Kim is new to the area and looking forward to the day her ill grandmother comes to live with her family, but when life with her grandmother turns out to be different than she had expected, her interest shifts to a beautiful black horse.
Canada
Materials from Canada
Everything On A Waffle
Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
The Promise
A promise made by her parents before she was born sends ten-year-old Princess Rania to the desert continent of Roshan to learn mastery of the wind and rain from the old woman known as the Sandwriter. Sequel to ‘Sandwriter.’
Brave Jack And The Unicorn
Sent out into the world to find his missing older brothers, Jack does good deeds for helpless animals along the way, and they repay him when he poses as a suitor to try and save a princess from an evil magician.
Crabbe
One night, just before final exams, 18-year-old Franklin Crabbe–smart, rich yet unhappy and a semi-alcoholic–packs his gear and drives away into the woods to disappear completely.
The Plague
In book two of The Crow Chronicles, a mysterious plague hits the Kinaar family. Sick and alone, Kyp knows only that he must find Kym, who has been captured by humans and taken far to the east.
The Fetch
After exploring a sea chest full of runes and a journal belonging to his deceased grandfather, fifteen-year-old Sky summons the old man’s ghost, who teaches him how to travel through time and space.
Charlie Farquharson’s Histry Of Canada
A humorous and satirical look at Canadian history.
No One Must Know
It is 1957 and Alexandra’s immigrant family is living the North American dream. Her world is turned upside down when she discovers that her parents, who emigrated from Hungary, are not Catholic as she has been raised but Jewish.
Click!
A polar bear cub and a young photographer wander away from the safety of their mothers and have parallel adventures, eventually meeting face to face.