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Warbird A new world and strange peoples call Etienne to an adventure In 1647, ten-year-old Etienne yearns for a life of adventure far from his family farm in Quebec. He meets an orphan destined to apprentice at Fort Sainte Marie. Making the most impulsive decision of his life, Etienne replaces the orphan and paddles with the voyageurs out into the St. Lawrence. After arriving safely at Sainte Marie among the Jesuit missionaries, Etienne must learn to live a life of piety. Meanwhile, he also makes friends with a Huron youth, Tsiko. When the Iroquois attack and destroy the nearby village, Etienne learns about war. In the strife that follows, Etienne and Tsiko must part ways, each to follow his own path and eventually rejoin his people. ISBN: 978-1-926607-11-5, $9.95, 5.125 x 7.5, trade paper, 128 pages, for ages 9+ |
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Trouble on the Voyage by Bob Barton A tiny speck imprisoned in a world of white... This is an exciting adventure novel told through the eyes of eleven-year-old ship’s boy Jeremy. It is both history and fiction. The merchant ship Henrietta Maria has been trapped in the ice of Hudson Strait for two months. It is August 6, 1631, when she finally breaks free to search for a northwest passage. The crew knows that it must leave Hudson Bay by early October to avoid being caught in the ice for the winter. The ship is leaking badly and the crew is ravaged by scurvy. Finally, Captain James announces that they cannot make it back to Hudson Strait before freeze-up. With half the crew suffering from scurvy and even lacking boots, will anyone survive in this cold and desolate place? ISBN: 978-1-926607-10-8, $10.95, 5.125 x 7.5, trade paper, 152 pgs, for ages 9+, b&w illus. |
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True Colours What do you do when the only right thing is wrong? Fifteen-year-old Zoe is many things, but confident is not one of them. Perhaps that’s why she prefers the company of animals. A self-professed advocate for animal rights, Zoe is not above taking matters into her own hands. But the stakes are raised when she finds herself at the centre of a dangerous conspiracy involving the disappearance of animals from a shelter and a cosmetics company she’s trying to convince her peers to boycott. She turns for help to street-savvy Alex Fisher, her troubled Social Studies partner, to help her unravel the mystery. Zoe soon learns that nothing is as it appears, as she is confronted with angry parents, a dangerous sociopath, and an ill-advised romance.’s Sikh heritage? Will she fulfil her father’s wish? And will she ultimately survive to do that? ISBN: 978-1-926607-13-9, $9.95, 5.125 x 7.5, trade paper, 160 pages, for ages 12+ |
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No More Dragons by Rie Charles How do you turn an upside-down life right-side up? “I’m writing because it’s starting to get to me. Plus I need to tell someone,” begins thirteen-year-old Alex. Through letters to his only friend, Alex breaks his solitude and confronts the truth. Alex is afraid, afraid of his dad, afraid of kids at school, worried about his sick brother and, most of all, angry at himself for being a wuss. How can he make his life different, become a new person that people like? As Alex observes his own and others’ behaviour, as he starts to achieve in unexpected areas, he also begins to stand up to abuse, both at home and at school. As courage and wisdom gradually build, he gains the confidence to confront his own dragons. ISBN: 978-1-926607-12-2, $9.95, 5.125 x 7.5, trade paper, 128 pages, for ages 11+ |
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