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Books from The Brucedale Press

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Young Adults [Grade 6 up]

Aggie’s Storms
by Donna Mann

As a young girl walking along a country road to school in Grey County, Ontario, she dreamed of teaching children like her sisters and their friends. Family, classmates, and neighbours knew Aggie as a determined, clever, fair-minded girl who spoke her mind.
None of them knew that, one day, the people of her community would elect her, Agnes Macphail, Canada’s first woman Member of Parliament.
“There’ll be lots of storms in life, you just have to pick the ones you’re going to venture into,” Grandma Campbell told her.

Aggie’s Storms takes readers back to 1900, when ten-year-old Aggie lived in a log cabin in the Queen’s Bush. Follow her schooldays at SS #4, Proton Township, her work in the family’s garden and home, and her challenges as a girl with a dream. The author of two books for adults and many articles in newspapers, Donna Mann lives in Grey County, Ontario, where she has led the movement to mark sites important in the life of Agnes Macphail.

Softcover, full-colour cover, 136 pages $15.00 in Canada ISBN 978-1-896922-37-9

Barricade Summer
by Nancy-Lou Patterson

An adventure novel for grades 4-8. Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth and her younger brothers find themselves right in the middle of a mystery. This novel takes readers along as they discover the secret of one of the Bruce Peninsula's cold and hidden histories.
A short excerpt from Barricade Summer has been provided.
208 pages, softcover $14.95 ISBN 0-9698716-7-8 978-0-9698715-7-5

For student use!
Listening Response Log for Barricade Summer devised by Ann Larsen. 12 reproducible activity pages, performance indicators for teachers' guidance.
11 x 8.5 sheets $5.00 net ISBN 1-896922-18-X 978-1-896922-18-8

Fiddle and Fly
by Neil Aitken
Egremont Township, 1867. Thirteen-year-old Ernest Wood tells of his life in a squatter's family: clearing land, tending the trapline, field work and barn-raising. But there's fun too, as he becomes friends with neighbours, especially Robert Aitken, a fellow fiddler.
When Pa leaves to serve with the military, Ernest, his mother and sisters cope at home.

Inspired by the real-life experiences of his ancestors in Canada West, Neil Aitken has crafted a novel to intrigue readers young and old with the adventures of two lads in the Queen's Bush.
184 pages Quality Softcover $18.00 plus GST in Canada ISBN 978-1-896922-38-6

The Haunted Bed & Breakfast
by Nancy-Lou Patterson

It's Thanksgiving weekend. Elizabeth Salisbury, whose adventures are told in Barricade Summer and The Quilted Grapevine, is staying in the mansion converted to The Haunted Bed & Breakfast. While she and her best friend, Malinda, explore the Georgian Bay town of Wiarton, questions are burning in Bizabet's curiosity: Who created the maze in the back yard - and why? What is the meaning of their hostess' hints about the mansion's vast and imposing chimney?
Readers in Grade 5 and older will enjoy this new adventure.
Would you care to read a short excerpt from The Haunted Bed & Breakfast?
$14.95 retail in Canada ISBN 1-896922-25-2 978-1-896922-25-6

More Tales of the Unusual
by Diane Madden More Tales of the Unusual takes readers to some of Ontario's most intriguing places to explore the odd and eerie.
100 pages, softcover $9.99 ISBN 1-896922-23-6 978-1-896922-23-2

Tales of the Unusual "True" Mysteries of Bruce and Grey
by Diane Madden

Need a campfire tale with a little tingle? Looking for spirited stories to enjoy by the beach? Diane Madden has collected a fascinating record of unexplained happenings and strange feelings, all set in the Bruce-Grey area.
Now in its fifth printing
90 pages, softcover $9.99 ISBN 1-896922-06-6 978-1-896922-06-5

The Quilted Grapevine
by Nancy-Lou Patterson

Elizabeth Salisbury and her family return to Bruce Peninsula, and again, find adventure as they search for the story behind a most unusual old quilt. Elizabeth discovers a new talent, which she uses at a cemetery, a library, and the Native heritage site her archaeologist father's team is exploring.

Nancy-Lou Patterson is an expert on quilts and quilters, an artist in fabric, and a storyteller extraordinaire. She is the author of Barricade Summer, also set on the Bruce Peninsula, and published by The Brucedale Press.
The Quilted Grapevine is available in a quality softcover format.
Reading level: Grades 5 up. Also of interest to adults, especially quilters.
A short excerpt from The Quilted Grapevine has been made available.
softcover $14.95 ISBN 1-896922-12-0 978-1-896922-12-6

Yet More Tales of the Unusual
collected by Diane Madden
Yet More Tales of the Unusual mysteries in our history Diane Madden's third collection takes us from the Bruce Peninsula to Great Lakes Erie and Ontario, and from past to near-present. What do Beautiful Joe, Tom Thomson, Jack the Ripper, and The Girl With the Blue Eyes have in common? They-and tales about them-show up in this book. Hauntings, rum runners, and "pennies from heaven" all appear in this new collection of usual happenings
100 pages quality softcover $9.99 ISBN 1-896922-34-1

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