Writing can be fun - and here's the book to prove it! Hemingway. Dostoevsky. Shakespeare. All of them wrote masterpieces when they were adults. But imagine what they could have written when they were kids, if only they had had this book! Be a Writing Superstar is an irreverent, encouraging writing guide for young readers, which covers a whole spectrum of topics. It succeeds in teaching them the nuts and bolts of the entire writing process - from brainstorming their early ideas and shaping them on paper, right through to hosting their own book launch! Yes, kids will be trading witty repartee and bon mots with their fellow scribes, as they get their literary game on! And, for when the dreaded writer's block kicks in, kids can draw inspiration from their writing heroes by reading some short interviews with famous Canadian authors and illustrators! Some of Canada's finest, including Robert Munsch, Mélanie Watt, Gordon Korman and Kenneth Oppel, agreed to answer 5 Silly Questions about their writing, and all of them are included in this book. A hilarious reminder that writers are funny people and writing is, above all else, fun!

Tout le monde à l'école d'Ève est obsédé par Tueur de fantômes, l'un des jeux vidéo les plus effrayants et les plus intenses sur le marché! Personne n'a jamais réussi à battre le jeu, et beaucoup de jeunes pensent qu'il y a un défaut dans le dernier niveau, rendant la victoire impossible à atteindre. Quand Ève découvre enfin comment vaincre le dernier fantôme, le Wisp, son travail ne fait que commencer. En tant que première personne à jamais avoir terminé Tueur de fantômes, elle a involontairement libéré le Wisp dans notre monde!

Prepare to scream! Darius is excited that his cousin, Ryan, is coming to stay for a weekend in October. Though they used to be close, Darius hasn't seen his cousin since Ryan moved to Vancouver from central B.C. several years before. The visit doesn't get off to a good start. Ryan has changed and can't stop talking about how much better the city is than the country. Eager to win back his favour, Darius plans a trip to Scarecrow Farm, a local farm that morphs into a Halloween attraction each fall. The boys used to love visiting when they were younger. Only Scarecrow Farm is nothing like they remember and seems to have fallen on hard times. It's not long before they become disorientated and lost in the corn maze. Just as they're beginning to panic, they come across a younger boy who seems even more lost . . . not in the maze, but in this plane of existence! Can Darius and Ryan escape before they become the latest two victims of the corn maze? Haunted is a middle-grade fiction series set in towns and cities across Canada. Packed with action, genuine chills, and some healthy doses of humour to cut the tension, it's perfect for fans of Goosebumps and Haunted Canada! Prepare to scream!

A creepy collection that will keep you up at night! Abandoned hospitals, haunted hotels, supernatural sea creatures . . . This collection of more than 100 creepy Canadian tales from across the country is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Moody black-and-white illustrations and photographs appear throughout to add to the eerie feel. With its first volume published in 2002, the Haunted Canada series is now an award-winning nine-book series with over 400,000 copies in print. Kids can't get enough of these spooky tales that allow them to learn about the eeriest corners of our country. This collection includes books 4 to 6 of the series.

The third collection in the bestselling series of hauntingly true Canadian stories -- more chilling than ever! What could be better than a book of spooky stories? A collection of three books of spooky stories! This collection includes volumes 7 to 9 of the award-winning Haunted Canada series. A ruthless pirate, a headless apparition, a fierce river wraith . . . This collection of more than 100 creepy Canadian tales from across the country is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Moody black-and-white illustrations and photographs enhance the hauntingly eerie read. With its first volume published in 2002, the Haunted Canada series is now an award-winning series with over 500,000 copies in print. Kids can't get enough of these spooky tales that allow them to learn about the eeriest corners of our country.

Don't turn out the lights! Joel Sutherland returns for the frightful fifth installment of the Haunted Canada series. The organ at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Quebec City plays by itself, and Queen Elizabeth II reportedly saw a mysterious figure on the balcony during her visit in 1964 . . . Late at night, after Vancouver's Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant has closed, a shadowy man in uniform is seen boarding the decommissioned trolley car that sits in the middle of the dining room . . . With more than 25 terrifying new tales of ghostly encounters and mysterious phenomena, Haunted Canada 5 is guaranteed to keep kids across the country awake and screaming!

