Fall 2014

Middle-School Fiction for Reluctant Readers

Reaching More Readers for 30 Years

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eaders

ContentsFrontlistHighlights................................................................................................................................................................1Board Books • Ages 0–3...................................................................................................................................................2Picturebooks • Ages 4–8................................................................................................................................................4Orca Echoes • Ages 7–9.................................................................................................................................................6Orca Footprints • Ages 8–12...........................................................................................................................................9Middle Readers • Ages 8–14.........................................................................................................................................10Orca Limelights • Ages 11–14.......................................................................................................................................12The Seven Sequels • Ages 10+.......................................................................................................................................14Seven (the series) Audiobooks • Ages 10+..............................................................................................................22The Seven Sequels Audiobooks • Ages 10+.............................................................................................................23Seven (the series) • Ages 10+......................................................................................................................................24YA Fiction • Ages 12+.................................................................................................................................................26Orca Currents • Hi-Lo • Ages 10–14.........................................................................................................................30Orca Soundings • Hi-Lo • Ages 12+.........................................................................................................................32Orca Sports • Hi-Lo • Ages 10+...............................................................................................................................34Orca Audio—GoReaders • Hi-Lo • Ages 10+.......................................................................................................35Rapid Reads Fiction • Adult.........................................................................................................................................37

OrderingTerms & Canadian Sales Representatives..................................................................................................................44Frontlist Order Form.....................................................................................................................................................45

Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies:

the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

Printed in Canada.

TumbleBookCloud for TeensTumbleBookCloud for Teens is an online collection of ebooks, educational videos and audiobooks for

middle and high school students. Contemporary Fiction • Graphic Novels • Classics

History • Geography • Civics

Includes over 100 titles from Orca

Free trial available. For more information email digital@orcabook.com.

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Lots of KissesA new board book from award-winning poet Lorna Crozier. Babies just wanna be kissed. See page 2.

They’re baaack! Seven (the series) published in 2012 was a huge success selling over 100,000 copies. Now

the 7 grandsons are at it again. The Seven Sequels will be available October 1 with more action, adventure and sevenishness. See page 15.

Rapid ReadsGreat storytelling from authors like

Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Linda L. Richards,

William Kowalski and Melodie Campbell.

See page 36 for more details.

This fall escape on a quick adventure with Rapid Reads.

Wallace EdwardsUnnatural Selections, a new picturebook from Wallace Edwards comes out this fall. With strange beasts in Wallace’s captivating style this is sure to be an evolution of the picturebook. See page 4.

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Board Books

Kisses for baby from nose to toes!

October 20149781459807457

$9.95 bb7 x 7

24 pages9781459807464 pdf9781459807471 epub

ages 0–3

Lots of KissesLorna Crozier

If I kiss your eyelidsIf I kiss your toesIf I kiss the top of your head where your wispy hair grows

Award-winning poet Lorna Crozier’s soothing lullaby delights in kisses for baby from head to toe. Combined with beautiful photographs, Lots of Kisses is the perfect board book for parents and

caregivers to snuggle up and read with their oh-so-kissable little ones.

Lorna Crozier has authored fifteen books of poetry and received many awards, including a Governor General’s Award, the Canadian Authors Association Poetry Award, the National Magazine Award (Gold Medal) and first prize in the National CBC Literary Competition. An Officer of the Order of Canada, Lorna has read her poetry on every continent except Antarctica, and in 2005 she recited a poem for Queen Elizabeth II as part of Saskatchewan’s centennial celebration. For more information, visit www.lornacrozier.ca.

Keywords: babies, kisses, parts of the body, toddlers, love

Little Bundle of Love

Words of love for baby

9781459807372

$29.95 $24.95Set of three board books

Baby's First BookshelfFrom ABCs to

lullabies—the perfect gift for baby

9781459804470 $29.95 $24.95

Set of three board books

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9781554690794 • $9.95

9781554693603 • $9.95 9781554693610 pdf

9781554691944 epub

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9781459804128 epub

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9781459801233 • $9.95 9781459801240 pdf

9781459806207 epub

9781551436616 • $9.95 9781551436630 pdf

9781459806436 epub

9781459801639 • $9.95 9781459801646 pdf9781459803213 epub

9781554691876 • $9.95 9781554691883 pdf9781459806412 epub

9781459802407 • $9.95 9781459802414 pdf 9781459807136 epub

The Board Book Collection

from OrcaIntroduce the new arrival in your life to the exciting world of books with Orca’s board-book bundles. These packaged sets, wrapped in an inscription band for

personalizing your gift, each feature three of our bestselling board books.

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The newest

board-book

bundle

from Orca

Over 40,000 copies sold

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Picturebooks

A fantastical collection of

unnatural selections!

October 20149781459805552

$19.95 hc8.75 x 10.75

32 pages9781459805569 pdf

9781459805576 epubages 4–8

Unnatural SelectionsWallace Edwards

Beloved illustrator Wallace Edwards invites us into the world of Professor I.B. Doodling, a trav-eling artist who takes suggestions from schoolchildren in order to create fantastical hybrid

animals. The result of these visits is Unnatural Selections, a collection of magnificent beasts, from the stately Whalephant to the talented Lizabouboon. Sure to inspire the imagination, Wallace Edwards’s intricate illustrations invite you to pore over them again and again. A supplementary index lists addi-tional creatures to spot throughout the book’s pages, encouraging readers to go back for a second, and a third, look.

Wallace Edwards is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and an award-winning author and illustrator. Wallace’s previous picturebook with Orca, Uncle Wally’s Old Brown Shoe, received critical acclaim for its stunning illustrations and was nominated for several awards, including the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Blue Spruce Award. He was also the illustrator of the best-selling Mixed Beasts by Kenyon Cox. Wallace lives in Yarker, Ontario. For more information, visit www.wallace-edwards-art.com.

Keywords: creatures, animals, imagination, hybrids, fantasy, artists, creation

Also by Wallace Edwards

Uncle Wally’s Old Brown Shoe

9781459801547 · $19.95 hc 9781459801554 pdf

9781459803206 epubages 4–8

Reaching More Readers

9781554698929 pdf • 9781459807143 epub

—Quill & Quire—Quill & Quire

—Quill & Quire

Soapstone SignsJeff Pinkney

Illustrated by Darlene Gait

Only the carver knows the soapstone’s true shape.

One spring, a nine-year-old Cree boy is visited by a master soapstone carver named Linny, who gives him four pieces of soapstone. The primary secret to carving, the boy learns, is recog-

nizing that each piece of soapstone already holds its true form inside. Linny teaches the boy to listen to the soapstone and look to the world around him for signs as to what to carve. As the seasons change, the young boy’s experiences lend him opportunities to develop his carving skills and become attuned to the signs around him. He eagerly awaits the following spring, which will bring Linny’s return and a chance to show off his carvings.

Jeff Pinkney holds an English degree from Trent University, is a former newspaper columnist, and currently works as a business advisor. Soapstone Signs, his first work of fiction, draws on Jeff ’s experiences while traveling as a development consultant in Canada’s James Bay Frontier, where he acquired a deep appreciation for the people and the landscape. Jeff is an emerging poet, writer and an amateur stone carver. He and his wife Leslie share a brood of three story-loving daughters. They are surrounded by soapstone carvings in their Peterborough, Ontario home.

Keywords: soapstone carving, First Nations, Cree, coming of age, family, seasons

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November 20149781459804005

$6.95 pb5.25 x 7.625

64 pages9781459804012 pdf

9781459804029 epubages 7–9

Orca Echoes

Early Chapter Books for emerging readers ages 7 to 9

Also available:Orca Echoes Collection$298.85 retail43 paperbacks in a convenient display9781554692613

Orca Echoes Resource GuideProfessionally written guides with curriculum connections, writing exercises, discussion questions and activities for each title in the Orca Echoes series.

9781554692408 • $45.00 coil-bound9781554697991 • $45.00 CD

• Engaging early chapter books to hook new readers

• Include 15 black-and-white illustrations

• Free teachers’ guides online for individual titles

• Guided Reading selections

• 64 pages each

Themes include: adventure, the environment, animals, humor, imagination and play.

Discounts available for schools

and libraries

Justine McKeen vs. the Queen of Mean

Sigmund BrouwerIllustrated by Dave Whamond

The Queen of Mean has no time for green.

Justine McKeen is back, and she’s on a deadline. With only days left before Earth Day, Justine enlists the help of her classmates to count flower buds, frogs, spiders and ants in their natural

habitat as part of an environmental science project. But there’s a species right in her own class-room that she’ll have to tackle first—a class bully. Savannah Blue, aka the Queen of Mean, criti-cizes Justine’s secondhand clothes and calls being green a waste of time. Their teacher, Mrs. Howie, gives the girls a new assignment for Earth Day—they must present together to the class on why it’s important to care for the environment. In the sixth book in this bestselling series, Justine is up against her biggest challenge yet—can she convince the Queen of Mean to go green?

Sigmund Brouwer is the bestselling author of many books for children and young adults, including the popular Justine McKeen, Queen of Green series. Justine McKeen vs. the Queen of Mean is the sixth book in the series. Sigmund lives in Red Deer, Alberta, and Nashville, Tennessee. For more information, visit www.rockandroll-literacy.com.

Keywords: environmentalism, sustainability, activism, being “green”, humor, Earth Day, bullying, friendship

Skye AboveEric Walters

Illustrated by David Parkins

Can Skye fly? She’s about to find out.

N ine-year-old Skye has always had a fascination with flying. She’d love to be a pilot someday, like both of her parents, but deep down she really wishes she could be a bird. When Skye’s

parents take her to Costa Rica, she is thrilled about all of the beautiful exotic birds she’ll get to see. What she doesn’t realize is that her parents have three big surprises planned, and each will offer her a different opportunity to feel what it’s like to fly. From snorkeling with baby sea turtles to parasailing out on the open ocean to zip-lining through the Costa Rican jungle, Skye will have more than one chance to fly like a bird before this trip of a lifetime is through.

Eric Walters began writing in 1993 as a way to entice his grade-five students into becoming more interested in reading and writing. At the end of the year, one student suggested that he try to have his story published. Since that first creation, Eric has published more than eighty novels. Many of his novels have become bestsellers, and he has won over one hundred awards. Often his stories incorporate themes that reflect his background in education and social work and his commit-ment to humanitarian and social-justice issues. He is a tireless presenter, speaking to more than seventy thousand students per year in schools across the country. Eric is a father of three and lives in Mississauga, Ontario, with his wife, Anita, and dogs Lola and Winnie. For more information, visit www.ericwalters.net.

