Keeper ‘n Me by Richard Wagamese

This is the story of Garnet Raven who was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes at the age of thirteen. He finally escapes at the first opportunity only to find himself adrift on the streets of the big city.

Three-Day Road by Joseph Boyden

The story of two young Cree snipers in the killing fields of Ypres and the Somme in WWI. Vivid war scenes. One of Mr. Yaz’s personal favourites!

Sketco, the Raven by Robert Ayre

Considered a classic these are the tales of Sketco the Raven—the cunning trickster delivers to the world the moon, the Sun and the stars, gives man fire, helps create the tides and much more.

Ravensong by Lee Miracle

Set along the Pacific Northwest Coast of the early 1950s, this story unfolds in an urban native community overrun by a flu epidemic. Stacey, seventeen, balances her family's traditional ways against white society's intrusive new values, and knows that her future lies in both. With its terrific humour, this is a drama that turns out to be damning, inspirational, and prophetic.

Death in the Air by Shane Peacock

Young Sherlock Homes witnesses the fall and death of a trapeze artist--something is afoot—and foul play is suspected. What the young detective doesn't know is that his discovery will set him on a trail leading to a gang of notorious and ruthless criminals.  This is the latest in the Boy Sherlock Holmes Series.

Juggling Fire by Joanne Bell

Sixteen-year old Rachel embarks on a solo quest to find her father, who disappeared years ago in the Yukon wilderness. As the days pass and her quest leads her deeper into the wilderness, she must confront danger and ensure loneliness and despair before she can unearth the truth about her father.

Greener Grass by Caroline Pignat

This book was a finalist for the 2009 Governor General’s award, the highest award for recognition in literature in Canada. It’s Ireland 1847 and right in the middle of the great famine. Landlords raise rents and tumble cottages leaving thousands homeless and overcome with hunger and disease. Kit’s family is slated for eviction. She will do anything she can to help. But how far will she go? Stealing? Murder?

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Pop by Gordon Korman

New York Times bestselling author is back with a story about Marcus a football player who moves to a new town in the dead of summer and doesn’t know a soul. He strikes up an unlikely friendship with former ‘King of Pop’, NFL linebacker Charlie Popovich. But that’s not all. There is a secret about Charlie that his family is desperate to hide!

 

Ragged Company by Richard Wagamese

A group of chronically homeless people—the ragged company—take refuge from an approaching Arctic snowstorm in an old movie theatre. Together they form an unlikely bond made even stronger by the discovery of a lost winning lottery ticket with a $13.5 million jackpot. But none of the ragged company can claim their winnings for lack of a fixed address; unless they can enlist the help of Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist who has given up writing.

 

Only in the Movies by William Bell

The author of Stones, the Blue Helmet, and Forbidden City, William Bell, offers up the story of Jake, who, since happening upon a film crew shooting a battle scene in the park near his home, has wanted to become a screenwriter and make movies. Jake enrols in the New York School of the Arts where he meets a group of unpredictable characters. With hilarious scenes and Shakespearean plot twists this is a terrific read.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy Author of No Country for Old Men and All the Pretty Horses, has written perhaps his finest book; one that takes place in a post apocalyptic America, where everything is burned and nothing moves. The sky is dark. Ash still fills the skies and it is cold enough to crack stones. A father and son walk alone—their destination is the coast—although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them. They have nothing except a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes on their backs, a cart of scavenged food, and each other.

Off the Chain by Ross Rebagliati

One of the original BC-born shredders, and winner of the first Olympic gold medal for snowboarding in Nagano, Japan in 1998, the Whistler native brings you the history of snowboarding from the Snurfer to Jake Burton and Tom Sims showcasing their homemade boards at Mt. Baker, to backcountry bowls to big air, to the first half-pipe at the X Games over 12 years ago, to yes his ‘situation’ at the ’98 Games where he was temporarily stripped of his medal.

All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland

Canadian visual artist, author, and somewhat of an icon, Coupland’s 2001 novel is about the Drummond family reunion in Florida, perhaps the most disastrous in the history of fiction; adultery, hostage-taking, bankruptcy, addiction, AIDS, black market baby negotiations—all written with Coupland’s wit and insight.

Vegan A Go-Go by Sarah Kramer

Veganite and Victoria-based tattoo artist, Sarah Kramer, has been called the ‘world’s coolest vegan’ and has authored three vegan cookbooks. Her latest is a survival/travel manual for vegans on the road with over 30 quick and easier recipes (many require no baking)—it’s pocket-size; loaded with terrific photos and Kramer’s humourous musings.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

So, what do you get when you take a literary classic and rewrite it as a horror novel? You get this blood-dripping, brain-eating, heartbreaking, sword-fighting, corpse rotting, romancing masterpiece. I mean it is a universal truth that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains…