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Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial Pr
Pub. Date
2009,c2008
Language
English
Description
Her idyllic teen years on a British Columbia dairy farm with her mother and brother irrevocably changed by the arrival of a draft dodger, natalie Ward remembers years later the impact he had on the morals and beliefs of their community.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In Vancouver, British Columbia, two teenage dressage riders, one a spoiled rich girl and the other a closeted gay sixteen-year-old boy, come to terms with their identities and learn to accept themselves.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Primrose, who lives in a small fishing village in British Columbia, recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
4) Ninth life
Author
Series
Caitlin Reece mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Naiad Press
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill Anglican priest and his assignment in a coastal Indian community in British Columbia. The nonfiction story behind this book is told in Again Calls th Owl (1984). Best Books for Young Teen Readers. A young minister who has two years to live learns about the meaning of life when he is sent to an Indian parish in British Columbia.
Author
Series
Alice MacLeod diaries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Alice keeps a diary as she struggles to cope with the embarrassments and trials of family, dating, school, work, small town life, and a serious case of "outcastitis."
Author
Publisher
Naiad Press
Pub. Date
1984
Language
English
Description
An award-winning novel of lesbian identity and camaraderie amid violence and war Ruth Wheeler is the one-armed caretaker of a motley crew of boarders living in her rooming house in Vancouver, British Columbia. The miscreants and outcasts in residence include a sexually confused academic, a one-time-dope-addict-turned-law-student, a high-minded deserter of the Vietnam War, a socially conscious female radical, and a gay man on the run from the cops....
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Cathy Lindsay--a middle-aged, middle-class, small town resident, high school English teacher, and married mother of two--is an unlikely candidate for a murderous ambush. As Sergeant John Winters begins his investigation, he finds himself frustrated at every turn. Why would anyone want to kill Cathy? She was a respected teacher in an apparently solid marriage and living a quiet life. Winters, with the help of young Constable Molly Smith, digs deep...
10) Dark roads
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For decades, people have been warned about the Cold Creek Highway. Hitchhikers have vanished along it over the years, and women have been known to have their cars break down... and never be seen again. When Hailey McBride decides to run away from an unbearable living situation, she thinks that her outdoor skills will help her disappear into the Cold Creek wilderness, and she counts on people thinking that she was the victim of the killer. One year...
11) Monkey Beach
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In a novel set in Canada, on the Haisla reservation of Kitamaat, a young Native American woman's visions facilitate a journey of self-discovery that will take her into the heart of her troubled society.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Skye O'Shea is homesick and afraid as she sets out for a three-week bicycle adventure camp on British Columbia's Cat Island, but despite a bully, mountains, and other challenges she has the time of her life.
Author
Series
Lane Winslow novels volume 2
Publisher
TouchWood Editions
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
On a snowy day in December 1946, Lane Winslow--a former British intelligence agent who's escaped to the rural Canadian community of King's Cove in pursuit of a tranquil life--is introduced to the local hot springs. While there she overhears nearby patrons speaking Russian. When one of those patrons is found dead in the change room, Lane's linguistic and intelligence experience is of immeasurable value to the local police force in solving the murder....
14) Still Missing
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the day she was abducted, Annie O'Sullivan, a 32-year-old realtor, had three goals-sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she's about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all.Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent as the captive of a psychopath in a remote mountain...
Author
Series
Publisher
TouchWood Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's November, and Lane and Darling have escaped the chilly autumn in the Kootenays for a honeymoon at the posh and romantic Santa Cruz Inn in sunny Tucson, Arizona. But despite her very best intentions to relax, soon after their arrival Lane's plans to spend the holiday poolside with a good mystery are interrupted by gunfire. One of the hotel's wealthy guests has been shot point blank and Lane is second on the scene. Back in Nelson, Sergeant Ames...
Author
Series
Pine Island volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The McCready sisters have just settled into their new home on Pine Island when they get word that an unwelcome houseguest is coming to visit for months.