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The Bains eBook Series

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  • Peril at Hell's Gate

    by Bill Freeman ...
    Series series The Bains
    Set in the 19th century against the rugged backdrop of the British Columbia Rockies and the building of Canada’s first transcontinental railway, teen siblings Kate and Robbie lead pack horses across treacherous mountain terrain to deliver supplies to workers building the transcontinental railroad. Along the way, they befriend Lee, a young Chinese labourer with his own secret reasons for working to ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Night of the Full Moon

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    Illustrated by Leslie Bowman ...
    Series series A Stepping Stone Book
    In the winter of 1840, the night of the full moon is approaching. Nothing will stop Libby Mitchell from visiting her best friend, Fawn, during a special ceremony at the nearby wigwam camp. But Libby’s adventure takes an unexpected turn when soldiers suddenly rush in. They order everyone at the camp, including Libby, to move off the land—immediately! With each passing day, the displaced people must ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Dear Canada: Footsteps In the Snow

    by Carol Matas ...
    Isobel thinks that she and her family will find their fortune in Canada. But Isobel's mother dies before they even cross the ocean, and other misfortunes follow their every step. Isobel's family and the other Selkirk Settlers, caught in the fur-trading rivalry between the Hudson's Bay Company, cannot even start to build when they do reach their destination. The harsh climate, and escalating ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Redcoats and Renegades

    by Barry McDivitt ...
    In the 1870s, a teenage thief from New York, in search of his show business mother, gets collared by a keen-eyed cop from Canada’s newly created national police force — the North West Mounted Police. Following the encounter, he unwillingly finds himself hired on, with a cantankerous wagon master, to accompany the Mounties on their 1874 expedition into Canada’s untamed and lawless west. The March ... Read more

    $9.79 CAD

  • Ransom's Mark

    A Story Based on the Life of the Young Pioneer Olive Oatman

    by Wendy Lawton ...
    Series series Daughters of the Faith Series
    When 13-year-old Olive Oatman's wagon train is raided by outlaw Yavapai Indians, she and her sister are captured. After enduring harsh treatment, they are ransomed by a band of Mohaves. Olive struggles to adjust to her new life, but finds comfort in her faith and in an unexpected friendship. When the time comes for her to return to the white world, she is afraid she will never fit in. But she ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • A Texas Cow Boy

    by Charles A. Siringo ...
    "A Texas Cow Boy" by Charles A. Siringo is a captivating memoir that chronicles the life of a cowboy in the American West. Siringo, who worked as a cattle driver, shares his vivid experiences and adventures on the open range. The book offers a unique glimpse into the rugged lifestyle of cowboys, detailing their daily routines, challenges, and the camaraderie among them. Through Siringo's engaging ... Read more

    $1.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy in the Picture

    The Craigellachie Kid and the Driving of the Last Spike

    by Ray Argyle ...
    Edward Mallandaine was there! To prove it he thrust himself into the historic photograph of the "Last Spike" being driven to mark the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Surrounded by the railway dignitaries of the time, his young face peers out amid their frosty beards.Edward had just turned eighteen when he left his home in Victoria, British Columbia, to join the Canadian militia to ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • Next Spring an Oriole

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    Series series A Stepping Stone Book
    A pioneer adventure perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series!On Libby Mitchell’s tenth birthday, she and her parents climb into a covered wagon and set off on a journey that takes them two months and a thousand miles. Their trip from Virginia to the deep woods of Michigan is hard, but it is exciting, too. And at its end lies their new home—a place that is rugged, wild, and ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Miranda's Last Stand

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    Miranda and her mama have always agreed about everything. So when Mama is offered a job with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show painting scenery, she and Miranda certainly agree that it is time to get out of Fort Lincoln, where they've been doing soldiers' laundry for as long as Miranda can remember.But while Miranda blossoms on the road--meeting Annie Oakley, making friends with an Indian girl, and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Rocky Mountain Kids

    by Linda Goyette ...
    Series series Courageous Kids
    With careful research and imagination, author Linda Goyette has created a collection of 25 stories based on the true stories of named children of the past and present.Too often the youngest Canadians are erased from our historical memory. Rocky Mountain Kids provides firstperson creative non-fiction narratives from the region's children, many of whom went on to be influential adults. In the style ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Jim Bowie

    by Robert Hollmann ...
    Series series Lone Star Legends
    He wrestled alligators, rode wild mustangs, and helped Texas win its independence. He was one of the most famous frontiersmen of his day, and became famous for the knife that still bears his name. Jim Bowie’s life ended defending the Alamo, but his legend lives on.Jim’s life sprawls from Louisiana to Texas in this rollicking adventure, as seen through the eyes of his faithful dog and friend Gator. ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD

  • The Bloody Country

    by James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier ...
    Fifteen-year-old Ben Buck and his family spent four years clearing the wilderness to build a new home in Pennsylvania. They fought the Indians and the British, and they made sacrifices most people wouldn't have been strong enough to make, all so they could be independent and free. Now someone's trying to take everything away from them—their land, their home, even Ben's best friend, Joe. But the ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

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