Great Plains

A NOVEL 

Great Plains 

means Great Books! 

GOLDEN 

BOYS 

Stories of Hope, Resilience 

and Life after Gangs 

Anne Mahon 

The Top 50 Manitoba Hockey 

Players Of All Time 

photographs by Bryan Scott | text by Bartley Kives 

TY DILELLO 

Natasha Deen 

Fall 

2017 

greatplains.mb.ca 

enfieldandwizenty.ca

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REAT PLAINS 

SELECT AWARDS AND ACCOLADES 

ALBERTA BOOK AWARDS 

Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction 

Winner: Godless But Loyal to Heaven 

by Richard Van Camp 

Howard O’Hagen Short Story Award 

Finalist: 7 Ways to Sunday by Lee Kvern 

Robert Kroetsch City 

of Edmonton Book Prize 

Winner: Night Moves 

by Richard Van Camp 

ALBERTA READERS’ 

CHOICE AWARD 

Finalist: Chance to Dance for You 

by Gail Sidonie Sobat 

BC READERS’ CHOICE AWARD 

Stellar Award 

Finalist: Gravity Journal 


Red Cedar Award 

Juliana and the Medicine Fish 

by Jake MacDonald 

CANADIAN CHILDREN’S 

BOOK CENTRE 

Our Choice Selection 

Black Bottle Man by Craig Russell 

Withershins by Susan Rocan 

Gravity Journal by Gail Sidonie Sobat 

CLA Young Adult Book Award 

Finalist: The Silent Summer of 

Kyle McGinley by Jan Andrews 

FOREST OF READING 

White Pine Award Honour Book 

Gravity Journal by Gail Sidonie Sobat 

White Pine Award Selection 

The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley 

by Jan Andrews 

The Fall by Colleen Nelson 

Chance to Dance for You 


Silver Birch Award Selection 

Juliana and the Medicine Fish 


HIGH PLAINS BOOK AWARDS 

Winner: Madder Carmine 

by Tyler Enfield 

MANITOBA HISTORICAL 

SOCIETY MARGARET 

MCWILLIAMS AWARD 

FOR POPULAR HISTORY 

Winner: Silver Screens on the 

Prairie by Russ Gourluck 

Winner: The Mosaic Village 

by Russ Gourluck 

MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS 

Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award 

Winner: Stuck in the Middle by 

Bartley Kives and Bryan Scott 

McNally Robinson Book of the Year 

Winner: The House on Sugarbush Road 

by Méira Cook 

McNally Robinson Book for Young 

People Award 

Winner: The Fall by Colleen Nelson 

Winner: The Green-Eyed Queen of 

Suicide City by Kevin Marc Fournier 

Winner: Tori by Design by Colleen Nelson 

Mary Scorer Award for Best 

Manitoba Book 

Winner: Butterfly Winter by W.P. Kinsella 

Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award 

Winner: 300 Years of Beer by Bill Wright 

and Dave Craig 

MYRCA AWARDS 

Finalist: Morven and the Horse Clan 

by Luanne Armstrong 

Finalist: Withershins by Susan Rocan 

MOONBEAM AWARD – 

YOUNG ADULT FICTION 

Gold Medal Winner: The Silent Summer 

of Kyle McGinley by Jan Andrews 

Gold Medal Winner: The Green-Eyed 

Queen of Suicide City by 

Kevin Marc Fournier 

Gold Medal Winner: How to Tend 

a Grave by Jocelyn Shipley 

Gold Medal Winner: Black Bottle Man 

by Craig Russell 

Gold Medal Winner: Gravity Journal 


Silver Medal Winner: Jamie’s Got a Gun 


Silver Medal Winner: Morven and the 

Horse Clan by Luanne Armstrong 

Silver Medal Winner: Signs of Martha 

by Sarah Raymond 

Silver Medal Winner: Madder Carmine 

by Tyler Enfield 

Silver Medal Winner: Gatekeeper 

by Natasha Deen 

ON THE SAME PAGE 

Winner: The Lucky Ones by Anne Mahon 

Finalist: Stuck in the Middle by Bartley 

Kives and Bryan Scott 

Finalist: The House on Sugarbush Road 

by Méira Cook 

Finalist: Black Bottle Man by Craig Russell 

Winner: Juliana and the Medicine Fish 


RELIT AWARD 

Shortlist: Hello, Sweetheart 

by Elaine McCluskey 

SYRCA AWARDS 

Winner: The Fall by Colleen Nelson 

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NON-FICTION 

GOLDEN 

BOYS 



Anne Mahon 




TY DILELLO 

GREAT PLAINS 

PUBLICATIONS 

GREAT PLAINS PUBLICATIONS IS A 

NON-FICTION PUBLISHER SPECIALIZING 

IN PRAIRIE HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 


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Stuck in the Middle 2 

Defining Views of Manitoba 

Bryan Scott and Bartley Kives 


978-1-927855-80-5 • $35.00 

Trade paper, 8.5 x 10, 220 pages 

Marketing Plan: National review mailing, online marketing 

and promotion, author interviews, ad buys. 

Somewhere between North Dakota and Nunavut sits a 

curious land with a coastline patrolled by polar bears, 

highways lined with monuments to household produce 

and dinner plates drenched in a gluey condiment known as honey 

dill sauce. This is Manitoba, a province that has captured the 

imagination of… well, maybe dozens of people around the world. 

Manitoba is one of the newest places on Earth, carved by glaciers 

and shaped by meltwater. It’s one of the most Indigenous places 

on Earth, as all of its residents are beginning to comprehend 

and respect. 

But it’s also a vast and largely empty land that lacks a singular 

identity, partly because of its vastness and emptiness — but 

also because most of its population barricades itself within 

Winnipeg’s city limits. 

Stuck In The Middle 2 finds photographer Bryan Scott and 

journalist Bartley Kives venturing beyond the Perimeter 

Highway to explore the architecture, landscapes and waterways 

of a province they know and love but, like most Manitobans, 

will never truly understand. 

Winnipeg photographer BRYAN SCOTT has 

been documenting the city’s architecture and 

streetscapes since 2005. He works in advertising 

while making daily contributions to his photo 

website Winnipeg Love Hate. A collection of photos 

from the site was published in 2010 and his first 

collaboration with author Bartley Kives, Stuck In 

The Middle: Dissenting Views of Winnipeg, was published by Great Plains 

Publications in 2013. It won the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award the 

following year. 

Journalist and author BARTLEY KIVES has been writing about politics, 

pop culture, politics, food and travel in Winnipeg since the 1990s. 

He worked as a reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press for 18 years and 

now works for CBC Manitoba. He is the author of A Daytripper’s Guide 

To Manitoba: Exploring Canada’s Undiscovered Province, a Canadian 

bestseller first published in 2006 and revised in 2015. Stuck in the Middle 2 

is his second collaboration with photographer Bryan Scott, following up 

on Stuck In The Middle: Dissenting Views of Winnipeg. 

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Redemption 


and Life After Gangs 

Anne Mahon 

978-1-927855-81-2 • $24.95 

Trade paper, 7 x 7, 180 pages 

Marketing Plan: National review mailing, online marketing and 

promotion, national advertising campaign, targeted promotion 

through community groups, appearances on local news outlets. 

Foreword by Greg Boyle, S.J., 

founder of Homeboy Industries 



Anne Mahon 

Why do people join gangs? Once entrenched in a 

life of crime with its realities of incarceration, 

addiction, power, and money, is it possible to 

ever walk away? This triumphant collection of ten personal 

life stories from ex-gang members enlightens, surprises and 

inspires. These first-person accounts illuminate the harsh 

reality of living as a marginalized person, often neglected and 

in poverty. Unexpectedly, their stories share heartfelt 

commentary on topics such as peace, joy, forgiveness and hope. 

Readers will be challenged to question their preconceived 

notions as they are given an illuminating look at individual lives 

behind crime statistics. This book covers territory that often 

doesn’t get into the news media and creates connection through 

our shared humanity. 

ANNE MAHON is fascinated by people and 

their stories, focusing her writing on the 

marginalized. Her books are philanthropic 

efforts, with all author proceeds donated back 

to the communities each book represents. 

Her first book The Lucky Ones won the On The 

Same Page Manitoba Library Award. She is a 

committed 30- year volunteer, contributing her 

time to many local organizations. Anne lives in 

Winnipeg with her husband and three children. 

