Product Description: The Caramel Tree Readers Level 5 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 9 to 12. With approximately 4,000 words each, the stories provide students the opportunity to expand their reading skills by witnessing character development and more complex plots...read more

Product Description: The story of the 100,000 British children who came to Canada as child immigrants between 1870 and 1938 is not well known. Yet the descendants of these "Home Children" number over four million people in Canada today. The author is one of them...read more

Product Description: Jillian Nelson, 11 years old and newly moved to Vancouver, Canada has struck upon an ingenious solution to find a friend: Tanya, a Belarus girl exposed to Chernobyl radiation will stay with the Nelsons on a summer exchange. But language barriers, poor health and culture shock strain the nascent friendship and Jillian's jealousy and selfishness threaten to alienate Tanya in the very place she is meant to feel safe...read more