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Ten-year-old Teagan loves her big brother Draven. When he disappears after a fight with their father, she's stunned and lost without him. She can't believe her father's accusations that Draven's a thief. But the truth may be scarier. A gift of her father's old, cracked phone means a chance to turn detective. As Teagan's world blossoms with the phone's possibilities, she traces the clues and hunts for her missing brother. A school art project and Teagan's growing compulsion to use her phone offer answers to how she can find Draven and maybe help mend her broken family.

Seeking Draven

Grandma's Last Will and Testament names Ray to inherit the trailer park. It's a million-dollar estate with one hitch: to prove he's not as aimless as he seems, Ray must discover the meaning of life by the end of the month. (She left the answer in an envelope.) If he fails, the camp goes to his estranged family.  How does anyone find the meaning of life while running a park full of misfit miners, would-be truck racers, and one demanding little girl? There's a bear too. A grizzly. Maybe that'll help?

Ray Vs the Meaning of Life

Alex suspects foul play when three dogs in his neighbourhood become dangerously ill at the same time. He’s determined to solve this mystery, but time is running out. Can Alex track down the culprit before it’s too late?

Master of the Hounds

Issues 21 offers teachers the resources they need to meet content and literacy needs while making learning provocative and meaningful. Each book features an essential question that provokes an examination of an issue from different perspectives. Students will have opportunities to discover innovative ways of understanding, confronting, and addressing issues they really care about; and to develop 21st century competencies: critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, character, and ethical citizenship.  There are four categories: Health, Environment, Human Rights, and Culture & Media, allowing the resource to be used in multiple curriculum areas. All of the 24 titles offer engaging, thought-provoking texts and visuals such as mind maps, graphics, and photographs. There are an estimated 300,000 child soldiers in the world today. According to UNICEF, 1.2 million children are trafficked or sold each year. There are an estimated 85 million children involved in dangerous work.

ISSUES 21: Children's Rights

Issues 21 offers teachers the resources they need to meet content and literacy needs while making learning provocative and meaningful. Each book features an essential question that provokes an examination of an issue from different perspectives. Students will have opportunities to discover innovative ways of understanding, confronting, and addressing issues they really care about; and to develop 21st century competencies: critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, character, and ethical citizenship.  There are four categories: Health, Environment, Human Rights, and Culture & Media, allowing the resource to be used in multiple curriculum areas. All of the 24 titles offer engaging, thought-provoking texts and visuals such as mind maps, graphics, and photographs. 69% of countries worldwide scored less than 50 out of 100 on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index in 2013-indicating a serious corruption problem. On average, 27% of people worldwide reported having paid a bride in the previous 12-month period, according to Transparency International's 2013 Global Corruption Barometer survey of 107 countries.

ISSUES 21: Corruption

After Emmitt’s twin sister, Minnie, dies in an accident, his world goes sideways. He’s lost his best friend and it feels like his family is falling apart without her. But Minnie was an organ donor and Emmitt soon receives an anonymous thank you letter from one of the transplant recipients. Inspiration strikes, and he decides to try and put his sister back together, in spirit. He’s going to track down each organ recipient and film them to show his parents Minnie’s selfless act and help them move on. But when each recipient falls short of his expectations and the star of his film, the girl who received his sister’s heart, refuses to meet him, Emmitt has to turn to extreme measures to find her. What he doesn’t know is that his "heart sister" is hiding an agonizing secret, one that could push Emmitt to the breaking point.

Heart Sister

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