Gary Lundborg’s growth spurt is messing up his coordination. So it’s not the best time to learn he can move objects with his mind . . . sort of. When he remembers to pay attention, that is.
Unknown to him, Gary is one of four kids exposed to a mysterious element at birth. Thirteen years later, the kids are developing weird powers they couldn’t ever imagine, or even want.
But someone does want those almost-epic powers and will stop at nothing to get them. It’s up to Gary, his sister, Kirsten, and his on-again, off-again power to save Dimly, Manitoba — and the world!
If mystery, adventure, and the occasional crocodile on the loose are your thing a new novel is on its way to you! Watch here for updates.
How can you liven up a boring camping trip with your grandpa and your younger brother? Lose the new cell phone you weren’t supposed to bring with you.
Spencer finds more than he was looking for as he dodges a War of 1812 reenactment, a student film crew, an old flame of Grandpa’s, a crooked history buff, and Laura Secord’s cowbell: a first taste of independence and maybe a glimpse of his future – by way of the past.
The third installment of Seven is “prequels”: stories that happened before the first two, when the boys were twelve and thirteen and Grandpa was there with them. Watch for Seven author events near you and at OLA!
Sam Foster is hopelessly in love with his Grade Six teacher. But how can he hope to stand out when the whole town of Hope Springs is filled with eccentrics?
A CCBC Our Choice title; nominated for the Silver Birch and Hackmatack awards.
The concerns of the very different kids in Room Nine overlap even more than they realize as each book in the series looks at their lives through the eyes of a different character. Sometimes joyous, sometimes moving, these novels of school, friendship and family are filled with humour tempered by real life. Strong as stand-alones, the stories take on added depth when read in sequence.
CCBC Our Choice selections.