Books with author Michel Harris

I don’t see why I have to become this new person just because I like guys. Most of who I am has nothing to do with who I hump. Will's never been obvious about being gay. Not like Daniel, who takes the heat―and the beatings―at Spencer High. But then Will's best friend outs him on Facebook, and his small-town life starts to spin out of control. If he's not like everyone else, and he's not like Daniel, then who is he?

While visiting her grandmother's house, an old photograph leads Tanya to an unsolved mystery. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods nearby - a girl Tanya's grandmother will not speak of. Fabian, the caretaker's son, is tormented by the girl's disappearance. His grandfather was the last person to see her alive, and has lived under suspicion ever since. Together, Tanya and Fabian decide to find the truth. But Tanya has her own secret: the ability to see fairies. And, after disturbing an intruder in the night, it emerges that someone else shares her ability . . . The manor's sinister history is about to repeat itself . . .

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[Children Fiction (Ages 8-12)]Tanya is no ordinary girl. She can see fairies. But not the fairies we imagine. Evil fairies who cast spells on her, rousing her from her sleep. At wit's end with her daughter's inexplicable behavior, Tanya's mother sends her away to live with her grandmother at Elvesden Manor on the outskirts of a peculiar Essex town. There is plenty to explore, as long as Tanya stays away from Hangman's Wood-- a vast stretch of forest, full of catacombs and notorious for people losing their lives. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods, a girl Tanya's grandmother will not speak of. As Tanya learns more about this girl, she finds herself dangerously close to vanishing into the fairy realm forever.

Red's past won't stay hidden.She's now living at Elvesden Manor under her real name, Rowan, and trying to put her terrible adventures behind her. But staying out of trouble isn't as easy as she'd hoped.Haunted by awful dreams of Hedgewitch's cottage - and of Eldritch, who swore revenge when she left him there to die - Red fears the fairy realm is about to draw her back in . . .But will she make it back, this time?Or will dark forces finally claim her . . . ?

Emily believes in magic—the magic of the moon, of the animals she talks to, and of her lovely old town, Lunenburg. She also believes in the magic of the Friendly Forest, but she's worried that it might not be enough to stop the owner of the new whatzit factory from chopping down the trees she loves so much! Will all the forest's animals, a little stardust and a lot of courage be enough to save the Friendly Forest, just in time for Christmas? Michael Harris is a well-known author and journalist. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Eric Orchard is a graduate of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He lives in Halaifax, Nova Scotia.