New Releases by Monica Hughes

Walt Elliot goes with the father he hasn''t seen for years to the planet Aqua, where he discovers that his father''s project threatens the existence of a highly intelligent native species.

When Concepcion''s grandmother dies she is forced to leave their farm for the barrio. She takes along her grandmother''s legacy, chili, corn and bean seeds. She discovers that even in the city her handful of seeds holds the key to her survival.

In the summer of 2011, the death of their mother sends Megan and her younger brother Ian on a dangerous journey across a Canada ravaged by drought and the collapse of civilization.

A promise made by her parents before she was born sends ten-year-old Princess Rania to the desert continent of Roshan to learn mastery of the wind and rain from the old woman known as the Sandwriter. Sequel to Sandwriter.

In November 1813, a young Canadian is accused of giving away the British and Canadian positions to the Americans. But the boy has an alibi. He was out hunting for Indian treasure and ended up in American territory. No one believed him--until 150 years later when two boys holidaying near the spot discover the Indian treasure.

Aliens arrive on Earth in a spaceship and enlist the help of a pair of telepathic twins in their search for an earthly substance to save their dying race.

The community of the planet of Isis, misled by power-hungry space captain Michael Joseph Flynn, moves down the path of destruction until Moira, the captain''s daughter, exposes his self-serving designs.

After feeling as though her life were falling apart, Barb stumbles upon a hidden paradise in the middle of Westwood Industrial Park.

A picture book for children

In a future world whose people are clustered in domed cities, fifteen-year-old Ruth, who possesses great extrasensory powers and who has received troubling messages in her dreams from another center of civilization, accompanies a group to search for the source of the messages.

When the slaves rebel against the rigid social order imposed on the colony by the all-controlling computer, Tomi, the son of the colony Overlord manages to escape beyond the computer''s reach and discovers what it is like to be free.

A high school basketball star finds his future life shattered when the results come back from some hospital tests.

The community of the planet of Isis, misled by power-hungry space captain Michael Joseph Flynn, moves down the path of destruction until Moira, the captain''s daughter, exposes his self-serving designs.

For Paula Herman, 11 going on 12, life is pretty straightforward - until the summer her mother decides to move to Edmonton. There Paula begins to unravel the mystery of her past and things begin to get complicated. Why does her mother refuse to talk about it? What has happened to the handsome man in the photograph - the man she knows must be her father? Why is his name Popowich when hers is Herman? The deeper Paula goes into solving the mystery, the more tangled her life becomes - until running away seems the only solution. Or is it?

In a world where scientists are battling to prevent the onset of a new ice age, Lisa - bored with life in the enclosed City - runs away and joins a scientific expedition to the snow fields. Captured by the Ekos who live in the barren lands, Lisa learns of the "black snow" and the perils to follow.

In a Canada now devoid of technological knowledge and equipment because of nuclear war, a boy from the secluded Hutterite community and an Indian girl seek a cure for a mysterious illness.