Canadian fiction

  • The Wild Place Adventure Series 2-Book Bundle Howl / The Truth About Brave

    Creator

    Hood-Caddy, Karen

    Abstract

    Both books of Karen Hood-Caddy’s critically acclaimed Wild Place series are now available in this ebook bundle! Join Robin from the very beginning as she opens her secret animal shelter, The Wild Place, and learns to stand up both for herself and the animals she protects.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Paint

    Creator

    Dance, Jennifer

    Abstract

    CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2015) - Commended The life story of a painted mustang set against the backdrop of America’s Great Plains in the late 1800s. It’s the late 1800s. A Lakota boy finds an orphaned mustang foal and brings her back to his family’s camp, naming her Paint for her black-and-white markings. Boy and horse soon become inseparable. Together they learn to hunt buffalo, their fear of the massive beasts tempered by a growing trust in each other. When the U.S. Cavalry attacks the camp, the pair is forced onto separate paths.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Meg Harris Mysteries 6-Book Bundle Silver Totem of Shame / Death's Golden Whisper / Red Ice for a Shroud / and 3 more

    Creator

    Harlick, R.J.

    Abstract

    "Skillfully weaves murder, greed, traditional customs, bonding, and betrayal into a gripping read." - Chronicle-Journal In one volume for the first time, this bundle presents the first five novels of the Meg Harris Mystery series by R.J. Harlick. Meg Harris, an amateur sleuth who drinks a little too much and is afraid of the dark, finds herself confronting an underside of life she would rather not know existed. Shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel (Arctic Blue Death).

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Since You've Been Gone

    Creator

    Payne, Mary Jennifer

    Abstract

    CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2015) - Commended Fifteen-year-old Edie Fraser searches for her mother, who has gone missing shortly after the two moved to London, England, to escape Edie’s abusive father. Is it possible to outrun your past? Fifteen-year-old Edie Fraser and her mother, Sydney, have been trying to do just that for five years. Now, things have gone from bad to worse. Not only has Edie had to move to another new school — she’s in a different country.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • The Voyageur Modern Canadian Literature 5-Book Bundle The Silence on the Shore / Combat Journal for Place d'Armes / The Donnellys / In This Poem I Am / Canadian Exploration Literature

    Creator

    Garner, Hugh

    Stuewe, Paul

    Reaney, James

    Filewod, Alan

    Skelton, Robin

    Rhenisch, Harold

    Warkentin, Germaine

    Symons, Scott

    Elson, Christopher

    Abstract

    Voyageur Classics is a series of special versions of Canadian classics, with added material and new introductions. In this bundle we find five classic works of twentieth century fiction, drama and poetry, a period when Canada’s literary identity was shaped. Originally published in 1962, The Silence on the Shore is considered by many critics to be renowned Hugh Garner’s best, most ambitious novel. Originally published in 1967, Combat Journal for Place d’Armes was initially met with shock and anger by most reviewers but has become a literary touchstone.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • The Voyageur Classic Canadian Fiction 7-Book Bundle All Else Is Folly / Pauline Johnson / The Town Below / Self Condemned / Storm Below / The Yellow Briar / Maria Chapdelaine

    Creator

    Acland, Peregrine

    Ford, Ford Madox

    Busby, Brian

    Johnson, Pauline

    Gnarowski, Michael

    Lemelin, Roger

    Garner, Hugh

    Stuewe, Paul

    Slater, Patrick

    Hemon, Louis

    Blake, W.H.

    Lewis, Wyndham

    Pero, Allan

    Abstract

    Voyageur Classics is a series of special new versions of Canadian classics, with added material and special introductions by noted experts. This bundle contains some of the greatest Canadian fiction, including influential literature from Quebec (Maria Chapdelaine, The Town Below), a collection of the best of the legendary Pauline Johnson, Peregrine Acland’s gripping Great War novel All Else is Folly, a classic tale of Irish immigration (The Yellow Briar), and great novels from the renowned Hugh Garner (The Storm Below) and Wyndham Lewis (Self Condemned).

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Quin and Morgan Mysteries 4-Book Bundle Still Waters / Grave Doubts / Reluctant Dead / Blood Wine

    Creator

    Moss, John

    Abstract

    David Morgan and Miranda Quin are two maverick, culturally sophisticated Toronto detectives. When a man is found dead in a koi pond, or two colonial corpses are arranged in a grisly diorama, the pair leap into action — and harm’s way. This four-ebook bundle gathers together the complete Quin and Morgan mystery series by acclaimed author John Moss. Includes Still Waters Grave Doubts Reluctant Dead Blood Wine

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Saltwater Cowboys

    Creator

    Furlong, Dayle

    Abstract

    After generations of prosperity in the mining town of Brighton, Newfoundland, Jack and Angela McCarthy find themselves jobless. In order to keep his family together, Jack accepts a job in a gold mine in the wilds of northern Alberta. 2015 DEWEY DIVA PICK Arriving in Foxville, the McCarthys find themselves resented, bullied, and cast as outsiders. When Jack’s best friend, Peter, is swindled out of his savings and resorts to stealing from the mine, his attempts at reversing their fortunes thrust both families into even deeper torment.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Children of the Tide A Victorian Detective Story

    Creator

    Redfern, Jon

    Abstract

    London: the early 1840s. The birth of the young Queen Victoria's first child is taken as an auspicious sign for all. But on a cold March night, a spree of dark crimes in shadowy workhouses shocks the city. When Inspector Owen Endersby, of the recently formed London Detective Police, learns that the string of identical murders and abductions have all taken place under similar circumstances, he fears a monster is prowling the city. How long until the murderer strikes again? Is this the work of a diabolical killer, or a madman with confused motives? Facts are scarce.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Something Wiki

    Creator

    Sutherland, Suzanne

    Abstract

    2016 Young Author's Award — Shortlisted CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2015) - Commended Instead of writing in a diary, twelve-year-old Jo Waller secretly edits Wikipedia entries to cope with the worst year of her life. Jo Waller has three brainy friends, two mostly harmless parents, and one deep, dark secret: she edits Wikipedia for fun.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified