- Location(s): British Columbia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Tragedy strikes a Native community when the Hill family’s handsome seventeen-year-old son, Jimmy, mysteriously vanishes at sea. Left behind to cope during the search-and-rescue effort is his sister, Lisamarie, a wayward teenager with a dark secret. She sets off...
Monkey King: Journey to the West
- Location(s): China
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy
- Era(s): N/A
One of the world’s greatest fantasy novels and a rollicking classic of Chinese literature, in a sparkling new translation and published in a Clothbound Classics edition. A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is...
- Location(s): Costa Rica
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 20th century
Discover the mysterious and fascinating ways in which animals and plants—and people—interact with one another in the rainforests of Costa Rica. Author and naturalist Jack Ewing shares a wealth of observations and experiences, gathered from more than three decades...
- Location(s): Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Early 2000s
This vivid and haunting short-story collection flows smoothly together to create a masterful portrait of contemporary Sri Lanka; a country of teeming natural beauty, with a society in turmoil. A married couple, living in London, find their marriage strained...
- Location(s): London, France, Scotland, Switzerland
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 19th century
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 1814: Two 16-year-old stepsisters run away with a married man. The results are devastating and the ripples will be felt for centuries. This is the incredible story of Mary Shelley – radical, rebellious and...