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Product Description: A novel of remarkable historical breadth, Found Far and Wide follows Sam Kennedy through the tragedy of the Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914, the horrors of The First World War, and the dangers of rum-running in Prohibition-era New York...read more

Paperback:

9781550816327 | Breakwater Books Ltd, May 27, 2016, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A novel of remarkable historical breadth, Found Far and Wide follows Sam Kennedy through the tragedy of the Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914, the horrors of The First World War, and the dangers of rum-running in Prohibition-era New York.

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Product Description: Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of a young boy’s struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life. Michael turned fourteen in May. By June, both his parents are dead, victims of a car crash...read more

Hardcover:

9780888995797 | Groundwood Books, October 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Sent to live with relatives after his parents are killed, 14-year-old Michael finds his uncle intolerable.
9780385283984 | Delacorte Pr, February 1, 1980, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Sent to live with relatives after his parents are killed, 14-year-old Michael finds his uncle intolerable.

Paperback:

9781554983766 | 35 anv edition (Groundwood Books, September 24, 2013), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of a young boy’s struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life.
9780888995803 | Reprint edition (Groundwood Books, September 1, 2004), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Suddenly orphaned and reluctantly living with relatives in a city hundreds of miles away from his Newfoundland fishing village, Michael rebels against his disciplinarian uncle and sets up camp off-season in a national park.
9780773674387 | Reprint edition (Stoddart Kids, December 1, 1991), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Michael turned fourteen in May.
9780440937562 | Reissue edition (Dell Pub Co, February 1, 1990), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Michael turned fourteen in May.
9780772013149 | I E Clark, September 1, 1978, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Michael turned fourteen in May.

Reinforced:

9780606332163 | Demco Media, September 1, 2004, cover price $15.60 | About this edition: Suddenly orphaned and reluctantly living with relatives in a city hundreds of miles away from his Newfoundland fishing village, Michael rebels against his disciplinarian uncle and sets up camp off-season in a national park.

Prebinding:

9780808556510 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $10.65 | About this edition: Michael turned fourteen in May.
9780613051576 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.35 | About this edition: Michael turned fourteen in May.

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Product Description: Needing a change, Shannon Carew takes a job in the National Parks system in Newfoundland and Labrador. The journey brings her life full circle, returning her to the birthplace she abandoned years before. As she makes new connections, and unearths old ones, Shannon learns the land holds many memories, stories of Maritime Archaic, the Vikings, the Basques, the Beothuk, and the Europeans who came after...read more

Hardcover:

9781897151853 | Cormorant Books, August 31, 2010, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: Needing a change, Shannon Carew takes a job in the National Parks system in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Paperback:

9781770860575 | Cormorant Books, January 8, 2010, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Needing a change, Shannon Carew takes a job in the National Parks system in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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During the holidays, Aunt Olga, who is ninety-five, shares her favorite Christmas postcards and memories with her beloved niece Anna, and teaches her how to create her own Christmas rhymes, which will last a lifetime.
By Kevin Major and Bruce Roberts (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780888995933 | Groundwood Books, September 13, 2005, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Anna's Great-great Aunt Olga saves old Christmas postcards and shares them with Anna one day, as she teaches her how to write Christmas poems.

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Poems recount the story of Ann Harvey, who in 1820, along with her father and brother, rescued more than 160 people from the wreck of the Despatch, a ship full of Irish immigrants, and of Seamus, one of the passengers.
By David Blackwood (illustrator) and Kevin Major

Hardcover:

9780888995612 | Groundwood Books, April 1, 2004, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Poems recount the story of Ann Harvey, who in 1820, along with her father and brother, rescued more than 160 people from the wreck of the Despatch, a ship full of Irish immigrants, and of Seamus, one of the passengers.

Follows the lives of a Newfoundland family for several months as they deal with the father's drinking and unemployment, the son's poor choice of friends and subsequent problems, and general familial deterioration.

Hardcover:

9780385282666 | Delacorte Pr, September 1, 1981, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Fifteen-year-old Chris has just failed tenth grade, can find no summer work in his Newfoundland town, and is accused of a crime he cannot remember committing
9780772013125 | I E Clark, May 1, 1980, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Faced with instability on many sides, and living in an outport community in Newfoundland, fifteen-year-old Chris gropes for direction in a family broken apart by unemployment.

Paperback:

9780888995681 | Groundwood Books, March 1, 2004, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Follows the lives of a Newfoundland family for several months as they deal with the father's drinking and unemployment, the son's poor choice of friends and subsequent problems, and general familial deterioration.
9780773674394 | Stoddart Kids, November 1, 1998, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Follows the lives of a Newfoundland family for several months as they deal with the father's drinking and unemployment, the son's poor choice of friends and subsequent problems, and general familial deterioration
9780440925859 | Reissue edition (Dell Pub Co, December 1, 1988), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Fifteen-year-old Chris has just failed tenth grade, can find no summer work in his Newfoundland town, and is accused of a crime he cannot remember committing

Reinforced:

9780606302562 | Demco Media, April 30, 2004, cover price $15.60 | About this edition: Follows the lives of a Newfoundland family for several months as they deal with the father's drinking and unemployment, the son's poor choice of friends and subsequent problems, and general familial deterioration.
9780606171663 | Demco Media, June 1, 1995, cover price $12.37 | About this edition: Follows the lives of a Newfoundland family for several months as they deal with the father's drinking and unemployment, the son's poor choice of friends and subsequent problems, and general familial deterioration

Prebinding:

9781417742783 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2004, cover price $17.15 | About this edition: Faced with instability on many sides, and living in an outport community in Newfoundland, fifteen-year-old Chris gropes for direction in a family broken apart by unemployment.
9780613203593 | Turtleback Books, May 1, 2000, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: Follows the lives of a Newfoundland family for several months as they deal with the father's drinking and unemployment, the son's poor choice of friends and subsequent problems, and general familial deterioration

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Words beginning with each letter of the alphabet accompany illustrations evoking the culture and heritage of Canada.
By Alan Daniel (illustrator) and Kevin Major

Hardcover:

9780889952225 | Red Deer Pr, April 1, 2001, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Words beginning with each letter of the alphabet accompany illustrations evoking the culture and heritage of Canada.

