Budge Wilson

An authorized prequel to L.M. Montgomery's classic series about the irrepressible red-haired orphan follows Anne's early years before her adoption by the Cuthberts.

Before Green Gables

Droga do Zielonego Wzgórza

Nova Scotia, 1945: With reports that the war is coming to an end, the Publicovers eagerly await the return of Izzie and Joey's father. But peace will also mean other, less welcome changes for Izzie's best friends, Roberta and Patricia. Patricia fears having to return to her uncaring mother in England, never to see her dear friends--or Jasper--again, and insecure Roberta will be left all alone if Izzie's family decides to go back to Granite Cove. How will they manage without each other?

Homecoming

Collins, Heather

Nova Scotia, 1942: Izzie and her family have been living a new kind of life in the town of Woodside. Her mother has a job on the assembly line at the sugar refinery, and Izzie and her brother, Joey, have found new friends. Still, with Izzie's father in the navy, it's impossible for the family not to worry about him when they see explosions in the night just beyond Halifax Harbour or when they hear news of the sinking of another ship. When Izzie's family learn they can return to Granite Cove for the summer, Izzie is delighted and invites her friend Patricia to stay with them. But there is no escaping the reality of war, and one fateful day the family receive a telegram that will change their lives.

Patricia's Secret

Elizabeth tries to get her two friends to like each other by involving them in an adventure.

Trongate Fury

The Christmas That Almost Wasn't takes place on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, in December of 1941, as Izzie Publicover, her brother and their friends prepare for a very special Christmas. Despite wartime rationing and the infrequency of winter visits, the Publicover children's grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousins are coming for Christmas. But plans go awry two days before Christmas, when a huge storm hits the village. Can Izzie figure out a way to save Christmas for everyone?

The Christmas that Almost Wasn't

Izzie

Cordelia Clark

This favourite tale of Christmas gone awry is now available for a new generation of readers! This year, Lorinda and her brother James want to buy their mother the best Christmas present ever. Lorinda has her eye on one very special item, but they'll need to come up with some brilliant money-making ideas if they want to get it in time for Christmas! Of course, nothing goes according to plan . . . but the siblings are determined to make this a holiday their mother will never forget. Young readers will identify with this familiar holiday dilemma, and delight in Lorinda and James's creative solution (not to mention all the bumps along the way). The Best Worst Christmas Present Ever is an earnest, uplifting story that will get kids in the holiday spirit at Christmas time -- and all year round!

The Best Worst Christmas Present Ever

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Dominique Fortier

Née en Nouvelle-Ecosse. orpheline à trois mois. Anne est récupérée par une série de familles d'accueil. Malgré la pauvreté, elle parvient à s'évader de sa sombre existence grâce à son imagination débordante. Elle lutte pour rendre les circonstances acceptables. recherche des âmes soeurs et trouve dans les livres une certaine consolation, tout en rêvant de fonder un jour sa propre famille. Curieuse, inventive, amoureuse de la vérité, Anne fait déjà preuve du sens de l'émerveillement et de l'espoir qui la caractériseront sa vie durant. Ce roman relate les événements à la fois tristes et loufoques de la vie de la rouquine à l'esprit débridé avant qu'elle ne se rende chez les Cuthbert, à l'Ile-du-Prince-Edouard...

Avant la maison aux pignons verts

Anne...

Lorinda and James Dauphinee return to their hometown, a fishing village in Nova Scotia, after a visit to Ontario, only to discovery that even the grownups are worried by the mysterious lights that have begun to appear in the harbor.

Mystery Lights at Blue Harbour

A collection of short stories which capture a variety of experiences and feelings of young women growing up in Nova Scotia.

Budge Wilson

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