Sharon E. McKay

Daniel Lafrance

Ugandan boys Jacob and Tony, after being abducted and turned into child soldiers, escape from their captors and reach safety, but Jacob is left with the mental scars of their ordeal.

The Graphic Novel

War Brothers

Rafal Gerszak

Teenage best friends Tamanna and Yasmine face arranged marriages and persecution by the Taliban in their Afghan village, so they flee through dangerous mountain passes with only one another to rely upon.

Thunder Over Kandahar

The year is 1918. Charlie Wilcox, now 17 years old, tall, broad and mature beyond his years, returns home to Brigus, Newfoundland. He is a man now, his childhood left behind on the battlefields of France and Belgium. And he is burdened by a secret, one he fears will inflict terrible grief on the village and people he loves--people who have already suffered so much because of the Great War. Waiting for him are his parents, Sam and Lucy Wilcox, and old friends Lily Mackenzie and Mac Daniels. We meet new characters, too: Helena, a beguiling beauty with chocolate eyes; Tom, a stretcher bearer, hardened by his years in the trenches; and Frank, a mischievous prankster. Then there is Claire. The girl he left had eyes like pies and a face like an egg. But the young woman before him is a beauty--and she is angry. Why? She asks. Why did Charlie stay away so long? And why did so many have to die? Claire, like the rest of Brigus, wants answers. Charlie Wilcox's Great War is the unforgettable story of a boy's quest to find his courage and fulfil his destiny--a destiny hard-won on the great battlefields of Europe. But was the cost too high?

Charlie Wilcox's Great War

When tram conductor, Hans, and ticket collector, Lars, claim that Beatrice is their niece, they save her from the same fate of her mother, but open themselves up to the dangers of hiding a Jewish child in 1940's Amsterdam.

The End of the Line

Two hospitalized boys, a Palestinian and an Israeli, escape their ward in search of Jerusalem's secrets, but when they lose their way and the journey turns dangerous, they must put aside their differences and find a way back to safety.

Enemy Territory

Jacob and Oteka find themselves in the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda and must try to survive.

The war is over and it's Christmas. Penelope and her grandmother are looking forward to being reunited with Penny's father and sisters. However, during the year that they've been apart, Penny feels like her sisters have grown up without her. She quickly learns that her father wants to take her and her sisters back to Halifax with him, to become a family again. But Penelope has come to love her grandmother and the life they share in Montreal, by the end of the holiday, she will have to make a decision that will affect her, her family, and the course of her life.

Penelope : Christmas Reunion

In book three of Penny's story, the Great War in Europe continues to cast its shadow over the world. Penny's Aunt Colleen is constantly worried about her brother, Robert, who is serving in France and though Penny's also worried for Uncle Robert, she's facing her own more immediate problems. She's begun school at a posh private academy, where the upper-class girls tease Penny about her poor Irish father. Eventually, Penelope learns to be proud of her heritage from a most unusual source.

Penelope : an Irish Penny

"Penny's father struggles to raise three daughters alone in Halifax. Then one morning, while he is at work, a catastrophic explosion rocks the town" Cf. Our choice, 2002.

Terror in the Harbour

Penelope

A contemporary tale of selfless love and the powerful desire to survive.

Prison Boy

Kathy Kacer

The stories in Whispers from the Camps are harrowing accounts from children who survived being captured and imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps. Stripped of their clothes, their possessions, and, in many cases, their families, they nevertheless held on to the hope of freedom. Despite the insurmountable odds against survival, these children lived to tell their tales in the second installment of the Whispers series.

Whispers from the Camps

Jacob is a 14-year-old Ugandan who is sent away to a boys' school. Once there, he assures his friend Tony that they need not be afraid -- they will be safe. But not long after, in the shadow of the night, the boys are abducted. Marched into the jungle, they are brought to an encampment of the feared rebel soldiers. Told that they must kill or be killed, the boys are thrust into a terrifying struggle to endure and survive. In time, the boys escape. Hunted by the rebels, stalked by a lion, and even pursued by river crocs, they miraculously succeed in reaching safety; however, it is no longer enough. Jacob's adventures force him to confront evil, victimization, and the dark side of human nature, but also teach him about loyalty, friendship, and the true meaning of family.

The Novel

A powerful and unforgettable graphic novel, based on true events, about the capture of Ugandan schoolchildren forced to serve as child soldiers in the Lord's Resistance Army. A 2014 Eisner Award nominee. Fourteen-year-old Jacob and his friends are sharing stories about their school break when the door to their dorm is violently kicked in. Blinded by fear and confusion, the boys are abducted from their school in the middle of the night, marched into the jungle and forced to become child soldiers in the Lord's Resistance Army - it's kill or be killed. Based on the award-winning novel War Brothers by Sharon E. McKay, with striking illustrations by animator and storyboard artist Daniel Lafrance, this graphic novel captures the very essence of life as a child soldier. Readers will never forget Jacob's experiences as he struggles to survive, unsure of who he can trust, afraid of succumbing to madness and, above all, desperate to get to freedom.

L. McMeel Andrews

Four fat dough sticks and illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions allow young children to roll, mold, press, and imprint numerous amusing and decorative items. Original.

Pat-a-Cake Dough Book and Kit

In the wake of the Halifax Explosion of 1917, Penny's father must make a decision that will alter all their lives. Faced with the difficulty of finding housing for his three motherless daughters, and worried by the constant threat of disease, Papa reluctantly sends Emily and Maggie to his sister's home in Montreal. Penny, however, must go to live with Grandmama in Montreal. It's a decision that devastates ten-year-old Penny, for the life she is offered in Montreal is nothing like she imagined. It is the life of a princess--and Penny is decidedly not a princess

Sharon E. McKay

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