Keywords: Costa Rica, zip-lining, parasailing, snorkeling, tourism, adventure, birds, wildlife, exploration

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Orca Echoes

November 20149781459803978$6.95 pb5.25 x 7.62564 pages9781459803985 pdf9781459803992 epubages 7–9

November 20149781459807013$6.95 pb5.25 x 7.62564 pages9781459807020 pdf9781459807037 epubages 7–9

Includes green project ideas for the classroom!

Reaching More Readers

“These books feature accessible texts, appealing layouts, and global perspectives. Inviting choices for informing and inspiring curious

readers and world citizens.” —School Library Journal

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Picturebooks

Home is where the heart is.

October 20149781459807426$19.95 hc8 x 9.548 pages9781459807433 pdfages 8–12

Take ShelterAt Home Around the World

Nikki Tate and Dani Tate-Stratton

A roof, a door, some windows, a floor. All houses have them, but not all houses are alike. Some have wings (airplane homes), some have wheels (Romany vardoes), some float; some are made

of straw, some of snow and ice. Some are enormous, some are tiny; some are permanent and some are temporary. But all are home. Take Shelter explores the way people live all over the world and beyond—from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from an underground house in Las Vegas to the International Space Station. Everywhere people live, they adapt to their surroundings and create unique environments, using innovative techniques to provide that most basic of needs: shelter.

Nikki Tate is the author of many books for children and teens, including Down to Earth in the Orca Footprints series. When she isn’t writing, she can be found caring for the many animals on her small farm, tending her garden or snuggling between her two dogs, reading. For more information, visit www.nikkitate.com.

Dani Tate-Stratton lives with her husband, mom and grandfather on a small urban farm near Victoria, British Columbia, where she is a graphic designer, writer, compulsive crafter and reluctant farmer. Take Shelter is her first book. For more information, visit www.danitatestratton.com.

Keywords: shelter, innovation, home, ingenuity, adaptation

Also by Nikki Tate

Down to Earth: How Kids Help Feed the World 9781459804234 · $19.95 hc 9781459804241 pdf ages 8–12

Orca Footprints

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Middle Readers

Mission interruptus.

October 20149781459806832

$9.95 pb6 x 7.5

192 pages9781459806849 pdf

9781459806856 epubages 8–11

Dirk Daring, Secret AgentHelaine Becker

When eleven-year-old Darren Dirkowitz’s evil stepbrother (code name: Waldo) gets hold of Darren’s tippity-top-secret spy journal, he threatens to expose it to the entire Preston Middle

School student body. Unless, that is, Darren starts doing his dirty work for him. Now Darren’s got to use the oh-so-cloak-and-daggery skills he’s honed in his secret alternate life as Dirk Daring, Secret Agent to spy on kids at school. Naturally, he also sets up a separate, sneaky surveillance program to unearth Waldo’s own secrets. As more and more ugly truths are exposed, new alliances are forged and old friendships broken. Can Darren learn to be true to himself and build real friendships for the first time in his life? Or will he retreat back into his exciting but imaginary shadow world?

Helaine Becker is the bestselling author of more than fifty books for children and young adults, including the “enduring Canadian Christmas classic” A Porcupine in a Pine Tree and the giggle-inducing Ode to Underwear. She’s also a three-time winner of the Silver Birch Award and a two-time winner of the Lane Anderson Award for Science Writing for Children. Helaine lives in Toronto with her husband and her dog, Ella. For more information, visit www.helainebecker.com.

Keywords: secret agent, spy, mystery, espionage, blackmail, teamwork, best friends

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Middle Readers

Dunces to the rescue!

October 20149781459805859$9.95 pb5 x 7.5192 pages9781459805866 pdf9781459805873 epubages 9–12

Dunces RockKate Jaimet

The Dunces—Josh, Magnolia, Wang and Wilmot—are back, and this time they’re going up against a formidable foe: Principal Hale, who has canceled their school’s drama and music program

just when Wilmot needs it most. He has a guitar (given to him by a teen named Headcase), but no teacher and nowhere to practice (his dad hates rock ’n’ roll). The Dunces’ plan to convince Principal Hale to reinstate the program involves Josh’s reluctant participation in a hockey team, Magnolia’s enthusiastic role-playing and Wang’s disillusionment with a suspicious character named Hui Bing (aka Larry). But can the Dunces really rock, even when they rebrand themselves as Uncle Willy and the Wang Dang Doodles?

Kate Jaimet developed an early taste for madcap plotlines due to childhood exposure to the novels of P.G. Wodehouse. Her batty characters are mainly based upon members of her own family. Kate enjoys limericks, yoga, clever repartee, kayaking and spending time with her two young daughters, except when they are trying to injure each other. Kate lives in Ottawa and for more information, visit www.katejaimet.com.

Keywords: music, drama, humor, friendship

Also by Kate Jaimet

Dunces Anonymous9781554690978 · $9.95 pb 9781554690985 pdf9781554694600 epubages 9–12

HoneycombPatricia McCowan

How can Nat create harmony when she doesn’t trust her own voice?

When Nat, her best friend Jess and singing-star wannabe Harper sing together, their harmo-nies bring down the house. For Nat, the experience sparks a driving new desire to perform.

But when the girls form a trio and enter a contest for a chance to play at the Tall Grass Music Festival, Nat finds that harmony—musical and otherwise—is hard to maintain. Her bandmates almost never agree, her new boyfriend starts behaving more like a non-boyfriend, and the trio’s famous-musician mentor doesn’t even like the way Nat breathes. Every day, Nat’s dream of performing at Tall Grass seems farther away, and she questions whether she has what it takes to get there.

Patricia McCowan originally wanted to be an actor. She took acting classes as a kid, was a drama-club nerd in high school and studied acting at the University of Winnipeg and the Banff Centre. After acting for a while (and then becoming a mom), she directed her creative energies to writing. Her short stories have appeared in YA anthologies, as well as in print and online magazines. Honeycomb is her first novel. Patricia lives in Toronto and Honeycomb is her first novel. For more information, visit www.patriciamccowan.com.

Keywords: singing, teamwork, competition, folk music

When all the world's a stage

An ongoing series of performing arts novels

“Orca Book Publishers’ new Limelights series takes readers backstage and into the lives of teens trying to make it in the performing arts…Given how many

kids dream of stardom, the Limelights series is sure to hold wide appeal.” —Quill & Quire

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9781459803848 epub

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Orca Limelights

September 20149781459805798

$9.95 pb4.75 x 7.25144 pages

9781459805804 pdf9781459805811 epub

ages 11–14

9781459804289 • $9.959781459804296 pdf9781459804302 epub

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9781459804319 • $9.959781459804326 pdf9781459804333 epub

www.orcalimelights.com

Junior Library Gui ld Selection

Junior Library Gui ld Selection

Starred Review in Bookl ist

Off PointeLeanne Lieberman

Camp Dance is all about taking risks.

When Meg’s summer ballet program is canceled and her ballet teacher suggests she attend Camp Dance to learn new dance styles, Meg is devastated. Worse still, her teacher thinks

she lacks stage presence and needs to connect more with her audience. At camp, Meg struggles to learn contemporary dance. A girl named Logan, who is jealous of Meg’s ballet technique and her friendship with Nio, a cute contemporary dancer, makes Meg’s life even more difficult. When Meg, Nio and Logan have to work together to create a piece for the final show, arguments threaten to ruin their dance. Unless they are able to overcome their differences, Meg’s time at Camp Dance will have been a disaster from start to finish.

Leanne Lieberman is the author of three YA novels: Gravity, The Book of Trees and Lauren Yanofsky Hates the Holocaust. Her fiction has been published in Descant, The New Quarterly, Fireweed, The Antigonish Review and other journals. These days Leanne only dances in her kitchen, but she still dreams from time to time that she’s dancing onstage. Leanne lives in Kingston, Ontario. For more information, visit www.leannelieberman.com.

Keywords: dance, insecurity, risk taking

Forcing the AceErin Thomas

Sometimes the real magic happens offstage.

A lex wants to enter the Silver Stage magic competition, but he needs a sponsor. Jack, a veteran card wizard, is willing to take on the role, but only if Alex agrees to team up with Zoe, another

young magician—and Alex’s rival. Working with Jack and sharing the spotlight with Zoe, Alex comes to see that there are other ways to be a magician besides competing—and that magic is about entertaining people, not fooling them.

Erin Thomas is the author of six books for young readers, two of which—Haze and Boarder Patrol—are part of the Orca Sports series. She has yet to perform a successful magic trick, although she’s working on a fancy card shuffle. She lives in Whitby, Ontario, with her family. For more infor-mation, visit www.erinthomas.ca.

Keywords: magic, competition, friendship

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Orca Limelights

September 20149781459802803$9.95 pb4.75 x 7.25136 pages9781459802810 pdf9781459802827 epubages 11–14

September 20149781459806450$9.95 pb4.75 x 7.25144 pages9781459806467 pdf9781459806290 epubages 11–14

7 NOVELSWRITTEN BY

7 BESTSELLINGAUTHORS

READ ONE. READ THEM ALL. YOU CHOOSE THE ORDER.

w w w. t h e s e v e n s e q u e l s . c o m Watch the trailer here!

THE SEVEN SEQUELS BUNDLE9781459808256 • $64.95 9781459808263 pdf 9781459808270 epub

ages 10+

7 linked stories published simultaneously10.01.2014

ALSO AVA ILABLEAS EBOOKS !

The bestselling Seven (the series) continues with The Seven Sequels! All seven authors from the original series will return October 1, 2014 with a second set of seven novels.

bring their signature writing styles to a series of adventures that take readers from the cobblestones of Cambridge to the beaches of Uruguay.

Who was David McLean?A loving grandfather?

A spy?Or a traitor? Eric Walters

John Wilson Ted Staunton Richard Scrimger Norah McClintock Sigmund Brouwer Shane Peacock

7 grandsons7 new missions

7 authors7 extraordinary

sequels

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The Seven Sequels

October 20149781459805439$10.95 pb5 x 7.5240 pages9781459805446 pdf9781459805453 epubages 10+

SleeperEric Walters

DJ wants it all: the car, the girl and the truth about his grandfather.

D J jets across the Atlantic to England to follow a series of obscure clues and symbols he hopes will reveal the truth about his grandfather. In London, he stays with Doris, the elderly woman he

climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with. Laid up with a broken ankle, Doris has her grandchild, Charlie, offer assistance. Charlie—short for Charlotte—is a beautiful model who is romantically (and secretly) linked to a member of the British Royal Family. Spies, guns, double agents, the Cambridge Five and a vintage E-Type Jag are a few of the things DJ and Charlie encounter on an adventure that makes climbing Kilimanjaro look like a walk in the park.

Eric Walters began writing in 1993 as a way to entice his grade-five students into becoming more interested in reading and writing. Since then, Eric has published over eighty books and won more than one hundred awards. Often his stories incorporate themes that reflect his background in education and social work and his commitment to humanitarian and social-justice issues. He speaks to over seventy thousand students per year, in schools throughout North America. Eric has three grown children and lives in Mississauga, Ontario, with his wife and two dogs. For more information, visit www.ericwalters.net.

Keywords: Cambridge Five, espionage, James Bond, England, adventure, romance

Also by Eric Walters

Between Heaven and Earth9781554699414 · $9.95 pb 9781554699421 pdf9781554699438 epubages 10+

“The rich setting and the thrilling details…will make readers yearn

for their own adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews for

Between Heaven and Earth, Eric’s novel in Seven (the series).

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Broken ArrowJohn Wilson

Nothing says “I love you” like plutonium.

S teve thinks he made the right choice turning down a snowy week with his cousins at a cabin in northern Ontario in favor of a relaxing (and perhaps romantic) time under the Spanish sun

with his friend, Laia. But when an email from his brother DJ arrives, implicating their grandfather in some shadowy international plots involving nuclear bombs, Steve and Laia immediately put aside all thoughts of a lazy, sun-drenched vacation. In a desperate attempt to find out if Steve’s grandfather was a Cold War-era spy, they crack mysterious codes, confront violent Russian mobsters, dodge spies, unearth a bomb and avoid nudists. But the more they uncover, the more Steve wonders: whose side was Grandpa really on?

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, John Wilson grew up on the Isle of Skye and outside Glasgow without the slightest idea that he would ever write books. After completing a degree in geology at St. Andrews University, he worked in Zimbabwe and Alberta before taking up writing full-time and moving to Lantzville on Vancouver Island in 1991. John is addicted to history and firmly believes that the past must have been just as exciting, confusing and complex to those who lived through it as our world is to us. He has written over forty books of fiction and nonfiction for kids, teens and adults, and has won or been shortlisted for many awards. For more information, visit www.johnwilsonauthor.com.

Keywords: Cold War, Spain, romance, adventure, espionage, nuclear bombs

October 20149781459805408

$10.95 pb5 x 7.5

256 pages9781459805415 pdf

9781459805422 epubages 10+

Also by John Wilson

Lost Cause 9781554699445 · $9.95 pb

9781554699452 pdf9781554699469 epub

ages 10+

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charm, beauty and history.” —Resource Links for Lost Cause,

John’s novel in Seven (the series).

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CodaTed Staunton

In the murky world of espionage, how can you tell who’s on your side?

When his brother Bunny vanishes from the Toronto City Hall skating rink, Spencer, a budding filmmaker, finds himself plunged into the stuff of movie thrillers: kidnapping, terrorists, intrigue,

a missing document, a world-famous pop star, disguises, romance and a rogue alligator. As he races the clock to save his brother, he must sort the real from the make-believe and unravel a murder mystery involving his grandfather. The last time Spencer got tangled up in an adventure from his grandfather’s past, he didn’t believe it was for real. Now he can’t get anyone to believe him when he says that Bunny has been kidnapped and that someone is going to die.

When he isn’t writing, Ted Staunton has a busy schedule as a speaker, workshop leader, story-teller and musical performer for children and adults. Ted is the author of numerous books for young readers of all ages, including Puddleman, the Morgan series and the acclaimed Hope Springs a Leak, which was shortlisted for both a Silver Birch Award and a Hackmatack Award. His most recent novel is the YA mystery thriller Who I’m Not. Ted lives in Port Hope, Ontario. For more information, visit www.tedstauntonbooks.com.

Keywords: humor, brothers, loyalty, espionage

October 20149781459805491$10.95 pb5 x 7.5224 pages9781459805507 pdf9781459805514 epubages 10+

Also by Ted Staunton

Jump Cut9781554699476 · $9.95 pb 9781554699483 pdf9781554699490 epubages 10+

“An entertaining story with a heart of gold.”

—Kirkus Reviews for Jump Cut, Ted’s novel in Seven (the series).

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The Wolf and MeRichard Scrimger

Life isn’t about making sense. It’s a gift, and you do your best with it.

Bunny is in trouble. He’s been kidnapped from the skating rink at City Hall in Toronto, and now he’s locked in a cold basement room, still in his parka and skates. Where is he? And why do his

kidnappers keep asking questions about his dead grandpa and some weird national anthem? Bunny may not always know what’s going on, but he has an innocent’s ability to get to the heart of things and find out what it’s all about. When he manages to escape, he skates across hockey rinks and down frozen highways, always a few strides ahead of his kidnappers. He gets help along the way from an assortment of characters—some kindly, some crazy, some scary and at least one that will make your jaw drop.

Richard Scrimger is the award-winning author of twenty books for children and adults. His middle-school novel The Nose from Jupiter won the Mr. Christie’s Book Award. His books have appeared on ALA’s Kids’ Picks list and on The Globe and Mail and ALA’s notable books lists and have been translated into almost a dozen languages (actually, eleven). Richard lives in Toronto, is the father of four, and is used to being laughed at. For more information, visit www.scrimger.ca.