Paperback:

9780889952720 | Red Deer Pr, March 1, 2003, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Words beginning with each letter of the alphabet accompany illustrations evoking the culture and heritage of Canada.

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Product Description: Jesse and his mother face the challenges of making a new life in a small town. But it's hard. Jesse has no friends, and his mother's carved wooden Santas aren't selling. Will there even be a Christmas? Jesse wonders. But before the season is out, Jesse and his mom discover the true spirit of Christmas...read more

Hardcover:

9780889952492 | Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd, January 14, 2003, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Jesse and his mother face the challenges of making a new life in a small town.

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Jesse's unemployed mother tries to make a new start for them by moving to a rural home where she hopes to foster a business carving figures for the Christmas season.
By Kevin Major and Ned Pratt (photographer)

Hardcover:

9780889951662 | Red Deer Pr, April 1, 2001, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Jesse's unemployed mother tries to make a new start for them by moving to a rural home where she hopes to foster a business carving figures for the Christmas season.

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In a memoir illustrated with many photographs, an extraordinary fifteen-year-old Canadian recounts his globe-trotting efforts to better the conditions of child laborers, a quest that has brought him face to face with the world's leaders. 35,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780060175979 | Harpercollins, April 1, 1999, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A fifteen-year-old Canadian recounts his globe-trotting efforts to better the conditions of child laborers, a quest that has brought him face to face with the world's leaders

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Jesse's unemployed mother tries to make a new start for them by moving to a rural home where she hopes to foster a business carving figures for the Christmas season
By Imelda George (illustrator), Kevin Major and Ned Pratt (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780765108296 | Smithmark Pub, July 1, 1998, cover price $12.98 | About this edition: Jesse's unemployed mother tries to make a new start for them by moving to a rural home where she hopes to foster a business carving figures for the Christmas season

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Paperback:

9780385257299 | Bantam Books of Canada Ltd, June 1, 1998, cover price $14.95

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Hardcover:

9780385255035, titled "No Man's Land" | Bantam Books of Canada Ltd, June 1, 1995, cover price $22.95 | also contains Mudball Molly

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Product Description: Book by Major, Kevin

Paperback:

9780770427054 | Bantam Books of Canada Ltd, April 1, 1995, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Book by Major, Kevin
9780385252935 | Doubleday of Canada, March 1, 1991, cover price $13.50

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Product Description: Book by Major, Kevin

Paperback:

9780385254595 | Doubleday, June 1, 1994, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Book by Major, Kevin
9780440204107 | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, June 1, 1989), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: In his letters to his favorite rock star, fourteen-year-old Terry reveals his musical aspirations and his problems coping with his parents' separation, communicating with girls, and finding his own place in the world.

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Paperback:

9780385254137 | Doubleday of Canada, May 1, 1993, cover price $12.95

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While collaborating on a history assignment about the exterminated Beothuk Indians, David and Nancy, the unconventional new girl in class, make a memorable trip to the tribe's burial place, Red Ochre Island

Hardcover:

9780440501183 | Delacorte Pr, February 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Living in Newfoundland, fifteen-year-old David meets a mysterious new girl named Nancy and makes a startling discovery while doing research for a school project on the Beothuck Indians.
9780385297943 | Doubleday of Canada, February 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Living in Newfoundland, fifteen-year-old David meets a mysterious new girl named Nancy and makes a startling discovery while doing research for a school project on the Beothuck Indians.

Paperback:

9780440207306 | Reprint edition (Laurel Leaf, September 1, 1990), cover price $3.25 | About this edition: Living in Newfoundland, fifteen-year-old David meets a mysterious new girl named Nancy and makes a startling discovery while doing research for a school project on the Beothuck Indians.

The end of his senior year finds Lorne the leader of a school strike, at the mercy of his passionate feelings for his new girlfriend, and tempted into wild escapades by his friend Trevor

Hardcover:

9780385293471, titled "Thirty Six Exposures" | Doubleday, October 1, 1984, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The last months before high school graduation are a watershed for seventeen-year-old Lorne as he confronts an autocratic teacher, befriends the wild and daring Trevor, begins a relationship with a girl, and contemplates a future away from his native Newfoundland.

Paperback:

9780440201632 | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, September 1, 1988), cover price $3.25 | About this edition: The end of his senior year finds Lorne the leader of a school strike, at the mercy of his passionate feelings for his new girlfriend, and tempted into wild escapades by his friend Trevor

Terry writes a letter to Bruce Springsteen, explaining the many problems of his life, and learns a valuable lesson about life and self-esteem

Hardcover:

9780385295840 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1991, cover price $143.00 | About this edition: In his letters to his favorite rock star, fourteen-year-old Terry reveals his musical aspirations and his problems coping with his parents' separation, communicating with girls, and finding his own place in the world.

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