Shortlisted for the

Red Maple Award!

Keira, kidnapped from Ireland by Vikings, is a slave living in legendary Vinland. Two native bands, the Beothuck and the Thule, are also fighting over the land, thrusting the Norsemen into war.
While the Vikings search for a new home, an accident at sea leaves Keira miraculously saved by a Beothuck warrior. Keira settles into the Beothuck way of life, learning their customs and coming to care for them. But she dreams of risking everything in order to find a way home.
Ultimately, she is torn between the cultures in which she has lived—her homeland, the Viking world in which she was welcomed, and her new Beothuck family. This is a thrilling adventure and an exciting introduction to the history of Canada.

ISBN 978-1894917-20-9 / Ages 10 and up / Softcover / 5 1/8" x 7 1/2" / 200 pages / Cdn. $10.95, U.S. $8.95

A teacher's resource package is available for this title, based on the Ontario EQAO format and Bloom's taxonomy, including multiple choice, vocabulary building and grammar. ISBN 978-1-894917-63-6 Cdn. $9.95 U.S. 8.95

Broken Circle

by Christopher Dinsdale

"This may be the novel to give to that teacher's bane, the reluctant boy reader. The author has created a solid first novel." - Canadian Materials

Named a "Great Book for 2006" by the Canadian Toy Testing Council

Angry at missing a week of summer video game entertainment, Jesse, a twelve-year-old boy of European/Native American descent, grudgingly follows through with his deceased father's request that he join his Uncle Matthew and cousin Jason at Six Islands, on Georgian Bay, for a special camping trip. Uncle Matthew explains that Jesse's father wanted Jason's vision quest to be his introduction to their native culture. During their first night around the camp-fire, it is Jesse who has a vision, and the adventure begins. Not only is he swept back in time four hundred years, but he is transformed into a majestic, white-tailed deer. He must now survive the expert hunting skills of his ancestors while somehow rescuing his people before they are destroyed by warfare.

ISBN 978-1894917-15-5 / Ages 9 and up / Softcover / 5 1/8" x 7 1/2" / 104 pages / Cdn. $8.95, U.S. $7.95

A Teacher's Guide is available, based on the Ontario EQAO format and Bloom's taxonomy, including multiple choice, vocabulary building and grammar. ISBN 1-894917-16-2, $9.95 CDN, $8.95 U.S.