Hi-lo, History, Biography, & Mystery
Young Adult Historical Fiction
The Golden Rose: It is 1862 when Katherine, 14, arrives in BC with her English family to start a farm. The problem? They know nothing of farming.
Living Freight: Orphaned at 13, Emma is sent from England to BC in the hold of a brideship in 1862. All she wants is to be free.
Taking the Reins: Katherine and Emma meet when Katherine is forced to sell her horse to feed her family over winter. The two girls dislike one another from the start.
Early Chapter Book:
Sea Dog: Seven year old Kyle rescues a half-drowned dog from the sea. He names her Treasure and nurses her back to life. But then Cap'n Bob shows up and claims the dog fell off his boat in a storm. He insists Treasure belongs to him, and her name is Otter.
Orca Currents and Soundings
Short, page-turner novels for teens:
Crossbow; young teens
Spoiled Rotten; young teens
No Problem; older teens
Middle Reader Mysteries:
Mystery from History, Alberta Alibi, Barkerville Gold, Something Suspicious in Saskatchewan:
On an RV trip across Canada, cousins Katie and Rusty, and Katie's best friend Sheila, keep stumbling across mysteries that need their help to solve.
Canadian Biographies:
Birute Galdikas, Friend of the Orangutan
Catriona Le May Doan, Fastest Woman on Ice
Two short biographies of remarkable Canadian women from Pearson Educational Publishing.
Miscellaneous Books:
The Case of the Belly-Up Fish
Night of the Aliens
Alien Rescue
The Mystery at Eagle Lake/ Le Secret du Lac a L-Aigle
A Sea Lion Called Salena
Fiction for Adult Readers
Books of Crime and Intrigue
Disappearing Act: Easy to read crime fiction, available at Orca Book Publishers.
Woman in the Glass; Crime fiction, e-book, Write Words