Kevin Major

• Jan-1980
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Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of a young boy's struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life.Michael turned fourteen in May. By June, both his parents a...

• Sep-1981
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Faced with instability on many sides, and living in an outport community in Newfoundland, fifteen-year-old Chris gropes for direction in a family broken apart by unemployment. Even his easy-going, humorous attitude fails to steady him as he stumbl...

• Oct-1984
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The last months before high school graduation are a watershed for seventeen-year-old Lorne as he confronts an autocratic teacher, befriends the wild and daring Trevor, begins a relationship with a girl, and contemplates a future away from his native ...

• Jan-1988
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In his letters to his favorite rock star, fourteen-year-old Terry reveals his musical aspirations and his problems coping with his parents' separation, communicating with girls, and finding his own place in the world....

• Sep-1990
• / General Fiction
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An air of mystery surrounds Nancy, the new girl in David's class. She looks different, "foreign," and David finds her disturbingly attractive. At Nancy's insistence, they set out on a canoe trip to Red Ochre Island, a burial place of the Beothuk Indi...

• Mar-1991
• / General Fiction
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Set in Newfoundland, Eating Between the Lines, is the story of Jackson, an adolescent, plagued with some very adolescent problems at home and at school. His parents' marriage seems to have reached a low point, and he is infatuated with Sarah, a new ...

• Jun-1997
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• Jan-2003
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Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Citation, Starred Selection

Mr. Christie's Book Award Nomination

Ruth Schwartz Award Nomination

Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature Nomination

Amelia Frances...

• Apr-2004
• / Historical
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Seventeen-year-old Ann Harvey is one of the great unsung heroes of maritime history. In 1828, off the coast of Newfoundland, Ann Harvey, her father and younger brother, came upon the wreck of the Despatch, an Irish immigrant ship. In thick fog and fi...

• Nov-2005
• / General Fiction
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Anna’s great-aunt Olga has collected Christmas postcards all her life. She’s ninety-five, and many of the cards are very old. The holidays are the perfect time for Aunt Olga to share her postcards and her memories with her favorite niece. Decked ...

• Jun-2016
• / Historical Romance
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A novel of remarkable historical breadth, Found Far and Wide follows Sam Kennedy through the tragedy of the Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914, the horrors of The First World War, and the dangers of rum-running in Prohibition-era New York. A...

• Apr-2018
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Sebastian Synard doesn’t want any more trouble than he already has. But when he leads a group of tourists along the cliffs of St. John’s harbour, one of them ends up dead. Not only is there a murderer in his tour group, but the cop assigned to th...

• Jan-2019
• / Historical
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**CANADA BOOK AWARD WINNER** **NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS FINALIST, HISTORICAL FICTION** **BEST ATLANTIC-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD FINALIST** In the small hours of October 14, 1942, a German U-boat sank the passenger ferry SS Caribou in the Gulf ...

• Oct-2020
• / Mystery
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***THE HOWARD ENGEL AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL SET IN CANADA - SHORTLIST***Sebastian Synard is back. It’s the off-season, and the Newfoundland tour guide introduced in One for the Rock has crossed the island with his spirited teenage son for a week...

• Oct-2021
• / Cozy Mystery
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When Sebastian goes undercover in the theatre to find a killer, things get... dramatic.In Three for Trinity, the third book in the Sebastian Synard Mystery series, offbeat humour meets suspense as a nefarious crime unfolds. Trying to run a tour busin...

• Nov-2022
• / Mystery
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Award recognition for Two for the Tablelands: ***THE HOWARD ENGEL AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL SET IN CANADA 2021 - SHORTLIST******ATLANTIC BOOKS TODAY STAFF PICK 2021 - SHORTLIST***Award Recognition for Three for Trinity: ***THE HOWARD ENGEL AWARD FOR...

• Nov-2023
• / Cozy Mystery
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Award recognition for Two for the Tablelands: ***THE HOWARD ENGEL AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL SET IN CANADA 2021 - SHORTLIST******ATLANTIC BOOKS TODAY STAFF PICK 2021 - SHORTLIST***Award Recognition for Three for Trinity: ***THE HOWARD ENGEL AWARD FOR...

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