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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Friday flight Friday flight Colleen L. Reece When Juli, her best friend Shannon, and their friends and families go on vacation to British Columbia, they begin to suspect they are being followed by the cult leaders who caused them trouble in the… OL14848172W
The Other Side Of Paradise The Other Side Of Paradise Margaret Mayhew An epic love story under the shadow of warShe lived only for pleasure...until war forced her to find courage she did not know she had, and love where she least expected it. It is 1941, and while Brit… OL15174850W
The bone collector's son The bone collector's son Paul Yee In 1907 Vancouver, Canada, after helping unearth a skeleton to be returned for burial in China, fourteen-year-old Bing experiences strange events that cause him to confront his fear of both ghosts an… OL15860024W
Never knowing Never knowing Chevy Stevens Struggling with a need for closure, Sara Gallagher attempts to reconnect with her birth parents only to learn that her biological father is an infamous serial killer, a discovery that causes her to f… OL15901938W
Miss Smithers Miss Smithers Susan Juby Sixteen-year-old Alice MacLeod's life as an outcast begins to change when she experiments with being friends with different sorts of people, tries drinking alcohol and eating meat, and competes in th… OL15965078W
The gift The gift Mona Ingram Single mother Julie owns and runs a houseboat rental company in Sicamous, British Columbia. Quentin's largest client has tried to buy her property-- and plans to drive her out of business. Can a grow… OL16188937W
Outside The Line Outside The Line Christian Petersen Peter Ellis is a rookie probation officer in interior British Columbia when he gets saddled with a file that goes sideways. He’s not in the best headspace to start with, since his marriage broke down… OL17479210W
Travels with Gannon & Wyatt Travels with Gannon & Wyatt Patti Wheeler Gannon and Wyatt join an expedition into the Great Bear Rainforest in search of the mythical spirit bear, but when members of the expedition go missing, the brothers bravely set out on a search-and-r… OL17858853W
Once you break a knuckle Once you break a knuckle D. W. Wilson "In the remote Kootenay Valley in western Canada, good people sometimes do bad things. Two bullied adolescents sabotage a rope swing, resulting in another boy's death. A heartbroken young man chooses… OL17904244W
A cold white sun A cold white sun Vicki Delany 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 begi… OL18155137W
The Forest Lover The Forest Lover Susan Vreeland Before Georgia O'Keefe redefined the desert landscapes of New Mexico and Frida Kahlo revolutionized the art of self-portraiture, Emily Carr blazed a trail onto the early 20th century art scene with h… OL40356W
Alice Macleod, realist at last Alice Macleod, realist at last Susan Juby Sixteen-year-old Alice uses her screen-writing aspirations to help her get through a challenging period in her life after her boyfriend goes to Scotland, her mother is jailed for environmental activi… OL5714914W
Alice, I Think Alice, I Think Susan Juby 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." OL5714919W
The torn skirt The torn skirt Rebecca Godfrey "At Mt. Douglas (a.k.a. Mt. Drug) High, all the girls have feathered hair, and the sweet scent of Love's Baby Soft can't hide the musk of raw teenage anger, apathy, and desire. Sara Shaw is a girl fu… OL5962628W
Skye's the limit! Skye's the limit! Megan Elisabeth Shull Eleven-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 h… OL6026625W
Chasing the Moon Chasing the Moon Penny Chamberlain,Penny Chamberlain During the U.S. Prohibition of the 1920s, an illegal, one-way trade arose—in alcohol. Canadian brews flowed south, and American dollars flowed north, creating fortunes that can still be seen in Canad… OL8817380W