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The Memory Chair
Publisher: Acorn Press$12.95Thirteen-year-old Betony has always hated going to her cranky great-grandmother’s house. It’s old and stuffy and boring and the woodstove in the kitchen is always burning too hot. But her Gram doesn’t have any other family living close by on the Kingston Peninsula, so Betony ends up being dragged along all the time.
She’d rather be pretty much anywhere…until one day Betony sits on her Gram’s favourite chair. She is suddenly transported into the past, and is experiencing her Gram’s life as if it were in her own memory. At first Betony is excited and curious, and begins to develop a close relationship with Gram, even learning to cook and quilt. But after she has experienced a few more of her great-grandmother’s memories, she realizes she is slowly uncovering a terrible, shameful family secret.
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Kira’s Secret
Publisher: Acorn Press$12.95Twelve-year-old Kira loves to swim. But her parents, who adopted her as a baby, have forbidden her to go near the sea where they live on the north Atlantic coast. Frustrated by their rules, Kira decides to rebel and jumps into the icy waters. She is shocked by what she learns about herself. With the help of her friend Cody, Kira begins the search for her original family. She soon discovers why her adoptive parents were afraid to let her go into the sea.
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Sewing Basket
Publisher: Acorn Press$12.95Dealing with a parent’s illness can be difficult at any age It is 1967 and twelve year old Ruth Iverson’s world pretty much revolves around her friends, a boy she likes, the Monkees and spending time with her Dad doing special stuff like watching the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup. But she is soon to realize that her mom’s strange behaviour which has become an embarrassment, are symptoms of a disease that will affect the family’s life and possibly Ruth’s future. While she watches major events like the marriage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the birth of Priscilla Presley, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy and Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, Ruth faces some major life events of her own and struggles to come to terms with the changes they bring.
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Ghost Boy of MacKenzie House
Publisher: Acorn Press$11.95Ten-year-old Chloe Sutton arrives on Prince Edward Island from her home in Ontario after the tragic loss of her parents in a car accident. Her Aunt Laverne (Larry) is a doctor and her only relative able to take her in. Chloe isn’t sure what to make of her aunt’s big old house on the red cliff overlooking the Northumberland Strait, or the skinny, red-haired and heavily freckled boy who wants to be her friend. Her first night in her new home, Chloe is tormented by the loss of her mother and father and hides in the dark to speak to them. When she does, she unknowingly invites the attention of a ghostly boy who inhabits the oldest part of the farmstead. Terrified but intrigued by the encounter, Chloe decides to uncover his history, setting her off on a set of adventures. When she does finally find the ghost boy’s secret, she realizes he has been blaming himself for years for the death of his brother, much like she has been blaming herself for surviving her parents. With the wrong made right, Chloe is finally let go of her own grief and accepted her new life.
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The Year Mrs. Montague Cried
Publisher: Acorn Press$12.95Susan White was born in New Brunswick and moved from one New Brunswick city to another. As a teenager her family moved to the Kingston Peninsula and she only left long enough to earn her BA and Bed at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. Settling on the peninsula, she and her husband raised four children and ran small farm while she taught elementary school. Since retiring she is grateful to now have the time to work on her writing and the freedom to regularly visit her new granddaughter in Alberta.
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Nutaui’s Cap
Artist: Mary Ann PenashuePublisher: Running the Goat$22.95Nanass is eager to join her father and the other members of her Innu community protesting NATO low-level flying. But when her father is arrested, Nanass has little to comfort her, except her father’s ball cap and the promise of the land itself that the Innu people will one day triumph.
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Jack and Mary in the Land of Thieves
Artist: Darka ErdeljiPublisher: Running the Goat$14.95When her husband Jack is duped by an underhanded sea captain, Mary disguises herself as a man, ships aboard a vessel, and sets out to save Jack and restore their fortunes. An award-winning tale of love, treachery, perseverance, and cherry cake.
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The Ferryland Visitor
Artist: Gerald L. SquiresPublisher: Running the Goat$21.95When she moves into an abandoned lighthouse-keeper’s house with her family, Esther is excited by her new surroundings. One day the former constable comes to welcome her family to their new home. But just who is this mysterious man?
