Books with author Gail Hamilton

LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. HUB AND FAT KNEW THAT the Great Depression had come to their home town - their friends and neighbors are now very poor and even food seems scarece - but they didn't think it would affect them. After all, Dad did own the local hardware store. Then the bank forecloses on Jack Bailey's loan, and everything changes - fast.Hub and Fat suddenly find themselves plunked down in the stuffy home of their dour Grandmother Bailey - who has too many rules and not enough fun. But when real tragedy strikes, Hub and Fat realize there's more at stake than just fun.Adapted from the internationally acclaimed television series "Wind At My Back" - produced by Sullivan Entertainment, creators of the wildly popular "Road to Avonlea" television programs - the adventures and misadventures of the unstoppable Bailey family prove that hope, love, and laughter will always win the day."Warm, fun, and downright addictive....Gather the whole gang to watch it." STARWEEK"Guaranteed to compel repeat viewing." The Toronto Star

A VISITING MISSIONARY’S ROUSING TALES OF ADVENTURE abroad fire up Sara Stanley’s imagination. With true zeal, she takes up the missionary’s cause with Peter Craig, the young hired hand at Rose Cottage. As she soon discovers, though, there’s more to goodness and charity than just going to church — and it’s Peter who teaches everyone that lesson.Adapted from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed television series, the magical adventures of “The Story Girl” continue — in the spirit and tradition of Lucy Maud Montgomery — for a new generation of young readers.“Road to Avonlea offers family programming filled with warmth, charm and more.”LOS ANGELES TIMES“Road to Avonlea confirms its status as the most consistently high quality television series Canada has ever produced.”THE GLOBE AND MAIL

AUNT HETTY - MISS KING TO HER WELL-BEHAVED students — is out to prove herself the very best schoolmarm Avonlea has ever known. To accomplish her goal, she has determined to make a model student of poor, uneducated Gus Pike. But Gus, as it turns out, puts not only her teaching skills to the test, but her compassion as well.Adapted from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed television series, the magical adventures of “The Story Girl” continue — in the spirit and tradition of Lucy Maud Montgomery — for a new generation of young readers.“Road to Avonlea offers family programming filled with warmth, charm and more.”LOS ANGELES TIMES“Road to Avonlea confirms its status as the most consistently high quality television series Canada has ever produced.”THE GLOBE AND MAIL

WHEN THE BEAUTIFUL AND MYSTERIOUS AMANDA STONE gives Gus Pike a bag of priceless jewels to hide, his instincts - and hear - tell him he's helping a friend. But Amanda Stone is not a friend, she's a jewelry thief who is looking to double-cross her partner, Robert Rutherford - an use the lovesick Gus to help her. When Rutherford threatens to kill Amanda unless he receives the jewels, the sleuthing Sara Stanley and her King cousins, Felicity and Felix, set out to save Gus and expose the thieves.Adapted from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed television series, the magical adventures of “The Story Girl” continue — in the spirit and tradition of Lucy Maud Montgomery — for a new generation of young readers.“Road to Avonlea offers family programming filled with warmth, charm and more.”LOS ANGELES TIMES“Road to Avonlea confirms its status as the most consistently high quality television series Canada has ever produced.”THE GLOBE AND MAIL

IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE FOR HUB AND FAT: THEY HAVE been entrusted to "dog-sit" Pal, the town's beloved collie, Grandmother Bailey even agreed! But trouble starts brewing when Pal is accused of terrorizing the next-door neighbor's prize-winning chickens. And things go from bad to worse when Grandmother Bailey's purse disappears and guess who looks like the culprit? Pal, of course. It's up to Hub and Fat to prove his innocence, or else...Adapted from the internationally acclaimed television series "Wind At My back" - produced by Sullivan Entertainment, creators of the wildly popular "Road to Avonlea" television programs - the the adventures and misadventures of the unstoppable Bailey family prove that hope, love, and laughter will always win the day."Warm, funn, and downright addictive....Gather the whole gang to watch it." STARWEEK"Guaranteed to compel repeat viewing." The Toronto Star

