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Series: The Great Mistake Mysteries The Artsy Mistake Mystery The Great Mistake Mysteries Paperback Sylvia McNicoll 9781459738805 $8.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Aug 05, 2017

They say he’s been stealing art. But is Attila being framed? Outdoor art is disappearing all over the neighbourhood! From elaborate Halloween decorations to the Stream of Dreams fish display across the fence at Stephen and Renée’s school, it seems no art is safe. Renée’s brother, Attila, has been cursing those model fish since he first had to make them as part of his community service. So everyone thinks Attila is behind it when they disappear. But, grumpy teen though he is, Attila can do no wrong in Renée’s eyes, so she enlists Stephen’s help ... + Read More
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Series: Finders Keepers 3rd edition Paperback Andrea Spalding 9781459737525 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jan 28, 2017

CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2017) Selection • 1996 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize — Shortlisted • 1996 Violet Downey IODE Book Award — Shortlisted • 1997 Silver Birch Award — Shortlisted It all started with an ancient arrowhead in an Alberta field. While walking through a field, Danny finds an 8,000-year-old arrowhead. After he shows his friend Joshua, who lives on the Peigan reserve at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, the two go on buffalo hunts, powwows, archaeological digs, and break in to the local museum. Grappling w... + Read More
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Series: The Great Mistake Mysteries The Best Mistake Mystery The Great Mistake Mysteries Paperback Sylvia McNicoll 9781459736252 $8.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jan 07, 2017

Some people count their blessings, but dogwalker Stephen Nobel counts mistakes. Dogwalker extraordinaire Stephen Nobel can get a little anxious, but his habit of counting the mistakes he and everyone else makes calms him. His need to analyze gets kicked into hyperdrive after two crazy events happen in one day at school: the bomb squad blows up a backpack and someone smashes a car into the building.To make things worse, that someone thinks Stephen can identify them. Stephen receives a threatening text. If he goes to the police, his favourite do... + Read More
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Series: White Jade Tiger 25th Anniversary Edition Paperback Julie Lawson 9781459737556 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Dec 17, 2016

On a trip to Chinatown, thirteen-year-old Jasmine steps through a doorway back in time and finds herself in the 1880s.1994 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize — Winner1994 Candian Library Association Book of the Year Award — Runner-up1995 Silver Birch Award — ShortlistedCCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2017) SelectionJasmine is not sure she likes the idea of being stuck in Victoria while her father goes to China. But on a field trip to Chinatown, she changes her mind. Passing through a doorway in Fan Tan Alley, she mysteriousl... + Read More
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Series: The Eldritch Manor Series Darkling Green The Eldritch Manor Series Paperback Kim Thompson 9781459736221 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Dec 03, 2016

As spring comes to Eldritch Manor, Willa deals with the King of the Fairies, a terrifying creature, and the usual family drama.Spring comes to Eldritch Manor, bringing with it all kinds of mayhem. The arrival of the King of the Fairies throws the resident fairies into a romantic tizzy. Mab neglects her knitting, resulting in holes in time through which any manner of evil can enter their world. Nature, weather, and time itself are all out of whack, and everyone is freaked about Willa’s upcoming “unlucky” thirteenth birthday. On top of everything... + Read More
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Series: The Night Flyer's Handbook Everton Miles Is Stranger Than Me The Night Flyer's Handbook Paperback Philippa Dowding 9781459735279 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 15, 2016

The sequel to The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden, shortlisted for the OLA Red Maple Award.I wander around like any normal, paranoid, self-absorbed teenager. Do we all think we’re being chased by deadly entities, I wonder? Probably, but how many of us actually are? Gwendolyn Golden, Night Flyer, floats over the cornfields all summer. What draws her to the same spot, night after night? All she knows is that change is coming: she’s starting high school plus there’s a strange new boy in town.He’s Everton Miles and he’s a Night Flyer, too.Soon the... + Read More
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Series: Hannah Smart In Over Her Head Hannah Smart Paperback Melody Fitzpatrick 9781459731608 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 17, 2016

Being totally scared of the ocean is no big deal when it means being on TV with the boy of your dreams — right? Hannah Smart is the happiest she’s ever been. She’s doing great in school, she’s got her own spot on the Friday evening news, and she’s desperately in love with the boy next door. But when Hannah’s boss asks her to be part of a treasure-hunting reality show for teens, she instantly feels ill. For most kids, a high-seas adventure searching for treasure would sound amazing, but for Hannah, who suffers horribly from seasickness, it’s a ... + Read More
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Series: Weird Stories Gone Wrong Carter and the Curious Maze Weird Stories Gone Wrong Paperback Philippa Dowding 9781459732490 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Aug 06, 2016

