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Finalist for the 2014 Silver Birch Express Award Danny finds himself stranded at the bottom of a giant construction hole, armed with nothing but his school backpack, his wits — and the co

When Ethan arrives at summer camp for the first time, he has just three modest goals. First, to survive. Second, not to be hated. Third, not to be the worst at anything.

These thirty-five brief stories — and the found photographs that inspired them — are by turns realistic and surreal, bloody and tender, delightful and appalling.

Shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book.

Robyn Carr is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River and Thunder Point series. Her Trade Women's Fiction novel Four Friends debuted at #5 on the NYT.

Dr. Leigh Culver loves practicing medicine in Timberlake, Colorado. It is a much-needed change of pace from her stressful life in Chicago.

When a circus train derails in Toronto in 1925, a lion escapes and finds shelter in High Park, a four-hundred-acre park in the west end of the city.

Cassie, Julie, Marty, and Beth have been best friends since seventh grade. But this summer, teetering on the threshold of thirty, the four women each have quite a history of romance going bad.

Set in Toronto, this short novel is a portrait of two pivotal times in the life of Miriam Moscowitz.

Now that their parents are gone, the future has changed dramatically for sisters Adele and Justine.

Determined to escape distractions and avoid the holiday season, Kaylee borrows a cabin in Virgin River.

These ten compelling and delightful stories highlight ordinary people, introverts, mostly living quiet lives - until they take the chance to leap toward small, meaningful adventure.

Cary Fagan began his career writing short stories before moving on to novels as well as numerous books for children. Yet he has never given up his love for the story form.

"Valentine Schwartz had it all: his girlfriend was the most beautiful girl in school, he came from a rich family, and his best friend, Huddie Rosen, all but worshiped him.

Empty-nester Anna McNichol is ready for a new life direction, but disaster strikes when her husband dies and secrets surface.