Christina Kilbourne
1) Safe Harbour
Author
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
2021 Red Maple Award — Shortlisted
As far-fetched as her father's plan sounds, sticking to it is easy for Harbour — until it isn't.
Fourteen-year-old Harbour is living in a tent in a Toronto ravine with her dog, a two-month supply of canned tuna, and an unconventional reading list. She's not homeless, she tells herself. She's merely waiting for her home — a thirty-six-foot sailboat — to arrive with her...
As far-fetched as her father's plan sounds, sticking to it is easy for Harbour — until it isn't.
Fourteen-year-old Harbour is living in a tent in a Toronto ravine with her dog, a two-month supply of canned tuna, and an unconventional reading list. She's not homeless, she tells herself. She's merely waiting for her home — a thirty-six-foot sailboat — to arrive with her...
2) Detached
Author
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
2016 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction Selection
Anna has always been so level-headed, so easy-going, so talented and funny. How could anyone have guessed she wanted to die?
Anna is not like other people. She's always felt like she didn't belong: not with other kids, not with her family, not in her body. It isn't until her grandparents are killed in a tragic accident, however, that Anna starts to feel untethered. She begins to wonder what...
Anna has always been so level-headed, so easy-going, so talented and funny. How could anyone have guessed she wanted to die?
Anna is not like other people. She's always felt like she didn't belong: not with other kids, not with her family, not in her body. It isn't until her grandparents are killed in a tragic accident, however, that Anna starts to feel untethered. She begins to wonder what...
Author
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Trapped in a life she didn't choose, Rook struggles to find meaning in her appointed role as Apprentice Keeper of ArHK. Even though her mother soothes her with legends of the Outside and her father assures her there are many interesting facts to discover in the Archives, Rook sees only endless years of tracking useless information. Then one day Rook discovers historic footage of the Chosen Ones arriving in ArHK, and she begins to realize her mother's...