Carter discovers a creepy maze at the fair and travels farther and farther back in time. How will he ever get back to the present?The fair is dull, dull, dull, and nothing interesting will ever happen to Carter again … until Carter discovers the curious maze.Nothing has ever happened here in the history of the world, he thinks. But the maze has some strange secrets, and the spot Carter stands upon has seen some very exciting events over the centuries. Once Carter enters the maze, odd people begin to appear. First he meets Mr. Green, the mysteri... + Read More
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Series: Hannah Smart On a Slippery Slope Hannah Smart Paperback Melody Fitzpatrick 9781459731578 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Feb 06, 2016

It was just a little white lie. What could possibly go wrong …If a super-cute boy (one you really want to impress) assumes that you’re a championship skier and snowboarder, is it really that big of a deal if you don’t set him straight? When a teensy fib starts snowballing out of control, Hannah Smart realizes she needs cash to keep from being found out. She takes a part-time job at the local TV station where her dad works as the weatherman. After nearly killing a woman (it was an accident!) and then saving her on air, Hannah unexpectedly finds ... + Read More
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Series: The Eldritch Manor Series Shadow Wrack The Eldritch Manor Series Paperback Kim Thompson 9781459732056 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Dec 19, 2015

CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) — CommendedAfter defeating the forces of evil in Eldritch Manor, Willa must rebuild the manor — and her family. Can Willa rally her supernatural friends to defeat an invasion from beyond? After battling and defeating the forces of darkness, Willa is looking forward to a little well-earned peace and quiet. Unfortunately, her recent adventures have given birth to new problems, not the least of which is the task of rebuilding Eldritch Manor, a retirement home for supernatural beings, from the ground... + Read More
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Series: A Cherry Blossom Book Cherry Blossom Baseball A Cherry Blossom Book Paperback Jennifer Maruno 9781459731660 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Dec 05, 2015

CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) — CommendedIs pretending to be someone else the only way Michiko can fit in? Michiko Minigawa’s life is nothing but a bad game of baseball. The Canadian government swung the bat once, knocking her family away from a Vancouver home base to an old farmhouse in the Kootenay Mountains. But when they move into town, the government swings the bat again, announcing that all Japanese must now move east of the Rockies or else go to Japan. Now in Ontario, Michiko once again has to adjust to a whole new kin... + Read More
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Series: A Peggy Henderson Adventure A Bone to Pick A Peggy Henderson Adventure Paperback Gina McMurchy-Barber 9781459730724 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Nov 21, 2015

Peggy is off to a Viking site in North America where she unearths the remains of a brave young warrior. It’s a dream come true for Peggy Henderson when her friend, Dr. Edwina McKay, lets her tag along to the Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows National Park in Newfoundland, where Dr. McKay will be teaching archaeology field school for the summer. Peggy already knows a lot about archaeology — having been on three previous excavations — but does she need to brag about it so much? After alienating herself from the other students with her know-... + Read More
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Series: Hannah Smart Operation Josh Taylor Hannah Smart Paperback Melody Fitzpatrick 9781459731349 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 03, 2015

To see teen idol Josh Taylor in concert, Hannah Smart is prepared to face bullies, learn terrible secrets, and discover hidden talents. When thirteen-year-old Hannah Smart finds out that teen idol Josh Taylor (only the most talented singer in the entire world) is coming to her hometown to kick off his first-ever concert tour, she nearly goes into shock. Even more shocking is the fact that her parents one-hundred-percent refuse to buy her a ticket — if Hannah wants to go, she has to figure out a way on her own. With the help of her genius best f... + Read More
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Series: Weird Stories Gone Wrong Myles and the Monster Outside Weird Stories Gone Wrong Paperback Philippa Dowding 9781459729438 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 19, 2015

2017 Silver Birch Express Award Honour Book • 2017 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award — Shortlisted • 2017 Diamond Willow Award — ShortlistedThe second instalment in a series of scary tall tales from acclaimed children’s novelist Philippa Dowding. I will never leave this car, the back seat reeks of everything my little brother has ever eaten, and that thing is still out there … Myles and his family have been driving for four days. It’s their final night on the road, but Myles knows they will never arrive at their new house. It will neve... + Read More
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Series: The Wild Place Adventure Series Saving Crazy The Wild Place Adventure Series Paperback Karen Hood-Caddy 9781459730267 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 23, 2015