Keywords: brothers, skating, friendship, loyalty

October 20149781459805316

$10.95 pb5 x 7.5

256 pages9781459805323 pdf

9781459805330 epubages 10+

The Seven Sequels

Also by Richard Scrimger

Ink Me 9781459800168 · $9.95 pb

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From the DeadNorah McClintock

The mean streets of Detroit hide a multitude of sins.

Rennie is in Uruguay when his cousins discover a secret cache at their dead grandfather’s cottage. Thousands of dollars in foreign currencies. A mystifying notebook. Multiple passports, some

obviously fake. A gun. A disguise. And a photo of some Nazis. Rennie’s mission: to find out whether there was more to the old man than anyone knew. Was he a spy? If he was, what did he do? And for whom? Did he help a Nazi war criminal escape justice? Rennie’s quest leads him to Argentina and then to Detroit, where he finds more questions than answers and more than one gun pointed—and fired—in his direction.

Norah McClintock writes mystery and crime fiction for young adult readers. She is the author of the Chloe and Levesque, Mike and Riel, Robyn Hunter, and Ryan Dooley series, as well as many stand-alone novels. Norah grew up in Montreal, Quebec, is a graduate of McGill University (in history, of all things) and lives in Toronto, Ontario. She is a five-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel. Her novels have been translated into sixteen languages. For more information, visit www.norahmcclintock.com.

Keywords: espionage, Nazi war crimes, Detroit, murder

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The Seven Sequels

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“A neat, suspenseful mystery tailor-made for young readers.” —Kirkus Reviews for Close to the Heel, Norah’s novel in Seven (the series).

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The Seven Sequels

Tin SoldierSigmund Brouwer

When things hit you out of nowhere, pick yourself up and pretend nothing happened.

J im Webb’s pursuit of the truth about his grandfather’s role in the Vietnam War puts him squarely in the sights of someone high up in the US military—someone who wants certain events from

that war left in the past. Webb goes on the run in the American Deep South with Lee, a Vietnam vet, trying to smoke out the man they call the Bogeyman by using Webb as bait. The Bogeyman may be powerful and smart, but Webb and Lee, with the help of a few of Lee’s old army buddies (and one motorcycle-riding girl), are ready to take him down.

Sigmund Brouwer is the bestselling author of nineteen novels and several series of children’s books, including titles in the Orca Echoes, Orca Currents and Orca Sports series, with over three million books in print in seven different languages. His 2012 novel, Devil’s Pass, was a finalist for the John Spray Mystery Award, a Red Maple nominee and a Kirkus Reviews Critics’ Pick. For more infor-mation, visit www.rockandroll-literacy.com. Sigmund and his family divide their time between his hometown of Red Deer, Alberta, and Nashville, Tennessee, where his Grammy-nominated wife is a singer and songwriter.

Keywords: honor, racism, Vietnam War, friendship, trust

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Double YouShane Peacock

Adam discovers the true meaning of “live and let die.”

When Adam Murphy learns that his late, revered grandfather, David McLean, hid a huge stash of foreign cash and fake passports in the family’s cottage, he is stunned. Was Grandpa really a

traitor, as some of the evidence suggests? And why was a loaded Walther PPK pistol hidden at the cottage? Determined to prove his grandfather’s innocence, Adam takes the famous James Bond gun and follows the clues to Bermuda, where he encounters danger, evidence of espionage, and an unusual girl named Angel Dahl. Desperate and on the run with Angel, pursued by a deadly operative, Adam races to other exotic locations, unsure if Angel is friend or foe, or if his grandfather was a hero or a villain. Three clues hold the dark secret of David McLean’s past—the letter W, a glass eye with a golden iris, and the haunting words of someone named Mr. Know.

Shane Peacock is a biographer, journalist, screenwriter and the author of more than a dozen books for young readers, including The Boy Sherlock Holmes series. His work has won many honors, and his novel, Becoming Holmes, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. Because Shane often writes about unusual subjects, his research methods have, at times, been out of the ordinary too; he has learned the arts of tight-rope walking, silent killing, trapeze flying and sumo eating, all in the service of his art. Shane and his wife, journalist Sophie Kneisel, live with their three children on a small farm near Cobourg, Ontario, where he continues to search for and imagine larger-than-life characters. In his spare time he enjoys playing hockey, reading, and sometimes even walking the wire. For more information, visit www.shanepeacock.ca.

Keywords: espionage, James Bond, loyalty, friendship, Cuban Missile Crisis

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"Readers can look forward to Richard Scrimger's sense of humour, Norah McClintock's sense of mystery, John Wilson's take on history, Shane Peacock's dark plotting, Eric Walters' character-building challenges, Ted Staunton's musicality, and Sigmund Brouwer's problem-solving strategies to enrich the tales. Definitely a series for all readers." —CanLit for Little Canadians blog

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YA Fiction

Two disappearances in one night.

Someone knows the truth.

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About That NightNorah McClintock

In the depths of winter, a woman wanders off in the snow. She is a popular former teacher and wife of a local policeman. A full-blown search begins.

Meanwhile, Derek is staying with his new girlfriend and her parents while his family is out of town. He can’t believe his luck—Jordie is the hottest girl in school, and he’s going out with her. When Ronan, school bad boy and Jordie’s ex-boyfriend, shows up, Jordie decides that maybe Derek isn’t the one after all. But before she can end it with him, Derek disappears. Did he run away? Or did some-thing happen to him? Is there a connection between the two disappearances? As Jordie slowly starts unraveling the truth, she finds that nothing about that night is as it seems. When she finds Derek’s body, suspicion falls on her. And then on Ronan. But Jordie knows she didn’t kill Derek. And she is sure Ronan didn’t. So who is responsible? And why was Derek marked for death?

Norah McClintock is a five-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel. Her books include Guilty, Taken and She Said/She Saw. Norah lives in Toronto, Ontario. For information, visit www.norahmcclintock.com.

Keywords: murder, small towns, rumor, suspicion, Alzheimer’s, love, loyalty, death

YA Fiction

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The Middle Ground

Zoe WhiTTall

Reading level: 4.2

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Themes: relationships, trust, literacy

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Missy Turner’s son has gone to summer camp for six weeks, leaving behind an empty house—

and a mother who realizes her only child will soon leave home. Missy heads for work, only

to learn that the hardware store is closing and she’s out of a job. Naturally upset, she returns

home—and walks in on her husband Dale making out with their next-door neighbor.

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son is growing up. Her husband is a beer-bellied cheater in sweatpants. Maybe her sister is right:

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Missy helps the thug escape and eventually agrees to join him on a road trip to New York.

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Orca Currents

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SiegeJacqueline Pearce

There’s more than one siege on this battlefield.

When Jason agrees to go camping with his cousin Sean, he doesn’t picture two weeks at a War of 1812 reenactment camp. But that’s where he ends up. The historically accurate camp

bans all trappings of modern life, like cell phones and electricity. Jason is not impressed, but they do get to fire muskets, and he secretly likes that, despite the general dorkiness of the camp. And then there’s the cute girl who works in the mess tent. And the sneaking around at night getting into trouble, which is fun—until Jason and his friends keep running into a camp counselor who is clearly up to no good. They resolve to find out exactly what the counselor is up to, but they may have taken on more than they can handle.

Unlike her protagonist, Jacqueline Pearce enjoys learning about history. The author of numerous books for young people, including Manga Touch in the Orca Currents series, Jacqueline lives in Burnaby, British Columbia. For more information, visit www.jacquelinepearce.ca.

Keywords: War of 1812, historical reenactment, history, adventure, muskets

The Big Apple EffectChristy Goerzen

Big city, big dreams and big drama for Maddie and her wacky mom.

A fter a lifetime of New Age “adventures” with her weirdo hippie mom, fifteen-year-old Maddie is realizing a lifelong dream and visiting New York City. Armed with her 130-item to-do list,

Maddie hits the streets of New York with her friend Anna and Anna’s brother, Thomas. Maddie drags her friends around on an epic quest for the ultimate art-show outfit, oblivious to the fact that they don’t share her passion for vintage clothing. Three days into the trip, a most unwelcome surprise—the arrival of Maddie’s mother—threatens to derail the entire adventure. As her mother’s obsession with dietary trends and fortune-tellers takes center stage, and everyone’s tempers get thin, Maddie has to face some ugly facts about how she’s been treating her friends.

The Big Apple Effect is Christy Goerzen’s second novel featuring Maddie and her crazy mom. In the first, Farmed Out, the two wreaked havoc at Anna’s family’s farm. Christy lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Keywords: New York, NYC, art, fashion, vintage clothing, comedy, hippies, friendship

AlibiKristin Butcher

What to do when all the suspects have an alibi?

F ifteen-year-old Christine is visiting her eccentric great-aunt in historic Witcombe, where a pickpocket has been victimizing tourists. Aunt Maude owns an antique store and also runs

the town’s ghost walk, which gives Christine the opportunity to meet local characters and visi-tors, including a mysterious young man who seems to know far too much about the crimes. When the pickpocket targets Aunt Maude’s store, Christine is determined to find out who is behind the thefts. Her search takes her through the nooks and crannies of the quaint town full of stories, and she unearths more than one surprise.

Kristin Butcher’s other Orca Currents titles have been featured on recommended-reading lists such as the PSLA Top 40 (Cheat) and YA Quick Picks nominee list (Caching In). Kristin lives in Campbell River, British Columbia. For more information, visit www.kristinbutcher.com.

Keywords: mystery, intrigue, small towns, antiques

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Hate MailMonique Polak

Sometimes silence is uglier than the cruelest words.

Jordie’s cousin Todd has moved back to Montreal and is attending Jordie’s high school. Todd has autism and requires an aide. Todd has not been welcomed in the school. He’s known as a

freak, and even other parents seem to resent Todd’s special needs. Jordie does everything he can to distance himself from his cousin, fearful of what his friends might think. When he learns that Todd’s whole family is buckling under the pressure of a hateful letter, Jordie starts to question his own behavior. But Todd’s resources are unique, and he soon finds a way to prove his worth to his peers and to the community at large. Inspired by real-life events, Hate Mail examines the transformative power of speaking out against prejudice.

Monique Polak has written several books in the Orca Currents series, including Pyro and 121 Express, an ALA popular paperback selection. Monique lives in Montreal, Quebec. For more information visit www.moniquepolak.com.

Keywords: autism, bullying, hate mail, depression, family

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Orca Soundings

Could things get any worse?

