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Series: Orca Sports Powerslide Paperback Jeff Ross 9781554699148 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2011

Casey Finnegan is a talented skateboarder. He lives to skate. At the end of his final year of high school, Casey is wondering what to do with his life. He hasn't applied to any colleges, and other than skateboarding, he doesn't believe he's very good at much of anything. When a young movie star contacts Casey and offers him the job of stunt double in an upcoming skateboarding movie, Casey is stoked. It's his dream job, and Casey jumps at the opportunity to train the star. But when word gets out about Casey's new gig, a local skater has other id... + Read More
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Series: Rock & Roll Literacy Paperback Sigmund Brouwer 9781554693580 $19.95 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Sep 01, 2011

Bestselling author Sigmund Brouwer brings his unique sense of play to the serious business of learning to read and write. Armed with music, humor and heart, he connects the dots for people who work with kids to cultivate reading and writing skills. The love of writing begins and ends with the love of story. Story can connect child to teacher. Story can teach reading and writing. Anyone can enjoy a story. Anyone can create a story. Anyone can revise a story.
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Series: Orca Soundings Shattered Paperback Sarah N. Harvey 9781554698455 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Sep 01, 2011

March has a perfect life: beauty, popularity, a great job, a loving family and a hot boyfriend. So when she discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her, she is hurt and enraged. When she lashes out at him, he falls and is badly injured. March panics, flees the scene and then watches her perfect life spiral out of control. In a misguided attempt to atone for her crime, March changes her appearance, quits her job and tries to become invisible until an unlikely friendship and a new job force her to re-engage with life.
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Series: Orca Currents Stuff We All Get Paperback K.L. Denman 9781554698202 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2011

Fifteen-year-old Zack finds a home made CD with the word Famous written on it. Lonely and bored while suspended from school, he puts the CD on and loses himself in the music. Zack has sound-color synesthesia. He sees colors when he hears music, and the music on the Famous CD causes incredible patterns of color for him. Zack becomes obsessed with the girl on the CD and tries to find her. He tracks down the singer, Jolene, in a cafe where she works while she dreams of the big time. He convinces her to let him help her achieve her dreams, but soon... + Read More
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Series: The Yo-Yo Prophet Paperback Karen Krossing 9781554698271 $12.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 Sep 01, 2011

Calvin is the smallest guy in his high school, and a perfect target for Rozelle and her girl gang. His mother is dead, his father is long gone and his only remaining relative, his grandmother, is getting too sick to run her dry cleaning business. The only time Calvin feels in control is when he's working his yo-yo. When he takes up street performing, Rozelle demands a cut and insists on being his manager. To get media attention, she markets him as a yo-yo genius who can predict the future, dubbing him the "Yo-Yo Prophet." Calvin begins to belie... + Read More
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Series: Catboy Paperback Eric Walters 9781554699537 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Aug 01, 2011

Taylor and his mother have moved from a small northern town to the heart of Toronto. The differences are dramatic as Taylor becomes part of a classroom of kids as diverse as the city itself. While taking a shortcut across a junkyard with his new best friend, Simon, Taylor becomes aware of a colony of wild cats that make the junkyard their home. Assisted by his classmates, teacher and the security guard, Mr. Singh, Taylor takes a special interest in caring for the cats. Suddenly there is an announcement—the junkyard is being redeveloped to becom... + Read More
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Series: Spanish Soundings A punta de Cuchillo Paperback Alex Van Tol 9781554698639 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 May 01, 2011

Jill tiene un trabajo de verano brutal en un rancho en las montañas, guiando a vaqueros aficionados en paseos a caballo por el campo. Durante una excursión con un guapo desconocido, Jill se encuentra de pronto en una lucha de vida o muerte, sin nadie que pueda ayudarla. Jill took a job which sounded perfect for the summer, guiding tourists on trail rides in the beautiful mountains. She didn't realize that the money was terrible, the hours long and the coworkers insufferable. After a blow-up with her boss, she takes a single man into the m... + Read More
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Series: Spanish Soundings A reventar Paperback Eric Walters 9781554698615 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 May 01, 2011

