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  • Critters: Underdark

    CA$19.95
    It's hard to make friends when you're a monster! A group of young monsters must learn cooperation and tolerance to overcome their differences in order to survive a hostile world without adult guidance. Having escaped from a crashed train full of cages below the earth, the various critters slowly come to trust each other as they flee those who would enslave them, and battle or outwit those who want to halt their bid for freedom.
  • Wild Justice

    CA$19.95
    Revenge is a kind of wild justice ...

    In the rugged landscape of Saskatchewan's untamed north, Constable Al Stava--former Junior Hockey League star and rookie RCMP officer--finds himself in a deadly faceoff against the perpetrators of a series of vengeful acts, embroiled in the game of his life as he struggles to prevent the twisted global politics of an enemy bent on thwarting justice.
  • Shepherd's Watch

    CA$19.95
    The boys are back! Tony Shepherd’s relaxing summer at the lake with his family crashes to a halt when Charlie Wolfe arrives at the cabin after a local man goes missing. Nothing is ever simple when Charlie’s around, and soon the boys are caught in a dark tangle of violence and danger. If they’re not careful, their search could bring harm to more than just themselves… Can Tony protect his family and<\i> Charlie?
  • nimosôm anima—nimihšōmihš...

    CA$19.95
    “We need to be careful that we don’t hurt the gifts that are given to us.” Told in paskwâwinîmowin (Plains Cree), anihšināpēmowin, (Saulteaux), and English, this simple tale of traditional teachings and values follows a grandparent and grandchild on a visit to a chokecherry patch, where lessons about respect and gratitude for the earth’s gifts are shared.
  • Shepherd's Call

    CA$19.95
    Between right and wrong, it’s Shepherd’s call.

    Charlie Wolfe vanishes from Tony Shepherd’s high school graduation, leaving only a cryptic message asking for help.

    On his own, Tony must summon all the skills he’s learned over the years to find his friend. He’ll leave the safety of home and family to face off against old foes and uncover the truth of Charlie’s disappearance.

    But things are more complicated and dangerous than he realizes, and he’ll have to decide just how far he’s willing to go to save his friend.
  • You're Going Where?!:...

    CA$19.95
    Careers Finished.
    Kids Grown.
    Parents Gone.
    Dog Dead.

    NOW WHAT?

    Suddenly finding themselves without the roles and responsibilities that had defined their adult lives, Diane and Rick Armstrong embarked on a journey through India ... a journey that changed their perception of the world.
  • Wolfe in Shepherd's Clothing

    CA$19.95
    Be careful who you trust. When Charlie Wolfe winds up homeless, Tony Shepherd's family takes him in. But Tony's parents have one request: No more mysteries! The boys want to keep their word … but someone is leaving dismembered bodies around the city and Detective Gekas is asking what they know. Soon, Tony and Charlie are caught in a labyrinth of lies and death—and not everyone is as they seem. Can the boys escape unscathed or will someone they care about end up dead?
  • Bee Yourself

    CA$19.95
    I am a bumblebee. But I'm not happy being me. I would like to be someone new...but who?
  • Honouring the Buffalo: A...

    CA$19.95
    "A long time ago, Our People came from the Northern Woodlands to the Great Plains looking for food," Grandfather said. "They saw that the Buffalo lived in harmony with Mother Earth the same as Our People did."

    Through the Creator, the buffalo gave themselves as a gift for the sustenance and survival of the Plains Cree people. The largest land animal in North America once thundered across the Great Plains in numbers of 30 to 50 million. They provided shelter, food, clothing, tools, hunting gear, ceremonial objects and many other necessities for those who lived on the Plains.

    But by 1889, just over a thousand buffalo remained, and the lives of the Plains Cree people changed. The buffalo is honoured to this day, a reminder of life in harmony with nature as it was once lived. This is the story of how the buffalo came to share themselves so freely.
  • Last Green Dragon, The

    CA$19.95
    Fear shared is a burden lightened. Courage shared is a hope doubled. Raised by a pair of owls since he was a hatchling, Gus grows up believing he is the last Green Dragon. Then a chance encounter with a girl named Ev uncovers a secret doorway between Gus's world and hers. Their unlikely friendship forges the key to unlocking Gus's mysterious past--and leads them to a shocking discovery about Ev. But can their friendship survive this life-changing revelation? An imaginative, suspenseful, and touching tale of the powerful magic of friendship.

    A grand prize finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards and finalist in the Whistler Independent Book Awards and Next Generation Indie Book Awards, The Last Green Dragon has also been selected for inclusion in Canadian Children's Book Centre Teacher's Book Bank.
  • Thin Pink Lines: My Life as...

    CA$19.95
    MURIEL A. JARVIS has seen many changes in Saskatchewan since her birth on the Prairies in 1920: the Saskatoon City Hospital is now a gleaming structure of steel and glass with ten floors and a central transparent elevator, a transformation from the brick structure where she trained and worked as a young nurse in the 1940s. Health care too has changed a great deal since then; nursing has been transformed, and the status of women revolutionized.

    The inspiring story of a girl from Kenaston, Saskatchewan, who had a dream...And her dream changed a province.
  • Black Fury

    CA$21.95
    After the war, Joe and Angelina, my mother, took to frequenting the local legion hall; a house band played there every weekend. It hadn't taken long for the couple's dancing prowess to become known; the other patrons would applaud and move aside when they saw the duo step out onto the floor: the handsome, well-dressed gentleman, and his exquisite, beautiful lady with golden locks that fell to her waist.

    How Mother loved it. For a time she would be one in mind and spirit with Joe. For a time she would be his equal.

    They wanted passion; I just wanted them to quit fighting. I wanted peace so badly...

    The compelling story of a troubled marriage and a family in turmoil.

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You're Going Where?!
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