It happened one hundred years ago…it happened today… It was a lovely day in June. Elizabeth was enjoying a visit to Upper CanadaVillage with her Grade Seven class when a strange compulsion urged her toward Cook’s Tavern. Curious, she walked into the old building, and stepped into the past! A fire burns in the fireplace... men in buckskins sit around the tables... she is wearing a long dress of grey homespun... "Why, it's young Elizabeth Frobisher," said one of the men. "But I'm not," Elizabeth wanted to say, "I'm not Elizabeth Frobisher! I’m Elizabeth Duncan!” A story to fascinate readers of all ages - rich in historical detail - but above all, a good adventure tale, beautifully told. "...a time-shift story in which...the transition is handled with remarkable skill..." (Globe & Mail) Karleen Bradford is an award-winning writer of historical and fantasy fiction for children and young adults. Born in Canada, she lived in Argentina until she went back to Toronto to university. After university she married a young Geography student who morphed into a Foreign Service Officer with the Canadian Government and they spent the next 34 years travelling the world. Grist for the writing mill. Husband retired, she now lives near Orillia, Ontario. During a school visit a young boy once asked her, “How many books are you going to write before you die?” It’s 24 and counting. You can check out Karleen’s work at www.karleenbradford.com and follow her blog at http://karleensblog.wordpress.com

The Other Elizabeth

Children's Books

Bradford, Karleen

History

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The Haunting at Cliff House

The Stone in the Meadow

Happy Journals are crazy. If I woke up one morning with this perfectly horrible zit on my face. I'd have to write: "I've got this beautiful pimple on my chin, but that's O.K. Everyone knows that zits give a face character. Dear Journal: ☺ I met Dad's new 'friend' Erika today. She's beautiful, and wants us to be best buds. Her two kids tagged long too. The boy, Zach, is that cool, arched-eyebrow type who you see on the covers of romance novels. The girl Ashley looks as if she spends mega bucks on make-up, clothes and hair. And Dad told her she could share my bedroom! I think they're only staying overnight. But when they leave I'll have Dad all to myself again. Ever since her parents' big break-up, Tori went with her Dad to his cottage in the summer. But this time things are going to be different. At least Tori still has sixteen-year-old Michael who lives next door and is teaching her how to wind-surf. Or does she? Ashley moves in and tries to claim Michael for herself. Erika and Dad elope, Tori almost drowns when she takes the surfboard out too far on choppy water. Tori's Mom arrives for a visit with her boss and his five-year-old son Mudge steps out of the car. Award winning Canadian author Estelle Salata lives in Hamilton on the shores of Lake Ontario. She has published four children's books and four young adult novels. Her best selling novel Mice at Centre Ice became an animated film, "Tales of the Mouse Hockey League" which aired on CBC Television. www.estellesalata.ca A review of Blue Ice, the author's young adult hockey novel states: "An extremely well written book on all levels-style, appeal, characterization, reality, moral choices and consequences." Resource Links, the Year's Best 2001.

Tori's Happy Journal

Salata, Estelle

Tori's life is too complicated. Her Dad and his girlfriend Erika elope. Mom is dating her boss, Rob Wiley. Her step sib Ashley makes two dates on the same night with a basketball star and Michael, Tori's secret crush. She begs Tori to take her place with Michael. Tori can't resist and goes out with him on a magical date. Tori and her best friend Amanda can't wait to get belly button piercings. hey go to a tattoo parlor and have the piercings done with hilarious results. Rob threatens Tori that her life won't be so pleasant once he is her stepdad. He snoops through her things and finds the kit she uses on her new piercing and says he'll tell her mother. Tori realizes that Rob is dangerous, but can she convince her mother that he's not right for her? And what about Kai, Tori's jogging partner who gives her her first kiss? Can Tori ever learn to cope with two blended families in her crazy mixed-up world?  Award winning Canadian author Estelle Salata lives in Hamilton on the shores of Lake Ontario. She has published four children's books and four young adult novels. Her best selling novel Mice at Centre Ice became an animated film, "Tales of the Mouse Hockey League" which aired on CBC Television. www.estellesalata.ca A review of Blue Ice, the author's young adult hockey novel states: "An extremely well written book on all levels-style, appeal, characterization, reality, moral choices and consequences." Resource Links, the Year's Best 2001.

Tori's Mixed-Up Journal

At their summer cottage, Michael tells Tori she is ready to wind surf again. After her close call the year before, she is still afraid. Michael teaches her how to use small steps to attain her goal. Tori meets new boy Sonny. They go to an amusement park at the town fair. Tori and Sonny climb into a car on the Ferris wheel. When a power outage shuts the park down, Tori performs a daring rescue of a boy in the car below who climbed out of his car and is hanging onto the bar, suspended in air. During a volley ball game on the beach, Party crashers appear, set fire to their golf cart and cause mayhem. Tori conquers her fears of wind surfing with Michael as her guide. The bullies who wrecked their party turn up on sailboards and try to crash them in the choppy water. Michael and Tori fight back for their very survival. Award winning Canadian author Estelle Salata lives in Hamilton on the shores of Lake Ontario. She has published four children's books and four young adult novels. Her best selling novel Mice at Centre Ice became an animated film, "Tales of the Mouse Hockey League" which aired on CBC Television. www.estellesalata.ca A review of Blue Ice, the author's young adult hockey novel states: "An extremely well written book on all levels-style, appeal, characterization, reality, moral choices and consequences." Resource Links, the Year's Best 2001.

Tori's Little Big Journal

Runaway Dreams, Wild Horse Creek #5; fiction for ages 8 - 14. A horse adventure set in Arizona featuring Canadian fourteen year-old twins trying to save their grandparents' ranch from a greedy developer. An old movie cowboy is the key to establishing ownership of the ranch.

Wild Horse Creek: Runaway Dreams

Siamon, Sharon

Literature & Fiction

The final book in the series of horse adventures is set in Arizona. It features Canadian twins who attempt to tame a wild stallion that has been imprisoned in an ancient pithouse built by Arizona Hohokam people. Characters Meg and Thomas from the Mustang Mountain Series make a return appearance.

Wild Horse Creek: Mystery Returns

<p>Since the depression-related suicide of her son Daniel in 2009, author and journalist Lynn Keane has dedicated her life to sharing her family's story, educating about the underlying causes of depression and the importance of treating mental illness. Give Sorrow Words stands as a testament to the raw beauty of family experience and offers hope that we are able to survive even when the worst has happened. Lynn Keane's memoir will enlighten and present readers with an honest portrait of family in crisis.</p>

Give Sorrow Words

Self-Help

Keane, Lynn

Death & Grief

The Royal Woods

<p>All it takes is one look. One look for twelve-year-old Sydney and her nine-year-old brother Turk to know that everything has changed. The farm where their Uncle Frank and Aunt Lily used to live is gone, and along with it, their dreams of a "happily ever after." No safe place to hide from all that had gone wrong in their world; no one to tell them that everything would be alright. No one, even, to say that hopping a freight train and heading West probably wasn't the greatest idea they'd ever had. The farm had been their destination, but in its place was a strange new subdivision: The Royal Woods. Rather than return home and admit defeat, Sydney and Turk embark on the adventure of a lifetime in a world where fantasy and reality collide-where chickens ride ponies, where golf putters are magic, and where children survive on the strength of their own wits. In The Royal Woods, you never know what will happen next.</p>

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Duggan, Matt

Fantasy

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