Canadian fiction

  • Everton Miles Is Stranger Than Me The Night Flyer's Handbook

    Creator

    Dowding, Philippa

    Abstract

    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.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Stonechild and Rouleau Mysteries 3-Book Bundle Tumbled Graves / Butterfly Kills / Cold Mourning

    Creator

    Chapman, Brenda

    Abstract

    When damaged, brilliant detective Kala Stonechild and workaholic staff sergeant Jacques Rouleau get paired up, pieces start falling into place. The series has been called “deeply atmospheric and tightly plotted” and praised for its grit. Now, the first three mysteries are available together in an ebook-exclusive bundle at a special price. Includes: Cold Mourning – Book #1 A week before Christmas, wealthy businessman Tom Underwood disappears into thin air, with more than enough people wanting him dead.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Andrea Spalding 2-Book Bundle Finders Keepers / An Island of My Own

    Creator

    Spalding, Andrea

    Abstract

    Presenting a special 2-book bundle of Andrea Spalding’s award-winning books for kids! “Highly Recommended!” — CM Magazine, for An Island of My Own “I would rate Finders Keepers a five — that’s a wow.” — Shuswap Market News, for Finder’ Keepers Includes:  An Island of My Own Forest of Reading Silver Birch Award — Shortlisted Manitoba Young Readers’ Award — Shortlisted Fifteen-year-old Rowan, whose parents are foreign correspondents working in Africa, finds herself beached for a summer with her cousins near Tofino, B.C.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Eldritch Manor 2-Book Bundle Eldritch Manor / Shadow Wrack

    Creator

    Thompson, Kim

    Abstract

    Are those cranky old folks at the retirement home really what they seem? This two-book bundle presents both of Kim Thompson’s acclaimed Eldritch Manor books! Willa Fuller thought there was something more to the old folks over at Eldritch Manor, but she never expected this! Suddenly, her world is buzzing with angry pixies, squawking phoenixes, and a dragon who — wait, where did the dragon go? Includes: Eldritch Manor — Book #1 Where have all the ancient creatures of myth and legend gone?

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Finding Jade Daughters of Light

    Creator

    Payne, Mary Jennifer

    Abstract

    The year is 2030, and climate change is making life on Earth more challenging. Fourteen-year-old Jasmine Guzman is struggling to come to terms with the abduction of her twin sister, Jade, and her mother’s illness. Things go from bad to worse when a series of bizarre occurrences make Jasmine wonder if she’s losing her mind. But, with help from Raphael, a boy at her new school, Jasmine learns she actually has special powers that are putting her life in danger.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Fire in the Stars An Amanda Doucette Mystery

    Creator

    Fradkin, Barbara

    Abstract

    A former aid worker returns home haunted by her time in Africa and channels her pain into a murder investigation that’s all too personal. After surviving a horrific trauma in Nigeria, international aid worker Amanda Doucette returns to Canada to rebuild her life and her shaken ideals. There, the once-passionate, adventurous woman needs all her strength and ingenuity when a friend and fellow survivor goes missing along with his son.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Crazy Dead

    Creator

    Kingsmill, Suzanne F.

    Abstract

    Fighting depression in a Toronto psychiatric ward, Cordi must throw herself back into harm's way when another patient dies. Was it murder? Struggling to escape the sticky blackness of clinical depression, zoologist Cordi O’Callaghan is admitted to a psychiatric ward in Toronto. As she slowly recovers, one of the patients dies. Cordi must convince a skeptical medical staff that the woman has been murdered, while healing her own mind at the same time. Her suspects include medical personnel and patients suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, alcoholism, OCD, and panic disorder.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Carter and the Curious Maze Weird Stories Gone Wrong

    Creator

    Dowding, Philippa

    Abstract

    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.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Hannah Smart 2-Book Bundle Operation Josh Taylor / On a Slippery Slope

    Creator

    Fitzpatrick, Melody

    Abstract

    OMG! Hannah Smart is here with two full books in one bundle: Operation Josh Taylor and On a Slippery Slope. With ingenious schemes, slight exaggerations, a sprinkling of star power, and a dash of horrible surprises, Hannah is ready to take on the world — or die trying. Includes: Operation Josh Taylor: Hannah Smart #1 To see teen idol Josh Taylor in concert, Hannah Smart is prepared to face bullies, learn terrible secrets, and discover hidden talents. On a Slippery Slope: Hannah Smart #2 It was just a little white lie. What could possibly go wrong…?

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • A Delicate Matter A Jack Taggart Mystery

    Creator

    Easton, Don

    Abstract

    In the tenth Jack Taggart Mystery, Taggart goes head to head with a longtime enemy who’s been eluding him for years … Jack Taggart is once again going head to head with his nemesis, Damien Zabat, national president of the Satans Wrath Motorcycle Gang. Taggart and Zabat’s lives have long been intertwined by a violent history of retribution and murder, dependent on unwritten rules of conduct — rules far outside the parameters of the law, but that each man feels are just. To Taggart, Zabat represents an unspeakable evil. He has eluded justice and left behind a trail of death.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié