Greg Bechtel offers ten charged stories about the impossible-turned-possible secrets, paranoia, sex, conspiracies, and magic that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Barbara Gowdy, and Jonathan Lethem, and readers of...
Canadian fiction
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Author:Bechtel, GregSummary: - Author:Pchajek, JasonSummary:
"The year is 2120, and Nikos Wulf is at the top of his game. Within Winnipeg’s sublevels, he is the undisputed king of bounty hunters, working for the elite Bounty Commission Eco-Terror Taskforce. The job: defend the ecological...
- Author:McMahen, ChrisSummary:
Oliver has helicopter parents-they love him, but they seriously cramp his style. He decides to fill an old wooden box with souvenirs from some of his outrageous and daring exploits. That way, he'll never forget the zombies, the killer...
- Author:Charles, NormaSummary:
In 1909, 13-year-old Luc Godin arrive in British Columbia from Quebec only to discover that the house they thought they'd move into hasn't been built. So the Godins have to make due with living in a railway boxcar with three...
- Author:McDonald, NancySummary:
Nancy McDonald's career as a journalist included the television programs W5, Canada AM, and Marketplace; she then went on to become a sought-after freelance writer, penning everything from documentaries to live-action scripts to...
- Author:Hasiuk, BrendaSummary:
We may be lost but we are never alone. That is the message to be found in Brenda Hasiuk’s new collection of short stories, Boy Lost in Wild. Adrift in unfamiliar surroundings, strangers to the strangers around them, the characters in...
- Author:Doyle, BrianSummary:
Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year, the Geoffrey Bilson Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, and an ALA Notable Books List selection. Martin O'Boy's life is not easy. His beloved Granny has just died, his pregnant...
- Author:Benjamin, ChrisSummary:
Twelve short stories about love, loss, failure, and acceptance by an award-winning author. The daughter of an alcoholic desperate to be loved. A father reliving a failed dream though his teenaged son. A struggling immigrant surprised to...
- Author:Winter, KathleenSummary:
What are boys and men thinking? That's what the wry, observant, heartbroken and hilarious girls and women in these stories want to know. What are they thinking when they warn women against adventure, gulp ale in moonlit truck wrecks,...
- Author:Beiser, TimSummary:
A hilarious story about a finicky frog, who soon finds out that not all creatures eat alike.
- Author:Walters, EricSummary:
When the school principal announces a new uniform policy, Ian is pressured to fight the decision. His best friend Julia is determined to get him to protest the policy, but the principal is equally determined to convince Ian uniforms are...
- Author:Scott, MarcSummary:
Marina, responable culturelle du gouvernenet mexicain appelle Jack Delorme, détective privé canadien, au secours. C'est le début d'une aventure encore plus rocambolesque que sa première aventure dans Bisbille à Manille....
- Author:Reynolds, TomSummary:
A Peeping Tom, a child’s disappearance, a fire, a startling decision and a truth learned too late: these are the elements that make up Break Me, an entertaining and sinister little book. The story is superbly constructed and the...
- Author:Jaimet, KateSummary:
It's the summer of Connor Trent's sixteenth birthday, and the stakes for him have never been so high. Connor's summer job at the Bytowne Tennis Club allows him to train at a historic facility. It also throws him into confrontation with...
- Author:Ulrich, MaureenSummary:
In her last year of high school, Jessie is finally playing AAA, the highest level of minor hockey there is. She's been made captain, and she's putting relationship disasters behind her by dating wonderful, sensible Evan. So what if he's...
- Author:Robertson, DavidSummary:
Acclaimed writer, David A. Robertson, delivers suspense, adventure, and humour in this stunningly illustrated graphic novel continuation of The Reckoner trilogy. Cole and Eva arrive in Winnipeg, the headquarters of Mihko Laboratories,...
- Author:Draper, PennySummary:
When another ballet dancer's injury lands him a major role, mischief-loving Robin must face his friends' jealousy and the biggest challenge of his dance career in this novel for teens.
- Author:Graziani, E.Summary:
Faith Emily Hansen just wants to be loved and to live without the weight of addiction. But the relief that she gets from being wrapped up in the cozy little cotton ball of heroin is impossible to ignore. Faith’s story starts in her...
- Author:Arcan, NellySummary:
Rose Dubois and Julie O’Brien find themselves on the roof of a Montreal apartment building on a scorching summer’s day, and from that moment on their fates are intertwined. Worldwide climate change and dramatic shifts in weather...
- Author:Tsiang, Sarah Yi-MeiSummary:
When Ally's mom dies, Ally is left with no family, no friends and no future. Put into foster care at the age of fifteen, she has less than $200 to her name and nothing left to lose. When Ally meets Tate, a busking fire breather, she...
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