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{"id":7325166796859,"title":"Me in the Middle","handle":"me-in-the-middle","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne day Isabel finds a box in her mother's closet and, inside, a photograph of a girl dressed in old-fashioned clothes. Ten-year-old Bel is enchanted to discover that the girl is her great-grandmother Beatrice, her Bisa Bea, and that she and her great-grandmother look very much alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBel convinces her mother to let her borrow the treasured photo promising to look after it carefully. To her dismay, by the time she returns home from school, the picture is missing. But something unusual has happened. Suddenly it is as if Bisa Bea is alive inside her, telling Bel what life was like when she was a girl. Bel loves hearing the stories about the old days -- until Bisa Bea starts to tell her how to behave. Bel learns that her great-grandmother lived in a very different time, when girls were expected to be proper young ladies.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T12:40:48-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T12:40:48-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":695,"price_min":695,"price_max":695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930355277883,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888994677","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Me in the Middle","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":695,"weight":113,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888994677","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eOne day Isabel finds a box in her mother's closet and, inside, a photograph of a girl dressed in old-fashioned clothes. Ten-year-old Bel is enchanted to discover that the girl is her great-grandmother Beatrice, her Bisa Bea, and that she and her great-grandmother look very much alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBel convinces her mother to let her borrow the treasured photo promising to look after it carefully. To her dismay, by the time she returns home from school, the picture is missing. But something unusual has happened. Suddenly it is as if Bisa Bea is alive inside her, telling Bel what life was like when she was a girl. Bel loves hearing the stories about the old days -- until Bisa Bea starts to tell her how to behave. Bel learns that her great-grandmother lived in a very different time, when girls were expected to be proper young ladies.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003eAna Maria Machado is one of the world's most distinguished writers for children, with over one hundred books published in her native Brazil and in more than eighteen other countries. She has won the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the SM Iberoamerican Children's Literature Award, and she has been elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters — the first writer for children to be so honored. She has also been chosen for the honor list of the highly prestigious Dutch Prince Claus Award. Groundwood has published three of her novels, \u003cem\u003eMe in the Middle\u003c\/em\u003e (Américas Award Commended List), \u003cem\u003eFrom Another World\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUntil the Day Arrives\u003c\/em\u003e, and her picture books \u003cem\u003eWolf Wanted\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the FNLIJ Hors Concours, and \u003cem\u003eWhat a Party!\u003c\/em\u003e Ana Maria lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"Caroline Merola has a degree in fine arts from Concordia University. She worked as an illustrator for several publishing houses and her work has appeared across North America. Caroline Merola writes and illustrates children's books and has more than thirty titles to her credit. She was a finalist for the Mr. Christie Book Award, and, in both 2007 and 2008, was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;","ContributorBio_2":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Unger is an award-winning translator and author born in Guatemala. His work has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Chinese. He received Guatemala’s 2014 Miguel Angel Asturias National Prize in Literature for lifetime achievement, though he writes exclusively in English and lives in the US. His many translations include \u003cem\u003eThe Girl from Chimel\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Honey Jar\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePopul Vuh: A Sacred Book of the Maya\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","ContributorRole_2":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Machado, Ana Maria","Contributor_1":"Merola, Caroline","Contributor_2":"Unger, David","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325166043195,"title":"Brave Deeds","handle":"brave-deeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the winter of 1944-45 when Holland was under Nazi rule, life for the Dutch people was extremely harsh and the future bleak. Everyone was cold and hungry. Thousands of people, especially Jews who had managed to escape transport to the death camps, were in hiding. Resistance workers bravely tried to sabotage the Germans as they fought to free Holland. But some went to extraordinary lengths -- they harbored in their homes people who faced certain death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold through the eyes of a fictional child, this is the otherwise true story of the Braal family who, despite putting themselves and those they loved in great danger, saved many, many lives. Frans Braal, a resistance worker, and his wife, Mies, first took in an injured Canadian airman. He was just the beginning. The Braals moved to a larger place in the country, where they would be less visible, and took in anyone in need of help -- Jews, children, resistance fighters and people who were starving. The Braal family has made photographs and keepsakes from the time available for use in the book. An epilogue, historical notes and glossary are included.