Tradewind Books: 24 books

Fourteen-year-old Bing-wing Chan must conquer his fear of ghosts as his father’'s gambling debts force him to dig for human bones in a graveyard and then to work as a houseboy in a haunted house. Set in Vancouver's Chinatown, The Bone Collector's Son is a moving study of racism and the struggle of Chinese immigrants at the turn of the century.

Angela'’s summer holiday with her aunt and uncle in Siena, Italy changes her life forever. First she manages to save the life of the jittery horse Tempesta. Next she falls head over heels for Tony, a local jockey. And finally, as a last minute replacement in the upcoming Palio, she has to ride Tempesta and race against Tony.

After Frame and her brother, Ranger, discover Uncle Tam’s body in the river, they wonder if his death was really an accident. Their suspicions are confirmed when they find a knife under a rock. Clues mount up after they discover that their neighbour, Mr. McGuire, is mistreating Uncle Tam’s dog, Sandy.

With purple hair and '90s retro clothes, Ash Perrault is a modern-day Cinderella. She has a new stepmother, annoying stepsisters and a rocky relationship with the school prince. But she has a problem Cinderella didn't have—a dangerous problem that keeps on getting worse.

Set around the world in Canada, the UK, India, Japan and Jamaica, these fascinating stories by emerging writers and established authors—such as Evelyn Lau and Governor General's Award winner Paul Yee—will captivate and entertain teens of all ages.

In this novel set in San Francisco`s Chinatown before and after 1906, young Jackson Leong has to not only cope with the ghost of his brother who died in the earthquake, but also the mysterious ghost of a young woman who is haunting the family nickelodeon. A masterpiece of historical fiction that will take the reader on a roller coaster journey into the past.

This moving novel of self-discovery and redemption takes place during the Oka Crisis of the summer of 1990. Having been adopted as an infant, Carrie has always felt out of place—and recurring dreams keep warning that someone close to her will be badly hurt. When she finds out that her birth father is living in Kahnawake, Quebec, she goes there and finally finds a place she truly belongs.

17-year-old Sherri arrives in the resort town of Lewton excited for a summer working as a student reporter. Instead, she finds a creepy ghost town. Local stores are closing, sometimes overnight. Owners are vanishing, and reappearing as smiling, happy workers at the new big box store, Shopwells. Are dark forces at play to keep the locals working in a state of cult-like submission?

Vancouver, 1942. When best friends Esther and Michiko spot the beautiful Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret dolls—in vogue at the time—in the local toy store window, they long to get the dolls for their shared birthday. But when Esther receives the doll and Michiko doesn’t, their friendship...

Roxy came to Greece to stand at the deathbed of the grandfather she's never met. She starts to fall in love, but nothing turns out the way she expects. Everyone is hiding something, including Roxy herself. Determined to uncover her family's secret past, she pieces together a tragic love story—and sorts out her own tangled feelings.