A Blinding Light
It’s 1917 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The First World War is raging, and despite its distance from the conflict, the Halifax Harbour is bustling with activity. Anti-German prejudice is rampant, and though… Read More
Post-Confederation (1867-)
Adélaïde au couvent
English description follows. Après avoir embauché trois gouvernantes, le père d’Adélaïde, notaire à Québec, n’en peut plus : Adélaïde ira pensionnaire au couvent de Lamèque. Pour une jeune fille qui… Read More
Africville
English description follows.
Alors qu’une jeune fille visite le site historique d’Africville, à Halifax en Nouvelle-Écosse, elle se remémore les histoires qu’elle a entendues dans sa… Read More
Explosion Newsie
Share the adventure of a ten-year-old boy who must save the day by getting the news out after the city… Read More
Keeper of the Light
Eleven-year-old Sara must keep the lighthouse working when a storm strikes and a ship is wrecked… Read More
Prisoner of Warren
When his dad decides to hire a German prisoner-of-war to help out on their New Brunswick farm, thirteen-year-old Warren Webb is pretty sure the family is doomed. Who invites a Nazi to sleep under their roof?… Read More
Stormy Passage
Young Nate is enjoying his newfound freedom from school when he gets a job working on the steamship New York. But the work is hard, and the ship gets caught in the Saxby Gale of 1869. Will they ever… Read More
This is it, Lark Harnish
A historical middle-grade novel following a plucky thirteen-year-old hired girl in rural 1919 Nova Scotia, exploring grief and love, poverty and privilege, and family in all its forms, from the… Read More