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GOLDEN 

BOYS 



TY DILELLO 

Golden Boys 

The Top 50 Manitoba 

Hockey Players of All Time 

Ty Dilello 

978-1-927855-82-9 • $24.95 

Trade paper, 6 x 9, 280 pages 

Marketing Plan: National review mailing, online marketing 

and promotion, national advertising campaign, targeted 

promotion through community groups, appearances on local 

news outlets. 

Jonathan Toews, Andy Bathgate, Ron Hextall, Bobby 

Clarke, Terry Sawchuk… who is the greatest of all time? 

Coinciding with the 100 th anniversary of the NHL, 

Golden Boys looks at fifty players that have shaped the history 

of hockey in Manitoba. Featuring detailed biographies, rare 

photographs and never-been-told-before stories, Golden Boys is 

sure to delight, surprise and cause arguments amongst hockey 

fans young and old. 

TY DILELLO is an accredited writer with the International 

Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and is a 

member of the Society for International Hockey 

Research (SIHR). He has been a hockey fan since 

Peter Bondra led the Washington Capitals to the 

Stanley Cup Finals in 1998. Ty plays extensively 

on the World Curling Tour in the winter and can 

probably be found on a tennis court during the 

summer months. 

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Stories Best Left Untold 

Tales from a Manitoba Legislator 

Gord Mackintosh 

978-1-927855-74-4 • $29.95 

Gord Mackintosh was not your typical politician and this book is not your typical 

political memoir. Mackintosh steps out of his familiar role as the Manitoba NDP’s 

go-to guy, foot soldier and law reformer to provide a unique take on the quirky places 

and people behind his long and varied career. 

RECENT NON-FICTION 

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How The Legendary Trio of Hull, Hedberg 

and Nilsson Transformed Hockey and Led 

the Winnipeg Jets to Greatness 

Geoff Kirbyson 

978-1-927855-49-2 • $29.95 • 240 pages 

“When [Glen Sather] brought me to Edmonton [in 1978], that was the first thing he said 

to all of his people and scouts. ‘We’re going to build the team that they built in the ‘70s in 

Winnipeg and that’s how we’re going to play.” —Wayne Gretzky 

Abandoned Manitoba 

From Residential Schools to Bank 

Vaults to Grain Elevators 

Gordon Goldsborough 

978-1-927855-48-5 • $29.95 

Manitoba Bestseller: McNally Robinson’s #1 Manitoba Book in 2016 

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Tips for folks who want to catch their 

own food (and have fun doing it!) 

John Toone 

A GUIDE TO MANITOBA’S 

PROVINCIAL PARKS 

Matthew Komus 

A Voyage to the Front Line 

of Climate Change 

STAN MILOSEVIC 

Cameron DueCk 

HAND-TINTED 

POSTCARDS FROM 

WINNIPEG’S 

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300 Years of Beer: 

An Illustrated 

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in Manitoba 

Bill Wright & 

Dave Craig 

978-1-926531-71-7 

$35.00, illustrated 

softcover, 224 pages 

Winner: Manitoba Best 

Illustrated Book 

Silver Screens 

on the Prairies: 

An Illustrated History 

of Motion Picture 

Theatres in Manitoba 

Russ Gourluck 

978-1-926531-21-2 



Winner: Margaret 

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The New Northwest 

Passage: A Voyage 

to the Front Line of 

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Cameron Dueck 

978-1-926531-36-6 

$24.95, 256 pages 

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Bartley Kives 

978-1-927855-27-0 

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TEXT BY SHELLEY PENZIWOL 

PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER BLAHUT 

FROM 

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Shelley Penziwol 

978-1-926531-14-4 



Stuck in the Middle: 

Dissenting Views 

of Winnipeg 

Bryan Scott and 

Bartley Kives 

978-1-926531-84-7 



Winner: Carol Shields/City 

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Edited by 

Ingeborg Boyens 

978-1-894283-71-7 

$49.95, full colour 

hardcover, 814 pages 

ghost stories from the 

heart of the continent 

Haunted Winnipeg: 

Ghost Stories from 

the Heart of 

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Matthew Komus 

978-1-927855-05-8 

$19.95, 200 pages 

On the Air: 

The Golden Age 

of Manitoba Radio 

Garry Moir 

978-1-927855-26-3 



Fishin’ for 

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John Toone 

978-1-926531-92-2 

$19.95, 176 pages 

Kings of the Rings: 

125 Years of the 

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Sean Grassie 

978-1-926531-59-5 



WISH YOU 

WERE HERE! 

Wish You Were 

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Stan Milosev ic 

978-1-927855-34-8 



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Mike Mci ntyre 

How Canada failed to stoppedophile peter whitmore 

Memoir and Biography 

Her Darling Boy 

Tom Goodman 

978-1-927855-47-8 

$29.95, 200 pages 

In Search of Canada: 

The Early Years of 

John Wesley Dafoe 

Christopher Dafoe 

978-1-926531-94-6 

$24.95, 224 pages 

Red River 

Remembered: 

A Bicentennial 

Collection of Stories 

and Recipes 

Noni 

Campbell-Horner 

978-1-926531-28-1 



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Leonard Flett 

978-1-927855-33-1 

$29.95, 328 pages 

The Library Tree: 

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Deborah Cowley 

978-1-926531-83-0 

$24.95, 232 pages 

Vikings on a Prairie 

Ocean: The Saga of 

a Lake, a People, a 

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Glenn Sigurdson 

978-1-926531-93-9 

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Dean Gunnarson: 

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Carolyn Gray 

978-1-927855-35-5 

$29.95, 264 pages 

The Lucky 

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Anne Mahon 

978-1-926531-72-4 

$24.95, 224 pages 

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True Crime 

Devil Among Us: 

How Canada Failed to 

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978-1-894283-80-9 

$11.95, mass market, 

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Cracked the Candace 

Derksen Case 

Mike McIntyre 

978-1-926531-13-7 

$11.95, mass market, 

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LITERARY FICTION 

ENFIELD & WIZENTY 

ENFIELD & WIZENTY IS A LITERARY 

IMPRINT PUBLISHING ORIGINAL NOVELS 

AND SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS. 

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This Is All A Lie 

Thomas Trofimuk 

978-1-927855-77-5 • $19.95 

Trade paper, 5.5 x 8.5, 320 pages 


promotion, national advertising campaign, author participation in 

interviews, festivals, and conferences 

Three lives, one unreliable narrator and the consequences 

of losing intimacy. This is All a Lie opens with Ray leaving 

his mistress for the final time. At the bottom of her 

apartment tower, he answers his phone. It’s Nancy, his lover, and she 

is threatening to jump if he drives away. She wants emotional truth 

in an arena where everything is a lie. She wants a reason to stay alive 

and Ray is uniquely unqualified to give her what she wants. 

Ray’s wife, Tulah, loves snow and keeps a snow journal – every time 

it snows she goes out in it and records what she thinks and feels 

about the snow in the context of her life. Tulah is filled with secrets, 

and denial, and unhappiness and when she is drawn into Ray’s messy 

affair, everything she thought she knew is thrown aside. 

What are the consequences of losing intimacy? Does Nancy jump 

from her 39 th floor balcony? What happens with Tulah and Ray? 

The answers lie within, perhaps. 

Writer THOMAS TROFIMUK’s first novel, 

The 52 nd Poem, won the George Bugnet Novel of 

the Year Award and the City of Edmonton Book 

Prize. His second novel, the critically acclaimed 

Doubting Yourself to the Bone, was named as one 

of the Globe and Mail’s top 100 must-read books 

for 2006. A third book, Waiting for Columbus, 

was released in 2009 in the US, Canada, the UK, 

Serbia, Poland, Brazil, China and Quebec (in translation). Waiting for 

Columbus won the City of Edmonton Book Prize and was a nominee 

for the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In the UK, it 

was a Richard and Judy Book Club selection and was picked as one 

of Richard and Judy’s 100 Books of the decade. He lives (and writes) in 

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Visit: www.thomastrofimuk.com. 

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RECENT LITERARY FICTION 

The 

Bodice 

Ripper 

A NOVEL 

BYRON REMPEL 

The Bodice Ripper 

Byron Rempel 

978-1-927855-71-3 • $19.95 • 224 pages 

Anna Hill is a McGill assistant professor of Medieval History and Gender on the 

eve of her 40 th birthday. She specializes in the birth of romance. But after devoting 

decades of study to her subject, she craves an exotic romance of her own. When 

nobody steps up, she secretly crafts a bodice-ripping Harlequin set in Medieval 

Spain. But love soon takes on new meanings when a visiting Parisian professor 

wants to prove to her that romance is history. 