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T12:34:25-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T12:34:25-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930352820283,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888997913","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Brave Deeds","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":236,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888997913","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn the winter of 1944-45 when Holland was under Nazi rule, life for the Dutch people was extremely harsh and the future bleak. Everyone was cold and hungry. Thousands of people, especially Jews who had managed to escape transport to the death camps, were in hiding. Resistance workers bravely tried to sabotage the Germans as they fought to free Holland. But some went to extraordinary lengths -- they harbored in their homes people who faced certain death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold through the eyes of a fictional child, this is the otherwise true story of the Braal family who, despite putting themselves and those they loved in great danger, saved many, many lives. Frans Braal, a resistance worker, and his wife, Mies, first took in an injured Canadian airman. He was just the beginning. The Braals moved to a larger place in the country, where they would be less visible, and took in anyone in need of help -- Jews, children, resistance fighters and people who were starving. The Braal family has made photographs and keepsakes from the time available for use in the book. An epilogue, historical notes and glossary are included.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003eAnn Alma was born and raised in the Netherlands and was a teacher for many years. Her novel \u003cem\u003eSummer of Changes\u003c\/em\u003e won a Silver Birch Regional Award. Her latest book of non-fiction, \u003cem\u003eKids Who Grow Their Own Food\u003c\/em\u003e, has been well received by teachers and librarians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eShe now spends her time writing at her home in the Kootenay mountains of British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Alma, Ann","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325165223995,"title":"I dreamt...","handle":"i-dreamt","description":"\u003cp\u003eChildren whose daily lives are afflicted by violence dream of a different world in this powerful book created by Mexican artists as a fundraiser for the IBBY Fund for Children in Crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many parts of the world, including North America, children are living with violence. Wars, gangs, guns, crime, bullying, harassment and fear keep many kids from living the full, free lives that every child should enjoy. This book was created in Mexico, where for the past six years a vicious war against drugs has brought fear and insecurity into every child’s life. Many children’s dreams have become nightmares. Some of Mexico’s best illustrators have donated their art to create this book, which gives children a way to talk about their fears, a reason to hope and the inspiration to resist falling into grief and depression. Like some city trees they have the possibility to grow strong and, despite everything, to try and make the world a better place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI dreamt...\u003c\/em\u003e is being published in North America for the same reasons. Royalties from sales will be donated to IBBY’s Fund for Children in Crisis, which supports bibliotherapy projects that use books and reading to help children who have lived through wars, civil conflicts and natural disasters to think and talk about their experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T12:27:41-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T12:27:41-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930350559291,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781554983308","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"I dreamt...","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1895,"weight":526,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781554983308","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eChildren whose daily lives are afflicted by violence dream of a different world in this powerful book created by Mexican artists as a fundraiser for the IBBY Fund for Children in Crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many parts of the world, including North America, children are living with violence. Wars, gangs, guns, crime, bullying, harassment and fear keep many kids from living the full, free lives that every child should enjoy. This book was created in Mexico, where for the past six years a vicious war against drugs has brought fear and insecurity into every child’s life. Many children’s dreams have become nightmares. Some of Mexico’s best illustrators have donated their art to create this book, which gives children a way to talk about their fears, a reason to hope and the inspiration to resist falling into grief and depression. Like some city trees they have the possibility to grow strong and, despite everything, to try and make the world a better place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI dreamt...\u003c\/em\u003e is being published in North America for the same reasons. Royalties from sales will be donated to IBBY’s Fund for Children in Crisis, which supports bibliotherapy projects that use books and reading to help children who have lived through wars, civil conflicts and natural disasters to think and talk about their experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003eGabriela Olmos is a writer and editor. She has worked at the prestigious publishing house Artes de México for fourteen years and is currently the deputy publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong her most distinguished books are \u003ci\u003eEl juego de las piedras antiguas, Pintores mexicanos de la A a la Z, El juego de las miradas, Cómo bailan los monstruos, El zopilote y la chirimía y Con los ojos cerrados\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2009 she was nominated by the Mexican government for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the most important children’s literature prizes in the world. She lives in Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003eElisa Amado is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written \u003cem\u003eMy Friend (Mi amiga)\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; \u003cem\u003eUn Barrilete para el D\u0026iacute;a de los Muertos \/ Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Cousins (Primas)\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Luis Garay; \u003cem\u003eTricycle (El triciclo)\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Am\u0026eacute;ricas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book; and \u003cem\u003eWhat Are You Doing? \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhy Are You Doing That?\u003c\/em\u003e, both illustrated by Manuel Monroy. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Olmos, Gabriela","Contributor_1":"Amado, Elisa","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325163978811,"title":"Climate Change 1st ed.","handle":"climate-change-1st-ed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClimate change has been called the single greatest threat facing the planet, but there is little consensus about how to deal with it. The problem is vast, the science complex, and the economic, political, and social implications of taking action are immense. It is an issue of particular importance to young adults, who will inherit the consequences created by today’s policy makers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the key questions surrounding this issue: What is the basic science behind climate change? Why is it difficult for people to accept what is going on? What is going to happen in the future, and what can be done about it? Perhaps most importantly, the book acknowledges that the issue involves much more than agreeing on the underlying science. Climate change is an emotionally charged political and philosophical issue as well – one that affects how governments and industry form policy, the choices people make in their daily lives, and the kind of world that awaits future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T12:12:29-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T12:12:29-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1100,"price_min":1100,"price_max":1100,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930433790011,"title":"paperback 1st ed.","option1":"paperback 1st ed.","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888997845","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Climate Change 1st ed. - paperback 1st ed.","public_title":"paperback 1st ed.","options":["paperback 1st ed."],"price":1100,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888997845","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41930433822779,"title":"Flick Off ed.","option1":"Flick Off ed.","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"X00043","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Climate Change 1st ed. - Flick Off ed.","public_title":"Flick Off ed.","options":["Flick Off ed."],"price":1100,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"X00043","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClimate change has been called the single greatest threat facing the planet, but there is little consensus about how to deal with it. The problem is vast, the science complex, and the economic, political, and social implications of taking action are immense. It is an issue of particular importance to young adults, who will inherit the consequences created by today’s policy makers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the key questions surrounding this issue: What is the basic science behind climate change? Why is it difficult for people to accept what is going on? What is going to happen in the future, and what can be done about it? Perhaps most importantly, the book acknowledges that the issue involves much more than agreeing on the underlying science. Climate change is an emotionally charged political and philosophical issue as well – one that affects how governments and industry form policy, the choices people make in their daily lives, and the kind of world that awaits future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003eShelley Tanaka is an award-winning author, translator and editor. She has written more than twenty books for children and young adults, winning the Orbis Pictus Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Science in Society Book Award and the Information Book Award, and she has twice been nominated for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis. Other honors include Texas Blue Bonnet runner-up, School Library Journal Best Books, ALA Notables and IRA Young Adults’ Choice. Her translation of Michel Noel’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood for Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and was on the IBBY Honor List (Commended). Shelley teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"Jane Springer is the author of \u003cem\u003eGenocide\u003c\/em\u003e, part of the Groundwork Guides series for which she is also the series editor. She is a consultant in international development and has lived and worked in Mozambique and India. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eListen to Us: The World's Working Children\u003c\/em\u003e and translator of the Portuguese-language books \u003cem\u003eNest Egg\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTales from the Amazon\u003c\/em\u003e. Jane Springer lives in Toronto.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Edited by","Contributor_0":"Tanaka, Shelley","Contributor_1":"Springer, Jane","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325162799163,"title":"A Troublesome Boy","handle":"a-troublesome-boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Book About the Past, and selected as an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeddy can't believe how fast his life has changed in just two years. When he was twelve, his father took off, and then his mother married Henry, a man Teddy despises. But Teddy has no control over his life, and adults make all the decisions, especially in 1959. Henry decides that Teddy should be sent to St. Ignatius Academy for Boys, an isolated boarding school run by the Catholic church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Iggy's, Teddy learns, is a cold, unforgiving place — something between a juvenile detention center and reform school. The other boys are mostly a cast of misfits and eccentrics, but Teddy quickly becomes best friends with Cooper, a wise-cracking, Wordsworth-loving kid with a history of neglect. Despite the priests' ruthless efforts to crack down on the slightest hint of defiance or attitude, the boys get by for a while on their wits, humor and dreams of escape. But the beatings, humiliation and hours spent in the school's infamous \"time-out\" rooms, and the institutionalized system of power and abuse that protects the priests' authority, eventually take their toll, especially on the increasingly fragile Cooper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen one of the new priests, Father Prince, starts to summon Cooper to his room at night, and Teddy watches helplessly as his friend withdraws into his own private nightmare, even as Prince targets Teddy himself as his next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeddy and Cooper's only reprieve comes on Saturdays, when the school janitor, Rozey, takes the boys to his run-down farmhouse outside of town, the only place where the boys can feel normal -- fishing, playing cribbage, watching the bears at the local dump. But even this can't stop Cooper's downward spiral and eventual suicide. And just when Teddy thinks something good might come out of his friend's tragedy, he finds himself dealing with the ultimate betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T11:59:55-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T11:59:55-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930328866875,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781554981557","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Troublesome Boy","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":995,"weight":209,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781554981557","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981557.jpg?v=1736441949"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981557.jpg?v=1736441949","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24980364001339,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.724,"height":2175,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981557.jpg?v=1736441949"},"aspect_ratio":0.724,"height":2175,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981557.jpg?v=1736441949","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Book About the Past, and selected as an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeddy can't believe how fast his life has changed in just two years. When he was twelve, his father took off, and then his mother married Henry, a man Teddy despises. But Teddy has no control over his life, and adults make all the decisions, especially in 1959. Henry decides that Teddy should be sent to St. Ignatius Academy for Boys, an isolated boarding school run by the Catholic church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Iggy's, Teddy learns, is a cold, unforgiving place — something between a juvenile detention center and reform school. The other boys are mostly a cast of misfits and eccentrics, but Teddy quickly becomes best friends with Cooper, a wise-cracking, Wordsworth-loving kid with a history of neglect. Despite the priests' ruthless efforts to crack down on the slightest hint of defiance or attitude, the boys get by for a while on their wits, humor and dreams of escape. But the beatings, humiliation and hours spent in the school's infamous \"time-out\" rooms, and the institutionalized system of power and abuse that protects the priests' authority, eventually take their toll, especially on the increasingly fragile Cooper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen one of the new priests, Father Prince, starts to summon Cooper to his room at night, and Teddy watches helplessly as his friend withdraws into his own private nightmare, even as Prince targets Teddy himself as his next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeddy and Cooper's only reprieve comes on Saturdays, when the school janitor, Rozey, takes the boys to his run-down farmhouse outside of town, the only place where the boys can feel normal -- fishing, playing cribbage, watching the bears at the local dump. But even this can't stop Cooper's downward spiral and eventual suicide. And just when Teddy thinks something good might come out of his friend's tragedy, he finds himself dealing with the ultimate betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ePaul Vasey has worked with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Windsor Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, Canadian Press, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hamilton Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and the CBC, and he has been awarded a Southam Fellowship for Journalists. He is also a board member of a mental-health treatment center for children and adolescents. He lives in Windsor, Ontario. Visit Paul Vasey's website: http:\/\/www.paulvasey.ca\/ Visit Paul Vasey's blog: http:\/\/www.paulvasey.ca\/blog\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Vasey, Paul","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325161750587,"title":"Flood","handle":"flood","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a flood kills eleven-year-old Andy Flynn's mother and stepfather, the only world he has ever known is gone and he is alone. Aunt Mona, whom he has never met, takes him to live with her in Halifax, on the opposite side of the country. During the flight, Aunt Mona tells him harshly that his father was not a war hero killed in battle, as Andy's mother led him to believe, but a no-good thief and drunk who is very much alive in Halifax. Andy is stunned, and as soon as they reach their destination, he runs away from his aunt to find his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Heneghan's remarkable gift for storytelling shines as strongly as ever in this moving and funny tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T11:54:44-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T11:54:44-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1295,"price_min":1295,"price_max":1295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930324770875,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888994660","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Flood","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1295,"weight":174,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888994660","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a flood kills eleven-year-old Andy Flynn's mother and stepfather, the only world he has ever known is gone and he is alone. Aunt Mona, whom he has never met, takes him to live with her in Halifax, on the opposite side of the country. During the flight, Aunt Mona tells him harshly that his father was not a war hero killed in battle, as Andy's mother led him to believe, but a no-good thief and drunk who is very much alive in Halifax. Andy is stunned, and as soon as they reach their destination, he runs away from his aunt to find his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Heneghan's remarkable gift for storytelling shines as strongly as ever in this moving and funny tale.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325157457979,"title":"Payback","handle":"payback-2","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirteen-year-old Charley Callaghan is coping with some difficult changes. His family has recently moved to Vancouver from Ireland, and his mother has died of cancer. Now he is desperately trying to fit in - in a new school, a new city, a new country - while holding a part-time job and keeping an eye on his little sister, Annie. Charley’s red hair and Irish accent at first make him a target of the class bullies, but he is tough enough - just - to keep them at bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo it is almost a relief to him when the bullies find a new target, Benny Mason. Charley keeps hoping that Benny will defend himself, but he fails to intervene when the bullying worsens. When Benny commits suicide, Charley is overcome with remorse and guilt. He visits Benny’s single mom, Joanna, but instead of confessing, finds himself trying to make amends by doing chores, running errands and befriending Benny’s little brother. Can Charley find atonement for failing to act? James Heneghan’s trademark narrative drive, vivid characters and strong social message make this a striking study of loss