behavior, Skey continues to dream of dark tunnels with mysterious designs carved into their stone walls, a place where she is safe and alone. Then she encounters another dreamer, a boy her own age, dreaming the same dream, wandering the same tunnels. A boy with secrets much like her own. While trying desperately to remember what happened that sent her away and who the boy is that she met in the dream tunnels, Skey's life plummets farther out of control.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Walking backward

    Creator

    Austen, Catherine

    Abstract

    When Josh's mother dies in a phobia-induced car crash, she leaves two questions for her grieving family: how did a snake get into her car and how do you mourn with no faith to guide you? Twelve-year-old Josh is left alone to find the answers. His father is building a time machine. His four-year-old brother's closest friend is a plastic Power Ranger. His psychiatrist offers nothing more than a blank journal and platitudes. Isolated by grief in a home where every day is pajama day, Josh makes death his research project. He tests the mourning practices of religions he doesn't believe in.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié