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101 Ways to Dance

What if you lusted after someone you shouldn't? What if you wanted to touch someone that you couldn't? And then... what if... you did? These are just some of the steamy questions that the teens in... more

1212: Year of the Journey

In a world where thousands are dying over matters of religion, where do you go? What do you believe? Who do you put your own faith in? These questions, so relevant to growing up in 2006, are also q... more

A Chanukah Noel

A Christmas at Chanukah? Charlotte and her family have just moved to a small town in France. There is a lot to get used to - a new language, new friends, a new school. Even the milk tastes differe... more

A Friend Like Zilla

This is a brave book. Rachna Gilmore writes from inside the mind of a pre-teen child with unerring confidence ... masterful." - Quill and Quire. Nobby meets the older Zilla when her family goes on ... more

A Ghost in My Mirror

Poppy is visiting her grandmother. Before going to bed, she sees a picture of someone who looks just like her - Grandma's sister Daisy, who died when she was the same age as Poppy. Soon, Poppy fall... more

A Gift for Gita

Gita and her family are in turmoil. During her grandmother's visit, Gita's father announces that he has received a job offer back in India. They have been living in North America for a few years, a... more

A Long Way From Home

An Afghan girl, an American boy, and the resilient residents of a small town are thrown together on 9/11. Thirteen-year-old Rabia, her mother, and her younger brother have escaped Afghanistan and ... more

A Monster in My Cereal

Poppy isn't very pleased. Her father is a pain. And the worst of it is that she is stuck with him for a whole weekend while her mother and brother are away. Suddenly, the monster on the cereal box ... more

A Riddle of Roses

Fantasy fiction with Celtic influence for today's adolescent reader... Meryl's mother was a great bard - a storyteller and musician who sang of life and the world around her. Meet Meryl, already a... more

A River of Hands

The first of its kind, this anthology contains four children's stories by young Deaf authors and Deaf illustrators. Contributors were mentored by some of Canada's most notable authors, editors and ... more

A Tale Worth Telling

Part of the I'm a Great Little Kid Series, which is published in conjunction with the Toronto Child Abuse Centre, who believe that empowering young children makes them less vulnerable. Written in ... more

An Alien In My House

When Ben discovers that an alien is living in his house, he is less than thrilled. After all, the alien looks strange, eats only green food, and doesn't let Ben watch television when he wants to. T... more

Aunt Fred is a Witch

Leila is about to spend a weekend with her Aunt Fred, whom everyone says is a witch. When the adults leave, Aunt Fred puts on a wild outfit and scoops Leila up onto her motorcycle. After a spectacu... more

Bad Date

In Bad Date, crime journalist Jane Yeats is on the scene again, full of her trademark smart-ass attitude and fondness for Irish ale - not to mention her problems with her next door neighbour, a cra... more

Being Big

Barbara is big. She has big hands and big feet and she is taller and weighs more than any of her friends. She is so big that normal-kid running shoes don't fit. Learning how Barbara comes to accept... more

Belfry Bat the Scaredy Cat

A hilarious full-colour picture book about a timid bat who becomes the navigator for Mildred the witch in a race against the fastest rollercoaster in the world. Belfry Bat, the nicest bat you could... more

Bernadette and the Lunch Bunch

Bernadette Inez O'Brian Schwartz is a very small girl with a very long name and a very BIG imagination. Bernadette is having a hard time starting her grade three school year. Her best friend has mo... more

Bernadette in the Doghouse

Bernadette continues her adventures with the Lunch Bunch... After her triumph at the science fair - winning a special award even though she wasn't technically old enough to enter - Bernadette is re... more

Bernadette to the Rescue

Bernadette Inez O'Brian Schwartz is back, and going to camp... Bernadette finally has her new Puppy, Pretzel, which means that she gets to do one of her favourite activities: research! She learns ... more

Beyond Hope

In a deadly game of multinational terrorism, Helen Keremos searches for a long-lost 60s revolutionary who happens to be the daughter of a right-wing U.S. presidential candidate. Book 2 in the Hele... more