The sixth book in the bestselling series of hauntingly true Canadian stories - back, and scarier than ever! For his brand-new story collection, author Joel A. Sutherland has scoured the country for more creepy and chilling tales. Get underneath the covers, because between these book covers are stories about . . . a supernatural sea hag that haunts Dobbins Gardens marsh on Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador a used book from a Barrie, Ontario book shop that conjures up a ghostly figure that accompanies the buyer home a haunted playground at St. Ignatius School in Winnipeg, Manitoba With moody black-and-white illustrations, and archival photos throughout, this collection is perfect for those who like a frightfully good read!  

The eighth book in the bestselling series of hauntingly true Canadian stories - back, and scarier than ever! In this eighth book of the best-selling series, Joel A. Sutherland brings together some of the most terrifying true stories from across the country. A headless apparition haunts the railway tracks in Woodridge, Manitoba. A ghostly spirit appears at sunrise, silently screaming on an outcrop of rocks in Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, British Columbia. The first general manager of the Halifax Club appears to diners in the very spot where he died in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Moody black-and-white illustrations and archival photos bring these shockingly compelling true stories to life.

The ninth book in this bestselling and award-winning series - now scarier than ever! In these chilling tales, award-winning author Joel A. Sutherland takes his readers on a strange and spooky journey across Canada. In this installment, readers will learn about . . . a spectral wagon master in Tofield, Alberta, who looks for workers to accompany him on his phantom wagon. a travelling salesman from England who shares a room with a young artist one night in Kentville, Nova Scotia, only to discover the young man was a ghost. the ghost of painter Tom Thomson, who paddles past a northern point on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. Moody black-and-white illustrations and photographs enhance the hauntingly eerie read.

The tenth book in the bestselling series of hauntingly true Canadian stories - back, and scarier than ever! Even more chilling ghost stories from all across our spooky land. Moody black-and-white illustrations and photographs enhance the hauntingly eerie read. In Victoria, British Columbia, the spirit of a killer haunts Fan Tan Alley. The ghost of a little girl with long dark hair inhabits a hockey arena in Canmore, Alberta. Mysterious knocking at the door of a home in Halifax, Nova Scotia, signals the start of a series of strange happenings. With its first volume published in 2002, the Haunted Canada series is now an award winning ten-book series with over 400,000 copies in print. Kids can't get enough of these spooky tales that allow them to learn about the eeriest corners of our country. "JOEL A. SUTHERLAND IS QUICKLY BECOMING CANADA'S ANSWER TO R.L. STINE." - QUILL & QUIRE

The eleventh book in the bestselling series of hauntingly true Canadian stories -- more chilling than ever! In this terrifying collection of haunted stories, author Joel A. Sutherland has put together even more chilling ghost stories from all across our spooky land, including: A hateful house torments a new bride in Victoria, British Columbia. The chime of an old clock makes a grim prediction for a family in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The sound of mysterious footsteps signals the presence of spirits at a fire hall in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Moody black-and-white illustrations and photographs enhance the hauntingly eerie read. With its first volume published in 2002, the Haunted Canada series is now an award winning series with over 500,000 copies in print. Kids can't get enough of these spooky tales that allow them to learn about the eeriest corners of our country. "Joel A. Sutherland is quickly becoming Canada's answer to R.L. Stine." -- QUILL & QUIRE

The twelfth book in the series of hauntingly true Canadian stories - In this terrifying collection of haunted stories, author Joel A. Sutherland has put together more true ghost stories from all across Canada, including: A black cat haunts a log cabin in Breckenridge, Quebec. Disembodied sobs torment workers at a mill in Glovertown, Newfoundland and Labrador. A mischievous spirit plays nighttime pranks at an inn in Dawson City, Yukon. Black-and-white illustrations and photographs enhance the read.

Seventeen-year-old Josephine Jagger is a talented writer with special abilities she doesn't fully understand. Over the years she has developed methods to cope with the voices she hears in her head, but the old house her family has inherited in Vermont makes Josephine question what's real and what's not more than anything she's ever encountered before. It's filled with shadows, and whispers, and the unshakable feeling of being watched. Josephine then catches her first glimpse of a shadowy woman with long hair, pale skin, an impossibly wide smile and hollow pits for eyes. Her name is Dorcas, the ghost of a witch who died three hundred years ago. She has summoned the family to Vermont to ensnare them — then consume them — in order to rise from the grave and live again . . .