Art Lessons 

Katherine Koller 

978-1-927855-49-2 • $19.95 • 192 pages 

Art Lessons is told in the voice of Cassie from seven to seventeen. As she ages, she 

discovers the transformative power of visual art in herself and on the lives of others. 

Cassie lives in a family of sports nuts. She’s a loner, easily distracted by boyfriends, 

and in love with trees, her inspiration for drawing, and the process of art-making, 

which to her feels like floating. While unlikely teachers of all ages challenge her, it’s 

her Polish grandmother, Babci, who serves as an intuitive guide on Cassie’s path to 

becoming an artist. Through her own heightened observational skills and awareness 

of her difference, Cassie is saved by her art, changing as the trees she continues to 

draw over time. 

$19.95 Literary Fiction 

The Light That Remains Lyse Champagne 

STORIES 

LYSE CHAMPAGNE 

The Light That Remains 

Lyse Champagne 

978-1-927855-40-9 • $19.95 • 240 pages 

The despair of refugees has haunted us long before the civil war in Syria. Lyse 

Champagne’s evocative new story collection attempts to put these collective and 

individual tragedies into an historical context. 

“Champagne has put a face and intimate details to all of these tragedies. They become 

individual tragedies, not just geo-political calamities… She carries you through each story 

like you are in a sailboat pushed by gentle breezes over calm waters.” 

—The Ottawa Citizen 

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fter three years in the Mexican War, color-blind Dannon 

Lereaux sets out across the mountains in search of “love, 

red, and a new class of salvation,” expecting to find all 

three in a girl called Madder Carmine. 

Set in the year 1849, amidst a vividly reconceived Appalachia, young Dannon 

has returned from the war only to discover home was finer when remembered 

from afar. Disenchanted and confused, he puts all hope of deliverance in a girl 

he once met and, along with an escaped slave named Virgil, embarks on an epic 

journey to find her. But hard on their trail is Will Lawson, Virgil’s vengeful owner. 

As Dannon is pushed deeper into the world of the hunted, his mind slips into a 

world of its own. Suddenly the mountains of his youth are transformed into the 

Nine Circles of Hell, and Virgil becomes his soul-guide through the underworld. 

With this notion firm in his mind, Dannon commends himself to a surreal journey 

as he seeks redemption in the heart of the Inferno. 

TYLER ENFIELD is a writer and photographer. Other 

books include the award-winning children’s novel series, 

Wrush. He’s also the writer/director of the National 

Film Board’s interactive film, Invisible Worlds. He lives 

in Edmonton, and you can visit him and his photography 

at www.TylerEnfield.com. 

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$14.95 Crossover Fiction 

a novel by 

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Edited by Shawn Syms 

a novel 

E B O R A H - A N N E T U N N E Y 

2012 COLOPHON 

PRIZE 

foreword by richard van camp 

A 

MADDER CARMINE TYLER ENFIELD 

MADDER 

tyler enfield 

This Book Will 

Not Save Your Life 

Michelle Berry 

978-1-926531-04-5 

$29.95, 272 pages 

Madder Carmine 

Tyler Enfield 

978-1-927855-30-0 

$14.95, 224 pages 

Winner: High Plains 

Book Award 

W.P. KINSELLA 

The House on 

Sugarbush Road 

Méira Cook 

978-1-926531-30-4 

$29.95, 296 pages 

Winner: McNally Robinson 

Book of the Year 

Butterfly Winter 

W.P. Kinsella 

978-1-926531-16-8 

$29.95, 302 pages 

I know who you 

remInd me of 

stories 

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naomi 

k. lewis 

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Richard Cumyn 

978-1-927855-17-1 

$19.95, 280 pages 

I Know Who You 

Remind Me Of 

Naomi K. Lewis 

978-1-926531-51-9 

$29.95, 232 pages 

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Hello, Sweetheart 

Elaine McCluskey 

978-1-926531-99-1 

$19.95, 200 pages 

D 

The View From the Lane 

Deborah-Anne Tunney 

978-1-927855-02-7 

$19.95, 240 pages 

The Moon 

of Letting Go 

Richard Van Camp 

978-1-926531-00-7 

$19.95, 224 pages 

Night Moves 


978-1- 927855-23-2 

$19.95, 208 pages 

Godless but 

Loyal to Heaven 


978-1-926531-73-1 

$19.95, 200 pages 

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Award for Fiction 

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HOME 

Stories from the Northwest Territories 

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Various 

978-1-926531-27-4 

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Edited by Keith Cadieux 

and Dustin Geeraert 

978-1-927855-36-2 

$19.95, 224 pages 

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TEEN FICTION 

A NOVEL 

Natasha Deen 

TEEN FICTION 

GREAT PLAINS TEEN FICTION PUBLISHES 

CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL 

FICTION FROM CANADIAN AUTHORS 

FOR READERS AGE 10 TO NEW ADULT. 


