All The Way Home

No Small Thing, Natale Ghent's sensitive novel of a boy and his search for love and identity, wowed critics, prize juries and young readers alike. Now All the Way Home picks up whereNo Small Thing ended, with another compelling story of Nat, his family and Smokey, their pony.    Nat's mom has sold their house so the family wil have enough money to board Smokey at a nearby stable. Although Nat's overjoyed about keeping Smokey, he’s not too sure if the new apartment is going to be like a real home. The move has brought a lot of changes, with Nat’s big sister, Cid, smoking and hanging out with tough new kids. Smokey’s new stable is great, and Queenie, Nat’s little sister, has fallen under the spell of English riding. But not even Smokey can take away Nat’s pain of knowing his father won’t be coming back, as he secretly plays with his dad’s old army rifle, which he found before the move. It’s when Nat’s mother becomes sick and he and his sisters find they may be removed by the social services agency that Nat takes things into his own hands. With Smokey’s help, Nat knows he can find his father.     Once again, Natale Ghent has written another gem, a book that speaks with the  natural voice of a boy on the brink of young adulthood. Hers are nuanced characters who resonate with young readers, their struggles presented with heart and humour, the story gripping until the last page.

All the Way Home

Children's Books

Ghent, Natale

Literature & Fiction

HarperTrophy

When twelve-year-old Nathaniel and his two sisters, Cid and Queenie, discover an ad for a free pony in the paper, they can hardly believe their luck. The pony is theirs, as long as they can afford to take care of it. But what will their mother say?
Nat knows things are hard for his mom; his dad walked out on them four years ago. But having a pony would help Nat and Cid stop bickering and it would mean so much to Queenie. When Nat’s mother lets them keep it, life is still not easy, but at the end of each day, Nat knows his pony is waiting from him. Until a fire destroys the barn... 
Winner of the Hackmatack Book Award, No Small Thing was also a Silver Birch Honour Book and shortlisted for the Canadian Library Assocation’s Book of the Year for Children Award.

No Small Thing

A smart and thoughtful story about self-discovery, acceptance, and finding friendship — all in the places you’d least expect. Sioux Smith is sharp, funny, and wry, and is pretty certain that she sees the world of high school differently from everyone else — a belief that is cemented when she makes an uneasy discovery about one of her school’s “popular” teachers. And while she feels alone at her high school and in her unique slant on small-town life, Sioux finds a kindred spirit in the most unlikely of people: an elderly stranger, who has more insight despite her progressing dementia than anyone else in Sioux’s life. What Sioux and “Miss Marple” learn about each other over tea, illicitly secreted wine, and Coronation Street, makes for a novel with heart and grit in equal measure.

Gravity Brings Me Down

Doubleday, Canada

Piper

After her father dies and she moves to her aunt's farm with her mother, grieving eleven-year-old Wesley finds comfort in her friendship with Piper, an Australian shepherd puppy, as she nurses him and teaches him how to herd sheep.

Demco Media

Piper (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Turtleback Books

Full of heart and humor, this coming-of-age tale is no small thing — the tale of a boy's search for love and identity in the face of longing, abandonment, and uncertainty. When twelve-year-old Nathaniel and his two sisters discover an ad in the paper for a free pony, they can hardly believe their luck. But what will their mother say? Mom's been having a hard time ever since Dad walked out on them four years ago. But caring for a pony might keep Nat and his older sister, Cid, from bickering, and it would mean so much to eight-year-old Queenie. It takes some serious persuasion — and a promise to use Nat's paper route money for the pony’s keep — but Mom finally relents. And so begins a year of self-discovery, as Nat struggles to deal with his father's absence; look out for his younger sister, who is "different"; and recover from having his heart broken by a rich, pretty girl from school. Life is not always easy, but Nat knows that Smokey, his very own pony, will be waiting for him at the end of each day. Or will he?

Animals

Candlewick

The Odds (Boney, Itchy and Squeak) have vanquished theirmortal enemy, Larry Harry, and his two sidekicks, butthat doesn’t stop these dastardly bullies from trying to competeagainst Squeak in a radio-controlled airplane contest.But everyone is blown away when the winner turns out to bea girl. And not just any girl. Samantha Moss is eerily similar toSqueak -- she can match him note for scientific note.
Itchy isn’t too keen on inviting her into the clubhouse, butit turns out the boys need all the help they can get: aliens havelanded in their town . . . and have cloned the Odds! There areItchys and Boneys and Squeaks all over the place.
It takes all their imagination and scientific know-how tocome up with a plan to stop the clones -- but will it work?

Against All Odds

When eleven-year-old Wesley loses her father in a car accident, she and her mother must move in with her Aunt Cindy, an Australian shepherd breeder in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Life on a working farm is new to Wesley and she is lonely, confused and angry at life's injustices as she struggles to fit in to this new world. After watching the birth of a litter of puppies with her cousin Cassel, Wesley pleads with her aunt to save the life of a runt puppy that would otherwise be left to die. The puppy, an undersized red merle named Piper, proves to be a challenge from the start, with a natural talent for trouble as well as herding sheep. When Piper attacks a sheep during a herding competition, Wesley must fight once again to prove the dog's worth, and ultimately, her own. Through hard work and long hours, the dog and girl become inseparable, and even stand a chance at the championship title. But on the eve of the big event, Piper and Wesley are set upon by marauding coydogs--coyotes crossed with wild dogs--and it is Piper who is called upon to save Wesley. Will the dog save the girl who gave her a second chance? Will they still have a chance at the big title?

Orca Book Publishers

Odds Get Even

Boney, Itchy and Squeak are the Odd Fellows, just a bit different from everybody else, and the best of friends. They hang out in their tree house in Boney’s backyard, where five lookout posts and three escape hatches allow them to keep an eye on (and get away from) their mortal enemy: bully Larry Harry. But after getting pelted with eggs, pummelled in gym class and sabotaged every year at their school’s Invention Convention, the Odds have had enough. They’re going to put an end to Larry’s reign of terror, and they’re going to use their knowledge of science and the local legend of a haunted mill to do so―if, that is, they don’t get tangled up in their own schemes first. 
Natale Ghent, award-winning and critically acclaimed author of No Small Thing and All the Way Home, returns with a hilarious story of friendship and comeuppance. The Odds Get Even perfectly captures the childhood spirit of secret plans and adventures while showing that being different isn’t such a bad thing.

After the fire that destroyed the family’s barn, Nat’s mother sells the house to keep Smokey, the pony that has changed their lives, at a nearby stable. Nat is thrilled, but the apartment that is their new home has brought change. His older sister, Cid, is hanging out with tough new kids. His younger sister, Queenie, is caught up in learning English riding at Smokey’s stable. And Nat still feels the sting of his father’s abandonment five years earlier. Then, Nat’s mother falls sick. With the family in danger of being separated by the social services agency, Nat takes matters into his own hands. Convinced that his father will make things right, Nat sets out on a journey, with the help of Smokey, to bring his dad home.

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All the Way Home

No Small Thing

Gravity Brings Me Down

Piper

Piper (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

No Small Thing

Against All Odds

Piper

Odds Get Even

All The Way Home