New Releases by Margaret Buffie

It is the winter of 1856, and Beatrice Alexander has just returned from Upper Canada to her home on the Red River, in what is now Manitoba. Her father''s new wife is threatened by Beatrice and is driving a wedge into the family. Five generations later, in the same house, Christmas promises to be a miserable time. Cass''s mother died of cancer and her father has remarried a woman with an attitude that''s very hardto take. Miraculously, when Cass discovers the star brooch belonging to Beatrice, her visions lead her to Beatrice''s diary. Is she really able to communicate with Beatrice across time, or is it all in her imagination? Margaret Buffie''s great skill as a storyteller creates a splendid, engaging novel that offers readers a rich combination of fine history, suspenseful shifts in time, and unforgettable characters.

In this 20th-anniverary edition of the novel by Margaret Buffie, it''s going to be a long, hot summer for 15-year-old Lizzie. Normally a vacation at her grandmother''s northern Manitoba cottage is the highlight of the year, but this summer the whole family is going along, including her new stepfather whom she detests. To escape the family''s bickering, Lizzie explores a nearby island, where she finds the remains of an old cabin and uncovers a pair of spectacles. When she tries on the old glasses she is surprised to find herself watching a woman and girl from the past. Lizzie is determined to find out who these ghosts are, and why they are appearing to her. Enlisting the help of her grandmother''s teenage neighbor, Alex, she puts together clues about the ghosts'' identities and in doing so, finds a way to help her estranged family reunite. It''s a compelling story, carrying young readers from the present to the past and back again.

In this novel by Margaret Buffie, a family struggles to get back on their feet at an inherited lodge in cottage country, while 16-year-old Bernice learns to get a handle on her rage.

In the third book of The Watcher''s Quest Trilogy, Emma discovers inner strength she didn''t realize she had.

YA. Fantasy, intrigue. 11 yrs+

This riveting young adult Gothic novel by award-winner Margaret Buffie explores themes of trauma and identity.

In this first book of the Watcher''s Quest trilogy, Emma is hurtled from her quiet farm life into strange worlds of intrigue and terror.

"Fifteen-year-old Addy is afraid to take even one step out of the house. A compelling, supernatural thriller about a girl caught in the grip of agoraphobia from the award-winning author" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000

In this ghostly novel by Margaret Buffie, Rachel has always wanted to be like other kids ... until she finds out why she hears strange voices.

Canadian award winning author. Jessica never believed in ghosts until she moves to Willow Creek Ranch after the death of her brother.

Fifteen-year-old Rachel MacCaw is angry. Her mother has walked out, her father is cross-country hauling in his huge rig, and she has been dumped on her Great Aunt Irene.

Fifteen-year-old Lizzie digs up a pair of old glasses and finds out she can see ghosts from the past when she wears them.