Can a high-seas, whale-saving adventure repair the hurt between two friends? How do you decide where your heart lies when it’s being tugged at from so many sides?When Robin and Zo-Zo discover that their beloved lake has become a toxic sludge — the result of an algae bloom — they know they have to do something to fix it. But trouble begins when the two friends develop a crush on the same boy during a community meeting to save the lake.To help repair things between the girls, Robin’s grandmother, Griff, suggests a high-seas adventure with a whale... + Read More
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Series: Paint Paperback Jennifer Dance 9781459728684 $12.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jan 24, 2015

CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2015) - Commended The life story of a painted mustang set against the backdrop of America’s Great Plains in the late 1800s. It’s the late 1800s. A Lakota boy finds an orphaned mustang foal and brings her back to his family’s camp, naming her Paint for her black-and-white markings. Boy and horse soon become inseparable. Together they learn to hunt buffalo, their fear of the massive beasts tempered by a growing trust in each other.When the U.S. Cavalry attacks the camp, the pair is forced onto separate pat... + Read More
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Series: Something Wiki Paperback Suzanne Sutherland 9781459728219 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jan 03, 2015

2016 Young Author's Award — ShortlistedCCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2015) - Commended Instead of writing in a diary, twelve-year-old Jo Waller secretly edits Wikipedia entries to cope with the worst year of her life.Jo Waller has three brainy friends, two mostly harmless parents, and one deep, dark secret: she edits Wikipedia for fun. But when her twenty-four-year-old brother moves back home with his pregnant girlfriend, Jo is forced to reconcile the idealized version of her absent, cool older brother with the reality of romantic re... + Read More
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Series: A Peggy Henderson Adventure Bone Deep A Peggy Henderson Adventure Paperback Gina McMurchy-Barber 9781459714014 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Nov 15, 2014

An expedition to investigate an old sunken ship teaches Peggy lessons about herself. When archaeologists discover a two-hundred-year-old shipwreck, Peggy Henderson decides she’ll do whatever it takes to take part in the expedition. But first she needs to convince her mom to let her go, and to pay for scuba diving lessons. To complicate matters even more, Peggy’s Great Aunt Beatrix comes to stay, and she’s bent on changing Peggy from a twelve-year-old adventure-seeking tomboy to a proper young lady. Help comes in the most unlikely of places whe... + Read More
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Series: Weird Stories Gone Wrong Jake and the Giant Hand Paperback Philippa Dowding 9781459724211 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 27, 2014

The first in a series of scary tall tales from award-winning children’s novelist Philippa Dowding.Why is Grandpa acting so weird? And why are there so many giant flies?Jake spends every summer on his grandpa’s farm. But this year, things are a little weird. First, there are huge flies everywhere. Second, Grandpa is acting kind of funny. And third, Jake’s friend Kate keeps trying to scare him with creepy stories. Last year’s tale about the swamp creature was bad enough, but this year’s story about a hand that someone found in a farmer’s field is... + Read More
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Series: A Hole in My Heart Paperback Rie Charles 9781459710528 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 13, 2014

Starting a new life after the death of her mother, Nora learns how to be strong. Are there wounds too deep to heal, pains too sharp to share? And if a family survives by cutting the ties that bind them, can they ever be whole again? After losing her mother to illness and her father to his work, Nora Mackenzie must leave her home in the interior of B.C. for a North Vancouver school. Estranged from her classmates, her family, and the life she’s lost, Nora walls herself off from the people around her. At the same time, her young cousin Lizzie is ... + Read More
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Series: The Wild Place Adventure Series The Truth About Brave The Wild Place Adventure Series Paperback Karen Hood-Caddy 9781459718685 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Aug 09, 2014

Is Robin brave enough to do what’s right when everyone thinks she’s wrong? No one is more passionate about rescuing hurt animals than Robin, except maybe her best friend Zo-Zo, who helps Robin run the family’s animal shelter, The Wild Place. When the two of them discover that a neighbour’s chicken farm is really a factory farm, they both want to stop it. Zo-Zo argues that radical action is required, but Robin is worried about getting into trouble with her dad, or even worse, the local sheriff. Is it ever okay to break the law to stand up for w... + Read More
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Series: A Jonah Wiley Adventure Stealing Time Paperback Anne Dublin 9781459709737 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Apr 19, 2014

