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Dills can't talk about the day the shooter came into the school library and opened fire. The memories are too raw. He certainly can't share that the shooter is his stepdad, Jesse. And Dills definitely can't tell anyone that Jesse has always been his favourite person on earth, that he can hear Jesse in his mind, and that he still loves him.

For as long as 13-year-old Paige Morrow can remember, the tree fort in thegiant oak near her cottage in Ontario's Muskoka has been her sanctuary. Now everything is changing. It's the summer of 1971, and she and her little brother, Toby, have been at their cottage with their mother since school let out. But this year, Paige feels more alone than ever. Her father has stopped coming up from the city on weekends, while her mother buries herself in...

In this sweeping family saga and sequel to Johnston's bestselling Matrons and Madams, nurse Clara Durling works to bring humanity to those living at the margins of society.

The current conflict in Afghanistan is not about Western intervention, but part of a hundred-year war over the issues of modernity, secularism, and the centralization of power.

While researching her great-great grandfather on a trip to India, Sharifa stumbles upon family secrets and must face the indelible mark they've left on her life.

The lines in the sand become blurred as Sesha comes to know and respect the Hyksos, and she wonders what she can do to prevent them from going to war with her people.

These are collections of Mike Filey's best work from his popular and long-running Toronto Sun column, "The Way We Were.

Unknown Warriors presents compelling stories of bravery, cowardice, death, friendship, sex and treachery. They are recounted in moving detail, allowing the reader to experience the anger, fear and frustration of fighting in Vietnam.

Along the way, he met and became friends with international stars and promising beginners on their way to stardom. In Whittaker's Theatricals, he shares some memories from personal encounters and draws on historical records to demonstrate Canada's long connection to world-class theatre.

In an easy, conversational style, four leading Canadian poets talk about the teaching and creation of poetry, using examples from their own and students' work. The four authors discuss the evolution of a poem, including the development of poetic ideas, and the use of imagery and sound.

Once again Keith was following older brother Don, as he had all his life - but this time it was to a dangerous rendezvous in Colombia. Leaving the Ottawa Valley farm for the poverty and violence of Bogota, Keith gains a new perspective on his life, his home and country, and their roles in the world.

Children of two generations live with the reality of nuclear weapons: Sadako, a Japanese girl who was living in Hiroshima at the time the atomic bomb was dropped, and Buddy, a twelve-year-old Canadian boy who is obsessed with the present-day nuclear threat.

In The Haunted Castle a ghost called Gus, who haunts King Krispen's castle, assists Princess Laurinda and Jamie, the page, in proving the phoniness of villiany of Cadwallader and his Aunt Chatter. In Robena's Rose-Coloured Glasses the villianous Z.B. Squintee wants to make Robena's magical rose-coloured glasses.

Let's Hear it for Christmas is about Perry Penguin who works with his friends to teach North Pole Noise Control Officer, Z.B. Snappish that sharing is fun The Naciwonki Cap is about a cap supplied by a friend puppet, Solvitt Simply to help his friends solve some difficult problems created by Clarence Clackett.

Written by one of the founders of Theatre of Action, Stage Left is a moving theatrical and social memoir which documents for the first time this most unique of Canadian theatrical episodes.

At the age of 80, Evangeline is uprooted from her beloved Acadia and sent to Montreal to live with her son and daughter-in-law. One day, she encounters three other 'exiles' and confessions, revelations, and personal entanglements ensue.

If Lutiapik is a life-affirming story of humour and strength, it is also a shocking book that reveals the ravages of disease brought by the white man to the Eskimo world. It reveals too the pathetic shortcomings of measures only half taken to correct the situation, as official apathy and bureaucratic indifference persists.

A psychic medium who can speak to the dead and a writer who loves a good ghost story explore Edmonton's haunted locations to enrich the city's history.

Dr. Shawn Jennings shares his experiences in the struggle for recovery and acceptance of his new life after suffering a brain stem stroke.

Eleven authorities on the constitutional monarchy in Canada discuss how this historic institution, inherited from the United Kingdom and shared with 14 other countries, will change after the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II comes to a close. They consider the succession to the throne, Indigenous Peoples, and Canadian political culture.