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The Way BackCarrie Mac

Colby Wyatt has had a rough year. Her dad disappeared, she doesn’t have a place to live, and she’s addicted to meth. Thankfully, her best friend Gigi’s grandma takes her in, and Colby helps

out with the family business, selling stolen goods in Gram’s pawnshop—stuff that Colby and Gigi along with Gigi’s brother Milo steal when they break into people’s houses, which Colby is pretty good at.

Now she’s pregnant. Colby doesn’t tell anyone who the dad is. Instead, she checks herself into rehab so she can get clean and figure out how to keep the baby. Though Colby isn’t sure how to make a family, she’s determined to make things work, and she’s sure she can save Gigi too. But sometimes, no matter how hard you wish for something, it just doesn’t come true.

Carrie Mac is the author of The Beckoners, Crush and Charmed. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. For information, visit www.carriemac.com.

Keywords: homelessness, crime, teen pregnancy, homosexuality, drug abuse, parenthood, family

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Picturebooks

Maybe innocence is never clear-cut.

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HomecomingDiane Dakers

F iona’s dad comes home after sixteen months and eight days in jail. Along with her mother and family friends, she awkwardly welcomes him home. Uncle David is there, because he picked Dad up

at jail. Dad’s best friend Simon, his wife May and neighbor Elisabeth are also at the house to greet Dad. He’s been away so long, it’s an uncomfortable reunion for Mom and Fiona, who have suffered finan-cially, emotionally and socially in his absence. Even the dog, Honey, isn’t sure about Fiona’s dad anymore.

Fiona’s dad was in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Or did he? Fiona thought she knew him. Believed he was innocent. But now that he’s home, her friends, her teachers, even her mom—everyone is treating him like a criminal. Guilty or not, Fiona’s father has ruined everything. When she starts getting lured into the darker side of life, she discovers who her father really is.

Diane Dakers is a freelance writer and journalist. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia. For infor-mation, visit www.dianedakers.com.

Keywords: crime, innocence, peer pressure, false accusations, sexual assault

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Orca Sports

There’s a shark in the waters of

Gulf Coast High.

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HardballSteven Barwin

Baseball season has begun for the Gulf Coast Sharks. As a senior, Griffin has college in his sights and plans to land himself a baseball scholarship. His determination causes him to turn a blind

eye to the hazing of new players by the team captain, Wade. But when Griffin senses that his cousin Carson is getting the brunt of Wade’s aggression, Griffin finally stands up to him. Soon after, steroids are found in Carson’s locker, and he’s kicked off the team. Can Griffin stop Wade’s reign of terror, prove his cousin’s innocence and still stay on track with his baseball dreams?

Steven Barwin is a middle school teacher in Toronto, Ontario. He is the author of Hurricane Heat in the Orca Sport series and several Lorimer Sports Stories novels, including Fadeaway, Rock Dogs, SK8ER and Icebreaker, which was chosen as a Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens selection. For more information, visit www.stevenbarwin.com.

Keywords: baseball, college, scholarship, steroid use, hazing, competition, Florida

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Picture this by Norah McClintockEthan lives in a foster home, struggling to put his life on the right track. Involved in a photography program for at-risk kids, he finds himself threatened again and again by someone who wants his camera. What does Ethan know? And what is on his camera that someone is willing to kill for?

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See No Evil by Diane Young

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Dorf has always lived by his personal motto: If it’s worth doing, do it. If it’s not worth doing, do it anyway. But now he’s in a new city, and the terrain has changed. He’s no longer free to skateboard where he wishes, school is hard, and he has the reputation as a freak. With daring stunts he gains the grudging respect of local trouble makers, but he needs to tap into a more elusive kind of courage to effect real change in his life.

Sewer Rats by Sigmund Brouwer Every Saturday Jim, Mickey and Lisa battle in paintball wars held in the city’s storm-drain system. The new kid, Carter, wants to join their club, the Sewer Rats. Lisa doesn’t want him in the club. She devises risky tests for him and puts him in the path of danger at every oppor-tunity. But the tunnels under the city are dangerous enough on their own.

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If It BleedsLinda L. Richards

N icole Charles didn’t go to journalism school to become a gossip columnist, but the job fell into her lap right out of school and her immigrant work ethic just won’t let her quit to find something

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The Artful GoddaughterMelodie Campbell

M ob goddaughter Gina Gallo stands to inherit two million bucks from her great-uncle Seb, a master forger. But there’s a catch: Uncle Seb wants Gina to make things right and return an extremely

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The Innocence DeviceWilliam Kowalski

T he year is 2147. Chago, twenty-four, is a prisoner in a world made up only of prisoners and those who guard them. The only bright spot in Chago’s life is his son, Jim-Jim, whose mother is a guard.

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The Boom RoomRick BlechtaWhen Detective Lieutenant Mervin Pratt is called in to assist at a murder scene at a popular downtown nightclub he discovers that the lead investigator is his rival Detective Gordon. Gordon sees it as an open-and-shut case. He has the suspect, motive and even the murder weapon. But Pratt is unwilling to jump to conclusions. “A quick and light read…The dilemmas that Pratt encounters are realistic.” —The Library of Pacific Tranquility blog

Juba GoodVicki DelanyRCMP Sergeant Ray Robertson has spent nearly a year serving with the United Nations in South Sudan. He can’t wait to get back home, back to policing a world he understands. But when a young woman—the fourth in three weeks—is found dead, Robertson fears that a serial killer is on the loose. It’s up to him and his Sudanese partner, John Deng, to find the killer before they can strike again.

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