Thrown back in time by a mysterious pocket watch, Jonah and his stepbrother, Toby, are forced to overcome their differences and work together to return to the present. Jonah Wiley is having a tough time. First, his parents divorced, and now his mom is going to a conference and leaving him with his dad and stepmother. But after Jonah steals an antique pocket watch, he and his stepbrother Toby are hurled back in time — to Egypt, China, France, and other places around the world. In order to save themselves and get back to the present, Jonah and ... + Read More
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Series: The Night Flyer's Handbook The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden The Night Flyer's Handbook Paperback Philippa Dowding 9781459707351 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jan 06, 2014

This morning, I woke up on the ceiling … So begins the strange story of Gwendolyn Golden. One perfectly ordinary day for no apparent reason, she wakes up floating around her room like one of her little brother’s Batman balloons.Puberty is weird enough. Everyone already thinks she’s an oddball with anger issues because her father vanished in a mysterious storm one night when she was six. Then there are the mean, false rumours people are spreading about her at school. On top of all that, now she’s a flying freak.How can she tell her best friend o... + Read More
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Series: A Barkerville Mystery Moses, Me, and Murder A Barkerville Mystery 2nd edition Paperback Ann Walsh 9781459709676 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 25, 2013

In the first novel in the Barkerville Mystery series, protagonist Ted MacIntosh tries to unravel a suspicious murder with possible fatal consequences. lt’s summer in 1866 in the Cariboo gold fields, and a man has disappeared. Young Ted learns from the local barber, Moses, that his friend Charles, who was travelling to the gold fields, has failed to arrive. And a forbidding stranger named James Barry has arrived in town wearing a gold nugget pin that belonged to the missing man. What could have happened to him? Was James Barry responsible for hi... + Read More
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Series: Canadian Sports Sites for Kids Places Named for Speedsters, Scorers, and Other Sportsworld Citizens Paperback Christopher MacKinnon 9781459707054 $14.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Nov 24, 2012

Everything you need to know about Canadian places named after our sports stars. In Canada, sports aren’t just entertainment; they’re literally part of the landscape. We’ve named everything from parks and streets to schools and stadiums after some of our favourite pro athletes and sports figures past and present. Wayne Gretzky Drive, Mike Weir Park, Roberto Luongo Arena, the Cindy Klassen Centre, Justin Morneau Field — Canadian Sports Sites for Kids is your entertaining, map-filled guidebook to hundreds of these special locations. The fast-pace... + Read More
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Series: Lost Gargoyle The Gargoyle at the Gates Paperback Philippa Dowding 9781459703940 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Nov 03, 2012

2014 Red Cedar Book Award — Shortlisted2014 Forest of Reading, Silver Birch Express — Shortlisted, Fiction2013 Diamond Willow Award — Shortlisted2013 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award — Shortlisted2013 Saskatchewan Young Reader’s Choice Award — Shortlisted2013 White Ravens Award — Commended What do you do when the park next door is inhabited by 400-year-old creatures? Christopher has a problem. He has just moved to Toronto. He has a new school and no friends. But even worse, the park next door is creepy: voices whisper in the bushes, and ... + Read More
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Series: Stories of Canada Failed Hope The Story of the Lost Peace Paperback John Wilson 9781459703452 $18.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 27, 2012

2013 Information Book Awards — Long-listed Peace after the First World War inspires hope for a better life that’s crushed by the advent of the Second World War. Beginning with the Treaty of Versailles and the hope for the birth of a better world, Failed Hope follows the postwar rise of fascism, social unrest, Prohibition, the Great Depression, Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, and the wars in Abyssinia, Spain, and China. The general strike in Winnipeg provides a Canadian perspective to the global labour turmoil of the period. The book ends with th... + Read More
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Series: The Eldritch Manor Series Eldritch Manor Paperback Kim Thompson 9781459703544 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 29, 2012

2014 Forest of Reading, Silver Birch Award — Shortlisted, Fiction 2014 Rocky Mountain Book Award — Shortlisted Are those cranky old folks at the retirement home really what they seem? Twelve-year-old Willa Fuller is convinced that the old folks in the shabby boarding house down the street are prisoners of their sinister landlady, Miss Trang. Only when Willa is hired on as housekeeper does she discover the truth, which is far more fascinating. Eldritch Manor is a retirement home for some very strange beings indeed. All have stories to tell – an... + Read More
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Series: A Cherry Blossom Book Cherry Blossom Winter A Cherry Blossom Book Paperback Jennifer Maruno 9781459702110 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2012

After being outcast to a small community, 10-year-old Michiko’s life gets better when a former baseball star becomes her teacher. Second book in the Cherry Blossom Books series. Ten-year-old Michiko wants to be proud of her Japanese heritage but can’t be. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her family’s possessions are confiscated and they are forced into deprivation in a small, insular community. The men are sent to work on the railway, so the women and children are left to make the trip on their own.After a former Asahi baseball star becomes h... + Read More
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Series: Picturing Alyssa Paperback Alison Lohans 9781554889259 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Aug 05, 2011

Short-listed for the 2011 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Children’s Literature Award and Regina Book Award Who is the girl staring out of the old photograph? Every time Alyssa Dixon looks at it, even by accident, she finds herself on an Iowa farm in 1931. The past is nothing like Alyssas unhappy life her mother severely depressed after the stillbirth of Alyssas baby sister; escalating bullying by Brooklynne, a popular girl; and a teacher who is unsympathetic toward Alyssas familys pacifist beliefs. Why cant Alyssa live in the past with her new ... + Read More
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Series: A Peggy Henderson Adventure Broken Bones A Peggy Henderson Adventure Paperback Gina McMurchy-Barber 9781554888610 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jun 27, 2011

A vandalized burial in an abandoned pioneer cemetery brings 12-year-old Peggy Henderson and her elderly archaeologist friend Eddy to Golden, British Columbia, to excavate. The town dates back to the 1880s when most of the citizens were tough and rowdy miners and railway workers who rarely died of old age. Since the wooden burial markers disintegrated long ago, Peggy and Eddy have no way of knowing the dead mans identity. But when Eddy discovers the vertebrae at the base of the skull are crushed, a sure sign the cause of death was hanging, they ... + Read More
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Series: No More Dragons Paperback Rie Charles 9781926607122 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2010

How do you turn an upside-down life right-side up? Thirteen-year-old 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? Im writing because its starting to get to me. Plus I need to tell someone, begins Alex. Through letters to his only friend, Alex breaks his solitude and confronts the truth. As courage and wisdom gradually build, he gains the confidence to confront his own dragons.
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Series: Warbird Paperback Jennifer Maruno 9781926607115 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2010

Etienne is called on an adventure in the new world… 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 among the Jesuits at Fort Sainte-Marie. Making the most impulsive decision of his life, Etienne replaces the orphan and paddles off with the voyageurs into the north country. At Sainte-Marie, Etienne must learn to live a life of piety. Meanwhile, he also makes friends with a Huron youth, Tsiko, who teaches him the ways of his people. When the Iroquois attac... + Read More
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Series: Trouble on the Voyage Paperback Bob Barton 9781926607108 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2010

A tiny speck imprisoned in a world of white… This is an exciting adventure novel told through the eyes of eleven-year-old ships 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 an... + Read More
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Series: Wild Spirits Paperback Rosa Jordan 9781554887293 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jun 28, 2010

Eleven-year-old Danny Ryan and 19-year-old Wendy Marshall think their friendship is only about looking after two baby raccoons that Danny has rescued. But when a bank holdup upsets Wendy so much that she can hardly stand to be around people, she leaves her job as a teller, retreats to a farm, and surrounds herself with injured and orphaned wildlife. Danny, neglected at home and considered weird in a town where other boys are into hunting, finds peace on the farm, too, plus excitement, as he and Wendy adopt ever more exotic animals such as llama... + Read More
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Series: Lost Gargoyle The Gargoyle Overhead Paperback Philippa Dowding 9781926607030 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Apr 01, 2010

Short-listed for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award What if your best friend was a naughty 400-year-old gargoyle? And what if he just happened to be in terrible danger? It’s not always easy, but thirteen-year-old Katherine Newberry is friends with a gargoyle. His name is Gargoth of Tallus, and he lives in her backyard. Gargoth has lost the only creature on the planet who can help him. Her name is Ambergine, and she’s been his greatest friend for hundreds of years. What Katherine and Gargoth dont know is that Ambergine is searching for him too... + Read More
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Series: The Last Superhero Paperback Kristin Butcher 9781926607016 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Apr 01, 2010

