Dundurn imprint: 1894 books

Presenting both of Little Jane Silver's piratical adventures in one special bundle! Little Jane Silver is the granddaughter of the notorious pirate Long John Silver. Growing up on her parents' ship, she vows to become a real pirate. As her ship is pursued by a mysterious pirate hunter, and...

As spring comes to Eldritch Manor, Willa deals with the King of the Fairies, a terrifying creature, and the usual family drama. Spring comes to Eldritch Manor, bringing with it all kinds of mayhem. The arrival of the King of the Fairies throws the resident fairies into a romantic tizzy. Mab...

2014 Forest of Reading, Silver Birch Award — Shortlisted, Fiction 2014 Rocky Mountain Book Award — Shortlisted Are those cranky old folks at the retirement home really what they seem? Twelve-year-old Willa Fuller is convinced that the old folks in the shabby boarding house down the...

The discovery of an old Ouija board sends three kids back in time to wartime 1915 to help a spirit find peace. Maggie’s life has been anything but easy lately. So when her best friend Gillian discovers a Ouija board in the attic, it’s a welcome relief. While they’d rather be at the mall...

When 14-year-old-Johanna learns that her orphanage is experimenting on babies, she kidnaps one of them and sets off for Amsterdam. Johanna is a 14-year-old Jewish girl who lives in Hamburg, Germany, in the early 18th century. She feels stifled by the daily drudgery of her life and dreams of...

Explores what it's like to make a new life as a teenage refugee Features three strong, female Muslim characters Story of empowerment about students helping each other and supporting their teammates As a teacher, the author is experienced writing issues-based books Author's previous YA novel, Finding...

"No one pays much attention to you if you don't have much to say, so there was no way I could have predicted what would happen when I stopped talking altogether." When his teacher announces that it's time for the yearly class speeches, Griffin Maxwell starts to sweat. His past experience...

#1 Calgary Herald Bestseller Just when Andy starts to feel like he finally belongs, can he stand up to the person he trusted the most? Andy Crockett doesn’t fit in at his new school — not with the goths, not with the jocks, and certainly not with the brains. Not even, really, with The Six,...

It's been a year since Felix Taylor travelled back to ancient Rome and saved his world from a lethal plague. Again his knowledge of Latin seems useless now that life in the 23rd century has returned to normal. But is it really? A stranger has discovered the time machine and used it to project...

Avi Greenbaum is Jewish and lives in West Jerusalem. Moussa Shakir is Palestinian and lives in East Jerusalem. Both are 15 years old, live without their fathers, adore their older brothers, and belong to the same soccer club. Avi commemorates the Holocaust and celebrates Israeli independence, while...

A wilderness survival YA novel about an independent male protagonist putting his wilderness skills to the test to find his father and evade a mysterious pursuer Suspensefully written with white-knuckle tension throughout Explores the world of backcountry exploration, a sport that combines climbing,...

Fifteen-year-old Danny is a troubled kid, and trouble always seems to follow him. Things are changing just too fast his family has moved to a new town, his father is battling alcoholism, and Danny has a hair-trigger temper that causes him problems with the teachers and the other kids at his new school....

Owen’s plan to sail away on an adventure puts him on a collision course with some very dangerous people. When Owen’s parents leave him on his own for a week, the sixteen-year-old gets bored and hatches a crazy idea: sneak onto the yacht that’s visiting the sleepy Pacific Coast island...

Mike Watson's team has just won the Alberta Bantam Provincial box lacrosse championships. The euphoria of victory and plans for next season are short-lived when Mike's father, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is transferred to Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The transition to life...