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Robin’s Impossible, Crazy Idea
$8.95Ever since starting grade four, Robin’s days at Ernest Lee Elementary School have been dreary. At the center of this unhappiness is her teacher, Ms. Beetroot, whose stern looks and endless lists of rules leave no room for fun. All this changes when Robin and her class are greeted by a wild and wonderful substitute teacher.
“Welcome, children! My name is Mr. Cunningham. That’s cunning as in sly, and ham as in joking around. I will be your substitute grade 4 teacher for today. Let the show begin!” He turned, opened the large door, and gave a welcoming bow.”
Mr. Cunningham brings excitement and fun back into the grade 4 classroom, but that night Robin must face the inevitable – Beetroot would be back the next day. That is when an impossible crazy idea begins to take shape in Robin’s mind. But how will she convince the grade 4 class that this crazy idea will work and how will she keep this impossible idea a secret from Ms. Beetroot?
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Far Enough Island
Publisher: Pottersfield Press$8.95Sarah’s family has had a streak of bad luck. Her father is a fisherman and the fish have disappeared. Her mother is worried all the time. It seems that nothing is going right for her family. Sarah’s best friend is her dog, Jeremiah, who came into her life in the night in the middle of a horrendous storm. Sarah is concerned about her unhappy mother and her father — who doesn’t always make the right decisions. Here is a story about a young girl’s belief in herself, a family’s struggle to survive and the desire to hold onto hope even when all hope seems to be gone.
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The Other Author Arthur
Artist: Jill QuinnPublisher: Pottersfield Press$9.95With Sheree Fitch’s wonderful and unusual sense of humour, and her alluring way with words, here’s another chapter book for young readers about a mix-up that could happen anywhere.
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Famous at Last
Artist: Jill QuinnPublisher: Pottersfield Press$8.95Another chapter book for the younger set.Lavishly illustrated, a story about being and getting famous. A journey of discovery for everyone.
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Cassandra’s Driftwood
Artist: Terry RoscoePublisher: Pottersfield Press$7.95Set in a beautiful Nova Scotia village, this is the story of a girl and the things she fears. A perfect beginning chapter book for children aged 8-10. Written by the Ann Connor Brimer Award winner, Budge Wilson.
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Cure for Wereduck Book 2 of the Wereduck Series
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95Kate is an odd duck-literally. When the full moon arrives, the rest of her family turns into wolves, but she is a happy wereduck. Relatively happy, that is. Her family has been uprooted from the wilds of New Brunswick to a placid farming community in Ontario, thanks to a fellow werewolf, Marcus, selling them out to sleazy tabloid journalist Dirk Bragg. When Kate discovers her great-greatgrandmother’s recipe “A Cure for Werewolf,” she can’t help but wonder—is it really possible? Could she one day resist the call of the moon? Could she be free from the constant threat of exposure? When Marcus’s abandoned werewolf son, John, books a desperate train journey back to New Brunswick at the full moon, the ancient recipe and its arcane ingredients are put to the test. Will Dirk Bragg finally corner Kate and John in their wereforms and expose them to the world, or will Cure for Werewolf keep them safe?
A rare sequel that is as full of action and revelations as its predecessor, A Cure for Wereduck is imaginative, exciting, and peppered with Hackmatack Award nominated David Atkinson’s delightful humour.
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Touch of Gold
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95When thirteen-year-old Jamie Francis’s parents divorced, she and her mother moved from Halifax to the small town of River Bend, Nova Scotia. Jamie doesn’t have any friends and isn’t sure how she’ll ever make any, when she comes across a neglected-looking horse in a field: a golden palomino she names Peach.
After befriending Peach’s widowed owner, Jamie learns that her newfound friend is being sold to notorious horse-trainer, Valerie Scott, at nearby Tamarack Stables. Jamie offers to pitch in, mucking out stalls and doing chores around the barn, and becomes enchanted with the world of competitive horseback riding. She even makes a few friends, including Val’s cute red-headed son, Nick, and Naomi, a popular girl from school. But she still isn’t sure if she fits in. If only she could ride Peach herself…
Will horseback-riding be the key to Jamie’s happiness, or will it gallop off into the sunset without her?