and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T11:35:14-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T11:35:14-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930318741563,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888997043","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Payback","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":995,"weight":172,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888997043","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888997043.jpg?v=1736440434"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888997043.jpg?v=1736440434","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24980324646971,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.716,"height":2100,"width":1503,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888997043.jpg?v=1736440434"},"aspect_ratio":0.716,"height":2100,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888997043.jpg?v=1736440434","width":1503}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirteen-year-old Charley Callaghan is coping with some difficult changes. His family has recently moved to Vancouver from Ireland, and his mother has died of cancer. Now he is desperately trying to fit in - in a new school, a new city, a new country - while holding a part-time job and keeping an eye on his little sister, Annie. Charley’s red hair and Irish accent at first make him a target of the class bullies, but he is tough enough - just - to keep them at bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo it is almost a relief to him when the bullies find a new target, Benny Mason. Charley keeps hoping that Benny will defend himself, but he fails to intervene when the bullying worsens. When Benny commits suicide, Charley is overcome with remorse and guilt. He visits Benny’s single mom, Joanna, but instead of confessing, finds himself trying to make amends by doing chores, running errands and befriending Benny’s little brother. Can Charley find atonement for failing to act? James Heneghan’s trademark narrative drive, vivid characters and strong social message make this a striking study of loss and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eJames Heneghan is an award-winning author who was raised in Ireland and in Liverpool, England, where he worked as a policeman. He lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eVisit James Heneghan's website:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.jamesheneghan.com\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Heneghan, James","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eGroundwood Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325155885115,"title":"Tilt","handle":"tilt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNominated for the Ottawa Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStan is an intense sixteen-year-old loner who desperately wants to make the junior varsity basketball team. And it seems that he may be about to do so, until he’s blindsided by the unexpected attentions of Janine Igwash. Suddenly Stan is no longer thinking about jump shots. Instead he is obsessed with Janine’s spiky hair, her milky white shoulders and the mysterious little tattoo at the base of her neck, not to mention the heat of her breath, her dark eyes, wide hips and … Then Stan’s father arrives on the scene with Stan’s four-year-old half brother, and things become truly insane. Tilt is a wonderfully droll and insightful story about a sensitive, intelligent and gently funny young man living through an impossibly absurd time of life. This book is a rare achievement -- a witty, sexy compulsively readable work of high literary quality.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T11:25:45-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T11:25:45-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1295,"price_min":1295,"price_max":1295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930316709947,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781554981106","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Tilt","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1295,"weight":240,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781554981106","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981106.jpg?v=1736439886"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981106.jpg?v=1736439886","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24980309213243,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.718,"height":2290,"width":1644,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981106.jpg?v=1736439886"},"aspect_ratio":0.718,"height":2290,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981106.jpg?v=1736439886","width":1644}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNominated for the Ottawa Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStan is an intense sixteen-year-old loner who desperately wants to make the junior varsity basketball team. And it seems that he may be about to do so, until he’s blindsided by the unexpected attentions of Janine Igwash. Suddenly Stan is no longer thinking about jump shots. Instead he is obsessed with Janine’s spiky hair, her milky white shoulders and the mysterious little tattoo at the base of her neck, not to mention the heat of her breath, her dark eyes, wide hips and … Then Stan’s father arrives on the scene with Stan’s four-year-old half brother, and things become truly insane. Tilt is a wonderfully droll and insightful story about a sensitive, intelligent and gently funny young man living through an impossibly absurd time of life. This book is a rare achievement -- a witty, sexy compulsively readable work of high literary quality.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eAlan Cumyn has written many highly acclaimed novels for both children and adults. He teaches in the MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and is currently chair of the Writers' Union of Canada.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eVisit Alan Cumyn's website:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ehttp:\/\/alancumyn.com\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Cumyn, Alan","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325154836539,"title":"Bone Dance","handle":"bone-dance","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlexandra's beloved grandfather was fond of saying, Life is full of surprises, and sometimes the good and the bad get all bunched up together. However, he could not have prepared her for the death of her father, a man she never knew, and his legacy -- a cabin on prairie land formerly owned by the LaFreniere family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLonny LaFreniere's stepfather is the kindest man Lonny has ever known. But Lonny, tormented by guilty memories and visions he can't shake, rejects the land Pop always wanted to pass on to him. How could he have known it would end up in the hands of a city girl like Alexandra Sinclair? Acclaimed author Martha Brooks tells an unforgettable