Books with author Christine Heap

Twelve-year-old Katelyn has always heard voices and had visions. She's long suspected she is hearing from past lives. But when she runs away from home and hides out with an old friend in Vancouver, her visions become more real. She finds herself writing the words of someone else in a diary, the words of someone whose fate was deeply impacted by the Komagata Maru incident. As Katelyn learns more about the Komagata Maru and the person communicating with her, she realizes that she must correct a wrong from the past.

Robyn's family has always struggled to make enough money to survive. When Robyn's grandmother leaves them an apple orchard in British Columbia, Robyn thinks things will be different, but Robyn's father still can't pay the bills. He asks Robyn for her own hard-earned money and encourages her to drop out of school to work in the orchard. Robyn desperately wants to go to university, but to make a better life for herself, she'll have to leave her family behind.

Bright Sparks Literacy Project is a set of reading materials that provide staged opportunities for the progressive acquisition of literacy skills in the early years of schooling. Each title draws on a broad base of literacy skills, yet focuses on one or two skills, enabling teachers to appropriately select texts according to student's perceived need. Readers are exposed to a range of appropriate text types and language structures. Texts and activities have been developed around common themes explored in contemporary classrooms, allowing teachers to capitalise on the use of context when reading and writing.

Contents: The Viking Age (Learning more from archaeology); Viking Society (The Oseberg ship burial, Rich and poor, How society was governed, Discovering Thingvellir, Law, crime, and punishment, Religion); Daily Life (Discovering Brattahlid, Food and farming); Trade and Towns (Discovering Birka, Town life); Vikings at War (Discovering Repton, Warriors and weapons); Ships and Seafaring (Discovering Roskilde, Shipbuilding and navigation, Vikings around the world, Discovering L’Anse-aux-Meadows); Art, Learning, and Religion (Discovering Gotland, Gods and goddesses, The arrival of Christianity, Discovering Jelling, Runes and writing); Archaeology Today; Timeline of the Viking Age; Timeline of Viking Archaeology.

It's the summer before her final year of high school, and Amy and her best friend Elise are stoked about their summer job. Two months, no parents, a dreamy twenty-something boss and a remote island resort. It sounds like the perfect opportunity for shy, artistic Amy to reinvent herself. But when her dream boss turns creepy, Amy has to decide how far she's willing to go to get the recommendations she needs for her future.

It's the summer before her final year of high school, and Amy and her best friend Elise are stoked about their summer job. Two months, no parents, a dreamy twenty-something boss and a remote island resort. It sounds like the perfect opportunity for shy, artistic Amy to reinvent herself. But when her dream boss turns creepy, Amy has to decide how far she's willing to go to get the recommendations she needs for her future.