Bird Brain

Poppy, heroine of the internationally bestselling chapter books A Monster in My Cereal, A Ghost in My Mirror, Witch's Brew and Poppy's Whale is involved in a new adventure. When a supply teacher di... more

Business In Bangkok

When Mommy says she has to go on a business trip to Bangkok, her son, Corey, balks. "She can't go," he says to his dad. When his father replies "Why not?" the boy finds a multitude of reasons from ... more

Butterfly Effect

"...the most eagerly anticipated lesbian mystery of the season." - Feminist Bookstore News. "This is a tough story in the hardboiled PI mode." - The Toronto Star. The fifth book in a highly suc... more

Charlene's Choice

Part of the I'm a Great Little Kid Series, which is published in conjunction with the Toronto Child Abuse Centre who believe that empowering young children makes them less vulnerable. Done in rhyme... more

Child of Dandelions

Sabine has a happy life in Uganda, until the "countdown monster" changes everything - ordering her and everyone like her to leave their home and their country. It is 1972, and fifteen-year-old Sab... more

Clara's War

From the Silver Birch Award-winning author of The Secret of Gabi's Dresser... It's a dangerous time for thirteen-year-old Clara and her family. They have just been imprisoned in Terezin (Terezinst... more

Daughters of the Ark

An adventure story based on true events, real characters and legends... This historical-fiction novel features two girls, separated in time by thousands of years, who are forced to leave the... more

Dear Baobab

Maiko knows what it is like to be small and to feel planted in the wrong place... Maiko has left his village in Africe far behind, moving to North America to live with his aunt and uncle. When he... more

Ezzie's Emerald

By the same author as The Nordlings. Most of the time Ezzie is very happy. She has good friends and a loving family who never make her feel that she is "fat." But sometimes schoolmates tease her, a... more

Fitting In

"Kirsh deals sensitively with some difficult issues, and manages to convey a sense of growing up different that should have real meaning to kids from many cultures." - Quill and Quire. As Mollie a... more

Flee, Fly, Flown

Click here to WIN a digital copy of Flee, Fly, Flown You’re never too old for an adventure. When Lillian and Audrey hatch a plot to escape from Tranquil Meadows Nursing Home, “borrow... more

Fostergirls

Here comes trouble... She's a fostergirl. Her name is Sadie, but she might as well be called Fostergirl. Grouphomegirl. That's how everyone thinks of her. Sadie doesn't care. In fact, she'd be hap... more

Franny and the Music Girl

By the same author as Hattie Pearl Click Click... Franny and the Music Girl features the irrepressible, energetic girl who also happens to be in a wheelchair ... the illustrations are colourful, ... more

Gladdy's Wake

Radical politics and obsession link a family across three generations... New York City - The 1920s. Gladys Sage escaped the backwoods of Northern Ontario, leaving behind the body of her stepfathe... more

Gray Wolf's Search

From our new First Nations Series: Coming of Age in the Wolf Clan... In this richly illustrated picture book, young Gray Wolf lives on the Pacific Northwest coast with the other members of the Wol... more

Guardian Angel House

Based on the true story of two sisters sheltered from the Nazis by a group of Catholic nuns during World War II... Mama had always told twelve-year-old Susan that there was no safe place for a Jew... more

Hattie Pearl Click Click

This book is especially appropriate for children having difficulty with reading. Today, Janey is an adult writer who uses a computer to help children who also like to write. But when she was a girl... more

Headline: Murder

How far will a reporter go to get her story when a politician is viciously murdered? When Pia Keyne, a feisty political reporter, becomes entertainment editor at a large urban newspaper she finds h... more

Home Free

A GUTSY GIRL BOOK My name is Lee Mets (honest), and this is my book. I'm part of the writing club, which is fantastic, since what I want to be most is a writer. My mother says that girls don't gro... more

I'm a Great Little Kid Series Set (paperback)

A series of six full-colour picture books and a Facilitator's Guide, published in conjunction with the Toronto Child Abuse Centre. Written in rhyme, the picture books are bright and cheerful, and c... more

I'm a Great Little Kids Series Set (hardback)

It's a Jungle in Here

"This is a delightful book." - Quill and Quire. Full of fantasy, this picture book for the very young features Allison, whose jungle-filled imagination makes every experience an exciting new adven... more

It's No Joke, My Telephone Broke

This book is part of the I'm a Great Little Kid Series, which is published in conjunction with the Toronto Child Abuse Centre, who believe that empowering young children makes them less vulnerable.... more

Jeremy and the Air Pirates

This hilarious sequel to Jeremy and the Aunties will entertain readers as they follow the antics of the Aunties - weird and wonderful old-lady mannequins who come to life and take over the air wave... more

Jeremy and the Aunties

"It's hard to write a really funny children's book, especially one that doesn't rely on fried worms, snot, or other childish items of humour. Jeremy and the Aunties, however, will have both adults ... more

Katherine and the Garbage Dump

When the first juice can was thrown into her backyard, Katherine had no idea what trouble that bit of litter would cause. A wonderfully fun, full-colour picture book, Katherine and the Garbage Dump... more

King of the Castle

"Looking for a great first chapter book? Try Kathy Stinson's heartwarming King of the Castle." - Jeffrey Canton, Reader's Showcase. By the prize-winning author of the classics Red is Best, The Bar... more

Lacey and the African Grandmothers

Can a sewing project make a difference half-way across the world? Lacey Little Bird loves spending time with Kahasi, an elder on her reserve who is like a grandmother to her. From Kahasi, Lacey is... more

Laura Secord's Brave Walk

Laura Secord was a true heroine. In 1812, she lived with her husband and children near Niagara Falls when war was declared between the United States and the British forces in the country now known ... more

Leap

Hello summer... Hello turning fifteen! Finally, Natalie's turned fifteen. She's officially a grown-up (just tell her mother that) and ready for anything. School is out, and she and her best frien... more

Legal Tender

Either high-powered Toronto lawyer Harriet Fordham Croft, or her lover, Leslie, is being stalked by a murderer. But why? By whom? Is it Harriet's ex-husband, whose pride won't tolerate a relationsh... more

Lights for Gita

Gita's family has only recently emigrated from India. Although she misses her relatives and friends, she has already made some friends in her new home. Today, she is looking forward to her favourit... more

Lily and the Paper Man

To see a Lily video, scroll down to the bottom of the page... Winner of ForeWord Magazine's 2007 Picture Book of the Year! Nominated for the 2009 Shining Willow by the Saskatchewan Young Readers' ... more

Madwoman of Bethlehem

In mid-20th century Bethlehem, a woman finds that the only way to take control of her life is to feign madness. It is 1957, and Amal is an inmate of the "Bethlehem Oasis for Troubled Women," having... more

Maggie and the Chocolate War

Maggie has been saving her delivery-job money for weeks to buy her best friend, Jo, a chocolate bar for her birthday. It's 1947, and while the war is over and ration tickets are gone, food prices a... more

Mom and Mum are Getting Married!

A celebration of love and family... When Rosie comes home to find her Mom dancing alone in the living room - on a school day - she knows something wonderful is about to happen. So when one of her ... more

Morning Star

The Underground Railroad links two girls living more than a century apart... Flower, her parents, and her baby brother have escaped from the plantation where they were kept as slaves and are makin... more

My (Worst) Best Sleepover Party

Rose decides to have a sleepover party for her birthday. What she thought was a great idea turns into a nightmare when the two most popular girls in the class declare they won't attend if Rose insi... more

My Mom Loves Me More Than Sushi

In this utterly delicious book, a little girl and her mom learn about - and eat! - fabulous foods from around the world. Sushi, biscotti, houska, canja, couscous, megaderra, smorgastarta, crepes, j... more

Napi's Dance

Two women, one Blackfoot and one white, are united by their love of the prairie In the mid-1800s, southern Alberta was dominated by the tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Snake Woman, from the B... more

Now I See How Great I Can Be

Old Photographs

Summer vacation turns into a real-life mystery tale for a teen detective... Fourteen-year-old Phoebe Hecht is slowly making her way through the long boring days of summer vacation. It doesn’... more

Outside Of Ordinary

Female writers share 32 transformative stories of traveling in diverse locations - some exotic, and some more familiar. List of Contributors: Sharon Butala, Charlotte Caron, Amy Coupal, Lorna Crozi... more

Pianomania!

