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  • Warbird

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    Etienne is called on an adventure in the new world… In 1647, ten-year-old Etienne yearns for a life of adventure far from his family farm in Quebec. He meets an orphan destined to apprentice among the Jesuits at Fort Sainte-Marie. Making the most impulsive decision of his life, Etienne replaces the orphan and paddles off with the voyageurs into the north country. At Sainte-Marie, Etienne must ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cherry Blossom Winter

    A Cherry Blossom Book

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    Series Book 2 - A Cherry Blossom Book
    After being outcast to a small community, 10-year-old Michiko’s life gets better when a former baseball star becomes her teacher. Second book in the Cherry Blossom Books series.Ten-year-old Michiko wants to be proud of her Japanese heritage but can’t be. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her family’s possessions are confiscated and they are forced into deprivation in a small, insular community. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Kid Soldier

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    2015 Rocky Mountain Book Award — ShortlistedA boy is thrown into the middle of history’s biggest war.Fatherless and penniless, fifteen-year-old Richard Fuller wants a bike, so Mr. Black, the baker hires him to help with deliveries. Mr. Black entertains him with army stories and teaches him Morse code. He invites Richard to attend the opening ceremonies of the local 1939 military camp. Infatuated ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Totem

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    Jonny must travel to the distant past to understand the present.As an orphaned white boy in a school full of Native students, fourteen-year-old Jonny Joe isn’t like any of the others at the island Redemption Residential School off the west coast. When the advances of Father Gregory disturb Jonny, he joins another boy in an escape to a mountain cave. But when they leave the cave, the world as they ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Until Niagara Falls

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    Finalist, Hamilton Literary AwardIs friendship supposed to feel like walking over the falls?Brenda is afraid of heights, being in the dark, and dog poop. Then she meets daring, rule-breaking Maureen and realizes their friendship is a bit like walking a tightrope — exciting but dangerous. Maureen encourages Brenda to use fire escapes, sleep outside in a tent, and walk through strange backyards ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Cherry Blossom 2-Book Bundle

    When the Cherry Blossoms Fell / Cherry Blossom Winter

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    Series series A Cherry Blossom Book
    This special bundle contains both of Jennifer Maruno’s Cherry Blossom novels about the internment of Japanese-Canadians, viewed through the eyes of nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa.Michiko bids her father goodbye before her birthday celebration. She doesn’t know the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of the province. Ten days later, her family joins hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • When the Cherry Blossoms Fell

    A Cherry Blossom Book

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    Series Book 1 - A Cherry Blossom Book
    Short-listed for the 2012 Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award and for the 2011 Hackmatack Children’s Choice AwardNine-year-old Michiko Minagawa bids her father good-bye before her birthday celebration. She doesn’t know the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of the province. Ten days later, her family joins hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a train to the interior of British ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Go-Between

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    Twelve-year-old Sumi, a Japanese Canadian girl living in Vancouver in 1926, takes her older sister's place working at Gibson's Landing so that Yoshi can go summer school to become a dressmaker. Dealing with unfamiliar customs and the racism of the time makes Sumi want to give up and go home, but as she becomes involved in supporting striking workers at the local factory, she finds new courage and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Momma's Going to March

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    Illustrated by Vivian Rosas ...
    We’re going to a peaceful protest because … Momma’s going to march!Momma’s Going to March follows several children over time as they accompany their mothers to different peaceful protest marches, where they advocate for the environment, freedom, equality, peace and clean water. They help make signs and banners, decorate wagons, carry flags and beat drums. Momma shows them that advocacy can be fun ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cherry Blossom Baseball

    A Cherry Blossom Book

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    Series Book 3 - A Cherry Blossom Book
    CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) — CommendedIs pretending to be someone else the only way Michiko can fit in?Michiko Minigawa’s life is nothing but a bad game of baseball. The Canadian government swung the bat once, knocking her family away from a Vancouver home base to an old farmhouse in the Kootenay Mountains. But when they move into town, the government swings the bat again, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Cherry Blossom 3-Book Bundle

    When the Cherry Blossoms Fell / Cherry Blossom Winter / Cherry Blossom Baseball

    by Jennifer Maruno ...
    Series series A Cherry Blossom Book
    Short-listed for the 2012 Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award and for the 2011 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award (When the Cherry Blossoms Fell)This special bundle contains all of Jennifer Maruno’s Cherry Blossom novels about the internment of Japanese-Canadians, viewed through the eyes of nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa.**Includes:When the Cherry Blossoms Fell**Nine-year-old Michiko bids ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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    John Ibbitson’s compelling novel tells the story of a talented young violin player who yearns to escape his rural home and discover his calling. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD