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Books from Vancouver Island, in BC.
At the Edge of the World

At the Edge of the World

by Kari Jones
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : friendship, water sports, drugs, alcohol, substance abuse

Maddie and Ivan have been friends forever. They go to school together, surf, party, and hang out all the time. Ivan eats at Maddie's house almost every day. But all is not well in Ivan's world, and as control of his life slips farther away from him, Maddie agonises over her role in his life. Ivan fears the fallout if the people in his community discover what he's been hiding, but Maddie thinks telling his secret will help him. As Maddie struggles to figure out her own post-high-school path, she …

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At the Edge of the World

At the Edge of the World

by Kari Jones
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : drugs, alcohol, substance abuse, friendship, water sports

Maddie and Ivan have been friends forever. They go to school together, surf, party, and hang out all the time. Ivan eats at Maddie's house almost every day. But all is not well in Ivan's world, and as control of his life slips farther away from him, Maddie agonises over her role in his life. Ivan fears the fallout if the people in his community discover what he's been hiding, but Maddie thinks telling his secret will help him. As Maddie struggles to figure out her own post-high-school path, she …

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Barracuda

Barracuda

by Sigmund Brouwer
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : mysteries & detective stories, multigenerational, water sports

Fishing for barracuda from a kayak in the Florida Keys. That's what Jim Webb thinks this resort vacation with his grandfather should be about. Except the dying resort owner holds the key to legend about a generations-old crime. A crime that is worth way too much to those who want the legend to be true. Webb soon discovers that what lurks in the sun, sand and shallow waters of the Keys is much more dangerous than a slashing game fish. And along the way, he learns an important truth about himself …

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Billboard Express

Billboard Express

by Sigmund Brouwer & Cindy Morgan
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : values & virtues, music, non-classifiable

Elle has come to Nashville to become a star.

She has what it takes, but her agent and all the label executives want to change everything about her—her hair, her body, her clothes and, most important, her music. So Elle becomes a blond, sings about cookin' for her man and wears tiny shorts and revealing tank tops. Then a chance meeting with an established female songwriter makes Elle realize that she's paying too high a price for success. Billboard Express continues the story that began in Rock …

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Billboard Express

Billboard Express

by Sigmund Brouwer & Cindy Morgan
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : values & virtues, music, non-classifiable

Elle has come to Nashville to become a star.

She has what it takes, but her agent and all the label executives want to change everything about her—her hair, her body, her clothes and, most important, her music. So Elle becomes a blond, sings about cookin' for her man and wears tiny shorts and revealing tank tops. Then a chance meeting with an established female songwriter makes Elle realize that she's paying too high a price for success. Billboard Express continues the story that began in Rock …

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Blackberry Juice

Blackberry Juice

by Sara Cassidy, illustrated by Helen Flook
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook Audiobook
tagged : farm & ranch life, new experience, farm animals

After moving into their new home, a keeling-over farmhouse in the country, nine-year-old Cyrus and his brother, Rudy, have trouble adjusting to all the changes.

The fresh-from-the-farm egg yolks are blindingly yellow. The eccentric girl next door has a very unusual sense of style. And Rumpley, a donkey they inherited with the farmhouse, doesn't even know how to bray. Nothing about the country feels warm or familiar. But when Cyrus is stranded one evening by the tide, he finds his lifeline in an u …

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Blackberry Juice

Blackberry Juice

by Sara Cassidy, illustrated by Helen Flook
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : farm & ranch life, new experience, farm animals

After moving into their new home, a keeling-over farmhouse in the country, nine-year-old Cyrus and his brother, Rudy, have trouble adjusting to all the changes.

The fresh-from-the-farm egg yolks are blindingly yellow. The eccentric girl next door has a very unusual sense of style. And Rumpley, a donkey they inherited with the farmhouse, doesn't even know how to bray. Nothing about the country feels warm or familiar. But when Cyrus is stranded one evening by the tide, he finds his lifeline in an u …

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Dancing in the Rain

Dancing in the Rain

by Shelley Hrdlitschka
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : adoption, death & dying

While struggling with the death of her beloved adoptive mother, sixteen-year-old Brenna reconnects with members of her biological family, hoping to discover why her biological mother broke off contact many years earlier.

At the same time, she is falling in love with Ryan, who provides support while she grieves but has to leave her when she needs him most. Despite powerful feelings of abandonment, Brenna realizes that getting strong physically and focusing on the needs of others might just help h …

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