He knows in his heart that his father, Lieutenant James Martin, could not have stolen the money stored overnight in the blockhouse of The Isthmus and then brutally murdered his commanding officer, Colonel Forrester. But the jury has been swayed by da...
Jamie Shaw has always lived by the river. And on the other side, barely a mile away, is the home of his best friend Jared. Even though the St. Lawrence River borders the two countries, friends and families have visited back and forth for as long ...
A Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Favourites selection for 2005
Set in the Niagara Peninsula and based on actual events during the War of 1812, Robert Sutherland's Son of the Hounds is a fast-paced adventure story that examines...
Young Adult Fiction. This young adult novel features two Canadian sailors whose ship is torpedoed at sea during WWII and whose shore leave takes them to a run-down manor house in Cornwall. Their stay turns out to be more exciting than the boys could ...
Fourteen-year-old Ben Random has always been drawn to the ships that skim the blue waters of Lake Ontario off the shores of York, the capital of Upper Canada. But his dream of serving on a Royal Navy vessel is dashed by a gut-wrenching fear: Ben is t...
In 1882 the S.S. Asia, a dangerously overloaded passenger ship, went down in gale-force winds in Georgian Bay, Ontario. More than 100 passengers died in the wreck. Robert Sutherland takes this historical fact and creates a gripping story for middle-g...
It happens so quickly: a car shoots out from the curb, hits Fiona’s father and then speeds away. Is it an accident? Or is it a warning to Gavin and his Scottish cousin, Fiona, to turn back? Gavin is in Scotland to hike across the moors, and Fionaâ€...