Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Historical - Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)

Commended for the 2007 Canadian Children s Book Centre Choice Selection

It is Christmas 1912, and Charlotte McEwan is 15 years old. The coal-mining town of Extension, British Columbia, on Vancouver island has hit hard times. When the opportunity to work in a local dynamite factory presents itself, Charlotte braves the disapproval of her mother for the chance to bring in some extra cash and keep the vow she made to herself to get her family as far away from the mine as possible. But the job is more dangerous than she bargained for, and soon Charlotte is at risk in more...

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 other families.

Luc's father and the many other newcomers to the Fraser Valley have come to work in the lumber industry. Their new home still has vestiges of the wilderness, and Luc and his family find find pioneering life difficult, especially as French speakers in a world of English. Luc's father, who becomes a teamster in one of the many lumber mills, is...

A young couple leaves Japan for the coast of Canada, bringing a cherry seed to plant in their new garden. During the years that follow, the little cherry tree watches over the family as the couple have children, and then grandchildren. Young Naomi makes the cherry tree her special friend, and the tree's branches shelter her as she plays. But one day, war breaks out between the two countries, and the family is sent to an internment camp away from the coast. And though Naomi often dreams of going home, the dream fades as the years go by. The little tree is left behind to mourn its loss....

Get ready for another exciting Alex and Abigail adventure

The Golden Mace Mystery finds siblings Alexander and Abigail McPhee unraveling a riddle that begins with the theft of an important symbol for the newly formed Dominion of Canada: the parliamentary mace.

In March of 1868, Canada is not yet a year old-and the new government is dealing with many different interest groups, some of which would prefer to stay part of Great Britain...while others, such as the Fenians, have their own agenda.

Meanwhile, twelve-year-old Abby's curiosity is a constant trial for...