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Beginning the day of the devastating Halifax Explosion of 1917, Dazzle Patterns is an unforgettable story about resilience, the power of art, and the casualties of war. Halifax, 1917.

When you’re a kid, there are lots of things you’re not supposed to do. But what if you didn’t really do any of those things, what if you just imagined them?

Nothing comes easy for Jeff. He has a tough time at school and hangs around with all the wrong kids in the neighbourhood.

This reader is aimed at students at 6 levels from elementary to advanced.

In the wake of family collapse, a writer moves to London with her two young sons.

Jean Mason has a doppelganger. She's never seen her, but others swear they have.

It begins with a chance encounter at the top of the world.

In this moving and enormously entertaining debut novel, longtime romantic partners Kathryn and Chris experiment with an open relationship and reconsider everything they thought they knew about love

Book Two of the Silas Seaweed mysteries.

Book Five of the Silas Seaweed mysteries.

Book Four of the Silas Seaweed mysteries.

Scrappy tough guy and three-time loser Johnny Keough seizes an unexpected "clean slate" opportunity as a sign from above and embarks on an epic hitchhiking journey across Canada to deliver his girl

Experience what it was like to grow up in a different time and country.

Storm in the night.
Thunder like mountains blowing up.
Lightning licking the navy-blue sky.
Rain streaming down the windows,
babbling in the downspouts.

Global Chorus is a remarkable, illustrated collection of 365 daily meditations around some very large and increasingly crucial themes: