Books with author Jacqueline West

Are you following your own North Star? Do you remember the dreams you held in your heart as a child? Each of us holds our childhood dreams in our hearts, then nurtures and cherishes them throughout our lives. Those dreams guide us to set our life's goals and help us to achieve them. And when we feel lost, we look toward the North Star and try to find our way back to our hearts. Our own North Star is always there to guide us back home! Our children's precious dreams are in their hearts, and each child's own North Star guides him or her to follow his or her dreams and to be an important part of this world. With support and encouragement from parents, families, friends and teachers, our children learn and grow to follow their hearts to become the people they want to be, attaining the high potential each child brings to this world. This short story is about holding your childhood dreams in your heart and following them in your life to become the person you always dreamed to be, with the help and gentle guidance from your own North Star. Dream your dreams!

Zoë's caught the racing bug. Not only is she following in the tire tracks of her older brother as a rally racer, she thinks she might even have the stuff to become a racecar engineer one day. But Zoë's mother has another dream for her daughter, and it's called "Zoë Kendall, M.D." In this fast-action sequel to Racing Fear, Zoë must learn to stand up to her mother's good intentions before her true aspirations come to a screeching halt.[Fry Reading Level - 4.6

Matthew Eagletail is the star player for the Warriors, his basketball team on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation near Calgary. When his mother remarries, everything in Matthew's life is suddenly different and new: a new school, a new father, five pesky new sisters, a new dog named Precious. Worst of all, he has to quit the Warriors. When he's asked to join his new school's team, the Bandits, he claims he'll never play for the competition. His sister Jazz thinks otherwise, and sets out to prove it. Free Throw is the story of how one young man come to terms with change and returns to the court--with a little help from his friends. [Fry Reading Level - 4.7

In this sequel to Lightning Rider, January and her family have taken in an RCMP summer student as a border. When Willow Whitecloud pulls up on her Kawasaki ZX-10R, January takes an instant liking to her. Willow becomes both a friend and a spiritual guide, who helps January connect with her Native heritage. But January is shocked when a number of clues suggest that her mentor may be involved in illegal activity that threatens the natural world she has taught January to respect.

Toddlers will giggle when the cover's animal face wiggles! It's Little Puppy, who happily wiggles his ears when he's happy and chomping on a bone. Puppy is one of four sturdy Wiggle-Waggles board books. Each shows a cheerful animal's face on its front cover, which is constructed of layered board sections. The faces present a 3D effect, but the feature that makes them really unique is the way that they wiggle. Toddlers will also like to touch the furry or downy patches on Bunny's, Kitten's, Duck's and Puppy's faces. The humorous stories told inside the books are in verse, and the illustrations are every bit as bright and colorful as the faces on the covers.

When twin brothers Evan and Brynley Selkirk move with their family from the remote Cree community of Whapmagoostui to bustling Calgary, their worlds turn upside-down. In place of the grey, frigid waters of Hudson Bay, they see the downtown canyons of a modern city. Bryn, a musical prodigy, trades piano practice for hockey practice to impress a new girlfriend; Evan, the family hockey hero, starts running with a bad crowd and neglecting the game. As the brothers' lies get them in deeper and deeper trouble with their parents, they have to rely on each other to gain the courage to do what's right. Rink Rivals is an action-packed account of how sport can help young people find the courage to confront sudden and radical changes in their lives.

Tia is spending the summer working at a special ranch designed to "scare straight" at-risk youth. She tries to bond with Sage, a street kid who has been given one last chance to get her life together. But Sage resists Tia's overtures, and when money goes missing, all fingers point to the troubled teen. At Risk combines a satisfying mystery plot with a sympathetic portrayal of teens grappling with dark pasts and uncertain futures.