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Winner, Hamilton Literary Awards Children's Literature 2025After six years of homeschooling following her last anaphylactic reaction, Ella returns to school in sixth grade with a fear of another allergic reaction, a fear of losing Mom just as she lost Omi, and a fear of public speaking, which stops her from presenting her poems and sharing her passion.When her best friend, Uzma, convinces Ella to sign up for the CN Tower climb to raise money for charity, Ella is sure that performing her poem at the top of the tower will cure her of stage fright. Training to climb 1,776 steps is no small task, but even against impossible odds, Ella must find the courage to face, navigate, and conquer her fears.

When Nicholas moves into a house that backs up to a graveyard he begins to be haunted by a strange figure of a boy and the smell of chlorine at night

Some people count their blessings, but dog walker Stephen Nobel counts mistakes.Stephen Nobel is a pretty regular kid. He can get a little anxious, but his habit of going over events again and again i

Paradise Manor is depressing—the smells are bad and the residents are old. Sunny would much rather be doing her forty volunteer hours at Salon Teo, but her teacher won't let her. Who says volunteering

Instead of spending the summer shopping with her mother in Paris, Zanna is stuck in the ice fields of Alberta with her glaciologist father and twin brother, but her grumpy outlook changes when she fin

Guide dog, Beauty Two, brings together her owner Kyle and Liz, who have many reasons to stay away from each other but find their attraction to each other irresistible, in the final installment of the

When twelve-year-old William Alton and his father sail from England for new opportunities on the Empress of Ireland, they leave behind the graves of his mother and baby sister. Will only hopes they wi