Margaret Buffie

In this 20th-anniverary edition of the novel by Margaret Buffie, it's going to be a long, hot summer for 15-year-old Lizzie. Normally a vacation at her grandmother's northern Manitoba cottage is the highlight of the year, but this summer the whole family is going along, including her new stepfather whom she detests. To escape the family's bickering, Lizzie explores a nearby island, where she finds the remains of an old cabin and uncovers a pair of spectacles. When she tries on the old glasses she is surprised to find herself watching a woman and girl from the past. Lizzie is determined to find out who these ghosts are, and why they are appearing to her. Enlisting the help of her grandmother's teenage neighbor, Alex, she puts together clues about the ghosts' identities and in doing so, finds a way to help her estranged family reunite. It's a compelling story, carrying young readers from the present to the past and back again.

Who Is Frances Rain?

Addy Jarrick, a smart, talented and funny fifteen-year-old, has her world turned upside down when her parents split up and she moves with her mother away from Toronto, causing her to have panic attacks and hear voices.

Angels Turn Their Backs

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.

Out of Focus

Knowing that she is different from her family in more ways than just in her looks, Emma finds herself searching for answers, yet when the mystery starts to unravel, she finds herself facing up to issues she had never anticipated.

The Watcher

Accidentally falling into the forbidden world beyond the portal, Emma finds her powers sorely tested when she is forced to solve terrifying puzzles in order to save the lives of all those she loves.

The Finder

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.

Winter Shadows

Emma begins a quest to find her daughter, Ailla, who was stolen at birth, while her own mother lies dying, but Emma is in danger when she discovers she is not the only one searching for Ailla.

The Seeker

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.

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