After a devastating flood claims the lives of Andy's mother and stepfather, the 11-year-old boy is sent to live with his aunt in Halifax. Upon learning that his father is still alive, Andy flees his harsh environment in search of a man he has long forgotten. After finding his dysfunctional father, Andy assumes the role of an adult due to his father's unreliability and lack of parental skills. Heneghan infuses Irish folklore as the Sheehogue or fairies follow Andy and serve as protectors. As Andy returns to his aunt's house, he discovers a place where he belongs.

A blend of fact and fiction, this novel highlights Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope's ability to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. A young, troubled boy accompanies his newspaper-columnist father to the marathon. Inspired by the Canadian hero's courage and determination, the young boy quickly befriends Fox. The boy's newfound friendship is then threatened by his father's exploitive article.
Endorsed by the Terry Fox Foundation, this drama enlightens readers to one of Canada's unforgettable heroes.

Jes struggles with his self-concept as he encounters challenges on many fronts. Often the target of bullies due to his small stature, Jes reluctantly accompanies a friend to join the wrestling club. To his surprise, he learns that size is not important in the wrestling arena. As Jes experiences success in this sport, he starts to develop self-confidence, even though he continues to encounter negative and discouraging comments from his peers and his stepfather.
Decision making and conflict resolution come into play, offering students opportunities to consider alternative behaviours.

The setting is Whitby, Ontario in the summer 1943. Two brothers, 12-year-old George and 14-year-old Jack, are left on their own a lot while their father fights overseas and their mother works in a munitions plant. As the boys explore the town they have moved to, they play war games. One game brings them to what looks like a military base. They are escorted home and ordered to stay away, but curiosity brings them back to Camp X. The boys become involved in the work of the top-secret spy camp and soon learn that everyone is under suspicion, including themselves.
The story is fictitious, but a spy camp was established in Whitby in 1941 by the Canadian who headed British security during the war. This Canadian, Sir William Stephenson, appears in the novel in a minor role as Little Bill.

In the wake of a family tragedy, Minn Hotchkiss is sent to spend the summer with her sour grandmother in the seaside town of Boulder Basin, Nova Scotia. Almost as soon as she arrives, Minn discovers the skull of a human child on the beach. She becomes fixated in a mystery that reaches back more than a century, to the aftermath of the most tragic shipwreck in Maritime history before the Titanic.
Over the course of the summer, Minn will discover romance with a boy who turns out to be much more than he seems and will learn that the grandmother she resented is more curious, dedicated and surprising than she had ever guessed. By summer's end, Minn will solve a ghostly mystery and finally be able to give up the terrible secret she has kept locked in her heart.

Jack lives to sail, have adventures and get in trouble. When the "Noronic" docks at Ward Island, Jack and his friends gather to admire it, but an invitation is needed from one of the passengers to come on board. Jack spots Henry and talks him into inviting Jack and his group to tour the ship. The Noronic is everything Jack has dreamt about and vows one day he will captain this ship.
Jack cannot sleep that night and looks out towards the pier. Jack sees that the ship is on fire and without thinking, he runs to the harbour and takes out the island's only motorboat, hoping to help the passengers. Jack is able to pull Henry and many others from the water although Henry's dad is lost. Another rescue boat joins him and between them, they save 51 people. Jack is a hero of sorts, but many people blame him for taking the boat out on his own instead of calling someone older to help.

A sequel to The Hungry Year finds the O'Carr family living in Upper Canada for 10 years. The boys, Alex and Ryan, are looking for more adventure than just working for their father on the farm. Their father brings home a new wife and their older sister, Kate, marries and moves away. Alex gets involved with a group of pirates and his family presumes he has drowned until he walks into his own funeral. The boys are not prepared when the pirates return to the farm and want their help to recover their hidden gold.

This sequel to Bringing Up Beauty, which won the Silver Birch Award in Manitoba's Young Readers' Award, shows how the training of a guide dog is a difficult process. The story is told by Elizabeth and Kyle. Elizabeth vows she will never train another guide dog, however, in an attempt to keep her friend Scott at her side, she decides to train another dog without getting attached. When Kyle starts at Elizabeth's school, she thinks that he has a bad attitude. Kyle has lost his eyesight prematurely because of his diabetes; he is terrified of dogs and tries to cope with a white cane and poor helpers. After a big party, Elizabeth and her dog, Beauty, meet Kyle and a new kind of beauty is discovered by all.

Abela's family is affected by AIDS; her mother and sisters are dying of the disease. In England, Rosa's mother announces that she wants to adopt a girl from Tanzania, the country that Rosa's father is from. After Abela's mother dies from AIDS, her Uncle Thomas plans to sell Abela in Europe. Abandoned in London, Abela is forced to stay indoors to cook and clean. Meanwhile, Rosa likes being the centre of her mother's attention and does not want a brother or sister. The two parallel stories intersect neatly as the two girls have a shared heritage and become family.
Abela undergoes female circumcision and the description of the actual circumcision is implied but is dealt with discretely.

This biography documents how Canadian Olympic medalist, Bobbie Rosenfeld, changed the way society viewed female athletes. As a young Jewish woman playing sports when it was unbecoming for a woman to be an athlete, Rosenfeld overcame many barriers. Rosenfeld immigrated to Canada in 1905 and became a star player in ice hockey and softball. She also excelled in tennis and track and field, leading Canada's relay team to an Olympic gold medal and winning a silver medal herself in the 100-metre event in 1928. Bobbie Rosenfeld is remembered not only for her athletic skills, but also for her kindness and her drive for equality. Dublin provides interesting tidbits about the Olympics, the different decades and the historical events that occurred from 1900-1950 both in Canada and the world.
This book was a finalist in 2004 for the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction.

Told in free verse, Libertad, Julio, and his mother eke out a living near the Guatemala City dump. Their father has left for the United States to find work. After their mother is killed in a freak accident, Libertad realizes they will not have any hope for the future if they stay in Guatemala. Working as street musicians, the boys travel to the Rio Grand River, where they must find a way to cross into the United States to find their father.
The text is based on a young boy named Mariano and his journey. Fullerton also uses the experiences of young people entering the United States to develop the text.