british columbia

Leon and his friend Susan discover something suspicious going on in their tiny little village of New Auckland, and soon find themselves involved in an archeological mystery.

Eleven-year-old Primrose, who lives in a small fishing village in British Columbia, recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.

A fictionalized account of the 1884 lynching of fourteen-year-old Louie Sam, a Native American, by a group of men from the Washington Territory, told from the point of view of fifteen-year-old George Gillies and his best friend, whose fathers were part of the lynch mob that traveled into British Columbia to get what they saw as justice for the murder of a white Washington settler.

Two British Columbia rival teams are merged into one, and the players must learn to work together.

When forest fires in British Columbia cause mass destruction, Chris, a cross-country runner, doesn't see why he has to participate in the charity run to help refugees from the fire. Then Chris becomes friends with Jason, a Native American kid whose family has been displaced by the fire. When Chris's dad takes special interest in helping Jason and his family, Chris wonders about his father's own emigration as a young man, and starts to think about what it means to be a refugee and to have to actually run for your life.

Twins Justine and Perry have left their home in Australia and embarked on a roadtrip in the Pacific Northwest.

Twelve-year-old Franny Whitekraft lives quietly with her adopted parents on a farm on Vancouver Island until the spring of 1945 when the three Madden children move in, UFOs and ghosts appear, an important military airplane disappears, and wishes made in Old Tom's forbidden night garden will hopefully get everyone out of trouble.

Twelve-year-old Franny Whitekraft lives quietly with her adopted parents on a farm on Vancouver Island until the spring of 1945 when the three Madden children move in, UFOs and ghosts appear, an important military airplane disappears, and wishes made in Old Tom's forbidden night garden will hopefully get everyone out of trouble.

Discusses the history, geography, and culture of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

When, after a four-year absence, seventeen-year-old Squid returns to her childhood home on a remote lighthouse island off British Columbia with her young daughter in tow, she and her parents try to come to terms with each other and the painful events of the past, especially the death of her older brother.