Linda Aksomitis: 6 books

The award-winning young adult novel, Snowmobile Challenge, was first released in 2003. Judges at the Saskatchewan Book Awards wrote: The sixteen-year-old protagonist in Snowmobile Challenge looks deeply into himself after his best friend, Riley, dies in a snowmobile accident. Brad Klein comes to understand...

High school student Shawn Riggs wants just two things in life—to be part of the popular crowd in high school and to become the next snocross national champion racer with his snowmobile. When he heads off to the season opener in Duluth, he finds himself stuck in a situation that could wipe the chances...

This teacher's guide provides resources for students reading the award winning young adult novel, Snowmobile Challenge, and the companion nonfiction book, Snowmobile Adventures. There are questions for reading comprehension, literary analysis, writing and research activities included for both books....

Stories in the Tales of A Traveling Saleslady series take a voyage through the metamorphosis of an ex-farm wife into a woman of the world in 1985. From small towns on the Canadian prairies to the Los Angeles County Fair, Ashley Adams, the saleslady, finds herself in a perpetual state of limbo. On...

Sarah Grisham, office assistant at the PERFECT Sewing Machine Co. for the past ten years, hopes to be noticed for her hard work at the annual company dinner. However, it's the naive new saleslady fresh off the farm on her first trip to Toronto, Ashley Adams, that everybody's talking about....

"The Massey snowmobile shot forward, aimed directly at the wooden ramp. It only took a few seconds to cover the distance. He felt the sled start the climb up the ramp, listening to the noise of the rubber track thudding against the rough surface - the machine lifted and flew." This book...