Commended for the 2011 Best Books for Kids and Teens When doing the right thing turns all wrong Sometimes a guy just cant mind his own business, no matter how hard he tries, and sometimes that guy gets mired in predicaments which are not of his making. Thats what happens to Jas, a Grade Seven boy who is putting all his energy into completing the artwork for an adventure comic he hopes will be his ticket into an elite summer art program. But when he meets Wren, an eccentric, crusading classmate, his efforts are derailed. Initially, Jas has no ... + Read More
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Series: Stories of Canada Struggling for Perfection The Story of Glenn Gould Paperback Vladimir Konieczny 9781894917483 $18.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Nov 01, 2009

Struggling for Perfection is the story of the famous pianist, an enigmatic figure who made some of the most acclaimed classical recordings of the last century. A former child prodigy and an unpredictable, passionate man, Glenn Gould was known as much for his eccentricities as his vast musical genius. After retiring prematurely from performing, Gould branched out into work in film and radio and helped bring classical music recording technology into a new age. He has became a national icon in Canada. Vladimir Konieczny delivers a sensitive and af... + Read More
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Series: Spirit Quest New edition Paperback Diane Silvey 9781550028317 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 08, 2009

In the rich tradition of Coast Salish legend, mother and son Diane and Joe Silvey write and illustrate a classic quest story. Teenage twins Kaya and Tala journey into the perilous British Columbia wilderness confronting fish and fowl, beast and phantom, and the wolf spirit destined to be Tala’s protective guardian. Imaginative black-and-white illustrations complement this unique story of adventure.
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Series: Betrayed The Legend of Oak Island Paperback Christopher Dinsdale 9781894917919 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2009

The fate of the known world is settled on the shores of Canada In Christopher Dinsdale’s third historical adventure for young readers, Connor MacDonald and his mother have encountered Henry Sinclair, Norwegian prince and Earl of Orkney, who rescues them from highwaymen. Prince Henry is an adventurer who has sailed to the farthest reaches of the known world. On a dark Egyptian beach, he was given a treasure so precious that kings would sacrifice everything in order to acquire it. But unlike the warmongering monarchs of Europe, Prince Henry inten... + Read More
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Series: Band of Acadians Paperback John Skelton 9781554880409 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Aug 17, 2009

In 1755, on the eve of the Seven Years’ War, fifteen-year-old Nola and her Acadian parents face expulsion from Grand Pry the British. Nola, her friends Hector and Jocelyne, Nola’s grandfather, and a band of bold teenagers manage to flee by boat only to encounter challenges tougher than their wildest imaginings. Their destination is French-occupied Fort Louisbourg, but along the way hostile soldiers, a harsh environment, enigmatic Mi’kmaq, and superpowers at war turn their journey into a series of hair-raising adventures. As it turns out, the ru... + Read More
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Series: Billy Green Saves the Day Paperback Ben Guyatt 9781554880416 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jul 28, 2009

When the War of 1812 breaks out between the British in Canada and the United States, eighteen-year-old Billy Green is an expert woodsman with romantic ideas of combat. Struggling with his father’s ideals and with his attraction to Sarah, the daughterof an American sympathizer, Billy soon finds himself faced with a series of fateful decisions. Then on June 5, 1813, he spots the massive American forces camped in the tiny hamlet of Stoney Creek. Against all odds, the young man rides three hours in the middle of the night to Burlington Heights to w... + Read More
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Series: Bridget’s Black ’47 Paperback Dorothy Perkyns 9781554884001 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jun 22, 2009

Bridget Quinlan is a spirited 13-year-old when the Irish potato famine of the 1840s shatters her life. Although her home is a hovel with few possessions, her family survives as long as her father can grow a good crop of potatoes on his small piece of land. Tragedy strikes when crops fail and typhus spreads, killing one of the boys in her school and then her brother, Rory. With soldiers evicting the ill and unemployed, the Quinlans are forced to accept the offer of a passage to Canada. Appalling conditions onboard contribute to many deaths so th... + Read More
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Series: A Felix Taylor Adventure Laughing Wolf Paperback Nicholas Maes 9781554883851 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jun 22, 2009

Short-listed for the 2010 Saskatchewan Young Reader’s Choice Award - Snow Willow and for the 2010 Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award It is the year 2213. Fifteen-year-old Felix Taylor is the last person on Earth who can speak and read Latin. In a world where technology has defeated war, crime, poverty, and famine, and time travel exists as a distinct possibility, Felix’s language skills and knowledge seem out of place and irrelevant. But are they? A mysterious plague has broken out. Scientists can’t stop its advance, and humanity is su... + Read More
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Series: The Jewels of Sofia Tate Paperback Doris Etienne 9781554882304 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 04, 2009

