Jul 2, 2018 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

Haunted

Winner:  Arthur Ellis Crime Award for Best Juvenile Fiction Dee is feeding the chickens the morning they discover the bones on the mountain. Something doesn’t feel right – and her feeling is confirmed when local police show her a ring that they found with the bones; a ring belonging to Mary Ann Simpson, who had disappeared four years ago. Other girls, Dee discovers, have disappeared too, unusual for... read more

Oct 2, 2017 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

Love Lies Bleeding

Love Lies Bleeding After my Dad died in 1994, we discovered a suitcase in the basement that contained his war memorabilia, including letters he wrote home to his parents in Richmond Hill, during his six years overseas. Excerpts from these letters are woven throughout this story to give the reader an authentic sense of what it felt like to be fighting so far from home. Though restricted by censorship, the... read more

Sep 12, 2017 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

The Three Wishbells

 Kristyn Taylor is a “chosen one”; an adopted child, a knowledge that has always left her feeling incomplete and hurt. Fighting mild hypochondria, low self-esteem and a perfect sister, Kristyn is returning home from school one day, when she trips on a crack in the sidewalk and finds herself in another world where her arrival portends its doom. “First World” is losing its magical... read more

Jul 28, 2017 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

Home Child

The year is 1914. Thirteen year old Arthur, a Home Child, arrives in Canada from England to stay on Sadie Wilson’s farm as a hired labourer. Arthur finds himself an outcast – only a home boy – not fit to be allowed to sit with the family at a meal. Sadie is intrigued by the new arrival and puzzled by her family’s, especially her mother’s, and the community’s negative... read more

Sep 19, 2016 Posted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

Forget-Me-Not

In this touching, humourous sequel to Love-Lies-Bleeding, Roberta “Bobby” Harrison is happy now that Germany has surrendered. Her brother Alex, is back from overseas, Rick Anderson wants to kiss her, and life should be wonderful for Bobby, but everything is changing and life has become very confusing. Excerpt Friday, June 15, 1945 It’s hot, hot, hot today. I thought I was going to melt on my way to... read more