Un rebelle en sous-marin
Un rebelle en sous-marin est l'histoire d'un garcon qui reve de devenir explorateur, et non pecheur comme son grand-pere avant lui.
Il fait equipe avec un genie de depotoir pour construire un sous-marin qu'il fait naviguer dans les Maritimes. Le roman presente le fascinant processus pratique de la construction d'un sous-marin, ainsi que la navigati …
Arrow through the Axes
Arrow through the Axes concludes the "Odyssey of a Slave" trilogy that began with the Red Maplenominated Torn from Troy, retelling Homer's Odyssey. The slave Alexi, now free of his Greek captors, infiltrates the Greek strongholds of the Bronze Age in search of his sister. In so doing he participates in the stories of Orestes, son of Agamemnon, as …
Cursed by the Sea God
The second volume in the trilogy that revisions Homer’s Odyssey is once again told from the viewpoint of Alexi, the young Trojan boy. Captured by Odysseus after the fall of Troy, Alexi is forced to accompany the Greeks on their sea journey home to Ithaca. Cursed by the Sea God contains many of the iconic adventures of the homeward journey, includ …
Father August Brabant
Father August Brabant (18451912) was the first Roman Catholic missionary to live and work among aboriginal people on the west coast of Vancouver Island during the colonial period. He endured long periods of isolation, built a number of log churches and undertook extraordinarily difficult trips along the west coast in dugout canoes. His thirty-thr …
Torn from Troy
Two-and-a half millennia after it was created, Homer's Odyssey remains one of humanity's most memorable adventure stories. In this re-creation of Homer's classic as a young adult novel, we see the aftermath of the Trojan War through the eyes of Alexi, a fifteen-year-old Trojan boy. Orphaned by the war and enslaved by Odysseus himself, Alexi has a v …
Journey to Atlantis
In this sequel to the prize-winning young adult novel Submarine Outlaw, the sea of myth and legends beckons young Alfred once again, and the intrepid young explorer answers the call. With his loyal crew of a dog and a seagull by his side, Alfred sails across the Atlantic in his homemade submarine and enters the Mediterranean in search of the fabled …