When Evan looks into the hand-bound book that his father was reading when he passed away, the diary of a Japanese soldier in World War II, questions about the book and how it relates to Evan begin to multiply.
Before Evan's father died, he was obsessed with a Japanese soldier's World War II diary. Now, Evan is reluctantly living with his estranged grandfather, whose past is tied to the diary's shocking conclusion.
Having dreamed of sailing to Bongadongo since the day his younger brother was adopted, a boy finally has his means of escape but cannot make use of it without his brother's help.
Two teenagers who are living on the streets and barely getting by become involved in a complicated criminal plot, and make an unexpected connection with each other.
Fleeing from his brutal father, fourteen-year-old Burl arrives at the remote cabin of an eccentric genius who in just one day changes the young man's life forever.
A collection of short stories in which Canadian young people interact with the eccentric and vivid figures of their communities, schools, and families.
