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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":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"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":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"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":false,"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":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":43135808864315,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888997838","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Climate Change 1st ed. - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":1895,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888997838","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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":43237136990267,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781554981557","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Troublesome Boy - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":209,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781554981557","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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","NumberOfPages":"232","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":43250080120891,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888994660","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Flood - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1295,"weight":174,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888994660","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"James Heneghan was raised in Ireland and in Liverpool, England, where he worked as a policeman. After coming to Canada, he was a police fingerprint specialist before becoming a teacher. He has won the Arthur Ellis Award for Juvenile Crime Fiction and is a three-time winner of the Sheila A. Egoff Book Prize for Children's Literature. He lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Heneghan, James","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"192","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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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":43237152555067,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888997043","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Payback - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":172,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888997043","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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","NumberOfPages":"184","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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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":43237161435195,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781554981106","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Tilt - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1295,"weight":240,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781554981106","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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","NumberOfPages":"272","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":43237172379707,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888993366","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bone Dance - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":895,"weight":109,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888993366","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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","NumberOfPages":"180","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":43250086346811,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888999467","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Rex Zero, the Great Pretender - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":1295,"weight":308,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888999467","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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","NumberOfPages":"224","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":43237181423675,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888996411","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"From Another World - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888996411","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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","NumberOfPages":"136","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":43250090016827,"title":"hardcover jacket","option1":"hardcover jacket","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888999351","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Against the Odds - hardcover jacket","public_title":"hardcover jacket","options":["hardcover jacket"],"price":1895,"weight":236,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888999351","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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","NumberOfPages":"128","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325146513467,"title":"A Bird's Eye","handle":"a-birds-eye","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith all the wonder of a small-scale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes this moving and unforgettable novel about childhood, love, and magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in a Jewish neighbourhood in the 1930s, young Benjamin Kleeman falls in love, first with Corrine Foster and then with magic. Hiding his new passions from his parents — the long-suffering Bella, an Italian immigrant, and Jacob, a talented but failed inventor of elaborate mechanical devices — Benjamin begins apprenticeships in magic and life itself, learning along the way that everything is more complicated than it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith wit, tenderness, humour, and, startling beauty, Cary Fagan brings a gifted young man’s rise to a peculiar kind of stardom, wonderfully alive.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T10:09:58-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T10:09:58-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"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":43244371214395,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770893108","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Bird's Eye - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":1995,"weight":263,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770893108","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770893108.jpg?v=1736435336"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770893108.jpg?v=1736435336","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24980280606779,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.621,"height":2256,"width":1400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770893108.jpg?v=1736435336"},"aspect_ratio":0.621,"height":2256,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770893108.jpg?v=1736435336","width":1400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith all the wonder of a small-scale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes this moving and unforgettable novel about childhood, love, and magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in a Jewish neighbourhood in the 1930s, young Benjamin Kleeman falls in love, first with Corrine Foster and then with magic. Hiding his new passions from his parents — the long-suffering Bella, an Italian immigrant, and Jacob, a talented but failed inventor of elaborate mechanical devices — Benjamin begins apprenticeships in magic and life itself, learning along the way that everything is more complicated than it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith wit, tenderness, humour, and, startling beauty, Cary Fagan brings a gifted young man’s rise to a peculiar kind of stardom, wonderfully alive.