Breaking Trail is a sharply written adventure novel set in a little-known and still-wild part of North America.

After being kicked out of residential school, a Metis teenager must try to rediscover his people's old ways, face the officials who find him a threat, and learn the truth about his father's death.

Based on a true event about a young girl forced to flee from the Turkish army, this novel is set at the end of World War I, when the Assyrians of northwestern Persia became the targets of Turkey's attempts to expand.

Deep in the jungle, working as a virtual slave in a cocaine operation, twelve-year-old Diego realizes he must take a terrible risk if he ever wants to see his family again.

When their boat overturns on a whitewater rafting course, Amanda -- along with Philip, the class bully -- become separated from the rest of the class and nearly drown. Thus begins their week-long struggle for survival.

In this brillant and poetic novel, Brian Doyle returns to the Gatineau River, where a dam project places rocks, fossils, falls as well as many farms in danger.

Giller contender and Governor General's Award nominee brings her talent to a poignant and gently funny middle-grade novel about two maybe orphans and their unlikely friendship with a cranky old neighbor.

National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner Polly Horvath has written a rich and spirited book, filled with characters that readers will love and never forget.

A timely and gripping novel about four young migrants who seek safe haven in England and end up adrift in the English Channel.

Wise, moving, and filled with humor, this follow-up to the acclaimed My One Hundred Adventures by Newbery Honor author Polly Horvath illuminates the strange and complicated ways in which people become families.