Gail Anderson-Dargatz

For fans of Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale and The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, a young woman finds a magical atlas that can transport her both backward and forward in time Every life follows a path. Elsie has just found the map to hers. Elsie Campbell's life has stalled. Since her mother's death five years ago, she's lived in her sister's basement in the same small town where she was born. She has no real friends, no romance and spends her days crunching data for her dad's mapping firm. And now, as her sister marries, she's about to lose her home. The day after a solar eclipse, Elsie hikes to the lookout where her mother died. There she finds an atlas filled with maps and astrological charts that have the power to send her to twelve turning points in her life. In visiting the past, Elsie makes surprising discoveries about herself. But she can also visit the future--which leads to unexpected consequences. When the atlas leads her both back to her old boyfriend and toward a new love, Elsie finds herself at a crossroads where she must choose between a familiar and nostalgic road or an uncharted path. Can she really change the course of her life? And should she?

Charlotte is going to prove her grandma is right--the lake monster is real When Charlotte gets a drone for her fourteenth birthday, she's determined to get footage of Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Dorothy Lake. Her grandma, who has dedicated her life to searching for the monster, is the joke of the town. But when Charlotte manages to capture a video of the monster and posts it online, she's the sudden target of a media storm. Now everyone is making fun of her too. Worse, droves of monster hunters arrive in her town, crowding the lake. When their boat propellers threaten to hurt Dottie, Charlotte is faced with a difficult choice. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Seventeen-year-old Jen is shocked to discover that the dad she grew up with is not her biological father. Jen loves to sing. But the rest of her family can't carry a tune. When a stranger named Mike gives her roses at her concert and reveals that he is her birth father, Jen's world flips upside down. Mike is a musician, just like Jen, and now she understands why she looks nothing like Steve, the only dad she's ever known. When Steve learns the truth Jen's mom has been hiding all these years, he moves out, and Jen can't help but feel responsible. Worse, she doesn't know who she is anymore. It feels like her whole life has been a lie. Is Steve still her dad? What about Mike? When it feels like her family is falling apart, Jen doesn't know where she belongs. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

National BestsellerIf the man you love went missing, how far would you go to find him? Someone is watching Piper, and she thinks she knows who it is: the bushman. But there's more than one danger lurking in this temperate rainforest. Poachers are taking down old growth trees and jeopardizing plans for a park, a project Piper is passionate about. When she pressures her husband, Ben, a natural resources officer, to identify the culprits, he takes his drone into the wilderness to track them down. And then, just as a snowstorm hits, he goes missing. Refusing to believe her husband is gone, Piper begins a desperate search for him, one that continues long after the rescue team has given up. But as she begins to uncover what really happened to Ben, Piper is pursued by a stalker who may have taken her husband's life and now threatens to take hers.

Jay doesn't believe in Bigfoot. His dad loves hunting for Bigfoot, but searching for a mythical creature in the dark isn't Jay's idea of fun. Especially because he always gets stuck looking out for his little sister while his dad plays with the cool gear, like night-vision goggles. But while out on a camping trip, a large creature starts hunting them, and then Jay's father goes missing. Jay is forced to start tracking the creature himself while still keeping his sister safe. It turns out that not only is Bigfoot real but it isn't the only threat in the woods. There's a different kind of monster out here, one who is armed with a gun. Jay must act fast to save his father before it's too late. And he needs Bigfoot's help to do it. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Marc est un gar on de la ville qui est all vivre chez sa grand-m re la campagne pendant que sa m re est en cure de d sintoxication. Pour la premi re fois de sa vie, il doit voyager en autobus scolaire. Le long trajet dans un v hicule bruyant n'a rien voir avec les transports en commun de la ville: il y a un genre de code secret pour savoir o on peut s'asseoir, les jeunes crient sans arr t et quelqu'un essaie m me de mettre le feu au si ge de Marc. Marc juge rapidement que tous ces jeunes sont fous et qu'il doit tout faire pour les viter. Toutefois, lorsqu'un accident survient, il apprend qu'il a plus de points en commun avec ces ados de la campagne qu'il ne le croyait. Cet ouvrage en format ePub est enti rement accessible. galement disponible sous le titre The Ride Home en anglais.

En skola utsätts för bombhot på sociala medier. Trots stora insatser hittar man ingen bomb. Journalisten Claire Abbott tror sig veta vem den skyldige är, men polisen lyssnar inte på henne. Nu är det upp till Claire att lösa fallet på egen hand. Hon tar hjälp av skolans vaktmästare. Men tiden är knapp ...Tidspress när synsk journalist löser sitt tredje fall Småstadsjournalisten Claire Abbott har ett sjätte sinne när det gäller svårlösta brott. Hon får syner som leder henne till de skyldiga, och därmed kan hon hjälpa polisen att lösa fallen. Det är både farligt och spännande. Samtidigt får vi följa hennes privatliv och hennes nya förhållande med chefen för räddningstjänsten.Kampen mot klockan är tredje boken i serien om journalisten Claire Abbott. Böckerna är skrivna av den kanadensiska författaren Gail Anderson-Dargatz. Hon visste redan som 18-åring att hon ville skriva om kvinnor på landsbygden. I dag är hon storsäljande författare och finns utgiven i många länder världen över. Detta är den tredje av hennes böcker som översatts till svenska.Sagt om första boken i serien, Kidnappad: ”Det är rappt och effektivt skrivet, karaktärerna är tydliga, och antydda stämningar och situationer skapar fin närvarokänsla. Riktigt bra.” Staffan Engstrand, BTJSagt om andra boken i serien, Leka med elden: ”Det är också en riktigt spännande och lite humoristisk roman som både handlar om relationer och att hitta sig själv, men också om ett brott som måste lösas. /.../ En effektivt berättad, trevlig och lagom nervkittlande liten spänningsroman. Pia Lindestrand, BTJBoken finns även som e-bok och som digital ljudbok.

En ung kvinna har försvunnit i ett bergigt område. Journalisten Claire Abbott vill hjälpa till att hitta flickan. Claire har stark intuition när det gäller brott och tror att hon vet var flickan är, men ingen tror på hennes tips. Hon får själv ge sig ut och leta – en minst sagt farlig expedition. Äntligen riktigt lättlästa deckare! Nu kommer den första delen i vår nya bladvändarserie Ett fall för Claire Abbott. Räkna med att bita på naglarna!I boken Kidnappningen följer läsaren journalisten Claire som hjälper en sökargrupp i ett mystiskt försvinnande. Claire har stark intuition när det gäller brott och anser att räddningsteamet ska anlita henne. När de inte vill lyssna på hennes tips bestämmer hon sig för att lösa fallet själv. Hon ger sig iväg för att leta på egen hand – men hennes efterforskningar blir upptakten till en kamp på liv och död.

Sadie works as a framer, building houses. Sadie lost her own home in a recent divorce and now lives with her two daughters in a rented bungalow. When her landlady says she needs to move out, Sadie finds there's a housing crisis in her community. She can't find a place to live and is forced to move her family into a travel trailer at a local campsite. When her ex-husband finds out, he insists that the girls come live with him in another city. Desperate to keep her daughters with her in their home community, Sadie is forced to rethink her dream of living in a full-sized house. In the short term, she moves her girls into a co-worker's apartment. Then, with the help of her friends and daughters, she builds a tiny house. In the process she finds living with less has its rewards and that living in a small space brings her family closer together. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

The fifteenth summer of Beth Weeks's life is full of strange happenings: a classmate is mauled to death; children go missing on the nearby reserve; and an unseen predator pursues Beth. She must face the darkness within her own family and the dangers of the bush. Based on the award-winning novel by Gail Anderson-Dargatz.

Gail Anderson-Dargatz's evocative novel of one woman's simple but passionately lived life reminds of us of the pleasure to be found in human contact and simple, natural things. Raised by her silent but companionable father and a mother who kept bees, headstrong Augusta marries shy, deferential Karl, twelve years her senior, and goes to live with him on his father's remote farm. Terrified that she will literally die from loneliness and isolation, she finds work in town, and for a short time, fulfillment with another man in a romance that will reverberate throughout her life. Not until many years later does she find her salvation in beekeeping, the practice she first learned from her mother. It is beekeeping that reconnects her to the world and at long last brings fire to her steadfast marriage.