Melissa Hardy: 3 books

An unexpected conflict forces Verna to re-examine her life. What was it Donald used to say? "When it comes to children, you pay now or pay later. You never don’t pay." Middle-aged Verna Macoun Woodcock returns to the family cottage for the first time in 38 years to scatter...

This futuristic novel has all the elements YA fiction needs to draw critical attention from reviewers, and to elicit award-nominations. It is thematically interesting, culturally diverse, well-written, futuristic, and very funny. Set in the year 2021, this fantastic YA novel explores the tension...

These eight tales of survival and triumph, suffused with magical realism, bring to life the harsh struggles, the dreams, the greed, the obsessions, the xenophobia — and the love — experienced by the trappers and prospectors who flocked to northern Ontario during the Porcupine Gold Rush (1900 – 1922).