Mouse is Messy
Mouse has had a frustrating day, from her mismatched socks to her forgotten lunch. She wonders if she can do anything right! It doesn’t always feel easy to be Mouse.With some help, though, Mouse soon discovers that even her toughest struggles can reveal her hidden strengths.
This heartfelt story, beautifully illustrated by award-winning Manitoba artist Sarah Neville, subtly explores themes of neurodivergence and ADHD through a lens of acceptance and support.
Available now at amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Indigo, and other great booksellers everywhere!
Ride to Daylight
Two long years. No electronic technology. No end in sight.
Robyn Kinley is in the fight of her life. Trapped in a crumbling, powerless city, she does what she can to survive and keep her little sister safe. After all, no one gets out of River Ridge. The violent gangs that run the streets make sure of that.
When a split-second decision forces Robyn into an alliance with the volatile Nate Cooper, one wrong move is all it takes to endanger everything they care about. With faith in short supply and no time to lose, they’ll race the dawn together towards the only way out.
“Alyssa Thiessen elevates her post-apocalyptic YA novel with thrilling pacing and crisp prose. Involving and exciting, Ride to Daylight is a book that brings the conceptual freshness of bikes in a broken world and makes it work on its own narrative terms.” – Manitoba Book Awards, Jury Citation
Ride to Daylight is available in Paperback and ebook on Amazon.com and other great booksellers everywhere.
Infusion
Rachel is ordinary. Average. Utterly unremarkable… until her best friend shoots her on her 16th birthday and a stranger brings her from death’s doorstep with an infusion of his own DNA.
Then everything gets weird.
She heals impossibly fast. She senses the thoughts of others. She sees places and horrifying creatures that couldn’t possibly exist, and her new friend Tyler is convinced she’s destined to save the world from their invasion.
Can she trust him? Can she trust herself? How’s she supposed to stop inter-dimensional invaders when she can barely deal with high school?
Ready or not, here they come.
Available now in paperback and ebook on Amazon.com and other great booksellers!
Dragonfly
Eighteen-year-old Joshua Miller is great at being invisible, despite the four, large, insect-like wings protruding from his back and his knack for high-rise robberies. He can remember almost nothing of his life before Nik found him and taught him his trade. Now he’s alone, and he likes it that way.
When Joshua unexpectedly meets Lexi on a job, his simple, uncomplicated existence shifts. Although he intends to remain uninvolved, something about her captivates him and he begins to let her in. As he navigates the strange nuances of a relationship with a girl as desperate to be different as he is to be ordinary,
he becomes increasingly aware that he is not who he wants to be for her.
Confronted by the past he’d forgotten and a family he didn’t know existed, Joshua must decide for himself where he belongs and who holds the key to his future.
Dragonfly is now available in both paperback and e-book through Amazon.com and other great booksellers!
Amber Rain
Sixteen-year-old Ellie Lauder doesn’t belong.
Although she has grown up in the underground shelter with the descendants of those who survived the amber rain, their rejection drives her to a dangerous course of action. She flees outside to a vast wilderness that, according to what she’s been taught, shouldn’t even exist.
A young adult, post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure, Amber Rain is a story about having the courage to forgive the past and find love in an unstable world.
Amber Rain is now available in at amazon.ca – and wherever great books are sold.