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A NOVEL 

Game's End 

Natasha Deen 

978-1-927855-85-0 • $14.95 

Trade paper, 5.5 x 8.5, 248 pages 


promotion, national advertising campaign, author participation 

in interviews, festivals, and conferences 

Maggie Johnson is dealing with too much — the 

rising distrust and hate of the townspeople, her 

growing (and unpredictable) supernatural powers, 

and the dead, waiting to be transitioned from this side to the 

next. Right now, they’re her saving grace. But when a soul-eater 

steals the ghost she’s transitioning, things don’t just take a turn 

for the worse, they take a turn for the personal. This thing has 

a connection to her and to her family, and it’s coming for 

revenge. As Maggie races to stop the entity, the body count 

ticks up, and the soul-eater’s touch reaches close to home. The 

answers Maggie seeks are coming to a head, but will she survive 

the revelation? 

Natasha Deen 

Praise for Gatekeeper: 

SELECTION: The Moonbeam 

Children’s Book Awards, Fall 2016 

With her multifaceted plotlines and great, great 

characters who are neither perfect nor surreal 

(though they may be otherworldly), Natasha 

Deen has become one of my go-to YACanLit 

authors for spooky whodunits with a smidgen 

of romance.” —CanLit for Little Canadians 

Praise for Guardian: 

SELECTION: Best Books for Kids & Teens, Spring 2015 

SELECTION: The Sunburst Award, Spring 2015 

SELECTION: The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, 

Spring 2015 

“a great hybrid of horror and mystery 

(think Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Veronica 

Mars), with oodles of potential for humour and 

terror – and Deen gets the most out of both.” 

—Quill & Quire 

One of the best parts of being a writer 

for NATASHA DEEN is presenting at 

schools, conferences, and workshops. She is 

published in a variety of genres, from creative 

non-fiction to YA and romance and has also 

appeared in a variety of media outlets as a 

literacy advocate. She lives in Edmonton. 

A NOVEL 

Natasha Deen 

SELECT TEEN FICTION 

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nd photographer. Other 

ing children’s novel series, 

ector of the National 

visible Worlds. He lives 

t him and his photography 

$14.95 Crossover Fiction 

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RECENT TEEN FICTION 

Hannah And The Magic Eye 

Tyler Enfield 

978-1-927855-68-3 • $11.95 • Best for Middle Years 

“With a playful nod to Indiana Jones, the intrepid duo of Hananh and Clooney take readers 

on a rollicking adventure through the exotic locales of Israel. Packed with mind-bending 

riddles and a healthy dose of excitement, Hannah and the Magic Eye has a lot to say 

about cooperation, friendship, and acceptance, no matter the gender, religion, or disastrously 

fitting sunglasses.” —Natasha Deen, author of Guardian and Gatekeeper. 

“The book’s message of tolerance and inclusiveness is powerful, and one delivered with 

a good deal of grace." —Quill & Quire 

Art Lessons 

Katherine Koller 

978-1-927855-49-2 • $19.95 • 192 pages 

Art Lessons is told in the voice of Cassie from seven to seventeen. As she ages, she 

discovers the transformative power of visual art in herself and on the lives of others. 

Cassie lives in a family of sports nuts. She’s a loner, easily distracted by boyfriends, and 

in love with trees, her inspiration for drawing, and the process of art-making, which to 

her feels like floating. While unlikely teachers of all ages challenge her, it’s her Polish 

grandmother, Babci, who serves as an intuitive guide on Cassie’s path to becoming 

an artist. Through her own heightened observational skills and awareness of her 

difference, Cassie is saved by her art, changing as the trees she continues to draw 

over time. 

ican War, color-blind Dannon 

mountains in search of “love, 

ation,” expecting to find all 

r Carmine. 

eived Appalachia, young Dannon 

home was finer when remembered 

puts all hope of deliverance in a girl 

ave named Virgil, embarks on an epic 

s Will Lawson, Virgil’s vengeful owner. 

d of the hunted, his mind slips into a 

f his youth are transformed into the 

s soul-guide through the underworld. 

ommends himself to a surreal journey 

Inferno. 