story about two teens and their quest to understand the land and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T11:17:23-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T11:17:23-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":895,"price_min":895,"price_max":895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930315661371,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888993366","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bone Dance","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":895,"weight":109,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888993366","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888993366.jpg?v=1736439334"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888993366.jpg?v=1736439334","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24980303282235,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.61,"height":503,"width":307,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888993366.jpg?v=1736439334"},"aspect_ratio":0.61,"height":503,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888993366.jpg?v=1736439334","width":307}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eAlexandra's beloved grandfather was fond of saying, Life is full of surprises, and sometimes the good and the bad get all bunched up together. However, he could not have prepared her for the death of her father, a man she never knew, and his legacy -- a cabin on prairie land formerly owned by the LaFreniere family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLonny LaFreniere's stepfather is the kindest man Lonny has ever known. But Lonny, tormented by guilty memories and visions he can't shake, rejects the land Pop always wanted to pass on to him. How could he have known it would end up in the hands of a city girl like Alexandra Sinclair? Acclaimed author Martha Brooks tells an unforgettable story about two teens and their quest to understand the land and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARTHA BROOKS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e is an award-winning novelist, playwright and jazz singer whose books have been published in Spain, Italy, Japan, Denmark, England, Germany and Australia, as well as in Canada and the United States. She is a three-time winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year, as well as the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Governor General’s Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Brooks, Martha","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325154213947,"title":"Rex Zero, the Great Pretender","handle":"rex-zero-the-great-pretender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommended, Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books: Historical Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's September 1963 when Rex is blindsided by some unexpected news. His family is moving again -- just to the other side of the city, as it turns out, but it might as well be the other side of the moon as far as Rex is concerned. In desperation, he secretly starts taking public transit back to his old school -- a plan that works just fine until he runs out of money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen his sister Annie catches him stealing change from his mum's purse, sisterly blackmail becomes another problem. Not only that, but Rex has got on the bad side of Spew, the hockey thug bully from his old school, and Spew and his sidekicks Puke and Dribble are out to get Rex -- and they know where he lives. Rex ends up using his wits and lively imagination to get himself out of his pickle, with some sobering and surprising consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T11:11:12-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T11:11:12-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1295,"price_min":1295,"price_max":1295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930313957435,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888999467","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Rex Zero, the Great Pretender","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1295,"weight":308,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888999467","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommended, Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books: Historical Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's September 1963 when Rex is blindsided by some unexpected news. His family is moving again -- just to the other side of the city, as it turns out, but it might as well be the other side of the moon as far as Rex is concerned. In desperation, he secretly starts taking public transit back to his old school -- a plan that works just fine until he runs out of money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen his sister Annie catches him stealing change from his mum's purse, sisterly blackmail becomes another problem. Not only that, but Rex has got on the bad side of Spew, the hockey thug bully from his old school, and Spew and his sidekicks Puke and Dribble are out to get Rex -- and they know where he lives. Rex ends up using his wits and lively imagination to get himself out of his pickle, with some sobering and surprising consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003eTim Wynne-Jones is one of Canada's foremost writers for children. The author of over thirty-five books, he is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award, as well as a two-time winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and of the Arthur Ellis Award. His short-story collections include \u003cem\u003eSome of the Kinder Planets\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBook of Changes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLord of the Fries\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also known for his Rex Zero series. Recently, he wrote the young-adult novels \u003cem\u003eThe Ruinous Sweep\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eEmperor of Any Place\u003c\/em\u003e, which earned seven starred reviews; and \u003cem\u003eBlink \u0026 Caution\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. Tim is also the recipient of the Edgar Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work. In 2012, he was made an Officer to the Order of Canada. He lives in Perth, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Wynne-Jones, Tim","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325149495355,"title":"From Another World","handle":"from-another-world","description":"\u003cp\u003eMariano and his friends are helping their parents turn an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn. The children sleep in a shed, which is being converted into guest rooms. One night they hear crying. Gradually, the ghost of Rosario, a young slave from the late 1800s appears to them and tells the story of why she is so sad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHans Christian Andersen Award-winning author Ana Maria Machado's storytelling skills and social conscience come together in this powerful and moving book that reveals the evil of slavery in a real, immediate and unforgettable way.