Best Selling Books by Graham McNamee

It''s a hot summer and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority''s lost and found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging misplaced belongings. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, Duncan has just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. And Duncan can''t stop reading. What would you do with a book like that? How far would you go to catch a madman?

Everyone thinks 17-year-old Sara has attempted suicide more than once, but Sara knows the truth: her shadow is trying to kill her.

Four high school students face off against a soul-stealing beast that has been making young people disappear their small Ontario, Canada, town for centuries.

With the help of his good friend and her three-legged dog, Leftovers, ten-year-old Keath learns how to handle the class bully and deal with being the only white boy in his class.

From the Edgar Awardu00ad–winning author of Acceleration comes a mystery about an old murder and new truths, perfect for fans of Barry Lyga, Madeleine Roux, and Michelle Gagnon. They call her Tiny, but Tyne Greer is six foot six, a high school basketball star who is hoping the game will be her ticket out of the slum. She lives in a run-down building called The Zoo, where her father is the superintendent. One day she discovers a crack in the wall of an abandoned basement room. And sealed up in the wall is a girl’s body. Horrified, she runs to get her dad. But after he goes to take a look, he comes back and tells Tyne that nothing’s there. No girl. No body. He tells her she must be seeing things in the dark. Tyne is sure it was real, though, and when she finds evidence that the body was moved from the hole in the wall, she knows the only one who could have done it is her father. But why? What is he hiding? Tyne’s search for answers uncovers a conspiracy of secrets and lies in her family. The closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes for her. Because some will do anything to bury the past . . . and keep her silent.

Jack the Bookman December/03.

Un adolescente que trabaja en la oficina de objetos perdidos de Toronto encuentra el terrible y municioso diario de un asesino en serie. En lugar de entregarlo a la policía, el joven decide aventurarse a atrapar por su cuenta y riesgo al asesino, convencido de que esta será su oportunidad para enmendar un error del pasado que lo atormenta.

A young adult novel explores the path from hatred of an abusive father to healing as Alice learns to sing with her own true voice. Alice Silvers writes songs she can never sing, because she has a broken, "Frankenstein" voice. Her father choked her years before when she got in his way while he was fighting with her mother. After that night, her mother threw him out. Alice has never seen him again. Now she''s 17. Alice has her songs, her words, her mother, her boyfriend, her life. Everything but her voice. Years have passed since that terrifying night, but Alice burns with a hate stronger than anything she''s ever known.

No lo busques en el mapa. Es un lugar tan pequeño que ni siquiera se merece un punto. Una vez al año colocan un letrero nuevo de BIENVENIDOS, pero antes de que pase una semana ya está tan lleno de agujeros de perdigones que ni siquiera se puede leer el nombre del lugar, pero no cabe duda de que en él no eres bienvenido. Ninguna Parte, conocido oficialmente como Harvest Cove, está escondido en medio del Gran Vacío que ocupa la mayor parte de Canadá. A orillas del lago Simcoe, Harvest Cove es una zona de casitas de veraneo, o al menos trata de serlo. Sólo que queda un poco demasiado lejos de cualquier parte para ser popular... En este desolador paraje cuatro estudiantes se enfrentan a una bestia cazadora de almas que lleva siglos acechando a los jóvenes y apoderándose de sus huesos.

De ouders van Alice zijn gescheiden; ze haat haar vader, maar toch gaat ze hem opzoeken als hij op sterven ligt. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

Duncan voelt zich schuldig omdat hij een meisje niet heeft kunnen redden van de verdrinkingsdood. Wanneer hij een notitieboekje vindt van een moordenaar in spe, wil hij er alles aan doen om hem tegen te houden. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

Todd mag van groep 7 voor langzame leerders overgaan naar de gewone groep 7. Maar dat valt niet mee. Vanaf ca. 9 jaar.

Twee jongens worden bedreigd door een monster dat de koudste winters in Noord-Canada onveilig maakt.