Luego de ver un documental sobre los problemas de salud que provoca la comida rápida, Ian organiza un boicot para que la gente no coma en Frankie's, una cadena de restaurantes con un pésimo menú. Los abogados de la empresa tratan entonces de detenerlo. ¿Podrá Ian luchar por sus convicciones? ¿Será posible ganarle a una corporación gigantesca? When Ian and his classmates watch a documentary about the health concerns of eating fast food, Ian decides to start a boycott and stop everyone he can from eating at Frankie's, a huge fast-food chain wit... + Read More
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Series: Generation Us The Challenge of Global Warming Paperback Andrew Weaver 9781554698042 $9.95 SCIENCE May 01, 2011

In clear and accessible language, Generation Us explains the phenomenon of global warming, outlines the threat it presents to future generations and offers a path toward solutions to the problem. The reality of global warming has long been accepted within the scientific community, yet it remains a hotly debated topic at the political and social level. Why is this? Is it the fact that the ultimate effects of global warming will not be felt in our lifetimes? Do we really feel no moral responsibility for future generations? Dr. Weaver, one of the ... + Read More
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Series: Orca Sports Gravity Check Paperback Alex Van Tol 9781554693498 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 01, 2011

Jamie is determined that nothing—not even his annoyingly popular younger brother Seth—is going to spoil his fun at a mountain biking camp in the backcountry. Nothing but stumbling on a giant grow-op in the woods, that is. And watching their fellow campers get captured by violent drug dealers. And working with Seth to figure out a way to save them without getting caught themselves.
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Series: Les Loups gris Le défi des Loups gris Paperback Sigmund Brouwer 9781554698127 $6.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3 May 01, 2011

Johnny Maverick a une idée géniale pour permettre à l'équipe des Loups gris à Gaston de remporter le concours de collecte de fonds auquel elle participe. Tout se passe pour le mieux jusqu'au moment où une visiteuse arrive à Howling et qu'elle se met à remporter tous les défis contre Johnny. Toute la ville trouve cela très drôle, mais le pire, c'est que même ses amis Tom et Stu s'amusent à ses dépens! Johnny Maverick has come up with an idea to win a fundraising contest for the Howling Timberwolves hockey team. It seems fun, until a girl visits... + Read More
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Series: Orca Echoes Mystery of the Missing Luck Paperback Jacqueline Pearce 9781554693962 $7.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3 May 01, 2011

Sara loves her grandmother's bakery. It's a special place-not only because of its delicious Japanese buns and pastries. She enjoys spending time with her obaachan, her grandmother. But things aren't going well for the bakery. When the bakery's lucky cat statue goes missing, Sara wonders if the bakery's luck is gone for good. But then a mysterious cat appears in the backyard one night and inspires a plan. With the help of her friend, Jake, Sara just might find the statue and restore the bakery's lost luck.
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Series: Orca Young Readers Somebody's Girl Paperback Maggie De Vries 9781554693832 $7.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 May 01, 2011

Martha knows she is adopted, but she's well-loved and popular, at least until her mother gets pregnant and she feels her parents' attention start to shift. Upset and confused, Martha lashes out at—and loses—her friends. She also makes no secret about her annoyance at being forced to do a school project about sturgeon with Chance, a difficult boy whose foster parents are family friends. To add insult to injury, Martha's birth mother announces that she is getting married and moving away. Now Martha isn't number one in anybody's life. When her mom... + Read More
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Series: Orca Echoes Something's Fishy Paperback Jeff Szpirglas 9781554697878 $6.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3 May 01, 2011

Jamie loves sharks. He reads about them. He talks about them. Sometimes he even pretends to be a shark. Too bad no one else wants to join his Shark Club. His peers and parents are quickly growing tired of his current obsession. When Jamie's teacher, Mr. Claxton, brings in a new class pet, Jamie is put in charge. But Jamie has an accident while feeding it, and everyone becomes upset with him. He needs to find a way to make things right. In the end, he comes up with a solution that pleases both his teacher and classmates, a solution that also giv... + Read More
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Series: Orca Sports The Drop Paperback Jeff Ross 9781554693924 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 01, 2011

