Raven is cunning, aggressive and whip-smart—she’s had to be to survive.She was taken in at a young age by the boss of a car-theft ring, who rescued her from a life of hell. For too long she’s believed she owes him everything and used her uncanny urban climbing skills to train young recruits for what she believes are victimless crimes. Until Raven discovers that his compassion for the kids he wrangles into the ring is just a front, and they are all merely tools of h...

In this sequel to Exposed, Raven is once again fighting for the underdog.When a desperate wave of teen suicides threatens to overwhelm her school, Raven does some digging and learns that all of the victims have one thing in common: issues with anxiety. With help from Team Retribution, Raven links the deaths to an unauthorized drug trial at a shady medical center. To find out more, she goes undercover, but things quickly get out of her control. Soon she's n...

Who is YOUR Anne? Join ten of Canada’s top young adult fiction writers as they set Canada’s favourite red-haired orphan, Anne Shirley, on brand new adventures. With its futuristic settings, cybernetic beings, ghosts, mysterious books and boxes, and racial and sexual diversity in its cast of characters, The ANNEthology offers serious “scope for the imagination” for all readers. 2024 marks the 150th anniversary of L.M. Montgomery’s birth and the 30th anniversary of Acorn Press, Prince Edward...

Mittens and Boots have nothing in common. Nada. Zilch. Okay, maybe they live in the same house, but sharing is NOT in their vocabulary. They each have their own food bowls, bathing rituals, and bad habits. And they like it that way. Life is glorious until IT arrives, replacing their usual cozy armchairs. The loveseat. PAW-lease. This wasn’t love. It was revenge. Plain and simple. Payback from their humans for the litter box situation. It really wasn’t good. Soon, it’s two cantankerous cats...

ONCE UPON: A FAIRYTALE ALPHABET is a whimsical introduction to fairytale and folklore tropes, characters, and vocabulary.Readers of all ages will enjoy making connections to their favourite tales of old through humour-laden text and vibrant illustrations. From poison apples, birthday dragons, sketchy forests, and clueless huntsmen...this alphabet book functions like a fractured fairy tale, heralding one letter of the alphabet at a time.Your quest begins the moment you start...

Learn the basics of brush lettering, the joys of happy mail and envelope art, as well as creative lettering projects YOU can do in this hands-on, project-filled guide to modern calligraphy.This book can be used to guide individual progress, but also functions well as a family-friendly, let's-create-something-super-cool-tonight activity book. All projects are broken down step-by-step with accompanying photographs. I selected each project for its easy-to-do value and practical use po...

Nolan Byrd single-handedly saved his school from the bullydom of Alvin “Bubba” Bixby. He posted proof of Bubba’s exploits on the Web at Shredderman.com. Now Shredderman is the school hero! But since Shredderman’s identity is a secret, everyone still treats Nolan like . . . a nerd.But inside this nerd beats a superhero’s heart—one dedicated to truth and justice. So when a vandal spray-paints graffiti around town—and even on his teacher’s van!—Nolan decides that tracking down the tag...

For the first time in a chapter-book format, Newbery Medal winner Beverly Cleary’s twin characters, Jimmy and Janet, will charm young children with their humorous adventures.Jimmy and Janet are twins, but that doesn't mean they are just alike.When we first meet Jimmy, he wants to dig a real hole. He likes to use a real, grown-up shovel. While he's working, his sister, Janet, pretends to be a bird! She likes to use her imagination. But the twins both like silly jokes, new bo...

Two years ago, Josie Smith’s life went up in smoke.Literally. Everyone and everything she ever loved burned in a fire—one set by a crooked cop. To survive, Josie’s been living under the radar as a homeless kid while trying to find a way to knock the cop down a few notches and put her on the other side of the prison bars. But time’s running out. A pimp’s got his eye on Josie, and if she doesn’t get off the streets soon, she’ll be the one brought down. Her salvation ...

Josie's friend Amanda is missing.But because she's a runaway with a history of drug use and other risky behavior, no one seems to care. Clem, the owner of the community kitchen in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside where Josie works in exchange for food, advises her to just leave well enough alone. Then a young man whose friend is also missing asks her for help. Josie learns that she, along with the other teens who helped her bring down the cop responsible for the death...

Arly Graber didn't run away from home. Home ran away from her. Fifteen-year-old Arly is accustomed to her mother's occasional absences, brought about by her addictive lifestyle. This time, however, her mother doesn't return, leaving Arly without a permanent home. Arly is conflicted between loyalty to her mother and anger for being pressed into a life of deceit in order to survive. She finds occasional reprieve in the care of her next door neighbor Cheryl, but the relief is temporary since Che...

Cubby, a mischievous lion cub , disobeys his mother and gets in to trouble by climbing a tree. His fear of getting down causes commotion among all animals, some of whom agrees to help to bring Cubby down but with a price which Cubby's mom would not risk and accept for her baby's safety.How in the end Mr. Fox comes to the rescue with his brilliant plan using the help of Mr. Giraffe to bring Cubby down is worth reading. A valuable lesson about the wisdom of parents is learnt by Cubby.