Bonnie Turner: 10 books

SET IN THE "LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN," Drum Dance is filled with action, adventure, paranormal intrigue, and danger in Canada’s Central Arctic where Sir John Franklin and his crew froze to death searching for the Northwest Passage. In the late 1930s, 17-year-old David Jansson agrees...

For fans of Steinbeck’s timeless classic, THE GRAPES OF WRATH Daniel Tomelin, a battle-worn veteran with PTSD—haunted by the carnage of World War 1—deserts his wife and children in the Great Depression and becomes a hobo seeking work and relief from his nightmares. This page-turning...

Ten read-aloud, interactive short stories for preschool and early grades to help stimulate a young child's memory and imagination. Parents, grandparents, and child-care personnel can discuss the stories and characters with their children while reading and encourage them to find pictures and maps to match the stories.

For someone afraid of the dark, living in the Arctic is a severe test of courage. Ten-year-old Jean-Paul struggles to hide his fear and adjust to life in the Northwest Territory of Canada, where he is taunted by a group of Inuit boys because of his lameness caused by a birth defect. Forced imprisonment...

A read-aloud holiday story for all ages. When Pinky Mouse disobeys his parents and sneaks out of their dusty attic home to learn the meaning of Christmas, he finds himself in danger from Tiger the cat and a mean-looking mousetrap! And when he asks the Cuckoo clock about Christmas, a little...

Summer vacation sucks when 12-year-old Buzz shares his room with a grandpa who has Alzheimer’s disease and his parents forbid him to associate with his best friend. The idea of giving up Mitch is bad enough. But how can he relate to an old man who wears adult diapers and thinks dog biscuits are...

Together in one edition for the first time! Two popular Arctic novels for middle-grade and young-adult readers, North Wind Tales contains the complete text of The Haunted Igloo and its sequel Spirit Lights. Follow the scary Arctic adventures of young Jean-Paul Ardoin and his best Inuit friend, Chinook. Book...

A psychological ghost story: Haunting memories lurk in the shadows of this mysterious walk from the past. When Dr. Marc St. Clair inherits his eccentric aunt Miriam’s old Victorian house at Calico Acres, in southwestern Wisconsin, her Last Will and Testament states that he and his invalid...

Spirit Lights is the second book in my Arctic Series and is the sequel to The Haunted Igloo, a middle-grade novel first published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1991. It’s a coming-of-age story for fans of Gary Paulsen, Scott O'Dell & Jack London, in which 12-year-old Jean-Paul has overcome his...

"Lucas" is a story about love and loss, being different, overcoming difficulties on your path, accepting your own uniqueness and finally finding solace within who your are and your destiny. Even the story is purely fantasy; the backbone is closely knitted to my own life, upbringing and the people...