Alex's goal in life is simple: to snowboard all day, every day. His ultimate dream is to be part of the Backcountry Patrol, an elite group of snowboarders who patrol the ungroomed slopes of British Columbia. But first, he and three other young hopefuls (Dave, Bryce and Hope) must endure a series of tests, which takes them to remote and dangerous terrain. When Bryce disappears, the teens are left with Sam, their dubiously qualified instructor, and no links to the outside world. As Alex and Hope scramble to find out what happened to Bryce, they m... + Read More
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Series: Orca Young Readers Trouble in the Trees Paperback Yolanda Ridge 9781554693856 $7.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 May 01, 2011

Eleven-year-old Bree is happiest when she's climbing the trees at Cedar Grove, her urban townhouse complex. She's the best climber around, even better than an older boy, Tyler, who drives her crazy with his competitiveness. When Ethan, a younger boy, falls from a tree and hurts his elbow, the neighborhood council bans all tree-climbing in Cedar Grove. If Bree chooses to ignore the bylaw, her family could be kicked out of their home, so she vows to change the rule instead. After giving a presentation to the Neighborhood Council, she realizes thi... + Read More
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Series: Wellington's Rainy Day Hardcover Carolyn Beck 9781554692842 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from P - K May 01, 2011

It's a rainy day. Wellington is down in the dumps and can't resist the smell of his master's freshly made meatloaf. While his master snoozes, Welly devours every last bite. After he hides the empty pan, he eats the contents of the garbage can too. Honey, a sneaky kitty and Wellington's archenemy, threatens to tell on him. Welly's tummy begins to churn and out comes everything he has gobbled down. What a mess! But in this lively, rhyming picturebook, things have a way of turning out better than expected for Welly, and just this once he escapes b... + Read More
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Series: What Is Real Paperback Karen Rivers 9781554693566 $12.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 May 01, 2011

Dex Pratt’s life has been turned upside down. His parents have divorced and his mother has remarried. When his father attempts suicide and fails, Dex returns to their small town to care for him. But he’s not prepared for how much everything has changed. Gone are the nice house, new cars, fancy bikes and other toys. Now he and his wheelchair-bound dad live in a rotting rented house at the back of a cornfield. And, worse, his father has given up defending marijuana growers in his law practice and has become one himself. Unable to cope, Dex begins... + Read More
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Series: Alligator, Bear, Crab A Baby's ABC Board book Lesley Wynne Pechter 9781554693603 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) exact P Apr 01, 2011

Alligator, Bear, Crab is an ABC book for babies and toddlers alike that introduces the shapes and sounds of the alphabet amid a colorful collection of critters. The bright colors and playful images make for a unique board book, the perfect size for a child's small hands.
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Series: Orca Soundings B Negative Paperback Vicki Grant 9781554698417 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Apr 01, 2011

Paddy loves his family, all except for his annoying stepfather Anthony. When they have a discussion about his future, Paddy overreacts and threatens to join the army. Unable to back down, he finds he is alienating everyone around him. And when he takes the physical exam and learns his blood type, his world starts to crumble and he starts to question everything he thought he knew.
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Series: Miracleville Paperback Monique Polak 9781554693306 $12.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 Apr 01, 2011

Sixteen-year-old Ani lives in the tiny Quebec town of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, where her family runs Saintly Souvenirs, a tourist shop catering to the many pilgrims who come to the town seeking a miracle. The bane of Ani's existence is her hyperactive, over-sexed younger sister, Colette. Ani and her mother, Therese, are devout Catholics; Colette and her father are not. When Therese is paralyzed after a freak accident, Aniís faith is tested, but when she is confronted with something shocking in her motherís past, she has to rethink her whole existence.
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Series: Missing Paperback Becky Citra 9781554693450 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2011

Thea and her dad are always on the move, from one small Cariboo town to another, trying to leave behind the pain of Thea's mom's death. They never stay long enough in one place for Thea to make friends, but when her dad gets work renovating a guest ranch on Gumboot Lake, she dares to hope that their wandering days are over. At the ranch she makes friends with Van, a local boy, and works hard to build the trust of an abused horse named Renegade. When Thea unearths the decades-old story of a four-year-old girl who disappeared from the ranch and w... + Read More
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Series: Out of the Box Paperback Michelle Mulder 9781554693283 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2011

