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Seven-year-old Christina desperately wants a dog. When she visits a kennel with her parents, she comes home with Prince, a greyhound recently retired from his champion racing career.

Paddy loves his family, all except for his annoying stepfather Anthony. When they have a discussion about his future, Paddy overreacts and threatens to join the Army.

Faye is the "good" adopted Chinese daughter. Bev is the wild child. Mannie is the unambitious stoner.

Jinjoli está feliz cuando Brent la invita a salir, pero no tanto cuando los rumores empiezan a correr por la escuela.

At the end of The True Story of George, George, a small plastic man, went for a ride on a rocket and flew apart. Now, with Katie and Mackenzie’s help, all his parts must find each other.

Nicole Patterson is a young, green and very eager probationary constable with the Ontario Provincial Police.

Sixteen-year-old Sid barely remembers his birth mother and has no idea who his father was.

Life is smoothest for thirteen-year-old Ellie when she keeps her opinions to herself, gets good grades and speaks carefully when her parents ask her to settle their arguments.

A sailing trip to the Caribbean might sound great, but sixteen-year-old Rachel can't stand being trapped on a small boat with her family.

The year is 1909 and Joseph has just immigrated to the United States from Russia.

More than anything, Max wants to play hockey like he used to. But since the death of his dad, Max has to take his special-needs brother, Duncan, with him everywhere he goes.

Dinah Galloway, budding diva, enthusiastic gourmand and amateur detective, is back. This time she has taken to the high seas with a gig in the lounge of an Alaska-bound cruise ship.

Since moving hundreds of miles to a new school, Daria has become increasingly dependent on her cell phone.

A brutal serial killer is murdering women in Vancouver's West End. On a seemingly insane rampage, he leaves their headless bodies to be found and writes taunting letters to the police.

Kelly loves the cabin she has made from a refrigerator box. It has a window with curtains, pictures on the walls, a cabin-sized table and a wonderful view.