New Releases by Monica Hughes

A teenage boy goes on a secret hunting trip alone in an effort to come to terms with his leukemia and to test his strength and resourcefulness in battling the elements and stalking the white-tailed deer that is his quarry.

When the slaves rebel against the rigid social order imposed on the colony by the all-controlling computer, Tomi, the son of the colony Overlord manages to escape beyond the computer''s reach and discovers what it is like to be free.

A high school basketball star finds his future life shattered when the results come back from some hospital tests.

The community of the planet of Isis, misled by power-hungry space captain Michael Joseph Flynn, moves down the path of destruction until Moira, the captain''s daughter, exposes his self-serving designs.

In a world where scientists are battling to prevent the onset of a new ice age, Lisa - bored with life in the enclosed City - runs away and joins a scientific expedition to the snow fields. Captured by the Ekos who live in the barren lands, Lisa learns of the "black snow" and the perils to follow.

For Paula Herman, 11 going on 12, life is pretty straightforward - until the summer her mother decides to move to Edmonton. There Paula begins to unravel the mystery of her past and things begin to get complicated. Why does her mother refuse to talk about it? What has happened to the handsome man in the photograph - the man she knows must be her father? Why is his name Popowich when hers is Herman? The deeper Paula goes into solving the mystery, the more tangled her life becomes - until running away seems the only solution. Or is it?

A chapter book.