Life is smoothest for thirteen-year-old Ellie when she keeps her opinions to herself, gets good grades and speaks carefully when her parents ask her to settle their arguments. She feels guilty that she welcomes the chance to spend the summer in another city with her mother's older sister, Jeanette. Ellie makes a new friend and learns to play an Argentine instrument called the bandoneón, which she finds in her aunt's basement. When she goes searching for the bandoneón's original owner, she discovers a story of political intrigue and family secre... + Read More
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Series: Graphic Guides Power Play A Graphic Guide Adventure Paperback Liam O'Donnell 9781554690695 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2011

Devin and Nadia team up with Bounce, Pema and Marcus as they all travel to Northern Ontario to watch their parents present to the Summit of World Leaders. A swarm of politicians, lobbyists, corporate bosses and protestors have all converged on the summit to get their messages heard. A tragic accident just hours before their parents' presentation plunges the kids into their biggest mystery yet and sets them on the trail of a murderer bent on stopping their parents' controversial message from being heard. It's a fight against the planet's power p... + Read More
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Series: She Said/She Saw Paperback Norah McClintock 9781554693351 $12.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 Apr 01, 2011

Tegan was in the backseat when her two best friends were gunned down in front of her. Was it an argument over drugs? An ongoing feud? Or something more random? Tegan says she didn't see who did it. Or know why. Nobody will believe her. Not the police; not her friends; not the families of the victims; and not even Kelly, her own sister. Is she afraid that the killer will come back? Or does she know more than she is saying? Shunned at school and feeling alone, Tegan must sort through her memories and try to decide what is real and what is imagine... + Read More
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Series: The Second Wife Paperback Brenda Chapman 9781554698325 $9.95 FICTION Apr 01, 2011

Gwen Lake is a forty-five-year-old police officer with a desk job, an ex-husband and a future not even close to the American dream. A year after her divorce, and more out of boredom and curiosity than anything else, she agrees to a meeting with her ex's new wife. She has no idea that the encounter will lead to murder. And she has decidedly mixed emotions when her ex-husband is arrested for the crime. Instead of accepting the lead detective's advice to book a Club Med vacation and leave the investigation to the professionals, Gwen decides to wor... + Read More
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Series: Today, Maybe Hardcover Dominique Demers 9781554694006 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Apr 01, 2011

Today, Maybe is a story about a little girl who is waiting for someone, a friend. She doesn't yet know who it will be. In a series of surprising and humorous encounters, several well-known characters of children's literature arrive at her door. But none of them are the one she is waiting for, and she graciously sends them all away. With her bird to keep her company and hope filling her heart, weeks and then months pass as she waits and waits. When there is a scratch at the door one night, certainty fills the little girl's heart, and she opens t... + Read More
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Series: Orca Currents Windfall Paperback Sara Cassidy 9781554698493 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Apr 01, 2011

Life is full of challenges for thirteen-year-old Liza. She is already having trouble coping with the death of a local homeless man when she learns that her family's apple tree will need to be chopped down. If that wasn't enough, the new principal at school keeps blocking her attempts for a positive outlet by refusing permission for every project that GRRR! (Girls for Renewable Resources, Really!) and BRRR! (Boys for Renewable Resources, Really!) proposes. Liza starts to feel like she needs to create change in her world without seeking permissio... + Read More
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Series: Better Than Weird Paperback Anna Kerz 9781554693627 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Mar 01, 2011

In this stand-alone sequel to The Mealworm Diaries, Aaron is anxiously waiting for his father to return for the first time since Aaron's mother's death eight years earlier. Aaron works hard with a counselor at school, but he still has problems getting along with and understanding other kids, and he's worried that his dad will think he's weird. As well as having to confront Tufan, the class bully, Aaron must find ways to cope with the fact that his dad now has a pregnant wife and his beloved Gran needs surgery. In the end, his greatest strength ... + Read More
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Series: Orca Soundings Outback Paperback Robin Stevenson 9781554694198 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Mar 01, 2011

Since his girlfriend dumped him, Jayden has been avoiding school-and life in general. When his eccentric uncle Mel invites him to help with his biology research at an Australian university, he figures he has nothing to lose. Once he arrives, he discovers Mel is obsessed with finding a new species of lizard and is determined to be the first to discover it. Unfortunately, this means an expedition into the scorching desert heat of the Australian outback...with the increasingly paranoid Mel and an unfriendly biology student named Natalie. Then disa... + Read More
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Series: Orca Echoes Adventures at Camp Lots-o-Fun Paperback Marilyn Helmer 9781554693474 $6.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3 Nov 01, 2010

Bad weather, bugs and boredom--DJ and the boys in Camp Lots-o-Fun's cabin six are starting to call it Camp Not-so-Fun. To make matters worse, one of the boys has it in for DJ. But DJ isn't about to let that bother him. His lively imagination and wit ensure there's never a dull moment. A bear in the woods, monsters in the lake and a hermit's ghost make for a week at summer camp that none of the boys in cabin six will soon forget.
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Series: Orca Echoes Smuggler's Cave Paperback Sonya Spreen Bates 9781554693085 $6.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3 Nov 01, 2010

Jake and his younger brother Tommy are visiting family at a beach house on the coast. Having already lost a race to his cousin Lexie, Jake can't resist a second chance at victory when she challenges him again. Only this time it's a boat race-to the legendary Smuggler's Cave and back. The ocean is deep and choppy, and the boat is harder to control than Jake thought it would be. When he and Tommy reach Smuggler's Cave, the unthinkable happens. The boat capsizes, and they are swept into the cave. Lexie comes to their rescue, but the rising tide pr... + Read More
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Series: Orca Soundings Cellular Paperback Ellen Schwartz 9781554692965 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 01, 2010

Brendan has it all—captain of the basketball team, good friends, a beautiful girlfriend and a loving family—until he is diagnosed with leukemia. Terrified and convinced that no one understands what he is going through, Brendan faces chemotherapy alone, until he meets Lark. She is also in treatment, although her condition is much worse, and yet she remains positive and hopeful. Brendan is torn between feeling sorry for himself and the love for life that Lark brings to even the simplest thing. Through Lark, he discovers the strength to go on, to ... + Read More
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Series: Orca Currents Cheat Paperback Kristin Butcher 9781554692743 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 01, 2010

Laurel discovers her passion for investigative journalism when she writes an article for her school paper about the homeless man who’s been living at the school. Eager to write more articles with impact, she launches an investigation of a cheating scam at her high school. Laurel’s efforts elicit hostility from her classmates. Nobody is interested in seeing her article go to print, not even her own brother. It is evident that the cheating is widespread, and Laurel, caught up in the thrill of the investigation, is willing to commit social suicide... + Read More
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Series: Orca Young Readers Colette and the Silver Samovar Paperback Nancy Belgue 9781554693214 $7.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 01, 2010

Colette Faizal isn't superstitious, so she doesn't worry when a fortune-teller advises Colette's mother to "watch for the unexpected." But when her father announces he is going back to Iran, her mother is hurt in a car accident and Colette is sent to live with the grandparents she's never even met, everything the mysterious woman predicted seems to be coming true. As Colette struggles to bring her family back together, she tries to hold on to the last thing the fortune-teller told her: "You will know how to handle what lies ahead."
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Series: Orca Young Readers Cursed! Paperback Maureen Bush 9781554692866 $7.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 01, 2010

Jane is terrified of the masks hanging along her grandmother's stairwell, and even more scared of the Spirit Man in her grandmother's bathroom. After a week of avoiding him during a summer visit, she finally summons the courage to face him, minutes before leaving for the trip home. But her moment of triumph marks the beginning of a year of trouble for Jane and her family, trouble only Jane (and the Spirit Man) can fix.
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Series: Death Benefits Paperback Sarah N. Harvey 9781554692262 $12.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 Oct 01, 2010

Royce (aka Rolly) is having a bad year. Not only has his mother dragged him across the country in order to be close to her aged father Arthur, a celebrated cellist, but he's also recovering from mono. When he convinces his mother to let him finish the school year by correspondence, he's left feeling isolated and lonely, and spends his time watching TV and plotting ways to get back to his friends in Nova Scotia. But before his plans can be implemented, his grandfather has a small stroke. Suddenly Arthur needs more care than Royce's mother can pr... + Read More
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Series: Orca Currents Fast Slide Paperback Melanie Jackson 9781554693429 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 01, 2010

Clay would much rather work as a lifeguard at the beach than at Safari Splash, the new water park in town. He's certain the summer will drag along, despite his position at the Boa, the park's fastest slide. The summer job starts to get interesting when he learns that someone has been wandering the park in a lynx costume, scaring the staff. When forty thousand dollars is stolen from the till, and his friends are under suspicion for the theft, boring is starting to look good. But Clay is certain that the mask and the thefts are connected, and he'... + Read More
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Series: Great Lakes & Rugged Ground Imagining Ontario Hardcover Sarah N. Harvey 9781554691050 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from P - K Oct 01, 2010

Combining evocative haiku, informative text and luminous illustrations, Great Lakes and Rugged Ground is a celebration, for our youngest readers, of more than four hundred years of Ontario's history. Each detail-rich illustration depicts a particular moment in the province's dynamic saga from first European contact, the War of 1812, the building of the railroad and the Rideau Canal, the early development of the industries that have made the province the backbone of the national economy, through the emergence of a unique Canadian cultural identi... + Read More
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Series: Orca Soundings Knifepoint Paperback Alex Van Tol 9781554693054 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 01, 2010

Jill took a job which sounded perfect for the summer, guiding tourists on trail rides in the beautiful mountains. She didn't realize that the money was terrible, the hours long and the coworkers insufferable. After a blow-up with her boss, she takes a single man into the mountains for a ride, only to find that he is a dangerous killer. When Jill fights back and manages to escape, she is in a desperate race to survive and make it to safety. Also available in Spanish.
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Series: Liars and Fools Paperback Robin Stevenson 9781554692484 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 01, 2010

Fiona's life changed forever when her mother died in a South Pacific sailing accident. One year later, everyone tells her it is time to move on. To Fiona, moving on means leaving her mother behind-something she has vowed never to do. But Fiona's father has started dating again. His new girlfriend, Kathy, is a professional psychic who claims she can predict the future and communicate with the dead. Fiona is sure she is a fraud, although she secretly longs for her abilities to be genuine. With the reluctant support of her best friend Abby, Fiona ... + Read More
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Series: Orca Soundings Masked Paperback Norah McClintock 9781554693641 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 01, 2010

When Daniel enters a convenience store on a secret mission, he doesn't expect to run into anyone he knows. That would ruin everything. And when Rosie enters the same store to see what her father wants, she's hoping to make a quick getaway with her waiting boyfriend. All Daniel and Rosie want is to get in and out without any trouble. Neither expects what happens next. A masked man enters the store. "This is a stickup," he announces. He has a gun and isn't afraid to use it. When he's ready to leave, he decides to take Rosie hostage. And then thin... + Read More
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Series: Pierre le Poof Pierre's Friends Hardcover Andrea Beck 9781554690305 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from P - K Oct 01, 2010

Pierre, a pampered pooch, misses his friends, Sparky and Lou. But how will he ever find them? They live in a park on the other side of town. Pierre has a plan, and one afternoon while Miss Murphy naps, he slips out of their apartment and sets off to bring his friends home. Along the way, Pierre meets Old Wheezer and remembers Miss Murphy's words, Dogs and people belong together. In the end, Pierre helps find a loving home for everyone.
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Series: Orca Soundings Sea Change Paperback Diane Tullson 9781554693320 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 01, 2010

Lucas and his father are not close. In fact they hardly see each other, which is just fine with Lucas. When he travels to the remote fishing lodge his father manages, Lucas is left once again, this time with a lodge worker, a girl named Sumi. She makes it pretty clear that Lucas is on his own. But she does take him fishing and seems to be warming up to him. Then, in a horrible sequence of misjudgments, Sumi is shot in the foot. With no radio and no phone, Lucas and Sumi are truly alone. Fog rolls over the islands and it's up to Lucas to get Sum... + Read More
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Series: Silver Rain Paperback Lois Peterson 9781554692804 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 01, 2010

Abandoned by her father during the Depression, eleven-year-old Elsie lives in the garage behind her old house with her mother, grandmother Nan and out-of-work uncle. Elsie's friend Scoop accompanies her as she searches for her father in the city, encountering unfriendly hobos, food lines and shantytowns. After both her uncle and her mother disappear on mysterious errands, Elsie and Scoop eventually discover them competing in a dance marathon. Persuading them to abandon the contest, Elsie and Scoop lead the exhausted dancers home, where Nan has ... + Read More
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Series: Orca Currents Slick Paperback Sara Cassidy 9781554693528 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 01, 2010