See below for English description. Sai, Jason et Aaliyah n'arrivent pas à le croire! Ils apparaîtront dans le prochain épisode de la populaire émission télévisée Hurleurs. Zoë Winter, la vedette de l'émission, est tout aussi impatiente de passer du temps avec des jeunes ordinaires de son âge. Lorsque l'effrayant parc d'attractions abandonné qui sert de décor à l'émission s'avère être hanté par un clown maléfique, les quatre amis doivent travailler ensemble pour donner le meilleur spectacle de leur vie afin de sauver leur peau. Un nouveau roman d'horreur de Joel A. Sutherland, l'auteur primé de la série Hanté, pour les lecteurs intermédiaires. Sai, Jason, and Aaliyah can't believe their luck when they win a chance to appear on the next episode of the hit TV show Screamers. Zoë Winter, the show's star, is just as excited to spend time with regular kids her own age. When the creepy set, an abandoned amusement park called Pennyland, turns out to be haunted by an evil clown, the four friends must work together to put on the performance of their lives, for their lives... A new middle-grade horror novel from Joel A. Sutherland, the awardwinning author of the Hanté series.

See below for English description. Une petite voix appelle à l'aide dans l'asile abandonné de Sainte-Clotildede- Horton. Une famille emménage dans une nouvelle maison de Hudson et découvre que quelque chose y vit déjà. À Montréal, un garçon se fait un ami qu'il est le seul à voir. Les fantômes du Québec se manifestent dans cette anthologie d'histoires écrites par le spécialiste de l'horreur Joel A. Sutherland. Des villes aux petits villages, les esprits qui se cachent dans les coins sombres de la province ont quelque chose en commun: leurs récits vous donneront la chair de poule. A young voice calls out for help in an abandoned asylum in Sainte-Clotildede- Horton. A family moves into their new house in Hudson only to discover that something is already living there. In Montreal, a boy makes a friend only he can see. The ghosts of Quebec come out to play in this anthology of stories by expert horror writer Joel A. Sutherland. From cities to small towns, the spirits that lurk in dark corners of the province have something in common: their tales are sure to send shivers down your spine.

See below for English description. Un terrible été qu'ils n'oublieront jamais. Jacob et ses amis sont résolus à rendre mémorable leur dernier été avant la rentrée au secondaire. Il s'agit peut-être des derniers mois qu'ils passent ensemble puisqu'ils s'apprêtent à prendre des chemins différents. La famille d'Ichiro déménage au Japon alors que Jacob et les jumeaux, Hayden et Hannah, vont fréquenter une autre école. Lorsque les quatre jeunes découvrent une résidence abandonnée sur une île de la communauté de Muskoka, l'été prend une tournure inattendue. La maison cache d'horribles secrets...   One terrifying summer can stay with you forever. It's the summer before high school and Jacob and his friends are determined to make it a memorable one. This may be the last couple of months they have together; once school starts, they'll be going their separate ways. Ichiro's family is moving to Japan. And while Jacob and the twins, Hayden and Hannah, are staying behind in Valeton, they'll be going to different high schools. When they discover an old abandoned home on a remote island of their Muskoka community, things suddenly take an unexpected turn. The kids find themselves inexplicably drawn to the house that had once been a sanatorium for children with Tuberculosis and learn that it has some haunting secrets to hide. Original title: Summer's End

One terrifying summer can stay with you forever. It's the summer before high school and Jacob and his friends are determined to make it a memorable one. This may be the last couple of months they have together; once school starts, they'll be going their separate ways: Ichiro's family is moving to Japan, and while Jacob and the twins, Hayden and Hannah, are staying behind in Valeton, they'll be going to different high schools. When they discover an old, abandoned home on a remote island of their Muskoka community, things suddenly take an unexpected turn. The kids find themselves inexplicably drawn to the house that had once been a sanatorium for children with tuberculosis and learn that it has some haunting secrets to hide. A nail-biting novel from Canadian horror master Joel A. Sutherland -- now with an even creepier new look.