MADDER CARMINE TYLER ENFIELD 

MADDER 

a novel by 

tyler enfield 

Madder Carmine 

Tyler Enfield 

978-1-927855-30-0 • $14.95 • 224 pages 

WINNER: High Plains Book Award, Fall 2016 

SELECTION: Moonbeam Award, Fall 2016 

After three years in the Mexican War, colour-blind Dannon Lereaux sets out across 

the mountains in search of “love, red, and a new class of salvation,” expecting to find all 

three in a girl called Madder Carmine. 

“ Madder Carmine is a masterpiece… Enfield’s fever dream of a classical quest is dizzying, 

poetic and original… a major work that deserves to be celebrated.” 

—Jury report, High Plains Book Award 

16

Jan Andrews 

2010-11 CHOICE 

onthesamepage.ca 

AND THE 

MAGGIE BOLITHO 

A NOVEL 

Natasha Deen 

Teen Blacklist 

The 

SilenT 

Summer 

of Kyle 

mcGinley 

The Silent Summer 

of Kyle McGinley 

Jan Andrews 

978-1-926531-68-7 

$14.95, 200 pages 

Gold Medal Winner: 

Moonbeam Award 

Forever Julia 

Jodi Carmichael 

978-1-927855-20-1, 

240 pages 

Winner: McNally 

Robinson Book for Young 

People Award, 2015 

Selection: Best Books 

For Kids & Teens, Fall 2015 

Selection: The Moonbeam 

Children’s Book Awards, 2015 

Morven 

and the Horse Clan 

Luanne 

Armstrong 

Morven and 

the Horse Clan 

Luanne Armstrong 

978-1-926531-74-8 

$14.95, 176 pages 

A 2014 MYRCA selectionns 

Gatekeeper 

Natasha Deen 

978-1-927855-09-6 

$14.95, 270 pages 

LOCKDOWN 

A NOVEL 

Lockdown 

Maggie Bolitho 

978-1-926531-89-2 

$14.95, 232 pages 

selection: CCBC Best 

Books for Kids and Teens 

Guardian 

Natasha Deen 

978-1-927855-09-6 

$14.95, 270 pages 

SELECT TEEN TEEN BLACKLIST FICTION 

Green-Eyed Queen 

of Suicide City 

Kevin Marc Fournier 

978-1-926531-267 

$14.95, 200 pages 


Book for Young People 

Gold Medal Winner: 

Moonbeam Awards 

JULIANA 

MEDICINE 

FISH 

JAKE MACDONALD 

Juliana and the 

Medicine Fish 

Jake MacDonald 

978-0-9697804-4-1 

$16.95, 152 pages 

winner: Manitoba On 

the Same Page 2011 

Tori by Design 

Colleen Nelson 

978-1-926531-10-6 

$14.95, 208 pages 

winner: McNally Robinson 


The Fall 

Colleen Nelson 

978-1-926531-65-6 

$14.95, 192 pages 



a novel 

The 

Nelsa Roberto 

The Break 

Nelsa Roberto 

978-1-926531-20-5 

$14.95, 208 pages 

Black Bottle Man 

Craig Russell 

978-1-894283-99-1 

$14.95, 184 pages 

Winner: Gold Medal, 


Finalist: Aurora Awards 

Jocelyn Shipley 

How to Tend 

a Grave 

Jocelyn Shipley 

978-1-926531-19-9 

$14.95, 184 pages 

GAIL SIDONIE SOBAT & 

SPYDER YARDLEY-JONES 

Jamie’s Got A Gun 

Gail Sidonie Sobat and 

Spyder Yardley-Jones 

978-1-926531-88-5 

$14.95, 280 

Selection: CCBC Best 

Books for Kids and Teens 

Winner: Moonbeam Award 

for Young Adult Fiction, 

Silver Medal 

GAIL 

SIDONIE 

SOBAT 

A NOVEL 

Chance to 

Dance for You 

Gail Sidonie Sobat 

978-1-894283-11-3 

$14.95, 176 pages 

Bronze Medal Winner 


Selection: Best Books for 

Kids and Teens 

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World Rights are available on many of the titles in this catalogue. 

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