Liza, determined to prove that her mother's boyfriend is no good, starts researching the oil company he works for. Liza discovers a lawsuit against the company for compensation that is long overdue to Guatemalan farmers. She starts a group at school called GRRR! (Girls for Renewable Resources, Really!) and launches an attack on Argenta Oil. As her activism activities increase, her objections to her mother's boyfriend become political. She is learning to separate the personal from the political, but when her mother discovers her plans for a demo... + Read More
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Series: Orca Young Readers The Last Loon Paperback Rebecca Upjohn 9781554692927 $7.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 01, 2010

Spending Christmas holidays in the wilderness with his ex-con aunt Mag is not Evan's idea of a good time. What's worse is that everyone he meets-even his new friend Cedar-is making a big deal about a loon that is hanging around on the lake. Why should Evan care about a dumb bird? When he discovers that the loon will die without help, he realizes he does care, but rescuing the wild bird turns out to be whole lot harder, and more dangerous, than he expected.
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Series: The Littlest Sled Dog Paperback Michael Kusugak 9781554691746 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Oct 01, 2010

Igvillu is a little dog with big dreams. One of her favorite dreams is of becoming a sled dog. When Igvillu is adopted from her kennel by an Inuit storyteller and moves to northern Canada, she comes face-to-face with real sled dogs. Igvillu loves living in the North, chasing siksiks and dreaming about her future. She's a dog who believes anything is possible!
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Series: The Sea Wolves Living Wild in the Great Bear Rainforest Paperback Ian McAllister 9781554692064 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 01, 2010

The Sea Wolves sets out to disprove the notion of "the Big Bad Wolf," especially as it is applied to coastal wolves—a unique strain of wolf that lives in the rainforest along the Pacific coast of Canada. Genetically distinct from their inland cousins and from wolves in any other part of the world, coastal wolves can swim like otters and fish like the bears with whom they share the rainforest. Smaller than the gray wolves that live on the other side of the Coast Mountains, these wolves are highly social and fiercely intelligent creatures. Living... + Read More
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Series: Orca Currents The Snowball Effect Paperback Deb Loughead 9781554693702 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 01, 2010

Dylan and his friends snowball cars for entertainment on the weekend. When they don't get enough reaction from passing cars, they put rocks in the middle of their snowballs. Their first attack with the loaded snowballs causes a car crash. His friends flee, but Dylan goes to the scene of the accident to make sure the driver is okay. He runs off when he knows help is on the way. Dylan is sighted, and rather than being punished, he is lauded as a hero. As his lies pile up, so does the hype about his heroics, and along with it, Dylan's guilt.
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Series: The Desert Legends Trilogy Written in Blood Paperback John Wilson 9781554692705 $12.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 Oct 01, 2010

Set in the harsh desert world of the Arizona Territory and northern Mexico during the 1870s, Written in Blood, the first installment of the Desert Legends Trilogy, follows young Jim Doolen as he attempts to find some trace of the father who abandoned his family ten years earlier. As he travels through a scorched landscape very different from the lush West Coast forests of his home, Jim crosses paths with an assortment of intriguing characters, including an Apache warrior, a cave-dwelling mystic, an old Mexican revolutionary and a mysterious cow... + Read More
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Series: Orca Sports Fly Away Paperback Nora Rock 9781554693139 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2010

After a member of her competitive cheerleading team is injured in practice, sixteen-year-old Marnie is asked to be a flyer-the most coveted role in cheerleading. The Soar Starlings team has a real shot at the provincial championship, and Marnie has only a few weeks to prepare. But as she scrambles to polish her lifts and throws, Marnie's personal life begins to unravel. First, her boyfriend of two years breaks up with her, and then her best friend Arielle, captain of the Starlings, disappears during a team trip to Toronto. As Marnie struggles t... + Read More
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Series: Orca Sports Squeeze Paperback Rachel Dunstan Muller 9781554693245 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2010

