An Island of My Own

Forest of Reading Silver Birch Award — Shortlisted

Manitoba Young Readers’ Award — Shortlisted

Fifteen-year-old Rowan, whose parents are foreign correspondents working in Africa, finds herself beached for a summer with her cousins near Tofino, B.C. Desperate for a summer project, she camps out on a nearby island to watch an endangered group of sea otters, and stumbles across a real-estate agent whose plans threaten the animals and the whole island’s ecosystem.

Finders Keepers

Forest of Reading Silver Birch Award — Shortlisted

Violet Downey IODE Book Award — Shortlisted

Sheila A. Egoff Award for Children’s Literature — Shortlisted

While walking through a neighbourhood field, Danny finds an 8,000-year-old arrowhead. His friend Joshua, who lives on the Peigan reserve at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, joins him on buffalo hunts, powwows, archaeological digs, and a break-in at the local museum, while he and Danny learn about history and gain the self-confidence to overcome dyslexia.