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The genius asylum (Sic Transit Terra. #1.)
Par Arlene F Marks. 2016
Earth Intelligence and Space Installation Security each think Drew Townsend is working for them. They're wrong. Sent undercover to set…
up a covert intelligence operation on Earth's remotest space station, Drew Townsend finds himself managing a crew of brilliant mavericks, making friends with the most feared warriors in the galaxy, and feeling more at home in the controlled insanity of Daisy Hub than he ever did on Earth. Then he learns the truth about his mission there, and it's time to choose. In the coming interplanetary conflict, which side will Daisy Hub be on? Followed by "The otherness factor". 2016.The green man
Par Michael Bédard. 2012
Teenaged O – never call her Ophelia – is about to spend the summer with her aunt Emily, a poet…
and the owner of an antiquarian book store, The Green Man. A proud, independent woman, Emily’s been made frail by a heart attack, and O will be a help to her. Just how crucial that help will be unfolds as O first tackles Emily’s badly neglected home, then the chaotic shop. But soon she discovers that there are mysteries and long-buried dark forces that she cannot sweep away. For senior high readers. 2012.The griffin of Darkwood
Par Becky Citra, Kathryn Cole. 2016
Twelve-year-old Will Poppy has always been fascinated by writing, but when his mother dies and he has to live with…
his crabby aunt, he finds himself unable to write a word. When he is sent a mysterious package that includes an old picture of his grandparents and a piece of cloth with the words "The Griffin of Darkwood" on it, his aunt takes him to a run-down castle with servants who are up to no good. Now Will must find his way in this new world, and discover the magic all over again. Grades 3-6. 2016.The guilty plea: a novel (Maple leaf audio #2)
Par Robert Rotenberg. 2011
The sequel to "Old City Hall" finds Toronto Detective Ari Greene investigating the murder of an heir to a Canadian…
food conglomerate. Although the victim's ex-wife swears to her lawyers that she's innocent, evidence to the contrary quickly mounts. Followed by "Stray bullets". 2011.The guardian: a tale of Andrew Murray (Guardians series. #3.)
Par Jack Whyte. 2014
The continuing story of two heroes who reshaped and reconfigured the entire destiny of the kingdom of Scotland, by defying…
the might and power of Edward Plantagenet, the king of England, who called himself the Hammer of the Scots. Wallace the Braveheart would become the only legendary, heroic commoner in medieval British history and the undying champion of the common man. The other, Robert Bruce, earl of Carrick, would perfect the techniques of guerrilla warfare developed by Wallace and use them to create his own place in history as the greatest king of Scots who ever lived. Bestseller. Sequel to "The renegade". 2014.The goat
Par Anne Fleming. 2017
Kid and her family move to an apartment building in New York City, whose eccentric residents include a skateboarding fantasy…
writer, a guinea pig hoarder, and possibly a goat who lives on the roof. Grades 4-7. 2017.The goddess of fireflies: a novel (The fiction series at Véhicule Press.)
Par Neil Smith, Geneviève Pettersen. 2016
The year is 1996, and small-town life for 14-year-old Catherine is made up of punk rock, skaters, shoplifting, and the…
ghost of Kurt Cobain. Her parents are too busy divorcing to pay her headful of unspent angst much attention. But after she tries mess - a PCP variant - for the first time, her budding rebellion begins to spiral out of control. For senior high readers. 2016. Uniform title: La déesse des mouches à feu.The gold: a novel
Par David Carpenter, Leona Theis. 2017
Joe is blessed with resolve and with good partners to share the load in his quest for gold. Stinky Riley…
is a wrangler and bush pilot who is Joe's first mentor in prospecting. Isidore Chartrand is a hunter and trapper who accompanies Joe on his northernmost odyssey, and more than once, saves Joe's life. Joe has to fight to protect his claim, and this conflict sets in motion a moral dilemma that will dog him for the rest of his life. 2017.The golden pine cone
Par Judith Saltman, Catherine Anthony Clark, Sheila Egoff. 1994
After they discover a golden pine cone near their home in British Columbia, 11-year old Bren and his 9-year old…
sister Lucy embark with their dog Ooshka on a search to find the rightful owner of the pine cone. Their journey is threatened by the dangerous Lake Snake, the evil Ice Witch, and the giant Nasookin, who all want the pine cone, too. Grades 4-7. 1994.The golden son: a novel
Par Shilpi Somaya Gowda. 2015
A young Indian doctor leaves his village for a residency in the US. But he grapples with the expectation that…
