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Two Foot Punch (November 2007)
ISBN: 9781551438764 Nikki blames her brother, Derek, for their parents’ death in a house fire, but when Derek gets involved with a gang, Nikki knows she is the only one who can save him. Enlisting the help of a girl named Rain, who uses her athletic abilities to carry out acts of petty thievery, Nikki uses all her parkour skills to stay ahead of the gang and keep her brother from being killed Purchase/reserve at your favourite book store, or order online through the usual outlets. You can also order directly from Orca Book Publishers in Victoria, BC, Canada. To learn more about parkour, please visit online Urban Freeflow, or Winnipeg Parkour. From Chapters.indigo.ca: "Anita Daher has created one of the most indulging stories, perfectly mixing action and emotion, resulting in a page-by-page gripper like no other." "Her thorough research of her topic pays off in a readable, exciting story that introduces the rest of us to the world of parkour. As a teacher, I'd fully recommend it to any of my students if they want a thriller that is full of twists, turns and adventure." * Spider's Song (April 2007) 2008 Arthur EllisAward Finalist!
ISBN 978-0-14-305297-5 : $12.99 I was smarter. I was always smarter. A little cut-cut, drip-drip, blood saved and sprinkled. Stuck in Yellowknife with her crazy grandmother, AJ is one angry girl.
She's lonely, too, and her blog has become her main source of contact
with the world. It is there she reveals her innermost hurts-the absence
of her mother, who has gone back to school, and of her father, who abandoned
AJ when she was just a little girl; and the moving around she and her
mom have had to do every few years for reasons she has never understood.
And recently, she's begun to cut herself-a powerful habit and shame
she is trying to overcome. Then a festival is held in Yellowknife, and AJ is befriended by a travelling
musician, a man she finds herself instantly drawn to. Soon, she realizes
that he may be her father. Or is he? Anita Daher's chilling new novel will grip you completely from beginning to shocking end. 2007 Winnipeg International Writer's Festival Reading of Spider's Song. 14 minutes. Racing for Diamonds (March 2007) 2008 Arthur EllisAward Finalist! 2008/2009 Hackmatack Award Finalist!
They carried on in dark, not speaking. Only the wind
and the sound of the sled swooshing over fresh snow broke the silence.
What Jaz thinks of as an adventure, her mom and dad call trouble, but Jaz just can't seem to help herself. When she joins the Junior Canadian Rangers and is teamed up with an annoying partner, she has no idea that all her new-found skills will soon be put to a life and death test. * Flight from Bear Canyon (2004)
Kaylee is upset about being left to spend the summer with Jack and his niece, Jaz. All she wants is time alone with her dog, Sausage. Things change quickly, though, when Jack is injured when his helicopter goes down near a group of grizzly bears. Kaylee and Jaz must team up to save him and Kaylee finds herself once again at the controls of a plane.
A 2005 CCBC Our Choice selection! "Flight from Bear Canyon is a good, straightforward adventure story, exciting and fast-paced. It keeps the pages turning furiously..." Mary Thomas, CM magazine, December 10, 2004, rated *** /4 "Daher knows how to keep readers interested to the very end, and does. These could very easily end up among a child's favourite novels. Highly recommended." Denise Moore, Hi-Rise magazine, March 2005 "Whew! This is an exciting and fast-paced adventure story that will appeal to early chapter book readers... Recommended for elementary school libraries." The Bookmark, Summer 2005 * Flight from Big Tangle (2002)
Ever since her father and his plane disappeared in the Caribbean, Kaylee has been afraid to fly. Now, in the midst of a raging forest fire, the only way to safety is resting on pontoons at the end of the dock. Will Kaylee be able to overcome her fear and fly herself and her dog out of the fire?
Recommended by the Canadian Toy Testing Council and Resource Links Nominated for the 2004 Diamond Willow award! "...there are plenty of details to the plot which will keep readers interested to the end. Kaylee also learns that loved ones are always in some sense with us. Recommended for ages 7 to 10." Denise Moore, Hi-Rise magazine, December 2002. "From a twisted ankle, to saving the life of a neighbour, the reader is treated to drama and surprises that make this work creep from 'good' into 'excellent' territory. By mid-way through this book, it is my opinion, that this book is very hard to put down." John Dryden, Resource News.
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Teen
sports thriller set in Winnipeg, MB's historic Exchange District. Published
by Orca for reluctant teen readers. 
Young
Adult psychological thriller set in Yellowknife, NT, published by
Penguin Canada. 
Juvenile. Another thrilling Orca Young Reader for ages 7 to 12.
ISBN 978-1-55143-675-3 : $7.95
Juvenile. Orca Book Publishers, ages 7 to 11
ISBN# 1551433265
$7.95 
Juvenile. Orca Book Publishers, ages 7 to 11, ISBN# 1-55143-234-X
$6.95