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Who’s a Scaredy Cat ? (revised edition) A Story of the Halifax Explosion
Artist: Marijke SimonsPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95This is the story of two families in Dartmouth at the time of the Halifax Explosion, December 1917. Flossie Wright is a prankster, taking pleasure in practical jokes. Isobel Morton, whose father is listed as missing in the war, dislikes Flossie’s jokes, and is ridiculed by the other girl. Although Isobel knows she is a not a “scaredycat,” Flossie’s jibes still hurt. Can Isobel prove her bravery and win Flossie’s friendship in the terrible days that follow the Halifax explosion? Who’s a Scaredy-Cat? is an enjoyable, historically detailed novel now back in print. Includes black and white illustrations by Marijke Simons.
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Sinking Deeper Or, My Questionable(Possibly Heroic) Decision to Invent a Sea Monster
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$12.95The tiny fishing community of Deeper Harbour is in serious trouble, and so is fourteen-year-old Roland MacTavish. His parents are separated, and his mother has just told him that she’s moving to Ottawa and taking him with her. She doesn’t think Deeper Harbour, with its closing school and dismal economic future, has anything to offer her and Roland anymore. But Roland disagrees. He loves his father, his weird friend Dulsie, and most of all, his wild, hilarious, unpredictable grandfather, Angus. So with the help of his friends, he does what any rational teenager would do: he invents a sea monster.
News of the monster spreads, until real live tourists start to turn off the new highway and visit Deeper Harbour, giving everyone hope that the town may actually be resuscitated. But before he can celebrate his successes, Roland faces a sadness that goes far beyond separated parents and new cities, and finally discovers that change, however frightening, is not the most painful thing in the world.
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Peggy of the Cove: Ransomed Book 3
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$15.00Author, artist, and storyteller Ivan Fraser brings to life the charming character, Peggy of the Cove, who some claim the famous fishing village of Peggy’s Cove was named after. Ivan’s love of the ocean, this rugged coastline and quaint village inspired him to take you on a heartwarming adventure that will make you fall in love with Peggy, the Cove and the people of Nova Scotia.
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Peggy of the Cove: Secrets
Publisher: Ivan Fraser$15.00The Legend Continues, second in the Peggy of the Cove series begins with conflicts between the bully of the cover and Peggy. Throughout the narrative, Peggy becomes friends with Sarah, a Mi’kmaq Native, and through their friendship and surroundings Peggy has flashes of her past. The people, places and objects she sees are beginning to awaken hopes of discovering her identity. When a stranger arrives in town and starts asking strange questions, Peggy discovers that the truth may not be so easy to find. Defying her fears, Peggy struggles to solve the mystery that may lead to her family inheritance.–This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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The Mastodon Mystery
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95A visit to the museum sparks James’ interest in an important local discovery of mastodon bones, but he is even more intrigued by the strange behaviour of 2 men seen in the neighbourhood
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Mystery of the Bear Cub
Publisher: Islandport Press$15.95Someone is dumping trash on the Wilder Family Campground’s property. When Cooper, Packrat, and Roy start to investigate, they stumble headlong into the path of a garbage truck and a hungry black bear.
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Finchosaurus
Publisher: Islandport Press$17.95When fifth-grader Atticus Finch Martin uncovers a plea for help, he must put aside his quest to find a fossil of the world’s largest dinosaur.
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The Fog of Forgetting
Publisher: Islandport Press$17.95Sneaking out for a quick boat ride on a summer day, five children find themselves engulfed in a curtain of dense, powerful fog that transports them from the rocky Maine coast to the mysterious island of Ayda. Rescued by Seaborne, a machete-toting wayfarer of few words, the children suddenly find themselves at the center of a centuries-old battle between Dankar, the ruler of Exor, and three siblings that rule the other realms of Ayda. At stake are the four stones of power and the elusive Fifth Stone that binds them all.
When 9-year-old Frankie is kidnapped by Dankar, her older sister Evelyn and the three Thompson brothers must learn to harness the powers of the daylights, ancient forces of earth, fire, water, and air, in order to navigate their way through the realms of Ayda, save her, and find a way home.
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The Kinfolk
Publisher: Islandport Press$17.95In the conclusion of The Five Stones Trilogy, Chase, Evelyn, and Knox fight to save not just the island of Ayda but their own world. They are scattered throughout the war-torn island as Dankar, the power-hungry ruler of Exor, mounts his greatest attack. His forces begin a final, fatal siege on the weakening realms of Melor and Metria. His goal: to extend his power beyond Ayda, beyond the fog, to the rest of the world. Will Chase be able to convince Ratha, the proud ruler of the realm of Varuna, to come to their aid? Can Evelyn harness her daylights and control the stone of Metria? Will Dankar murder his own cousin in his bid for power?
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Mystery of the Bear Cub
Publisher: Islandport Press$19.95The boys are down in the dumps–literally! Someone is dumping trash on the Wilder Family Campground’s property. It’s bad for the campground, and bad for the wildlife, too. When Cooper, Packrat, and Roy find a fox in the woods with its head stuck in a jar, they know it’s time to investigate. But when the boys start digging, they stumble headlong into the path of a garbage truck and a hungry black bear. Tamra Wight keeps the adventures coming in Book Four of the award-winning Cooper and Packrat series.
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Chantarelle
Publisher: Islandport Press$17.95In Book Two of The Five Stones Trilogy, Chase, determined to fulfill his promise to find the unifying Fifth Stone, finds the elusive Captain Nate and brings him back to the island of Ayda, where one realm is burning and two others are under siege from Dankar’s dark forces of Exor. Meanwhile, Knox and Evelyn must trust a mysterious guide to help them find a way back to Ayda, though each has their own personal struggle to overcome. All three children must decide if they can put their own needs–and fears–aside to save their friends and family.
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Sugar Mountain Snow Ball
Publisher: Islandport Press$15.95Ruby LaRue has lived her whole life in the small ski town of Paris, New Hampshire. Eleanor Bandaranaike’s family comes from Sri Lanka. Over the course of a winter, these two unlikely best friends chase their dreams and find people aren’t always who they seem to be.
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Mystery of the Missing Fox (new edition)
Artist: Carl DiRoccoPublisher: Islandport Press$14.95Cooper and his friends must figure out who is kidnapping fox kits. There are three suspects and Cooper really hopes it’s not the new girl who lives across the lake.
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Mystery of the Eagle’s Nest
Publisher: Islandport Press$15.95Trouble has returned to Wilder Family Campground. When Cooper and Packrat find their geocache box full of illegal eagle claws, beaks, and feathers, their lazy summer is over. Someone wants those valuable parts back. And if they can’t get the parts back, they’ll settle for holding one of the rare Pine Lake eaglets hostage instead. Cooper, Packrat, and Roy must elude two goons, tolerate an annoying teenager, keep tabs on a shady new camper, and stake out the eagle’s nest–all without getting grounded. Tamra Wight has written an exciting follow-up to Mystery on Pine Lake, a tale ripe with adventure and natural history, but above all, one of compassion and friendship. A Junior Library Guild selection.
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Mystery of the Missing Fox
Publisher: Islandport Press$16.95Who would want to catch fox kits? And why? Cooper, Packrat, and Roy must protect a fox den, save the kits, and rule out Summer, the new girl who lives across the lake, as a subject.
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Sugar Mountain Snow Ball
Publisher: Islandport Press$16.95Cheerful Ruby LaRue and reserved Eleanor Bandaranaike couldn’t be more different. Ruby has lived her whole life in a small ski town while Eleanor’s family comes from Sri Lanka. But these unlikely best friends share one thing: they both have BIG plans. So when a fortune teller urges them to go outside their world to unlock their dreams, they plunge down a whirlwind path to try to reach their goals.
