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When a student at the flight school runs away with the little Luscombe 8F for a joyride, it is up to the small training plane to show courage, determination, and quick thinking to save the day. In Scamper and the Airplane Thief, our small seaplane will introduce the reader to flight's dos and don'ts through the pilot's actions. Learn the basics of flight through reading.

The open-and-shut case of the Fatal Flapper just won't stay closed in this thrilling and immersive novel of 1920s Vancouver—another Raincoast Noir mystery. Miss Dora Decker doesn't look like the sort of young woman capable of stabbing her stockbroker employer twenty-five times with her high-heeled shoe; yet, thanks to a slow news day, she has become internationally famous as the Fatal Flapper, and the police are only too happy to make the arrest. Meanwhile, Ed McCurdy, former muckraking journalist, has traded his typewriter for a career reading radio news as Mr.

When Lizzy is forced to move to the Adventist commune of Stillwater, she is sure the end times have begun. She's not wrong. Sixteen-year-old Lizzy is trapped, caught between her passion for science and the teachings of her Seventh-day Adventist father and Mennonite mother. But she isn't the only one with problems: her mother, Marie, is increasingly reliant on prescription medication to recover from a car accident that might—or might not—have been deliberately caused by her husband, Daniel.

Referencing a classic Haida oral narrative, this spectacular full-color graphic novel blends traditional Haida imagery with Japanese manga to tell the powerful story of Red, an orphaned leader so blinded by revenge that he leads his community to the brink of war and destruction. When raiders attack his village, young Red escapes dramatically - but his sister Jaada is whisked away. The loss of Jaada breeds a seething anger, and Red sets out to find his sister and exact revenge on her captors.

In this beautiful tribute to the Pacific rainforest for kids aged 4–8, discover the surprising connection between salmon and the forest—and why they need each other. In this new edition of a classic, internationally acclaimed scientist David Suzuki and celebrated author Sarah Ellis share the life cycle of salmon in tender dialogue between Kate and her dad as they hike through the woods—meeting animals and friends along the way.

A collection of connected short stories set in a fictional town in BC's Gulf Islands where attitude is everything, and everybody has one. For years "Spinner's Inlet" was a beloved serialized newspaper column created by Don Hunter that ran in the Province , Vancouver's newspaper. Eventually, Hunter compiled the columns and turned them into Spinner's Inlet , the bestselling book published in 1989. Now, thirty years later, Hunter is revisiting the quirky inhabitants of this fictional coastal community, who are ready to entertain a brand-new generation of readers.

In this sequel to the best-selling novel When Eagles Call, two Hawaiian labourers—Kimo Kanui and his friend Moku—end their contract with the Hudson's Bay Company in Fort Langley and trek north to join the great Cariboo gold rush of the early 1860s. Along with a black man from the Carolinas and a native Sto:lo woman won and freed in a card game, they face dangers and challenges along the trail as winter sets in.

A powerful novel of redemption and revenge inspired by a real American Civil War mystery. For Clayton Monroe, the last hope for refuge is a struggling settlement at the far northwest corner of Vancouver Island. San Josef is his sanctuary from the imagined demons and real enemies who have pursued him for three decades, from the Civil War battlefields of Virginia and across the plains of Kansas to the gold rush gateway of Seattle. For Anika Frederickson, San Josef is her new home and her dream - a now failing community built on the promises of provincial government officials.

Colin Bourque, bientôt 17 ans, et sa best Eugénie Bujold font comme tous les adolescents de Sainte-Foy en 2003: attendre l'autobus (la 800, la 801, la 7 et la crisse de 13), flâner au centre commercial, se brancher sur MSN, travailler le dimanche, avoir honte de ses parents, tout faire pour ne pas devenir les rejets de l'école, espérer tomber en amour. En secret, Colin écoute Céline Dion et aime les garçons. Un, en particulier. Être ou ne pas être fake; pour Colin, là est toute la question : entre silence, mensonge et vérité, son cœur balance.

Oublier, est-ce un mécanisme de survie ou une manière égoïste de choisir ses souvenirs? Oublier d'avoir tué quelqu'un, est-ce possible? Trou blanc raconte les tribulations d'un homme à la recherche de son passé, entre Val-d'Or et Montréal.