Canadian fiction

  • I dare you

    Creator

    Ross, Jeff

    Abstract

    In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, amateur filmmaker Rainey has to deal with the aftermath of a prank gone wrong.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, British Columbia

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Kylie the magnificent

    Creator

    Chan, Marty

    Abstract

    In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, amateur magician Kylie has to work hard to be taken seriously.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, British Columbia

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • My best friend is extinct

    Creator

    Wood Barrett, Rebecca

    Abstract

    Ten-year-old Henry Springs is thrilled when the wintery resort town he and his mom recently moved to experiences a record-breaking snowfall. There are even rumors that the extreme weather could mark the beginning of a new ice age. One day, while exploring one of the many tunnels running through the town’s snowbanks, Henry discovers a strange, prehistoric-like creature that is seriously injured. Henry immediately names him Yarp and hauls the wounded animal back to his house on a makeshift sled. There he builds a secret cave for Yarp and slowly nurses him back to health.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, British Columbia

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Sink or swim

    Creator

    McAdam, Tash

    Abstract

    In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, trans teen Bass and his girlfriend, Rosie, have to battle the elements to survive.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, British Columbia

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • The sun will come out

    Creator

    Levy, Joanne

    Abstract

    In this novel for middle-grade readers, painfully shy Beatrice Gelman ends up at summer camp all by herself.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, British Columbia

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • The wherewood

    Creator

    Prendergast, Gabrielle

    Abstract

    In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, 14-year-old Blue Jasper goes on another Faerie Woods adventure, to the Wherewood, the forest of lost things.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, British Columbia

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • A perfect likeness : two novellas

    Creator

    Wagamese, Richard

    Abstract

    This volume contains two novellas by Richard Wagamese, Him Standing and The Next Sure Thing. Both stories follow the lives of young artists who have dreams for a better future.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, British Columbia

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Fatal depth : The rise of Oceania, book 3

    Creator

    Johnston, Timothy S.

    Abstract

    THE MISSION: Sink an unsinkable warsub. Truman McClusky, Mayor of Trieste City on the shallow continental shelf just off the coast of Florida, has given his team an impossible task: infiltrate an enemy warsub, blend in with a hostile crew, damage the vessel from within, and hope to hell they can escape before it takes them all down. The stakes are massive, for if they don't succeed, its next target will put an end to the peaceful colonization of the ocean floor once and for all: Trieste City itself.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Markham, ON

    Fitzhenry & Whiteside

    Non spécifié
  • Shark bait

    Creator

    Saint-Onge, Danielle

    Szpirglas, Jeff

    Abstract

    In this partially-illustrated early chapter book, a young girl who is fascinated by sharks gets a chance to see one in real life while taking sailing lessons.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, British Columbia

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Brighten the corner where you are

    Creator

    Bruneau, Carol

    Abstract

    Maud Lewis is a folk art legend who persevered through stigma, poverty, and disability to create beautiful and lasting pieces of art. Brighten the Corner Where You Are brings illumination to Maud's life.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Halifax

    Vagrant Press

    Non spécifié