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When the Edmonton Oil Kings discover Reuben Reuben has a hockey game as unforgettable as his name and his Inuit heritage, life changes in a hurry for him and his best friend Gear.

The city is cracking down on graffiti and guerilla art. Between that and cutbacks to the local art gallery it seems like nothing is safe.

On her seventh birthday, Pauline rode across the lawns on her street followed by her best friend Henry, he on the blue wooden horse, she on the red.

D'Arcy's dad is dead. She desperately wants it to have been an accident, but she is not sure. And when she learns the truth, things become even more difficult. Why would her father choose suicide?

Daniel’s Crazy about Mac. She’s smart, funny, loyal and fiercely independent. The only problem is, when life gets too hard for Mac, she runs away. But she always comes back.

Keno is twenty-three, a high-school dropout working as a rent collector for a slum landlord. Apart from hitting on the office secretary, Cass, his life is bleak.

Julian’s parents separated when he was a baby and he is still angry and hurt. His mother has had relationships since, all of which have ended disastrously, but this time it seems serious.

Bram’s friend Jeremy wants to go public with information about a hazing-related student death. The morning after he tells Bram this he’s injured in a hit-and run accident.

DJ is always thrilled to spend time with his grandfather, a person he idolizes.

In The Bonemender, Gabrielle took her talent for healing into battle where her father died in her arms; she fell in love with a man who turned out to be an Elf, with a lifespan many times that of a

Sixteen-year-old Dylan has never met her father.

Juba, South Sudan. RCMP Sergeant Ray Robertson has spent eleven and a half months serving with the United Nations in the world's newest country.

Bobbie Joe didn't set out to buy a limping blue roan mare -- she wanted a colt she could train to barrel race. But the horse is a fighter, just like Bobbie Joe.

Mike has fallen for his best friend Lindsay. And he’s pretty sure she feels the same way, until a simple misunderstanding destroys Lindsay’s trust.

When Kevin disappears, leaving only a cryptic note, his best friends Luca and Esme have no choice but to try and find him.