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T10:37:04-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T10:37:04-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930286530619,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888996411","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"From Another World","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":995,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888996411","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888996411.jpg?v=1736436954"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888996411.jpg?v=1736436954","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24980292370491,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.668,"height":2250,"width":1503,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888996411.jpg?v=1736436954"},"aspect_ratio":0.668,"height":2250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888996411.jpg?v=1736436954","width":1503}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eMariano and his friends are helping their parents turn an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn. The children sleep in a shed, which is being converted into guest rooms. One night they hear crying. Gradually, the ghost of Rosario, a young slave from the late 1800s appears to them and tells the story of why she is so sad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHans Christian Andersen Award-winning author Ana Maria Machado's storytelling skills and social conscience come together in this powerful and moving book that reveals the evil of slavery in a real, immediate and unforgettable way.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eHans Christian Andersen Award winner Ana Maria Machado is one of the world's most distinguished writers for children, with more than 100 books published in her native Brazil and in more than 18 other countries. She lives in Rio de Janeiro.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eVisit Ana Maria Machado's website:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.anamariamachado.com\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eLucia Brandao is an illustrator in Sao Paulo, Brazil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eVisit Lucia Brandao's blog:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.luciabrandao.blogspot.com\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.luciabrandao.blogspot.com\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eFollow Lucia Brandao on Twitter:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Lucia_Brandao\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_2":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eLuisa Baeta is a Brazilian translator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","ContributorRole_2":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Machado, Ana Maria","Contributor_1":"Brandao, Lucia","Contributor_2":"Baeta, Luisa","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325147136059,"title":"Against the Odds","handle":"against-the-odds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUSBBY Outstanding International Books selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKiki lives with her mother and father and their very old fat dog, Mona. Life is good except that Kiki's father, a doctor, feels compelled to go off on missions to dangerous and faraway war zones. No matter how persuasive her arguments, Kiki cannot convince him to stay home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKiki's mother explains to her about odds – how it is very unlikely that her father will die because, after all, how many of her friends' fathers have died? The odds are very good it won't happen. When her father actually does go missing, and as her mother and grandmother get more and more upset, Kiki begins to feel that it's up to her to save him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis award-winning book deals with big moral issues in a serious way, but it is also very funny and deeply human.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T10:14:54-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T10:14:54-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41930276012091,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888999351","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Against the Odds","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1895,"weight":236,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888999351","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUSBBY Outstanding International Books selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKiki lives with her mother and father and their very old fat dog, Mona. Life is good except that Kiki's father, a doctor, feels compelled to go off on missions to dangerous and faraway war zones. No matter how persuasive her arguments, Kiki cannot convince him to stay home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKiki's mother explains to her about odds – how it is very unlikely that her father will die because, after all, how many of her friends' fathers have died? The odds are very good it won't happen. When her father actually does go missing, and as her mother and grandmother get more and more upset, Kiki begins to feel that it's up to her to save him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis award-winning book deals with big moral issues in a serious way, but it is also very funny and deeply human.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"Marjolijn Hof's first novel, \u003cem\u003eAgainst the Odds\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eEen kleine kans\u003c\/em\u003e), met with high critical acclaim, winning three major Dutch and Flemish children's book prizes. It was also nominated for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Award) and has been translated into twelve languages. Marjolijn lives in Krommenie, the Netherlands.","ContributorBio_1":"Johanna H. Prins is a translator who lives in Syracuse, New York, and who has translated many books together with Johanna W. Prins.\u0026nbsp;","ContributorBio_2":"Johanna W. Prins is a translator who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and who has translated many books together with Johanna H. Prins.\u0026nbsp;","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","ContributorRole_2":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Hof, Marjolijn","Contributor_1":"Prins, Johanna H.","Contributor_2":"Prins, Johanna W.","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
