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Collecting Coconuts
“Great and terrible can mean the very same things. Yet, I now understand both.”
–KeibaSome people pray for rain. Others pray for it to go away.
Anne Lu’akanitz, Hawaiian and Jewish by blood, finds herself amidst both prayers in the Hurricane.
Will she find her family? Her friends? The science and plants she dearly loves amidst the island? Some people seek research. Some breathe it.
Haki Lindsgren, Swedish and American by blood, seeks both in the high tops of Aconcagua Mountain ranges amidst a snowstorm. He has a research partner, but where is she?
Will he find her? Will he finish his research? Or die trying?
How do they both fare?
“The trees quit dripping long enough to hear the silence.”
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The Defenders
Ruth, Beth and Caroline are triplets and thick as thieves. They lead a happy life with their mother, Isabelle, and their two older sisters Phyllis and Aggie. They know nothing of their father. Whenever the sisters ask all their mother ever says is he is gone. They are most definitely an odd family with deep dark hidden secrets. But like everyone they know of the mysterious heroes called The Defenders.
The triplets live in a small village called Rosewater that can be found in the land of Black Haven. This kingdom is ruled by a greedy and cruel monarch, King Robert II. He is known as the worst and most vicious ruler the kingdom has ever known. He taxed Black Haven into poverty and still he wanted more. So, he invaded budding kingdoms and did the same to them. The Defenders do their best to make Black Haven a better place. They steal tax money and give it back to the citizens, catch robbers, bandits, and murders all across the kingdom. No one knows who they are or what they look like. But that hasn’t stopped King Robert from putting a large handsome reward on their heads. The citizens don’t know who they are but even if they did, they wouldn’t turn in their only source of hope.
Finally, both The Defenders and King Robert have had enough. The Defenders have a plan to change everything. However, so does King Robert.
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The Good, The Bad, and The Random Times of Life
This is a book full of the poetry that I have written over the years. This started as something required for school but, eventually, I fell in love with it. I have learned that I can express how I feel through the words of poetry. Life has been hard, and writing has been the way to get through it.
In this book you will find both humorous and heartfelt poems. Some are drawn from my real-life experiences, while others are purely for fun.
I never imagined that something that was required for school would turn into something so much more – something that would make me fall in love with writing poetry. It has given me a way to escape real life and tell my story through it, a way to deal with my problems without having to talk to anyone and feel judged. I can be who I want, when I want, and no one can judge me for it.
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Diligently Screaming: A Mage Within
For 9,000 years, a great and terrible evil plagued the lands…
A boy charged with murder…
And a forbidden love…Luminous, a half-breed, finds himself thrown into a world of chaos and ruin, alienated by a world of prejudice in an age dominated by mages of immense power. Infatuated with an elven maiden, Aurora, she becomes his only light and shows him the true meaning of his existence.
When Tarethiel falls under attack, the Legacy Stone, a sacred jewel of untold power, suddenly vanishes. Now Luminous and Aurora must fight their way through traps, beasts, and a host of enemies in this ultimate race against time – the battle between good and evil.
Travel through a fabulous world of genuine beauty and experience a wide range of emotions as you read an enthralling tale of love, loss, and triumph. From feelings of excitement and affection to shock, fear, and yes, even joy, you’ll find yourself lost in the pages, laughing along while embarking on a splendid journey of hope and wonder.
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The Further Adventures of Jelly Bean
Join Jelly Bean in the continuation of her adventures as she seeks solutions to the challenges that confronted her in book 1. Michael, her oldest brother, has dropped out of school and joined the Marines, which usurps much of her parents’ attention. Kylie, the new girl in school, faces a medical emergency. And Jelly Bean is still forbidden from going to her best friend’s house. She has to decide how to deal with these dilemmas and more. Along the way she learns about love, death, pain, relationships, the difference between right and wrong and the value of friendship. See the world through the eyes of this forthright fourth-grader as she discovers two truths about life – that it is always complicated, and always changing.
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Thomas Sinclair Meets the Swamp Fox
A bevy of trouble is coming his way and it looks to be sooner, rather than later!
Little does Thomas know that taking on a job as a courier during a war would lead him into more danger and harrowing experiences than his 15-year-old self could ever imagine!
His questionable future looms ahead of him as a pistol in the hands of his guard jabs him squarely in the back. Who are these two ragtag men who forced him off the back of his horse, Ebony, over an hour ago? Why are they compelling him to trudge along this spongy path through the swamp to who knows where? While the stench and unidentifiable sounds from the marshland frighten him, he is more fearful of the destination. What if they are taking him to a British camp? He has a packet that could possibly seal his fate – a packet that probably has treasonable information! His plans to deliver it are now in peril, and possibly his life!
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The Sitka Adventure - Return to Yerba Buena
The fantastical journey continues for Elsu and the charming animal crew of Sitka, picking up where Book One’s cliffhanger conclusion left off. With Grandpa Liwanu’s storytelling still shrouded in mystery, the friends plunge into wild new escapades bursting with magic, time travel and ever-growing camaraderie.
Readers will meet endearing new characters like Morgan McCaw, a chatty parrot, while relationships within the storytelling clan shift in unexpected ways. Nail-biting sequences challenge the lovable creatures’ trust and teamwork. Through sprinklings of humor and fur-raising risks, the crew’s bonds are tested as they lean on heart and wisdom to navigate each trial.
From rollercoaster action to tender moments between our flawed but spirited heroes, Sitka’s next chapter delivers exhilarating twists sure to keep young readers guessing. Cheer on the loyal animals as they support each other through the ups and downs of dilemma and destiny.
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The Hex Chromosome
At age 13, Tina had resigned herself to being an only child. She is thrilled when her parents manage to adopt a Scottish orphan and bring her home to live with their small family in rural Ontario. Catriona is just a few months younger than Tina and seems like a perfect fit. Catriona is eager to assimilate in her new Canadian surroundings and learns to ski and swim, and quickly becomes part of a tight threesome along with Tina’s best friend Sophie. Tina’s universally disliked art teacher, Miss Plunk, and her amateur magician brother Irwin Plunk seem to take an unusually strong aversion to the orphan, and the feeling is reciprocated. Tina begins to sense that all is not completely normal with her adopted sister. She finds herself holding secrets from her parents as she and Sophie are introduced into a world of magic, adventure, and danger.
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The Golden Harp
Embark on an adventure that descends into a colossal natural pit, so vast it cradles a towering castle within its depths. Here, a young man, far from his own lands, encounters an elderly genius whose granddaughter has fallen prey to a villain’s scheme. The malevolent captor exploits her, using her enchanting harp music to mesmerize gold miners, compelling them to relinquish their precious finds from the caverns above. The grandfather, armed with an ingenious rescue plan, enlists the young man’s help to save her. Together, they venture into a world of danger and deceit, where music bewitches and courage becomes their greatest ally.
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The God Squad
Mathew Clarke and his brother had grown accustomed to the monsters only they could see, but confronting gods is proving to be a far graver challenge. The two ran away from home to shield their family from the menacing creatures, but a twist of fate sees them lose their magical protection. The duo soon find themselves caught in a celestial war over the fate of the gods.
Loathe to be pawns in divine schemes, they discover gods are as petty and flawed as humans. Just as the Clarke brothers find a safe place where they might fit in, their world is turned upside down again. The brothers are thrust into the complexity of good and evil, realizing life is full of shades of grey – until it isn’t. Facing an uncertain destiny, they must forge unlikely alliances, learn to trust their friends, and muster faith in themselves to protect each other and find a place to call home.
In this tale of courage and camaraderie, every choice they make tips the scale between peril and salvation, not just for them, but for humanity.
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The Funny Family Safari Adventure
Have you ever wondered how animals think and what goes through their minds? Just like humans learn from parents, teachers, and friends, many animal species pick up behaviors and knowledge from their packs and surroundings. Both humans and fellow species experience strong emotions.
This fun educational book for children and parents alike shares insights into how some animals perceive humans, based on a real-life safari adventure the author took years ago. While the human characters have been fictionalized, the animals featured existed and acted just as described. Their thoughts and behaviors conveyed are grounded in factual animal intelligence pulled from open-source media.
Join this illuminating expedition to find out what animals really think of people! The revealing perspectives will entertain readers young and old as we rediscover the wonders of the natural world.
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The CurE
In a pre-apocalyptic world, 17-year-old Calgary teen Julia Klassen is going nowhere … fast.
Suspended from high school for fighting, Julia is attending summer school to graduate, in addition to anger-management sessions and staying under the radar of Alberta’s governing right-wing party’s Gender Appropriation Division.
You would think that would be enough chaos in the teen’s life. However, a global terrorism attack on small-modular reactors by environmental group, Terra Nova, says otherwise. As nuclear facilities are compromised by a computer virus coined ‘The CurE’ in an attempt to reset the earth, Julia is pressed into action and rescues a bus load of passengers from explosions and earthquakes in the aftermath.
As thousands flee contamination zones, the teen decides it’s the perfect time to come out as being transfluid. Fortunately, the pun-loving, quirky Christian Klassens embrace the new Jules. But it isn’t until they find sanctuary at the Church of the Holy Creator in the Piikani Nation of Southern Alberta, however, that Jules gets a taste of true belonging and healing, with the help of Two-Spirit friend, Todd, and Rev. Erin Stillwater.
It isn’t long before Jules is once again forced into a maturity pressure cooker, as the Klassens join other ex-pats from Atlantic Canada on the Exodus Train in a resettlement lottery program. Along the way, the teen joins Todd and their little brother, Jake, in foiling poachers, rioters and their inner demons in this action-packed adventure that pits wits and will against extremism in the fight for humankind.
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