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Told with startling, unapologetic honesty and in a haunting, minimalist style, Lightness is the story of a woman's profound sense of alienation, beginning with her own physical body and its de

Connecting is not easy, but proximity is unbearable. The characters in these brilliant and intense stories are longing for escape, but they inevitably find themselves homesick.

How do you establish trust and meaningful connection with a sibling who suffers from schizophrenia?

1950s, New Denver: Pavel and Nina are among 200 Russian Doukhobor children separated from their families and community, and placed in a residential facility in the Kootenay region of BC.

Wild Fierce Life is a heart-stopping collection of true stories from the Pacific Coast that build a vivid portrait of life on the continental edge and one woman’s evolving place within it.

The Light a Body Radiates Ethel Whitty Eileen MacPherson is a child of eight when her beloved sixteen-year-old brother, Francis, leaves home after a violent family episode.

When Amy Wilson accepted the job of field nurse for the Indigenous Peoples in the Yukon and Northern British Columbia in 1949, she was told that the north was a fine country for men and dogs but th

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American to publish a book of poetry. In 1773, her book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was published to international acclaim.

With the help of her Catholic friend, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl creates a provocative local tourist attraction to save her family’s failing motel.

With the unexpected help of a giant prehistoric sloth, ghostly grandfathers return to help a suicidal teenager.

A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where climate change has forever changed the way we live.

An insightful and funny new collection of short stories from award-winning author Tim Wynne-Jones.

In the myth-rich culture of Bronze Age Crete, a volcano cuts short the coming-of-age training of a young priestess.

A gripping upper-middle-grade fantasy set in Bronze-Age Crete from Nim's Islandauthor Wendy OrrThe girl has had many selves in her short life.

The third title in the collection that began with USBBY Outstanding International Book Slug Days.