Two Foot Punch (November 2007)
Teen sports thriller set in Winnipeg, MB's historic Exchange District. Published by Orca for reluctant teen readers.
ISBN: 9781551438764
Price: $9.95
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
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 Ellis Award Finalist!
2009 Manitoba Book Award: McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People Finalist!
Young Adult psychological thriller set in Yellowknife, NT, published by Penguin Canada.
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.
Anita Daher's chilling novel will grip you completely from beginning to shocking end.