as the oldest son, he is expected to inherit the mantle of arbiter for all village disputes. And he finds himself torn between a beautiful American girl and his old childhood friend. Bestseller. 2015.The distant beacon (Song of Acadia. #4)
Par Janette Oke, T. Davis Bunn. 2002
In 18th-century England, spiritual sisters Anne and Nicole find themselves facing different roads into the future. While Anne is settling…
into mannered British life, she prays for best friend Nicole, who is now planning a voyage to Boston to take control of her uncle's landholdings. Heading into the seething heart of the American Revolutionary War, Nicole is ill-prepared for the grave dangers and ravages of war that confront her. Sequel to "The birthright", followed by "The beloved land". 2002.The dogs
Par Allan Stratton. 2015
Cameron and his mom have been on the run for five years. His father is hunting them. At least, that’s…
what Cameron’s been told. When they settle in an isolated farmhouse, Cameron starts to see and hear things that aren’t possible. Soon he’s questioning everything he thought he knew - including his own sanity. What’s hiding in the night? Buried in the past? Cameron must uncover the dark secrets before they tear him apart. For junior high and older readers. Winner of the 2016 Red Maple Fiction Award. Winner of the 2017 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. 2015.The devil's making
Par Seán Haldane. 2013
Victoria, British Columbia. 1869. In a forest a mutilated body is discovered: Dr. McCrory, an American 'alienist' whose methods include…
phrenology, Mesmerism, and sexual-mystical 'magnetation'. Chad Hobbes, arrived from England, is the policeman who must solve the crime. Could the murderer be a Tsimshian medicine man, Wiladzap, who is immediately arrested? But everyone who has known Dr. McCrory - respectable or not - has something to hide. c2013.The divorced kids club and other stories: And Other Stories
Par W. D Valgardson. 1999
Meet an unusual group of young heroes - from a computer genius and a budding entrepreneur to a boy faced…
with a summer of hard labour after a shoplifting incident goes awry. The kids in these stories draw on their own considerable inner resources to survive and adapt, no matter how rocky their journeys may be. Grades 5-8. 1999.The Dunwich horror and others (Collected Lovecraft Fiction Ser. #Vol. 1)
Par S. T Joshi, H. P Lovecraft, August William Derleth. 1963
Collection of macabre tales by the first master of supernatural terror who wrote during the early 1900s. Lovecraft created this…
new form of literature which is neither fantasy nor science fiction, but that combines elements of both.The Douglas notebooks: A Fable
Par Sheila Fischman, Christine Eddie. 2013
At 18, Romain leaves his wealthy family for a home in the forest, learning to live off the land. Éléna…
flees a house of mayhem, taking refuge in a monastery and later in the rustic village of Rivière-aux-Oies. One day, while walking in the woods, Éléna hears the melody of a clarinet and comes across Romain, who calls himself Starling and whom Éléna later renames Douglas, for the strongest and most spectacular of trees. Later a child named Rose is born. But time brings great change; years later, Douglas has returned to the forest, Rose is in the village under the care of others, and Éléna is gone. 2013. Uniform title: Carnets de Douglas.The dream carvers
Par Joan Clark. 1995
While on an expedition with his father to get lumber to take back to Greenland, Thrand is captured by the…
native Osweet, who have taken him to replace one of their own who was killed by a Greenlander. For junior and senior high readers. 1995.The dragon prince
Par Vicki Blum. 2005
Pursued by their own herd and by human enemies, two young dragons embark on a dangerous journey. Ember and Brand…
must fly over mountains, desert and sea to save the life of a young boy - and the future of the Dragon Lords. Grades 3-6. 2005.The death of us
Par Alice Kuipers. 2014
A recovered friendship, a dark secret, and a love triangle with a deadly angle… Callie is shocked when her friend…
Ivy reappears after an unexplained three-year absence, but the girls pick up where they left off, and suddenly Callie's summer is full of parties, boys and fun. Beneath the surface, things aren't what they seem, however, and when a handsome boy with a dark past gets tangled up with Ivy, the girls' history threatens to destroy their future. For senior high readers. 2014.The demonologist
Par Andrew Pyper. 2013
Professor Ullman is a leading authority on Christian religion and myth but he sees what he teaches as nothing more…
than fiction. It's why when he's offered a trip to Venice to be a consultant on a case study based on his expertise as a 'demonologist' he accepts. But what he witnesses will change what he believes forever. Bestseller. 2013.