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Books from Vancouver Island, in BC.
Rundown

Rundown

A Pratt & Ellis Mystery
by Rick Blechta
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : police procedural, crime, suspense

Toronto homicide detectives Pratt and Ellis are brought in to investigate a series of hit-and-runs.

Someone seems to be trying to kill random people using stolen cars. The detectives try to find any connections between the victims that might indicate something else at work. What they discover is beyond their wildest imagining.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to …

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River Traffic

River Traffic

by Martha Brack Martin
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : thrillers & suspense

Sixteen-year-old Tom LeFave is trying to hold his world together.

Tom's family's marina is struggling. His dad is full of secrets. And the quarterback of the football team hates his guts. When a huge yacht docks at Tom's marina, things look brighter, especially when he meets Kat, the daughter of the boat's owner. Kat and Tom share a love of rum-running history. It's not long, however, before Tom starts to realize there's something more than history happening on the river. And if Tom can't figure …

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The Seven Sequels Boxed Set

The Seven Sequels Boxed Set

edited by Orca Book Publishers
tagged : mysteries & detective stories

The bestselling Seven (the series) continues with The Seven Sequels! All seven authors from the original series return with a second set of seven novels. Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock bring their signature writing styles to a series of adventures that take readers from the cobblestones of Cambridge to the beaches of Uruguay.
These linked YA novels can be read in any order. Discover all 7 books in this beautiful box …

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The Shane Peacock Seven 2-Pack

The Shane Peacock Seven 2-Pack

by Shane Peacock
tagged : europe, friendship

This two-book set features Shane Peacock's Last Message from Seven (the series) and Double You (The Seven Sequels). In Last Message, Adam finds out his grandfather's will requires him to go on a mission to France. When he gets there he has not one but three near-impossible tasks to fulfill. Life is no less complicated for Adam in Double You, which takes him (and a Walther PPK) to Bermuda, where he encounters danger, evidence of espionage and an unusual girl named Angel.
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Shatterproof

Shatterproof

by Jocelyn Shipley
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : law & crime, special needs, non-classifiable

Thirteen-year-old Nate needs a break from looking after his newly disabled mom.

One day when Nate's mom thinks he's at a cross-country meet, he goes to the mall with a friend he's forbidden to have contact with. At the skate shop he sees a new board he can't afford but has to have, and Nate gets talked into running a scam. It turns out Nate looks a lot like a teen TV star filming in the area. So he and his buddy get girls to pay cash to be extras on set. It's all fine until Nate meets a girl he r …

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Slide

Slide

by Norah McClintock
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : mysteries & detective stories, winter sports, multigenerational

When Rennie's dad, the Major, goes overseas on assignment, he enlists his mother-in-law to babysit Rennie. Babysit! A guy who's about to turn fifteen! But Grandma is no surrogate drill sergeant. She has fun on her mind. That means ditching school and heading to avalanche country for a surprise ski trip. Nothing can ruin Rennie's vacation, not the lodge owner, who turns out to be Grandma's geriatric long-ago boyfriend, not the annoying backcountry guide or the crooked park ranger or the pushy bus …

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Slide

Slide

by Norah McClintock
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : mysteries & detective stories, winter sports, multigenerational

When Rennie's dad, the Major, goes overseas on assignment, he enlists his mother-in-law to babysit Rennie. Babysit! A guy who's about to turn fifteen! But Grandma is no surrogate drill sergeant. She has fun on her mind. That means ditching school and heading to avalanche country for a surprise ski trip. Nothing can ruin Rennie's vacation, not the lodge owner, who turns out to be Grandma's geriatric long-ago boyfriend, not the annoying backcountry guide or the crooked park ranger or the pushy bus …

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Speed

Speed

by Ted Staunton
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : military & wars, humorous stories, camping & outdoor activities

How can you liven up a boring camping trip with your grandpa and your younger brother? Spencer has the answer: lose the new cell phone you weren't supposed to bring with you. Add a War of 1812 reenactment, a student film crew, an old flame of Grandpa's, Laura Secord's cowbell and a larcenous hardcore history buff, and you get a weekend that gives Spencer his first taste of independence and maybe a glimpse of his future, by way of the past.

In this funny prequel to Jump Cut and Coda, the goofy and …

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