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"When Jona moves from the big city of Vancouver to the tiny town of Carterton, Victoria Buckingham can't believe her luck. What were the chances the new guy would be interested in joining Save Our Streams, the local environmental group she is so proud of? But it turns out Vik isn't the only one who is captivated by the newcomer. Her boyfriend, Linc, is soon spending as much time with Jona as he is with her. When Jona is accused of a crime, Vik is the only one who can keep him out of trouble--but only if she tells the truth about what really happened. What if she doesn't say anything? Is keeping her mouth shut really lying? And if she tells the truth, does she risk losing everything that matters to her?"--Back cover.

Abandoned by her mother at the age of four, Nico Cavan has been lost for years. She copes by staying under the radar at school. And when she uncovers some details about her mother, she's left chasing the wild idea that Kurt Cobain might be her real father, and better yet, he might still be alive. Set on the idea, she runs away and finds herself in a situation she needs saving from, but she might be the only one capable of saving herself.

When Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon decide to experiment with foods for one year, they only ate foods produced within 100 miles of their home. Describes their interesting encounters and connections with the people that produced the foods they ate.

Text and over one hundred photos examine the way of life of wolves on Canada's North Pacific coast, exploring their unique traits.

Photographs and text profile the landscape, wildlife, and foliage found on Canada's west coast between the north end of Vancouver Island and the Alaska border.

Explores the habits and behaviors of the killer whales that live in the Pacific Northwest, through diary entries, notes, and photographs.

Follows two black bear cubs, Fraser and his sister Samantha--named by a biologist's daughter--as they grow up and learn how to search for food, and the Pacific salmon who will one day return to the Fraser River where they hunt.

An old man tells the legend of the lost island and the story of a great Indian medicine man who had many dreams of the white man coming to their lands.