WHEN ALEC KING PRESENTS HIS WIFE, JANET, WITH A COMB that belonged to his great Aunt, Janet hopes to put the unsightly heirloom away forever. But her daughter, Felicity, has a different plan. Felicity borrows the comb to impress her friends – and then loses it. Calling on the help of her cousin Sara Stanley and her brother Felix to participate in search, Felicity hopes to replace the treasure before her mother discovers it missing. But time is running out, when Alec announces that he’s like Janet to wear the monstrous item to the Avonlea social in just one week!Adapted from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed television serious, the magical adventures of “The Story Girl” continue – in the spirit and tradition of Lucy Maud Montgomery – for a new generation of young readers.“Road to Avonlea offers family programming filled with warmth, charm and more.” LOS ANGELES TIMES“Road to Avonlea confirms its status as the most consistently high quality television series Canada has ever produced.”THE GLOBE AND MAIL

WHAT WOULD AVONLEA BE LIKE WITHOUT SARA STANLEY? The King family certainly doesn’t want to find out. When Blair Stanley arrives from Montreal to take his daughter back home for good, sparks fly as he and Aunt Hetty, his old enemy, fight over her. Caught between the people she loves most, Sara decides to run away, hoping her disappearance will force them to forget their differences, and help her to make the most difficult decision of her life.Adapted from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed television series, the magical adventures of “The Story Girl” continue in the spirit and tradition of Lucy Maud Montgomery — for a new generation of young readers.“Road to Avonlea offers family programming filled with warmth, charm and more.”LOS ANGELES TIMES“Road to Avonlea confirms its status as the most consistently high quality television series Canada has ever produced.”THE GLOBE AND MAIL

FAT'S BEEN BITTEN - BY THE ACTING BUG. ALLOWED to participate when a travelling stage show comes to New Bedford, Fat is dazzled by the footlights and now has ears only for the applause of an adoring audience. He thinks he's found his calling - until Grandmother Bailey finds out about his plans, of course.Grandmother Bailey has her own plans for Hub, too, hiring him out to pitch hay with the other local farmers . At first Hub is thrilled - maybe now he can earn enough money to get his mother out of that factory in the city and back into their lives. One day on the job, though, and Hub realizes there's more to earning a paycheck than he ever bargained for.Adapted from the internationally acclaimed television series "Wind At My back" - produced by Sullivan Entertainment, creators of the wildly popular "Road to Avonlea" television programs - the the adventures and misadventures of the unstoppable Bailey family prove that hope, love, and laughter will always win the day."Warm, funn, and downright addictive....Gather the whole gang to watch it." STARWEEK"Guaranteed to compel repeat viewing." The Toronto Star

THE RETURN OF ROGER KING - WORLD FAMOUS geologist – turns the King farm topsy-turvy with excitement. But a boyhood feud between Roger and brother Alec wreaks havoc on the homecoming, and sparks begin to fly – not just between cousins Felix and Andrew as well.Adapted from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed television serious, the magical adventures of “The Story Girl” continue – in the spirit and tradition of Lucy Maud Montgomery – for a new generation of young readers.“Road to Avonlea offers family programming filled with warmth, charm and more.”LOS ANGELES TIMES“Road to Avonlea confirms its status as the most consistently high quality television series Canada has ever produced.”THE GLOBE AND MAIL

AS THE ANNUAL HARVEST BALL DRAWS NIGH, FELICITY King’s competitive spirit cannot be contained. She determines to win not only the crown as Harvest queen, but a secret wager to transform Clemmie Ray into a princess at the Ball — a wager which, her cousin Sara warns, may cost her more than her prized tiara.Adapted from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed television series, the magical adventures of “The Story Girl” continue — in the spirit and tradition of Lucy Maud Montgomery — for a new generation of young readers.“Road to Avonlea offers family programming filled with warmth, charm and more.”LOS ANGELES TIMES“Road to Avonlea confirms its status as the most consistently high quality television series Canada has ever produced.”THE GLOBE AND MAIL