Erich, a teenaged prisoner of war in a logging camp near Lethbridge, Alberta, and Max, who is bullied because his parents are German, become friends as Erich worries about sabotage at the camp, which is controlled by Nazi prisoners.  Ages 11-18

Ali, an Alevi Kurd who has immigrated to Canada, is sent to an internment camp in northern Ontario as an enemy alien during World War I, while his fiancee, Zeynep, back in Anatolia, tries to protect her Armenian neighbors from massacre.  Ages 12-15

In post-war Leipzig, teen Wilm feels justified in spray painting messages at night on police buildings in order to voice his displeasure, until one night his actions go too far.  Ages 12-18

After Native American Louie Sam is suspected of killing someone, he is chased into Canada and lynched, but teenager George Gillies, a newcomer to Washington Territory, doesn’t think Louie was guilty and sets out to investigate.  Ages 11-15

After her poor parents die of smallpox in New France, sixteen-year-old Francois Laurent takes a job in the home of a wealthy fur trader, but her life takes a turn for the worse when she is caught stealing and sentenced to death by hanging.  Ages 13-18

Gracie and Luke immediately become friends when Gracie moves to a small town in Canada, but secrets about her mother’s past threaten their friendship.  Ages 11-15

In broad daylight, a high society girl vanishes on a crowded street. Days pass, then weeks; the daring abduction remains an impenetrable mystery, without a ransom note, a single clue, or even public information. The moment young SherLCk reads about it, he knows that it’s the case that will make his name.  Ages 10-14

After the Great Depression, Ben, who sneaks in violin practice between chores, gets a job fixing up an old cottage on nearby Pine Island where he is introduced to a world of wealth that makes him desperate to escape Cook’s Landing.  Ages 12-18

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family’s freedom.  Ages 9-14

When fourteen-year-old Jutka and her Hungarian Jewish family are sent to Auschwitz during World War II, her only hope lies in dreaming about the free land of Canada, which is in harsh contrast to the “Kanada” found in the camp–a storehouse for the belongings of those who died.  Ages 12-18