Fifteen-year-old Garnet Walcott is lonely and has a hard time making new friends when she moves to Kitchener, Ontario. Her mother, already preoccupied with work, has begun a search for a father she never knew. By chance, Garnet meets and befriends Elizabeth Tate, an elderly widow who tells Garnet that a priceless set of heirloom jewels dating back to Russian nobility may be hidden in her Victorian home. Elizabeth shows Garnet an intriguing portrait of her late mother-in-law, Sofia Tate, wearing sapphires and diamonds. Garnet is introduced to Da... + Read More
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Series: A Cherry Blossom Book When the Cherry Blossoms Fell A Cherry Blossom Book Paperback Jennifer Maruno 9781894917834 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Apr 15, 2009

Short-listed for the 2012 Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award and for the 2011 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award Nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa bids her father good-bye before her birthday celebration. She doesn’t know the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of the province. Ten days later, her family joins hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a train to the interior of British Columbia. Even though her aunt Sadie jokes about it, they have truly reached the "Land of No". There are no paved roads, no streetlights and not s... + Read More
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Series: Lost Gargoyle The Gargoyle in My Yard Paperback Philippa Dowding 9781894917827 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Apr 01, 2009

Commended for the 2009 Resource Links Best Books and for the 2010 Best Books for Kids and Teens, short-listed for the 2012 Diamond Willow Award Chosen for the Toronto Public Library's 2015 Great Reads for Kids collection What do you do when a 400-year-old gargoyle moves into your backyard? Especially when no one else but you knows he’s ALIVE? Twelve-year-old Katherine Newberry can tell you all about life with a gargoyle. Hes naughty. He gets people into trouble. He howls at the moon, breaks statues and tramples flowers to bits, all the while ... + Read More
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Series: Ghosts of James Bay 2nd edition Paperback John Wilson 9781550028270 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 09, 2009

Fourteen-year-old Al is spending the summer on the shores of Ontario’s James Bay with his eccentric archaeologist father. On their last day there, Al paddles his canoe awawy from the rocky, tree-lined shore and is strangely overtaken by a thickfog that disorients him. As the mist rolls over him, Al is startled to see a ship in the distance that he recognizes as the Discover, whose captain was the ill-fated Henry Hudson. Is it a ghostly apparition?
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Series: Your Time, My Time New edition Paperback Ann Walsh 9781554884377 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 02, 2009

Moving with her mother from Vancouver to Wells, British Columbia, Elizabeth Connell longs for the excitement of the city and her father, brother, and friends left behind. While she is in the peaceful graveyard of nearby Barkerville she finds a small gold ring that has very special powers. By twisting the ring on her finger, Elizabeth is transported to the nineteenth century during the heyday of the gold rush. Caught between her present life with family and friends and a love in the past, Elizabeth learns more than history.
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Series: The Ghost of Soda Creek Paperback Ann Walsh 9781550028300 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 02, 2009

Short-listed for the 1990 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award Moving to Soda Creek, a former Gold Rush boomtown in the Cariboo region of interior British Columbia, Kelly Linden and her father try to begin their lives again after a tragic family accident.
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Series: Faster Than Wind Paperback Steve Pitt 9781550028379 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jan 12, 2009

Short-listed for the Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award, 2010 It is 1900, and 14-year-old Bertie McCross is a newspaper boy in downtown Toronto. Berties family has fallen on hard times and can use every penny he brings home from hawking newspapers on the frigid streets. However, in order to do that Bertie has to keep out of the clutches of the Kelly Gang, a family of slightly older Cabbagetown toughs who are shaking down "newsies." On Christmas Eve, Bertie is almost cornered by the Kellys but is saved by Tommy Fry and Milwaukee Ed, who int... + Read More
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Series: Mackenzie, Lost and Found Paperback Deborah Kerbel 9781550028522 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Nov 17, 2008

Fifteen-year-old Mackenzie Hill knows something is up when she arrives home to find her father making a home-cooked dinner, instead of his standard delivery pizza. But nothing prepares her for the bombshell announcement: Mackenzie and her dad, alone since the death of her mother a year ago, are moving to Jerusalem, where her father has taken a position as a visiting professor at a university. The adjustment from life in Canada to life in Israel is dramatic - though it’s eased somewhat when Mackenzie is befriended by an American girl in her new ... + Read More
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Series: Stories of Canada Singing Towards the Future The Story of Portia White Paperback lian goodall 9781894917551 $18.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 01, 2008

Portia White, born in 1911, had a dream: to sing on stage. Even as a little girl in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she could imagine an audience before her, clapping as she took her bow. But how could a poor girl growing up in a family with ten siblings make that dream come true? At that time, there were few opera roles available for black singers. To become a recital singer, she would have to go to Europe to study. How could she ever afford that? But Portia was not only a talented contralto, she was determined. With the support of her family and commun... + Read More
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Series: Trouble at Turtle Narrows Paperback Peggy Dymond Leavey 9781894917711 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 01, 2008

The Osler family has just moved into the old Clifton House, with its unusual little rooftop room. Dropping in at his dads shop, Joel overhears a stranger demanding money. Suddenly, it looks like they might lose the house. If that happens, Joel wont be able to keep his dog. He is desperate for a solution. Can the houses historical connections provide the answer?
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Series: Time of the Thunderbird Paperback Diane Silvey 9781550027921 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jul 28, 2008

Kaya and Tala, the adventurous twins, are back from their exploits in Spirit Quest on a new mission to discover why children are disappearing from one of their tribe’s villages. Earth dwarves are being blamed for the missing children, but the twins are sure they’re not at fault. Something very sinister is happening, so once again the sister and brother set out with Yahet (Y for short), their friend and companion, to rescue the kidnapped children. Along the way they meet a mysterious owl, a cedar ogre, demons galore, Aixos, the most ferocious of... + Read More
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Series: The Beginner's Guide to Canadian Honours Paperback Christopher McCreery 9781550027488 $19.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jul 28, 2008

Commended for the 2009 Best Books for Kids & Teens For more than 40 years Canadian orders, decorations, and medals have been used to recognize exemplary citizens for their outstanding contributions to our country and to the world. Although Canada is a relatively young country, we are fortunate to have one of the most comprehensive honours systems in the world. With the Order of Canada at its centre, the Canadian honours system includes the Victoria Cross, Star of Courage, Order of St. John, General Campaign Star, Canadian Forces Decoration, a... + Read More
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Series: Locksmith Paperback Nicholas Maes 9781550027914 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jul 21, 2008

Commended for the 2009 Best Books for Kids & Teens, long-listed for the 2009 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award Twelve-year-old Lewis Castorman is a master locksmith: there is no lock on earth that he is unable to open. He is therefore flattered when world-renowned chemist Ernst K. Grumpel invites him to his office in New York City and offers him a lock-picking assignment. His confidence quickly turns to dismay, however, when he learns this job will take him to Yellow Swamp in northern Alberta, the scene of a disastrous chemical spill a ... + Read More
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Series: Sophie Mallory Series Sophie's Exile Paperback Beverley Boissery 9781550028102 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jul 11, 2008

2009 Word Guild Award — Winner, Young Adult FictionIn the aftermath of the 1838 rebellion in Lower Canada, Sophie Mallory’s father is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment in Australia. But there is no question about what Sophie should do: with her guardian, Lady Theodosia Thornleigh, and Luc Moriset, she sets sail for Sydney. She finds Australia an outside-down country. The water goes down the drain the opposite way, half the population are (or have been) convicts. In one notorious incident, her father, Benjamin, a... + Read More
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Series: Finders Keepers 2nd edition Paperback Andrea Spalding 9781550028287 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jun 15, 2008

Short-listed for the Sheila A. Egoff Award for Children’s Literature, 1996, the Violet Downey IODE Book Award, 1996 and the Silver Birch Award, 1997 While walking through a neighbourhood field in Alberta, Danny finds an 8,000-year-old arrowhead. His friend Joshua, who lives on the Peigan reserve at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, joins him on buffalo hunts, powwows, archaeological digs, and a break-in at the local museum. In the process Danny learns about history and gains the self-confidence to overcome dyslexia.
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Series: Shabash! New edition Paperback Ann Walsh 9781550028294 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 07, 2008

Rana’s on the team — but is he still all alone? Short-listed for the 1996 Silver Birch Award As a Sikh living in small-town British Columbia, Rana knows he is different. In fact, he is the first Sikh in Dinway to try out for the hockey team. But Rana persists, making the team and meeting Les, who becomes fast friends with him.Still, the bullying from his teammates and community members continues. Then, just before the most important game of the season, an extraordinary event interrupts the lives of everyone in Dinway, and Rana risks everything.