New Releases by Margaret Buffie

Cass feels the long winter shadows on her heart. Her mother died of cancer and her father has remarried a woman who has moved into their old Manitoba house with her nasty, babyish daughter and an attitude that's very hard to take. Christmas promises to be a miserable time. More than a century earlier, Christmas is proving to be difficult for Beatrice, too, for she has shadows of her own. Some are cast by her circumstances. She sees the growing prejudice against people like her who are of mixed Cree and Scottish backgrounds. And like Cass, she has a stepmother. Her father's new wife is threatened by Beatrice and is driving a wedge into the family. Beatrice can only be sure of her beloved Cree grandmother, relegated to a room upstairs. When a way of escape presents itself to Beatrice by way of an eligible bachelor, she is torn by the choice it offers her. Should she settle for a man she doesn't love or address the problems at home? Through her journal, she explores the answer and, at the same time, inspires Cass to find the strength she needs to face her own situation. Margaret Buffie's great skill as a storyteller creates a splendid, engaging novel that offers readers a rich combination of fine history, suspenseful shifts in time, and unforgettable characters.

In this novel by Margaret Buffie, a family struggles to get back on their feet at an inherited lodge in cottage country, while 16-year-old Bernice learns to get a handle on her rage.

In the third book of The Watcher's Quest Trilogy, Emma discovers inner strength she didn't realize she had.

YA. Fantasy, intrigue. 11 yrs+

This riveting young adult Gothic novel by award-winner Margaret Buffie explores themes of trauma and identity.

In this first book of the Watcher's Quest trilogy, Emma is hurtled from her quiet farm life into strange worlds of intrigue and terror.

"Fifteen-year-old Addy is afraid to take even one step out of the house. A compelling, supernatural thriller about a girl caught in the grip of agoraphobia from the award-winning author" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000

Comme elle adore le faire et qu'elle le fait bien, Margaret Buffie superpose, entremêle deux trames, tentant de conserver à chacune son intérêt et d'en faire naître une troisième du mariage des deux. Elle s'amuse à ajouter des détails, à complexifier, à multiplier les rebondissements, parfois même forcés. Les deux trames sont intéressantes et leurs personnages bien campés, cependant elles se nuisent l'une et l'autre. Aux cinq membres singuliers de la famille Goodall s'ajoutent trois fantômes et un "doppelgänger", c'est beaucoup! Un roman un peu long, mais captivant. [SDM].

In this ghostly novel by Margaret Buffie, Rachel has always wanted to be like other kids ... until she finds out why she hears strange voices.

When her family moves to a guest ranch in Alberta after the death of her younger brother, sixteen year old Jessica slowly becomes aware of a ghostly link between her mother's grief and a long-ago tragedy at Willow Creek Ranch.

As a young girl gathers clues about a ghost's identity, she finds ways to help her family. This compelling novel by Margaret Buffie returns in a deluxe 20th-anniversary edition.

Fifteen-year-old Rachel MacCaw is angry. Her mother has walked out, her father is cross-country hauling in his huge rig, and she has been dumped on her Great Aunt Irene.

Fifteen-year-old Lizzie digs up a pair of old glasses and finds out she can see ghosts from the past when she wears them.