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Ciel is catatonic and will only express herself through Strauss''s music on the piano and through classical song, while Jabber moves in and out of psychotic delusion. Their lives are desperate but they find peace, refuge, and blissful love in performing their own wild and woolly personalized version of Tennyson''s classic epic poem "Enoch Arden." This is a play about the truly redemptive and empowering nature of art, and how it can be recreated and reclaimed by anyone with the hunger and the will to do so.Based on Tennyson''s "Enoch Arden" and the melodrama for piano by Richard Strauss.

A seventeen-year-old girl, Ana, is lying contentedly in an abandoned farmer''s field outside of Kingston, Ontario, revelling in the August sunset, when her mind is transported to another time and place. Like a dream, but real: She and her friend Frances are eight years old, crawling in the grasses of Crow''s Field in Middletown, Connecticut, collecting wildflowers, when two crackly male voices ask them what they are doing. So begins the reliving of a forgotten attack with the only witness having been her secret best friend Patty, who stumbles on the scene and then, fleeing the attackers, tries to swim across the turbulent Connecticut River and drowns. Ana finds she cannot speak to save her friend, and is therefore abandoned by the Virgin Mary, who no longer appears to her before her grand mal seizures. When Ana''s family moves to Canada, she is overjoyed as she is sure she has escaped. Her teenage years are a time of new friends, of being haunted by her secret best friend''s ghost, of discovering her sexuality, of bullying so severe it caused a seizure that would have killed her had she not screamed herself back into life. When she meets the charismatic Satan''s Choice member Matthieu at the local fairgrounds, and they fall in love in the Haunted House ride, she feels more alive than she ever has. Slowly but surely, Ana becomes a woman who is willing to act and to speak, no matter what the cost.

Tinkler''s Quest is a spellbinding journey through magical storytelling paintings, weaving together art and poetry to inspire a deep connection with nature. Each richly layered image unlocks hidden stories, sparks memories, and invites readers of all ages to reflect on their role in protecting the world around them. Born from the community-driven spirit of Stow Stories, this book draws from the historic Tinkler''s Meadow in Stowmarket, Suffolk, where a love for the land ignited a movement. Now, Tinkler''s Quest carries that vision forward - across rivers, land, sea, and sand - celebrating nature''s beauty, wildness, and healing power. Through words, art, and creativity, this book reminds us that every story told and every action taken, no matter how small, helps weave a future where the world is wilder, richer, and more alive.

A teenager is dead after facing harassment and cyberbullying. Two friends go camping, and one reveals a secret. A conflict between two band students erupts into violence. A refugee celebrates the new year in Canada. A bereaved teen joins her school volleyball team. Five fierce new plays from some of Canada''s best playwrights reveal the passion, pain, humour, and hopes of young people in this exciting anthology of plays for high schools.

Elora Dixon is a vibrant, middle-aged lawyer and disability-rights activist who has never walked a step in her life. A neuromuscular disease left her with a curved spine and a reliance on around-the-clock care. Nonetheless, she is an inexorable force when chance pits her against the notorious Julian Summer, who is in town promoting his internationally bestselling book. Julian is a fervent supporter of euthanasia and Elora is the counter-argument - a living rebuke to parents who want the option of euthanizing a disabled newborn. So it comes as a shock, especially to Elora, when the two find themselves acutely attracted to one another. Will she learn to negotiate her feelings and her convictions, or will Julian''s beliefs begin to colour her own?

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This story is a historical fiction, based on three characters, Uncle Jake, Aunt Sallie and Uncle Doby, who came to central Florida as early pioneers in 1883. As with any pioneer, they faced moments of danger from the deep creeks and untamed swamps; but, they also had fun times living the simple life. Many of the events are true, but all could have happened considering the location and the time period. It should be very helpful to the students of pioneer history.