Books published by publisher Formac

Kitty Byles is an 11-year-old adventurer, and she has a Great Plan. She's decided to find Tommy, her uncle but more like an older brother to her. Tommy has been outcast from the family ever since he joined up with other Yankee rebels to figt for independence from British rule.Kitty and her family fled Boston in 1776 and went as refugees to Halifax. Now she's going back. With her hair cut short and tucked under her cap, she starts her journey as a cabin boy on a schooner sailing out of Halifax. Her adventures take her to Boston, then to the rebel army camp outside New York.There she finds Tommy, and she meets Abraham - an adventurer like herself, fleeing from a slaveowner and searching for his family who have escaped to Nova Scotia. Together Kitty and Abraham come up with a second Great Plan...From the historical events of the American Revolution and the diaries of a Nova Scotia family which recount their experiences during these turbulent times, novelist Donna Smyth has crafted this fictional story of Kitty Byles.

Randy can surf the waves better than anyone else at Lawrencetown. When his beach is invaded by townies, he's willing to show them how to catch waves, and he's quickly accepted as one of the gang. With the money he's earning at his summer job, he can even aford the latest gear - and a flashy car. Every day Cathy comes to the beach with her boyfriend Brian. She seems to like Randy, and he doesn't mind the attention. That leads to complication ... and some wild adventures out on the waves. In the water Randy is a hero, but on dry land - it's a whole lot trickier!

There is almost nothing extraordinary that Duff hasn't seen - flying saucers, stray elephants, international spies. So, when he reports finding a real live monkey in the family barn, no one believes him except for his best friend Simon. Simon helps him look after the mysterious monkey, but their friends and family are convinced that their monkey stories are all from their over-active imaginations. Just when everyone has had enough of Duff's tall tales a circus comes to town minus it's star monkey. Could Duff be telling the truth after all?

Carl is on his way to his summer holidays on the Magdalen Islands, where he and his old dog Mooch had so much fun.This time Carl is going with his friend Gary and Gary's dog Dumpling. Terrified of everything, Dumpling clings tightly to Gary.Carl can't help remembering his noble and magnificent Mooch.The more ridiculous Dumpling becomes, the more Carl is convinced that he has to do something to honour Mooch's life.This is a book about friendship, courage and grief.