What's buried in Mrs. Maloney's garden? A dead cat? Perhaps. A dead kid? More than likely. Kids say the crabby, old lady flies around on a broom all night and snatches kids right from their beds. They're never seen again!

Grade level: readers nine to 12 years old. All books allow teaching across many levels simultaneously.

Lizzie loves playing hockey, despite being stuck on a boys’ team with teammates who treat her like dirt. When Trevor and Sean hide her equipment before a big game, she’s forced to sit on the bench, and her dream of winning the Most Valuable Goalie award seems way out of reach.
Added to her troubles is Tara, a creepy teenager with blue nails and “skunk” hair who is about to become Lizzie’s stepsister. Lizzie is supposed to make her feel like one of the family, although Tara makes Lizzie feel miserable every chance she gets.
Alex, a weird kid from the team, helps Lizzie plot against her enemies, dreaming up a plan that makes Trevor look like a jerk in front of all his friends. But Alex never imagines the disastrous outcome – it begins with a dare and ends when Alex plunges into the Niagara Gorge. Does he survive?
Faced with the roaring falls, the billowing mist, and the darkness that fills the gorge, the rescue team almost gives up on Alex. But Lizzie doesn’t. Remembering the tunnels running under the falls, she risks everything to save him – even her life.

Price $12.95
softcover
ISBN 0-9736216-0-5

Hello, my name is Emily

For a smart girl, Emily is planning to do something really stupid...

She's mad at her mother. So what else is new? As a typical teenager, Emily wants a life, but her mother wants to ruin everything! She even treats the family dog better than she does Emily. Besides, she's not even her real mother - Emily and Taylor, her brother, were adopted.

As Emily begins the search for her birth mother, she reaches a dead end, but then a man sends her an email that changes her life. She wants to meet him secretly. Her friend Alex warns her not to go because he thinks that cyberspace is full of creeps. But Emily doesn't listen to him and heads into serious trouble.

Frantic, Alex tries his best to save her. Will he be too late?

For ages 12+ , ISBN:978-0-9736216-2-4

Joy Lynn Goddard is a teacher, based in southern Ontario. A former news reporter, she's also an author of positive-message novels for young adults. Her first young-teen novel, Daredevils, was an award-winner, acclaimed for the clarity of its strong, upbeat vision.

Visit www.northviewtales.com, take a look around and find out about Joy, her books and what readers think of her works. Then pick up one of her books and you won't be able to put it down!

Jazz

She's convinced the old house they've just moved into is haunted and no one at her new school likes her -- especially Bailey, who accuses her of stealing her boyfriend and warns Jazz she's as good as dead.

Price:$15.95
ISBN 978-0-9736216-3-1