Priya begs and begs for a piano and lessons. Her parents try to placate her with a cardboard keyboard, and her diligence at "practicing" finally convinces them to give in and buy a real one. But no... more

Poppy's Whale

"Although the subject is serious, Hebert gives her character a fresh way of looking at the problem. The result is an original plot and some humorous images." - The Regina Sun Poppy, the zany chara... more

Princess Backwards

Princess Fred can't quite get the hang of life in her kingdom, where everything is the reverse of what we are used to. She struggles to do things the way everyone else in the kingdom does, but peop... more

Princess to the Rescue

Why can't it be perfectly normal for a princess to save a prince?! Once upon a time, there was a princess who saved princes. This particular princess is not afraid, she is not weak, and she does n... more

Pure

With the potential for cloning already a reality, today's teens will soon have to face some major ethical questions. Who has a right to determine a person's genetic makeup? And how will we treat ou... more

Rachel's Promise

Rachel's Secret

Rachel, a Jew, and Sergei, a Christian, find their worlds torn apart by violence in pre-revolutionary Russia... Rachel is a Jew living in Kishinev, Russia. At fourteen, Rachel knows that she wants... more

Rainbows in the Dark

Abby hates visiting the second-hand clothing shop with her mother -- until she meets Joanna and Charlie. Charlie is Joanna's guide dog, a loyal friend and worker who helps her to see, but he's no h... more

Respect Is Correct

Roses for Gita

"This is a lovely, gentle book. ... [It's] about the adjustment of one immigrant child, but it is also about the importance of beauty in life, and the ability of kindness to overcome isolation and ... more

Rough Magic

Out in the midst of the ocean, rising out of the rough seas, lies a mysterious island... It has seen visitors over the years, and has learned to fear them. Humans have done nothing but take, steali... more

Sam Speaks Out

Sandy's Incredible Shrinking Footprint

Your footprint is more than the mark you leave in the sand... Sandy loves visiting her grandpa's house by the beach every summer. She plays in the sand while her dog, Pepper, chases the seagulls. ... more

Sasha and the Wiggly Tooth

Sasha is the last of all of his friends to still have his baby teeth. So when one tooth becomes wiggly, he is excited, curious and also a little bit worried. After politely dismissing all efforts t... more

Sasha and the Wind

"This gentle story is sure to appeal to young readers... The illustrations are rich and colourful, and complement the text perfectly.... Sasha and the Wind is a great story for a blustery day." -Qu... more

Saving Rome

In her debut collection, Megan K. Williams, a Rome-based writer and correspondent, serves up the Eternal City as you've never seen it before, turning an insider's eye on the love, mystery and unhol... more

See Jane Run!

From the award-winning author of Sudden Blow and Bad Date comes another compelling mystery featuring Jane Yeats, a crime journalist with a passion for hard-boiled adventure, Harleys, and hops... Ov... more

She Writes

She Writes is an anthology that features women writers in Canada. Elizabeth Ruth, Heather Birrell, Kristen den Hartog, Kelly Watt, Dana Bath, Teresa McWhirter and others make up this brilliant new ... more

Sometime Daughter

When she is confined to a nursing home after a series of debilitating strokes, Ruth Tyler struggles to accept the loss of her independence. Suddenly, having endless hours to sit and think, she begi... more

Song Over Quiet Lake

The magical story of friendship between twenty-something Sylvia Hardy and Lydie Jim, an eighty-two year old Tlingit elder from the Yukon... As students at the University of British Colombia, Syliv... more

Splish, Splat!

A fun introduction to the world of sign language... Colin's mom hires painters to paint his bedroom. The company she calls recommends that she hire two women who happen to be deaf. The company exp... more

Sudden Blow

A motorbike-riding business writer is asked to investigate the death of a tycoon in the first of a new mystery series featuring the irreverent Jane Yeats. Meet Jane Yeats. She's a still-grieving wi... more

Take The Stairs

Gritty, heartfelt and ultimately redemptive stories for young adults... 64 Wilnut Street: a fifteen-storey brick building butted against a pocket of comfortable houses, some of which have pools and... more

Tell Me a Story, Tell Me the Truth

"That's how we lived, surrounded by ghosts. They sat at the table while we ate our Sunday meal. They lay beside us in the bed as we slept..." In Tell Me a Story, Tell Me the Truth, author Gina Roit... more

That Summer in Franklin

A Long Ago Summer. A Long Held Secret... In 1955, two fifteen-year-olds with immeasurable optimism shared a summer working as waitresses in the small town of Franklin's flourishing Britannia Hotel... more

The Amazing Adventure of LittleFish

Insatiably curious and longing for change, LittleFish takes the very young reader on a journey through the process of evolution and birth. Illustrations by Governor-General Award winner Darcia Labr... more

The Color of Silence

Two girls, both without a voice. One refuses to speak, the other is trapped in a body that won’t let her. At seventeen, Alex feels as if her life is over. She will never recover from the tra... more

The Contest

A GUTSY GIRL BOOK My name is Rosy, and I'm going to be the first half-Mohawk to win an Anne of Green Gables look-alike contest... When Helen, my favorite librarian, told me about the contest, I wa... more

The Diary of Laura's Twin

A mysterious diary links modern-day Laura to Sara, a young Jewish girl fighting to stay alive during WWII... Laura has just three weeks to go before her Jewish coming of age ceremony, called a Ba... more

The Girl Who Hated Books

"There were books in dressers and drawers and desks, in closets and cupboards and chests. There were books on the sofa and books on the stairs ..." And Meena hates all of them, as does her cat Max,... more

The Last River Child

A young woman struggles against a small town's superstitious fears at the turn of the last century... In the summer of 1900, a meteorite lands on the day of Peg Staynor's baptismal, barely missin... more

The Little Word Catcher

Elise wonders why her grandmother's words keep escaping her. Do they fly off to play tricks on her? Elise's grandmother used to know many marvelous words, but now she seems to be losing them all th... more

The Little Yellow Bottle

War can come in the most of innocent of packages... Marwa and Ahmad know that war has come to their country, but its effect on their lives are small and life in their village goes on as normal. A... more

The Night Spies

Based on real events and real characters... It is the middle of World War II, and Gabi and her mother have been lucky so far, eluding the grasp of Nazi soldiers who are sending Jewish people away ... more

The Nordlings

Readers aged 9 to 13 will appreciate the pluckiness of Notherland's inhabitants,and the rescue mission makes for an adventure-filled plot ... Peggy is a likeable and compelling character and her re... more

The Orphan Rescue

Miriam and her little brother, David, are poor. They don't have much, but they have their grandparents who love them. Miriam is upset when she has to leave school to work in a butcher shop. But so... more

The Princess Who Danced with Cranes

A beautifully illustrated fable about a land that is almost destroyed until a princess takes action to save her environment... Long ago, Princess Vivian lived in a castle surrounded by a beautiful ... more

The Righteous Smuggler

During World War II, when Hendrik, the young son of a fisherman in Amsterdam, notices his Jewish friends being barred from school and ostracized by their other classmates, he is determined to stand... more

The Scratch on the Ming Vase

An attack on her kung fu master leads a budding spy on a mysterious adventure... Born in China, Nicki Haddon was adopted by a wealthy North American family as a baby. Now sixteen, she has a talent... more

The Second Trial

What do you do when your father becomes the enemy of your family? Danny McMillan never knew that his father was abusing his mother, until a night of violence that shattered his family forever. Wat... more

The Secret of Gabi's Dresser

Based on the true story of how the author's mother was hidden from the Nazis... The heroine, Gabi, recounts how as a young Jewish girl she lived on a family farm in Eastern Europe during the Seco... more

The Shining World

The Shining World is the second book in a projected trilogy, and the sequel to The Nordlings, Kathleen McDonnell's fantasy-adventure novel published in 1999. When the story opens, sixteen-year-old... more

The Smart Princess

A unique and much-needed collection, The Smart Princess takes readers inside the fantasies, dreams and disappointments of young people who are Deaf. This book is written and illustrated by winners ... more

The Songweavers

Has Peggy destroyed the imaginative universe she created? As a teenager, Peggy has plenty on her mind without having to take care of Notherland, the imaginary world she created as a child. When a ... more

The Way Home

A pony called Lucky and a girl named Tory, both searching for a place called Home... Tory has been bumped from foster home to foster home for most of her nine years. Living with yet another new fa... more

The Way It Is

It may be the '60s - the era of equal rights and free love - but two teens find that change is slow in coming to their small town... To Ellen Manery, a brilliant, introverted, socially isolated f... more

thinandbeautiful.com

Visit Liane Shaw's blog - www.thinandbeautiful.com - the challenge of feeling good about yourself and your body. Maddie finds a dangerous "thinspiration" on-line... Seventeen-year-old Maddie has al... more

To Hope and Back

An ocean-liner carrying Jewish passengers can find no safe harbour... Lisa and Sol board the luxury ship St. Louis in Hamburg, Germany on May 13, 1939 with mixed feelings. Lisa and her family are... more

Treasure for Lunch

"Yvonne Cathcart's brightly coloured illustrations add to the fun of this totally delicious book." - Reader's Showcase. Shaira loves her grandmother and the wonderful Indian foods that she prepares... more

Two Women

Two women: born on the same day, a hemisphere apartTwo women: blind, middle-aged twin sisters, their world shaped through the magic of stories Bernice Archer has raised her blind twin daught... more

Uneasy Lies

Uneasy Lies has been hailed by The Globe and Mail as "excellent" and "highly entertaining." Eve Zaremba places her street-smart heroine as the head of security in a large, urban condominium. It see... more

Until Today

Violet

Watch the Violet book trailer! "Artist Jovanovic has painted a colourful, topsy-turvy world for her heroine to inhabit" - The Globe and Mail... Why am I Violet?! Violet is happy that her father... more

What Happened to Ivy

In David’s family, life revolves around Ivy David’s younger sister Ivy, born with multiple disabilities, needs constant attention. She may be eleven years old, but in many ways... more

What-If Sara

"In a funny, wonderfully adroit way, Rhea Tregebov takes her dreamy little heroine out of her what-if world just long enough to prove that it's possible to be a dreamer and a saver-of-the-day as we... more

When-I-was-a-little-girl

"When I was your age, I never got so muddy jumping in puddles!" If that sounds familiar, you're bound to understand poor Lisabeth. She can't seem to do anything that measures up to the smug, perfec... more

White Noise

Margaret Atwood describes Helen Keremos as "a cross between Lily Tomlin and Philip Marlowe." In this last book in the series, Sonny, a former client from Hong Kong, arrives in Vancouver and Helen ... more

White Space Between

Winner of the 2009 Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction A family's story of the Holocaust lies buried in the soil of a graveyard in Prague, in the old neighborhoods of Montreal, in the serenity ... more

Wild Rilla

A full-colour picture book about an ordinary girl who can magically turn herself into a feisty super girl who helps out. To most people, Rilla seems like any kid who sometimes gets into trouble at ... more

Witch's Brew

In this fast-paced chapter book, Poppy begins to read a story about a black cat and a witch. Then, everywhere she goes she bumps into a strange-looking witch. After some deliciously scary fun, she ... more

Yeny and the Children for Peace

What weapon can children use to fight violence? A vote for peace! Yeny and her family have escaped from the violence in their mountain village in Colombia to live in the city. But danger remains a... more

Yesterday's Dead

Meredith struggles to cope during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918... Thirteen-year-old Meredith yearns to become a teacher but must leave school to help support her family. To find the best payin... more

Zoe's Extraordinary Holiday Adventures

Zoe mostly has it good. Her parents are nice, her brother isn't half bad, and her dog Ella is amazing. But Zoe thinks her life is boring - nothing ever changes. She's stuck in her wheelchair and he... more

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