Maxine Trottier

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  • Bibliography:
    29 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1993
  • Latest Book:
    May 2016
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Circle of Silver Chronicles

Circle of Silver (Sep-1999)
By the Standing Stone (Sep-2000)

Book List in Order: 29 titles

  • Alison's House

    Alison loved her little house and her big family, but when the new baby came along, there just wasn't enough room any more. Her parents thought enough was enough and decided to move. Everyone cheered. Everyone except Alison. "You can move. I love it ...

  • Pavlovas Gift

    A CCBC Our Choice book.

    The letter was signed by Czar Nicholas, himself. He was asking her to perform once more for his ailing son. Though her days on the stage were behind her, Anna Pavlova had no choice. She would have to dance for Prin...

  • Loon Rock

  • The Voyage of Wood Duck

    Some people say that dreams are foolish. Some people say that you can search you whole life long and never find what it is you are looking for. But long ago when dreams were more real than they are today; there was a young boy who lived by the sea. H...

  • Prairie Willow

    Selected as a Starred Book for the 1998/99 Our Choice Awards by the Canadian Children's Book Centre

    Short listed for the Ruth Schwartz award 1999

    Notable Book, Social Studies, Children's Books Council Children's Choice selection, ...

  • Big Box

  • Flags

    I will take care of your garden, Mr. hiroshi," I offered. He smiled. "That would give me great comfort, Mary," he said. "The koi are greedy, you know. Do not let them get fat." We watched the bus drive away. For Mary, too young to fully understand ab...

  • Circle of Silver

    Circle of Silver Chronicles

    It is 1760, and Lord MacNeil decides that the way to make a man of his 13-year-old son, John, is to bring him along from England to Canada. He knows that John, with his expert drawing skills, will make an excellent cartographer of Canada's wilder...

  • Little Dog Moon

    "You must not use the mountain road."
    "We know no other way," the girl told him.
    "Perhaps not, but moon does," answered Tenzin. He knelt down to stroke the long hair from the little dog's eyes.
    "Take them. ...



  • Dreamstones

    "Those are markers to lead you home," the captain told his son. "People here call them Inukshuks. They say some are as old as time."

    David wondered at the lichen-covered stones stacked in human shapes, but there were so many wonders in th...

  • By the Standing Stone

    Circle of Silver Chronicles

    When Mack and Jamie MacNeil are kidnapped by the sinister Ben Sparks, a dangerous adventure is set in motion. Forced to travel through the North American wilderness on the eve of the American Revolution, Mack and Jamie's very lives are on the lin...

  • There Have Always Been Foxes

    When the young ones cannot sleep, we tell a story. When I first heard it I was only a kit, all warm and sleepy in the den, my belly filled with mother's milk. But I remembered, and so I pass it on.

    The tale of Fortress Louisbourg began in...

  • Sister to the Wolf

  • Paint Box

    A Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice selection for 2005

    Nominated for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration for 2004

    Marietta's father, Jacopo Tintoretto, is a renowned and famous artist living in Venice ...

  • The Long White Scarf

    Shortlisted for the 2006 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award Long before she becomes Queen of England, Princess Victoria rides out in an open coach with her mother. Around her neck the child proudly wears her new silk scarf--long, white, and embroider...

  • Mr. Hiroshi's Garden

    White Raven Award of the International Youth Library winner, 2000

    A CCBC Our Choice Book

    Recipient of The Storytelling World Honor Title, 2000

    Notable Book, Social Studies, Children's Books Council

      "I will tak...

  • Storm at Batoche

    Canadian Children's Book Centre, Our Choice selection.

    They had been heading to Batoche when the storm struck. A few hours more and they might have made it. Then the wagon lurched to one side. James tumbled out. He shouted to his parents,...

  • Three Songs for Courage

    In this powerful novel for mature readers, Maxine Trottier transports the reader to the summer of 1956, and the small town of Erie View, a haven for teenagers. Summer jobs are plentiful, and there’s always action on the beach or the main drag. Life...

  • Forget-Me-Not

    A poignant tale of how The Great War touched a country, and of how a man who was certain he had lost what was most important to him, finds it again through the friendship of a child. It is a story of honour and remembranceOne day in the summer of 191...



  • Migrant

    Anna is the child of Mennonites from Mexico, who have come north to harvest fruit and vegetables. Sometimes she feels like a bird, flying north in the spring and south in the fall, sometimes like a jackrabbit in an abandoned burrow, since her family ...

  • Blood Upon Our Land

    A young girl watches as the Métis life she knows is threatened by conflict and the men in her family are called to action by Louis Riel, the charismatic leader of the North West Resistance.Tension grips Batoche, Saskatchewan in 1885. Many Métis mov...

  • The Death of My Country

    The first Dear Canada featuring a First Nations diarist, The Death of My Country is set at a pivotal point in Canada's history -- the war between Britain and France for control of New France.Geneviève Aubuchon is born into an Abenaki tribe but is ...

  • The Walking Stick

    In this exquisitely wrought tale, young Van finds a walking stick at the foot of a huge teak tree. Blessed by Buddha, it becomes his talisman, his life long link to the past, and the support he will need to carry him into the uncertain future. For...

  • These Three Gifts

    A holiday treat for fans of the Dear Canada series, and all lovers of historical fiction! Gifts from the heart are the best gifts of all. Genevieve feared for her brother's life when he and his friend fought to defend New France against the British s...

  • Storm the Fortress

    A young sailor is caught up in the naval siege of Quebec leading up to the battle on the Plains of Abraham. Fourteen-year-old William Jenkins is working at a printing house when he comes to the attention of navigator and naval officer James Cook. Wil...

  • The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing

    This wonderful, visually captivating work tells the story of a young boy who manages to overcome financial hardships with the power of his imagination. Eddie Wing dreams of flying beautiful silk kites like all the other kids, but his family is so poo...

  • Under a Shooting Star

    Edward turned to follow the others as a cannon exploded. The powder charge was too great. Men fell to the deck screaming, but Edward could not hear them, for the blast had been deafening

    It is 1812 and Edward MacNeil's task is simple: escort Kate ...

  • Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge, Montreal, New France, 1666

    Young Hélène St. Onge and her older sister Catherine are orphans. When King Louis XVI orders all men in New France to marry, Catherine becomes a "fille du roi," one of the many young women sent to the new world as brides. Hélène will accompany he...

  • One Is Canada

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Maxine Trottier has published 29 books.

Maxine Trottier does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge, Montreal, New France, 1666, was published in May 2016.

The first book by Maxine Trottier, Alison's House, was published in September 1993.

Yes. Maxine Trottier has 1 series.
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