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In 1913 Dr. Louis Thomas and his family settle on the French islands of St. Pierre and Michelon.

After his younger sister dies, 17-year-old Jean-Luc goes into a downward spiral. He is sent away for the summer to live with his uncle in a small town on the coast of France.

Twelve-year-old Macy is an amateur treasure hunter who finds lost things along the southern Saskatchewan shores of Buffalo Pound Lake.

When a distant storm knocks out the power at his high school, Cam and his friends head out for burgers.

Seventeen-year-old Michael goes to visit his eccentric mad-scientist uncle who, busy working on yet another time-travel experiment in his cluttered lab, barely notices him.

After three years abroad, sixteen-year-old Blake Pendleton returns to his old high school and is shocked to find that the world he knew has turned upside down.

Fourteen-year-old Blue Jasper takes his younger siblings, twins Indigo and Violet, out for a hike to give their mother a break.

When eight-year-old Kiara discovers that her recently deceased grandmother left her a genie, trapped in a bottle of garam-masala, she's elated.

In this partially-illustrated early chapter book, 11-year-old Charlie tries his hardest to keep his life quiet and organized amid the chaos of life on the farm with his veterinarian mother.

Three poetic novellas centred around the author's background of growing up as the child of a veterinarian.Full of humour and compassion, Night Watchcollects three novellas that explore the lives of

Winner of the Governor General's Award for Drama. Winner of the Chalmers Play Award. A rhapsodic blues tragedy.

Vancouver, 1942.

Katherine Wisteria Warble (otherwise known as Kiddo) knows her family depends on her for information.

The Chain Locker shows us how heroism, loyalty, and friendship play out in this amazing novel based on true stories about brave Newfoundland sealers.

Blasted is a story of Ruby Jones, an irreverent, exuberant, and troubled woman who lurches between love affairs and cities.