Our popular image of Mark Twain is of a gruff, gray-haired eccentric, the outspoken literary giant who created enduring novels such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. But once upon a time, Mark Twain was a boy named Samuel Clemens. His birth on November 30, 1835, coincided with the appearance of Halley’s comet, streaking across the sky. A dreamer, a prankster, a lover of great tales, Sam Clemens spent his boyhood years living out adventures on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.
Running is a fast-paced story about friendship, redemption, and the triumph of love. Louie and Paul come from very different worlds. Yet they have one thing in common -- tragedies have shattered their families. To bury their hurt, they run fast and relentlessly. A chance accident on the trails brings the two boys together, and an unlikely friendship grows. Joined by Annie, another loner who has secrets of her own, they form a threesome that runs like the wind in the hills above their town. But a disastrous attempt by Paul to join the school's cross country squad and an explosive encounter with their star runner turns the alliance upside down. Overcoming their anger and loneliness, the three find a way to become a team again -- and hatch an outrageous plot along the way
Laura's childhood has been a nightmare. Cruelty. Loss. Loneliness. She locks her feelings deep inside. But Laura is a survivor. She finds strength, courage and determination. She learns to drive a skidder. She survives in a tough world. She saves herself and her daughter from an abusive relationship. She elbows her way into managing a hay ranch. Frozen Tears is the story of a woman strong enough to beat all the odds. But is she strong enough to let herself feel again?
Gordy, let's go to Africa, " Ross suggests. Africa? Gordy's never been further than Reno! Can two British Columbia mail workers really make their way to Africa? And when they do, what will they find? Crocodiles and Rivers is the story of Ross and Gordy. One is black, one white. They work side by side at the mill. But they come from different worlds. Now they are in Africa. Everything is new. Everything is exciting. Will Ross find the home he is looking for? And for Gordy, this is the adventure of his life. What will he discover?
When the people of Toberly Bay, Newfoundland, first saw a blue Saab with B.C. plates and two city people in it driving down their main street, they didn't know what to make of it. The "city people", Don and Jan Sawyer, likewise knew nothing about Newfoundland, or Newfoundlanders. But there they were, ready to take up teaching positions in a remote Newfoundland outport community. In Tomorrow is School Don Sawyer shares his memories of the people of the outport, especially his imaginative, sometimes outspoken, students. It is the story of a dedicated young teacher who sparks an enthusiastic response from young people, tapping their creativity. Best of all, it's a vivid account of a part of Canada unknown to most Canadians. Tomorrow is School is a humorous, touching account of people of two very different cultures coming into contact, and of what each learns from the other.
Seventeen-year-old James, a.k.a. "Rooster" has a prophetic dream about suffocating under a mound of sharp white feathers. He decides not to go on the backcountry ski trip he had pllaned with his best friend and girlfriends. The two go without him and are killed in an avalanche. As he struggles to deal with his grief, Rooster embarks upon a spiritual journey. In the process, he comes to terms with his Aboriginal identity. His father, whom he never met, was Cree, and his mother is white.
This collection contains a harrowing tale of the later lives of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, two girls obsessed by a movie contemplating homicide, a couple doomed to rehearse their tragedy on the stage of a theatre for eternity, a dark little play about the relationship of leprechauns to cannibalism, the tale of Peter Rabbit told from the point of view of the very disturbed Mr McGregor, a third rate horror movie villain lamenting his life on a zombie island, the end of the observable universe, and more.
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