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCARY FAGAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e writes books for children and adults. He has won the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature, the Jewish Book Award, the IODE Jean Throop Book Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, among others. His picture books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cage Went in Search of a Bird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, illustrated by Banafsheh Erfanian, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSon of Happy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, illustrated by Milan Pavlović, which was named one of the Best Canadian Picture Books of 2020 by CBC Books. Cary lives with his family in Toronto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Fagan, Cary","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"192","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325058138171,"title":"Ned Mouse Breaks Away","handle":"ned-mouse-breaks-away","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Rocky Mountain Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNed Mouse has been sent to jail. His crime? Writing \"The government is unfair to mice!\" in his spinach. But Ned does not like jail. He does not like his tiny cell. He does not like the food. And he does not look good in stripes. \"I would give my right arm to be out of here,\" he thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThus begin his attempts to make a break for freedom. He tries digging a tunnel. He tries building an escape plane in shop class. He tries fleeing down the drain hole in the tub. Yet each time his attempts are foiled by the keeper -- the big gentle guard who has the brains of a tree but who is devoted to his job, which is to keep prisoners in their cells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe years pass, and Ned very nearly gives up. Then one day he receives a letter from his long-lost friend Mort, who tempts him with stories of the beautiful sunrises at his house by the sea. Filled with new determination, Ned comes up with the most daring escape plan yet.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T17:09:41-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T17:09:41-05:00","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":43244380356667,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888995940","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Ned Mouse Breaks Away - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":895,"weight":91,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888995940","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888995940.jpg?v=1736374094"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888995940.jpg?v=1736374094","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979709067323,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.659,"height":2623,"width":1729,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888995940.jpg?v=1736374094"},"aspect_ratio":0.659,"height":2623,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780888995940.jpg?v=1736374094","width":1729}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Rocky Mountain Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNed Mouse has been sent to jail. His crime? Writing \"The government is unfair to mice!\" in his spinach. But Ned does not like jail. He does not like his tiny cell. He does not like the food. And he does not look good in stripes. \"I would give my right arm to be out of here,\" he thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThus begin his attempts to make a break for freedom. He tries digging a tunnel. He tries building an escape plane in shop class. He tries fleeing down the drain hole in the tub. Yet each time his attempts are foiled by the keeper -- the big gentle guard who has the brains of a tree but who is devoted to his job, which is to keep prisoners in their cells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe years pass, and Ned very nearly gives up. Then one day he receives a letter from his long-lost friend Mort, who tempts him with stories of the beautiful sunrises at his house by the sea. Filled with new determination, Ned comes up with the most daring escape plan yet.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTIM WYNNE-JONES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e is the author of more than 35 books and 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 recent books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWar at the Snow White Motel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Starlight Claim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. Tim is the recipient of the Edgar Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work and is an Officer to the Order of Canada. He lives in Perth, Ontario.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eDusan Petricic is a world-renowned cartoonist, illustrator and graphic designer. Born in Belgrade, he now lives in Toronto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Wynne-Jones, Tim","Contributor_1":"Petričić, Dušan","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"68","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325056827451,"title":"Thumb and the Bad Guys","handle":"thumb-and-the-bad-guys","description":"\u003cp\u003eThumb and his best friend, Susan, love movie nights, when the entire community of New Auckland gathers in the school gym to eat popcorn and watch videos. Mostly they are movies about bad guys being tracked down by cool detectives. It's the villains, Thumb realizes, that make life interesting. If only he could track down a bad guy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut New Auckland is a remote fishing village. There are only 143 people in the entire community. How could there possibly be bad guys around? Thumb is determined, and so he and Susan conduct a stakeout. Their suspicions soon focus on Kirk McKenna, a toothless, bald fisherman. They track Kirk to a hidden shed in the woods, where they hear the muffled but chilling sounds of wailing. Meanwhile, their teacher sends the kids off to solve a different kind of mystery -- an archeological one that leads them to the possible site of an early European gun placement. Suddenly mysteries abound for Thumb and his friends.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T16:53:53-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T16:53:53-05:00","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":43250099224635,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888999177","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thumb and the Bad Guys - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":118,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888999177","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThumb and his best friend, Susan, love movie nights, when the entire community of New Auckland gathers in the school gym to eat popcorn and watch videos. Mostly they are movies about bad guys being tracked down by cool detectives. It's the villains, Thumb realizes, that make life interesting. If only he could track down a bad guy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut New Auckland is a remote fishing village. There are only 143 people in the entire community. How could there possibly be bad guys around? Thumb is determined, and so he and Susan conduct a stakeout. Their suspicions soon focus on Kirk McKenna, a toothless, bald fisherman. They track Kirk to a hidden shed in the woods, where they hear the muffled but chilling sounds of wailing. Meanwhile, their teacher sends the kids off to solve a different kind of mystery -- an archeological one that leads them to the possible site of an early European gun placement. Suddenly mysteries abound for Thumb and his friends.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"Ken Roberts is the author of several popular books for young readers, including \u003cem\u003eHiccup Champion of the World, Crazy Ideas, Pop Bottles, Nothing Wright, Past Tense\u003c\/em\u003e (shortlisted for a Governor General’s Award) and two highly praised previous Thumb books — \u003cem\u003eThe Thumb in the Box\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThumb on a Diamond\u003c\/em\u003e (Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice, SSLI Honor Book, Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List). Ken is chief librarian of the Hamilton Public Library. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.","ContributorBio_1":"Leanne Franson is a children's book illustrator who was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and who lives now in Montreal. She has illustrated the books in Ken Roberts' Thumb series.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Roberts, Ken","Contributor_1":"Franson, Leanne","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"120","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
