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Ann and Seamus by Kevin Major Synopsis In 1828, off the Newfoundland fishing village of Isle aux Morts, Ann Harvey, her father, and her younger brother came upon the wreck of the Despatch, an Irish immigrant ship originally destined for Quebec City. In thick fog and fierce wind it had run... (read more) Your price: $16.25 New - Hardcover 
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Billy Green Saves the Day by Ben Guyatt Publisher Comments When the War of 1812 breaks out between the British in Canada and the United States, eighteen-year-old Billy Green is an expert woodsman with romantic ideas of combat. Struggling with his father's ideals and with his attraction to Sarah, the daughterof... (read more) List Price $10.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Loup Garou by Berthe Amoss Synopsis Based on the actual expulsion of French Acadians from Nova Scotia in the eighteenth century, The Loup Garou recounts the adventures of Robert and his two friends, Louis and Little Otter, as the English try to force them from their homes. Having been... (read more) Your price: $13.25 New - Trade Paper
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Lightning & Blackberries by Joanne K. Jefferson Publisher Comments Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Evans is the privileged and naive only child of prominent New Englanders, part of a group of Planters who settled in Nova Scotia following the deportation of the Acadian people. As a teenager, she is leading a carefree life... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bridget's Black '47 by Dorothy Perkyns Publisher Comments Bridget Quinlan is a spirited 13-year-old when the Irish potato famine of the 1840s shatters her life. Although her home is a hovel with few possessions, her family survives as long as her father can grow a good crop of potatoes on his small piece of... (read more) Your price: $12.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Way Lies North by Jean Rae Baxter Publisher Comments This young adult historical novel focuses on Charlotte and her family, Loyalists who are forced to flee their home in the Mohawk Valley as a result of the violence of the 'Sons of Liberty' during the American Revolution. At the beginning, fifteen-year... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hangman in the Mirror by Kate Cayley PW Review "Playwright Cayley's debut novel is a tense slow burning story, skillfully constructed around a true historical event. Set in poverty and disease-ridden Montreal in 1751, the story centers on the life of Françoise Laurent who, after being arrested at... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Timber Wolf by Caroline Pignat Publisher Comments The third book in the series follows the adventures of Jack Byrne, brother of Kit, as he seeks independence from his sister in the lumber camps. Jack works as a cook's helper but is always yearning for the glory of working with the loggers. Full of... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hungry Year by Connie Brummel Crook Publisher Comments " 2002 OLA Silverbirch Award Nominee" Twelve-year-old Kate has always had to be more responsible than other girls her age. Since her mother_s death and her family's flight to Canada, Kate's father has relied on her to keep house and look after her... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Secret of the Stone Circle (From Many Peoples) by Judith Silverthorne Publisher Comments Twelve-year-old Emily wants to trace her family's roots and get to know her father, David, again. She even wonders if she can help her parents get back together. Something leads her to take along a 700-year-old mirror, inherited from her grandmother. A... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Little Snowbird by Charles O. Goulet Publisher Comments A young adult historical novel--the adventures a young Metis woman who becomes the Governor of British Columbia's wife.... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Flight by Connie Brummel Crook Publisher Comments George Waltermyer is left behind to care for the family farm while his mother and six brothers and sisters go to New York to find their father, Hans Waltermyer. He has been leading dangerous missions for the British as the American Revolutionary War... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Billy Green Saves the Day by Ben Guyatt Publisher Comments Billy Green finds himself in the middle of a battle in the War of 1812, and must warn the British troops of a secret American encampment near Burlington Heights before it is too late.... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $7.98 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Broken Trail by Jean Rae Baxter Publisher Comments Fiction. Young Adult Novel. Native American Studies. BROKEN TRAIL is the story a thirteen-year-old white boy, the son of United Empire Loyalists, who has been captured and adopted by the Oneida people. Striving to find his vision oki that will guide him... (read more) Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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Acts of Courage: Laura Secord and the War of 1812 by Connie Brummel Crook Publisher Comments In Acts of Courage, Connie Brummel Crook dramatizes the life of one of Canada's most enduring heroines, Laura Secord. From young Laura Ingersoll's early days in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, amidst the turmoil that followed the American Revolutionary... (read more) Available July 1, 2012 Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Perilous Year by Connie Brummel Crook Publisher Comments The Hungry Year is long past, and to Alex and Ryan, the winter they and their elder sister Kate nearly died is no more than a dim memory and a family story. They're nearly men now - twelve years old and ready for more than the backbreaking chores Father... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Canadian Flyer Adventures #13: Stop That Stagecoach! by Frieda Wishinsky Synopsis Emily and Matt have seen the movies, they've read the books, and they've learned in school what pioneer life was like — but nothing could have prepared them for the journey they are about to take. The key is the antique Canadian Flyer sled they... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Other Elizabeth by Karleen Bradford Publisher Comments It happened one hundred years ago it happened today It was a lovely day in June. Elizabeth was enjoying a visit to Upper CanadaVillage with her Grade Seven class when a strange compulsion urged her toward Cook 's Tavern. Curious, she walked into the old... (read more) Your price: $9.99 New - Trade Paper
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Adventure in Acadia by Robert Macdonald Publisher Comments A story of friendship between an Acadian girl and a First Nations girl.... (read more) Your price: $20.95 New - Trade Paper
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Bridget's Black '47 by Dorothy Perkyns Publisher Comments Bridget Quinlan is a spirited 13-year-old when the Irish potato famine of the 1840s shatters her life. Although her home is a hovel with few possessions, her family survives as long as her father can grow a good crop of potatoes on his small piece of... (read more) List Price $10.39 Your price: $9.22 Google eBooks - Electronic
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