Best Selling Books by Norah McClintock

When Caleb Drake comes home from prison, nobody in town wants him back. Nobody except Chloe, who has seen the smile that Terri - the young womanthat Caleb supposedly hurt - gives him. Chloe is sure that Caleb didn''t do it. The trouble is, how is she going to prove it? Caleb himself is no help at all - in fact, he gets into more scrapes with the law. So it looks like it''s up to Chloe to prove hisinnocence. The fifth book in the acclaimed Chloe and Levesque series, featuring the smart talking sleuth with attitude to spare.

In this middle-grade novel, Rennie ends up on a ski trip with Grandma and stumbles on a murder plot.

A shallow grave. Human remains. An unsolved murder from years ago. It looks like the past is coming back to wreak havoc on Mike''s new life. What''s making the usually unshakeable Riel so rattled, and what does a beautiful but manipulative girl have to do with it all?

"Chloe is set up to look like a cheater, then she stumbles upon a corpse and an even more sinister mystery. Who is behind all the trouble? Another chilling mystery in the series" Cf. Our choice, 2003.

Trademark McClintock!Zanny and her father have always been close. So when she comes home and finds him dead from an apparent suicide, she can''t believe it''s true. Why would her father want to kill himself? Why does a special government agent claim her father was an embezzler? And why does it seem like no one wants her to find out the truth? Filled with trademark McClintock suspense and tension, this murder mystery builds to a gripping climax in which Zanny must face three potential murderers and choose which one to trust.

Mike is stunned when his friend Sal is stabbed to death near the high school. Even though there were lots of kids nearby, nobody comes forward to explain what happened. When Mike starts asking questions, he finds out Sal was hanging around a girl who recently left a gang. Is the gang responsible for killing Sal? How can Mike discover the truth when no one will talk?

"Chloe doesn''t fit in at her new high school, until football star Thomas Rennie starts paying attention to her. Then Chloe discovers startling truths about the in-crowd she had joined" Cf. Our choice, 2000

In this novel for teens, Riley gets a crash course in small-town prejudice when an immigrant man is accused of a crime that Riley is sure he did not commit.

In this mystery for teen readers, Riley Donovan uncovers the truth about the death of a popular high school football player.

At the request of his late grandfather, Rennie does to Iceland to right an old wrong, and gets drawn into investigating a murder.

Everyone in town thinks they know who killed their musical prodigy, but Riley Donovan will have the final say. In Riley Donovan''s last whodunit mystery, Alicia, a talented high school violinist, is found bludgeoned to death in a field on the outskirts of town. The small town''s suspicion immediately falls on Carrie, the teen''s musical rival. But Riley isn''t convinced of Carrie''s guilt, and even though her police-officer aunt tells her to stay out of it, Riley goes searching for the truth. Did Carrie really kill Alicia in a fit of jealous rage, or is there another explanation for Alicia''s death?

The seven grandsons from the bestselling Seven (the Series) and The Seven Sequels return in The Seven Prequels, along with their daredevil grandfather, David McLean. In these thrilling origin stories Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock and their signature writing styles take readers from the heat of the jungles of Central America to the mysterious streets of Stockholm to one very dangerous kayaking trip in Florida. These linked novels can be read in any order. Discover all seven books in this action-packed collection: Barracuda Jungle Land The Missing Skull Separated Slide Speed Weerdest Day Ever!

In early June, 1964, the Benevolent Home for Necessitous Girls burns to the ground and its vulnerable residents are thrust out into the world. The orphans, who know no other home, find their lives changed in an instant. Arrangements are made for the youngest residents, but the seven oldest girls are sent on their way with little more than a clue or two to their past and the hope of learning about the families they have never known. On their own for the first time in their lives, they are about to experience the world in ways they never imagined. Bestselling authors Kelley Armstrong, Vicki Grant, Marthe Jocelyn, Kathy Kacer, Norah McClintock, Teresa Toten and Eric Walters teamed up to create this series of linked YA novels. Readers can discover all seven Secrets in any order in this thrilling collection. This collection includes the seven following titles: The Unquiet Past Small Bones A Big Dose of Lucky Stones on a Grave My Life Before Me Shattered Glass Innocent

The bestselling Seven (the Series) continues with The Seven Sequels! All seven authors from the original series have returned with a second set of seven novels that can be read in any order. Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock bring their signature writing styles to a series of adventures that take readers from the cobblestones of Cambridge to the beaches of Uruguay. This ebook bundle contains: Sleeper Broken Arrow Coda The Wolf and Me From the Dead Tin Soldier Double You "This unusual series features seven books that are connected but can stand alone as individual adventures. Building upon a plot line first laid out in the “Seven” series, each entry follows one of David McLean’s seven grandsons as he embarks on a dangerous mission in a far flung locale, as per instructions in Grandpa McLean’s oddball will...This thrill-a-minute series will hook reluctant readers as well as fans of James Bond and Jason Bourne." —School Library Journal

Featuring stories from nine outstanding Canadian authors, this anthology is the perfect Christmas gift for Dear Canada readers, both old and new! A Time for Giving includes ten tales of Christmas, following the most recent Dear Canada diarists "the Christmas after" their diary ends. Johanna Leary is reunited with her brother after they were separated at Grosse-Île; Mary Kobayashi spends a second Christmas at a Japanese internment camp; Rose Rabinowitz finds some surprising challenges in her new country, and many more! A Special Gift is a story from Ojibwe writer Ruby Slipperjack to preview her upcoming Dear Canada (coming in Fall 2016!), set the winter before the diarist is sent to Residential School. Contributors include Jean Little (Exiles from the War and All Fall Down), Barbara Haworth- Attard (To Stand on My Own), Sarah Ellis (That Fatal Night), Susan Aihoshi (Torn Apart), Norah McClintock (A Sea of Sorrows), Karleen Bradford (A Country of Our Own), Janet McNaughton (Flame and Ashes), Carol Matas (Pieces of the Past), and Ruby Slipperjack.

"An intriguing fictional murder case gives readers an in-depth look at the process of a Canadian murder investigation" Cf. Our choice, 2002

In the midst of the Irish famine, Johanna flees one disaster -- only to land in another. After a massive potato famine strikes Ireland, thirteen-year-old Johanna Leary flees to Canada with her family. But typhus and other illnesses plague the "coffin ships," so named for the staggering number of immigrants who died enroute. One by one Johanna loses the members of her family -- first her baby brother on the journey over, then her mother in the Grosse Isle fever sheds where sick passengers are quarantined when they reach the port of Québec, and her father soon after. Johanna has only her brother Michael left when she sets foot on Canadian soil. When her brother is mistakenly told that she too has died, he sets off to find their uncle "somewhere in Canada," leaving Johanna to face a new life in a strange land... totally alone. A Sea of Sorrows captures a dreadful time in history for those desperate, impoverished Irish families who hoped to make Canada their home. Johanna''s incredible journey of survival is told with insight and sensitivity by master storyteller Norah McClintock.

As a troubled teen struggles to free himself from his past and the implications of the present conspiracies that surround him, Dooley tries to prove his innocence in a suicide that looks like murder.

Story of an interracial relationship in a Montreal high school in the mid-1960''s.

From the second she met him, Chloe thought Jonah was a jerk. So why is she going to such lengths to prove that his father isnt a murderer? Especially when she isnt even sure its true? Chloe finally pieces together what really happened the day Jonahs mother was killed. The trouble is, the closer she gets to nailing the murderer, the closer she gets to danger...

"Harley is haunted by feelings of guilt over his father''s death - until his father''s ghost starts him looking for clues to murder! Echoes of Hamlet add resonance to this mystery, suspense novel" Cf. Our choice, 2000.

"Just days after she came to Chloe for help, Tessa is found dead. As Chloe gets closer to finding the killer, the killer is watching her ..." Cf. Our choice, 2002.

Ever since Mick arrived in his father''s hometown, people have been acting strange around him. Like father, like son, they say. But Mick''s dad has done his time in prison -- and besides, Mick''s mom always said he was wrongfully convicted. Who is hiding the truth? And what does Mick have to do to uncover it?

Three very different half-sisters--responsible oldest sister Brynn, troublesome middle child Chloe, and young, insecure Phoebe--band together against a common enemy when their mother brings home a new husband.

Enter Jack, returned from the dead after months in a coma. With total amnesia, he''s a stranger in his own life, And the way people react really makes him wonder:what kind of a guy is-was- Jack Thorne?

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.