New Releases by Eric Walters

A street race ends in a tragic accident. Jake''s friends tell him to run, but he doesn''t know if he can—or should—run from the truth. Jake has finally got his driver''s license, and tonight he has his brother''s car as well. He and his friend Mickey take the car out and cruise the strip. When they challenge another driver to a street race, a disastrous chain reaction causes an accident. Jake and Mickey leave the scene, trying to convince themselves they were not involved. Jake finds he cannot pretend it didn''t happen and struggles with deciding on the right thing to do. Should he pretend he was not involved? Or should he go to the police? The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

It''s a new season for Nick and Kia and once again they have to prove they''ve got what it takes to make the Mississauga Magic rep team. There is no free ride on Coach Barkley''s team. The tryouts are tough but fair and it looks like the nucleus of last yearís team will be together once again. But there is one new player who seems to have the skills to impress the coach. Though Ashton has great skills, he''s not much of a team player. On top of that he''s not even sure he wants to make the team. Unable to imagine that anyone wouldn''t want to play for the Magic, Nick and Kia set out to solve this dilemma and learn some tough lessons along the way.

Ricky plans to replace his teacher''s boa constrictor when the animals in the classroom are destroyed by vandals.

Some young travellers, including British royalty, find themselves stranded in northern Canada when the adults in their group are kidnapped. They soon find themselves on the run from bears, whitewater rapids and dastardly villians while trying to find their way back to civilization.

In 1943 George and Jack discover Camp X - Canada''s secret spy camp and become involved in wartime intrigue.

In Book #4 of the popular basketball series, Nick, Kia, and their Mississauga Magic teammates are on the road, heading to an elite hoop tournament in the Mid-West. Feeling outmatched by higher profile teams, the kids still look forward to having a good time. However, Coach Barkley, who played college ball in the area and is still regarded as a hero, has other ideas. He expects near perfection and does not deal well with anything less. Nothing but winning will be good enough. Nick and Kia wonder if they even want to make the team.

When Nick and his pals suddenly find themselves short a man for the NBA-sponsored three-on-three tournament they plan to enter during the summer holidays, the solution seems simple enough. Nick, Kia and Mark are the key players on the team, so the fourth, though mandatory according to the rules, doesn''t really have to be good at the game. A surprise visit from Nick''s mother''s cousin brings Ned, who is exactly Nick''s age but not exactly an athlete, into the picture and onto the team. The other three teammates figure that as long as they don''t actually have to use Ned in a game they will be fine. Then Mark sprains his ankle and can''t play in the tournament. Suddenly Nick and Kia must find a way to make Ned an integral part of the team. This turns out to be no small task!

When Canada went to war with Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbour, Canadians of Japanese descent were declared "Enemy Aliens." Without recourse of any kind, they were forced to leave their homes along with the British Columbia coast, their possessions were sold, and their rights as citizens denied. Caged Eagles follows fourteen-year-old Tadashi Fukushima and his family as they embark on a tortuous physical and emotional journey. Along with neighbours from their remote village on the northern BC coast, they travel by fishing boat to Vancouver, where they are placed in detention in Hastings Park, the Pacific National Exhibition ground, and forced to live in cattle stalls. For Tadashi detention becomes both an adventure and a dilemma as he struggles to understand the undercurrents of racism and injustice that have overtaken his life and those of his community.

The Bully Boys is the story of fourteen-year-old Thomas Roberts, who finds himself looking after the family farm when his father goes off to fight for the British army during the War of 1812. When Thomas inadvertently stumbles upon some American soldiers who are attempting to rob a local store, his quick thinking and his bravery save the day. His actions also catch the eye of the war''s most famous officer-Lieutenant James FitzGibbon, leader of the unit dubbed the Green Tigers or "Bully Boys." This, Tommy realizes, is his chance to escape the drudgery of the farm and join the "real" men who are fighting for their freedom. When FitzGibbon takes Tommy under his wing for a time, the young man soon finds that war is both more fascinating and more horrifying than he had ever imagined. Based on the true events surrounding the legendary James FitzGibbon and The Battle of Beaver Dam, The Bully Boys is a moving account of a young man''s experience of war.

During WWII, Jed’s English father serves as a fighter pilot overseas, while Jed and his mother move back to her Tsimshian community on Canada''s west coast. When the military sets up a naval base in town, Jed is hired to help out, honored it seems, for both his father''s bravery and his own native skills as a hunter. Presented with a military jacket, Jed finds an allegiance to his country and a pride in his mixed heritage that he''s never felt before. But one day Jed''s world is shattered. His best friend Tadashi, along with the other members of the nearby Japanese village, are declared enemy aliens and told to prepare to leave their homes. Now Jed must ask himself where his allegiance really belongs...to his country''s rigid code, or to the truth that is buried in his Tsimshian soul. War of the Eagles is the first of two books in a series. Book two is Caged Eagles.

When Sky''s mother is killed, Sky and her sisters are sent to different foster families, but when they discover an uncle Sky didn''t know they had, Sky makes a deal with him so that she can stay with her sisters in his house.

When Joseph''s life of stealing and running is brought to an end when he is sent to a wilderness-based program, what surprises him the most is the discovery that the open sky is enormous--and full of stars.

Sometimes the longest journey is back to where you belong... Life was pretty exciting for Jonathan when he lived with his con-artist father. But now he has to stay with his grandparents while his dad hides from some angry customers, and life is tough. It''s hard to make friends when your scamming them. Hard to gain the trust of wary grandparents. And hard to decide whether to leave when the coast is clear--or stand for a new and better life.

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