New Releases by James Heneghan

A gruesome death--but was it suicide or murder?

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.

A brutal serial killer is murdering women in Vancouver''s West End. On a seemingly insane rampage, he leaves their headless bodies to be found and writes taunting letters to the police. It soon becomes apparent that all his victims are members of the neighborhood fitness center. Sebastian Casey, a reporter with the weekly community newspaper, has just begun to work out at the center. As he gets to know some of the others who use the facility, Casey finds himself drawn into the search for the killer. His interest intensifies when he begins a tentative relationship with Emma Shaughnessy, a local schoolteacher, whose good looks and fitness regime makes her a prime candidate to be the killer''s next victim. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.

Nell has been in foster homes all her life—most of them have been horrible. She finally gets moved to a home she likes, and the ministry threatens to close it down unless an expensive renovation is made to the house. Nell and the two boys in the home, Billy and Tom, decide to raise the funds themselves. How do kids get large amounts of money quickly? By robbing banks, of course. Their first few heists are successful, but when they almost get caught on their sixth robbery, the friends start to fight about whether they should continue. The bank jobs that were meant to keep their family together just might tear it apart. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Newly arrived from Ireland, Charley Callaghan is relieved when the school bullies stop picking on him and find a new target in Benny Mason, but when a tragedy occurs as a result, Charley is overcome with guilt.

Northern Ireland. In 1999, one year after the Good Friday peace accord, sectarian violence still runs rampant in Belfast and the hatred between Protestant and Catholic runs deep. Liam O''Donnell''s father is a peacemaker to the Catholic community. When twelve-year-old Liam''s parents are brutally murdered in front of him, he is frozen in place. But when he sees the face of one of the attackers, he is forced to run for his life. Escaping, he finds shelter with a neighboring family. Taken to a police safe house, Liam is betrayed and forced to run again, from the very people who are supposed to be protecting him. Can he escape from his pursuer? Is there anywhere to turn for help? A thrilling tale of suspense set against a background that is brought brilliantly to life, Safe House is a story told from the heart.

Possom and his animal friends of Nannycatch Meadows have various adventures and episodes as a new highway is built, part of the forest is developed for human use, and Uncle Possom accidentally kills creatures left and right.

Thirteen-year-old Declan lives only for revenge. His mother, father and sister were all killed on the streets of Belfast, and Declan will stop at nothing to settle the score. When he is torn away from his native soil and sent to live with relatives in Canada, he is disgusted by their efforts to welcome him into their lives, and determined to make them regret their hospitality. Can he devise a plan to return to Ireland and rejoin his cause? Or will the strange beauty of his new life and surroundings weaken his resolve?

This is Mickey''s first year at Grandview High. After transferring, all he wants to do is keep his head down, work hard and fit in with the upscale crowd. He is approached, because of his tough reputation, to join a group of students to take back the school from the bullies. Mickey finds himself caught up in a shadowy world of violence and retribution. When their planned payback goes horribly wrong, Mickey is forced to acknowledge the thin line between victim and victimizer. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Mike''s parents and sister are dead and his legs are gone. The horrific accident that shattered his life continues to haunt him. When he grudgingly returns to school and a life that he no longer understands, Mike is bitter and unwilling to participate in school life. To avoid one of his classes Mike agrees to put together a 50th Anniversary history of the school. Looking forward to time alone, he is annoyed when a young girl shows up in the archives on a regular basis. Sarah seems too young to be a student in the school, but her resemblance to Mikeís sister and her bubbly personality have him intrigued. She gradually draws him out of his shell and manages to interest him in the archives project, and more importantly, in life itself. As their relationship grows and changes, Mike slowly becomes convinced that Sarah is more than just another student. When he discovers the shocking secret she is carrying, he sets out to give Sarah the peace that she so desperately needs.

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.

Thirteen-year-old Tom Mullen, shuffled from foster home to foster home since birth, is tough, independent, and thinks he doesn''t need anybody. All that changes when he falls back in time through a hole at a construction site, beginning a vivid, emotionally charged journey to nineteenth-century Ireland that illuminates a tragic part of Ireland''s past, and forever changes the present.

Andy Flynn is saved from a flood, but his mother and stepfather both die. Suddenly Andy is alone. His Aunt Mona, whom he''s never met, takes in him to live with her in Halifax on the opposite side of the country. During the trip, she reveals that Andy''s father, whom he thought dead, is alive and in Halifax. As soon they arrive, Andy escapes to find his father. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

While on an ocean voyage to Canada to escape the air raids in his Liverpool home, twelve-year-old Jaimie Monaghan faces another kind of life-threatening situation.

" J''ai vu un sous-marin. - Quoi ? - Un sous-marin allemand. Il est là, sous l''eau, comme un sale requin qui attend son heure pour nous torpiller ! " Jamie hésite à croire Bleeker, le " dur " de la classe, celui qui n''a peur de rien... En ce terrible automne 1940, alors que la guerre ravage l''Europe, une centaine d''enfants anglais sont évacués sur un paquebot de ligne, le City of Benares, à destination du Canada. Parmi eux, Jamie, Bleeker et la petite Elsie que leurs parents espéraient mettre à l''abri des bombes. Mais rien ne va se passer comme prévu...

"When a little girl reports that her pet rabbit, Betsy Bunny, has been stolen, our three detectives jump into action! Their investigation leads them to Pete, the pest control man. Soon they manage to uncover Betsy Bunny as well" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998

Miss Parsnip has asked the O''Brien Detective Agency to find her missing cat, and Clarice O''Brien is eager to take the case. But it looks like the case of the marmalade cat isn''t the only mystery around. Clarice''s best friends Sadie thinks Miss Parsnip looks and acts an awful lot like a witch...and their new partner, Brick, can walk on fences, climb on roofs, and talk in cat language.