New Releases by Norah McClintock

When Addy is publicly humiliated, it is terrible, but when she finds out her best friend was involved, it is almost unbearable.

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

Connie Suarez, downsized from her job as a legal secretary, is working as a maid. She''s getting used to picking up after people and putting their lives in order. But she is not prepared for the mess that awaits her when she arrives at work one morning to find her employer dead on the floor of his bedroom. Connie''s co-worker Maria, an undocumented immigrant from Colombia, quickly becomes the prime suspect in his murder. When Maria begs her for help, Connie cannot refuse. As she tries to discover what really happened, she learns that Maria has been keeping a number of things from her. Now Connie can''t decide who or what to believe. And that''s not the worst of it. Connie soon realizes that she herself is also a potential target for violence. The question now is, will she be able to clean up the mess that Maria is in without getting killed herself?

In a dark back alley, Boone and Andre witness a violent murder, and agree not to mention it. But the killers have different ideas and come after Boone and his friends, killing two of them. Boone is desperate to save himself but realizes to do so he will need to face the violent act in his past that continues to haunt him. Told in Norah McClintock''s trademark suspenseful style and with spare black-and-white illustrations from Mike Deas, this compelling graphic novel looks into the darkness and forces us to face our deepest fears.

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.

Robyn''s scared of dogs like, really scared. But she agrees to spend her summer working at an animal shelter anyway. (It''s a long story.) Robyn soon discovers that many juvenile offenders also volunteer at the shelter including Nick D''Angelo, a boy from Robyn''s past. A boy she hoped to never see again. Nick has a talent for getting into trouble, but after his latest arrest, Robyn suspects that he just might be innocent. And she sets out to prove it....

Finn watches in horror as his stepmother is gunned down in front of his house. His father reacts and kills the gunman. When Finn learns that the killer is the same man who admitted to killing his birth mother years before, he is shocked and wants to know if this is more than a terrible coincidence. At the police station, he meets Lila, daughter of the killer, and they strike up a wary friendship. Both of them are desperate to find the truth. What they discover hints at a much larger conspiracy.

When Kenzie critically injures his ex-girlfriend, suspicion grows that it was not an accident, and his behavior seems to confirm it.

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When Tegan witnesses the murder of two friends, she struggles with people thinking she knows more than she is saying.

There''s a masked man in the store, and it isn''t Halloween. Rosie walks in on an armed robbery in her father''s convenience store.

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...

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

Ethan has a secret that someone is willing to kill for.

When Stephanie is abducted and left alone in the woods, it takes all of her strength to survive.

After serving time for a violent crime, Jojo returns to the neighborhood and tries to take his life back.

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.

Kaz, troubled by his father''s absence and a learning disability, discovers the real consequences of crime when he steals a watch from an elderly woman.

When Colin accepts a summer job he doesn''t expect to become a criminal suspect.

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.

After serving time for assault, Remy must learn to control his anger.

What are you going to do? Shoot me?

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

When David''s stepfather is murdered, he knows more than he is telling.

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

To save himself, Josh must learn to deal with his anger.