Byron is psyched when his older brother Jesse invites him on a weekend caving trip—even if it means spending time with Cole, Jesse's obnoxious college roommate. With Jesse's girlfriend Michelle rounding out the group, Byron is sure the excursion will be a success. Things get tense when they near the cave, only to find that the way in is blocked. Byron stumbles on the entrance to a new cave, but the thrill of his discovery is overshadowed by Cole's increasingly strange behavior. Exploring a wild cave is always dangerous, but it becomes deadly as... + Read More
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Series: Orca Echoes Ben's Robot Paperback Robin Stevenson 9781554691531 $6.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3 May 01, 2010

Seven-year-old Ben loves pretending to be a robot, but his best friend Jessy is tired of being ordered to oil his knee joints and check his batteries. She says the robot game is boring and runs off to play with someone else. So Ben decides to build a real robot instead. He's built all kinds of things before: wind generators, solar-powered marble launchers, pinball machines. But none of his creations have ever really worked. Until now. When his robot begins talking, Ben is thrilled. However, nothing goes quite the way he thinks it will. Ben's ro... + Read More
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Series: Orca Sports Boarder Patrol Paperback Erin Thomas 9781554692941 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 01, 2010

Ryan is determined to be a professional snowboarder but he's learned from what happened to his whistle-blower father that doing the right thing doesn't always pay off. When his parents leave Kamloops, Ryan decides to stay with relatives so he can be near the Salmon Valley Ski Resort. He spends all his time at the ski hill, volunteering with the Junior Safety Patrol to cover the cost of his lift pass. When his board is stolen, he discovers that his cousin, Kevin, knows more than he should about recent thefts at the resort. Kevin's in way over hi... + Read More
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Series: Orca Sports Flying Feet Paperback James McCann 9781554692903 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 01, 2010

After losing yet another tae kwon do tournament, Jinho gives in to his anger and breaks his opponent's fingers. While this gets him barred from competing at his dojang, it also gets him scouted by Austin, a trainer for an underground mixed martial arts club. At first the prospect of fighting without boundaries appeals to Jinho, but the more involved he gets, the more disturbing he finds it and the harder it is to find a way out. Unlike legal MMA, which has rules and regulations, underground MMA is a free-for-all: there are no weight classes and... + Read More
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Series: Orca Young Readers A Different Game Paperback Sylvia Olsen 9781554691692 $7.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2010

In this sequel to Murphy and Mousetrap, Murphy and his three friends, Danny, Jeff and Albert, are making the transition from the tribal elementary school to the community middle school. They are all trying out for the middle school's soccer team, and they're pretty confident that The Formidable Four will all make the team. But once the tryouts begin, Albert, the tribal-school superstar, plays like a second stringer. Murphy's new friend, Molly, is determined to help the boys find out what's wrong with Albert, but when they discover the truth, th... + Read More
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Series: After the Fire Paperback Becky Citra 9781554692460 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2010

Melissa is waiting for the "new life" that her mother Sharlene has promised her since a fire devastated their family. But nothing ever seems to change. Melissa has difficulty making friends at school, they never have enough money and her little brother Cody is a brat. When Sharlene announces that they will be spending the month of August at a remote cabin on a wilderness lake, Melissa is less than thrilled. But there is more to do at the lake than she expected, and she is surprised to learn that her mother knows how to paddle a canoe, fish and ... + Read More
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Series: Elliot's Fire Truck Hardcover Andrea Beck 9781554691432 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from P - K Apr 01, 2010

Elliot Moose is on the loose once more. As he jumps aboard his bright red fire truck and takes off to the next rescue, he feels courageous. All his friends want to ride on the truck and be firefighters too. Nobody wants to be rescued. One by one, Elliot's friends climb aboard until there is no more room on the truck. When suddenly they all need a rescue for real, it is his two youngest and smallest friends who save the day. This lively new addition to the Elliot Moose series is a charming tale of friendship and fair play.
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Series: Graphic Guides Food Fight A Graphic Guide Adventure Paperback Liam O'Donnell 9781554690671 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2010

While Devin and Nadia spend summer vacation at a university camp for little kids Nadia as a counselor and Devin as an unwilling participant—their mother's research project is vandalized and her motives are questioned. Devin, Nadia and Simon stumble upon shady characters, corporate conspiracy and a plot to take over the nation's food supply with genetically modified fertilizer.