Books published by publisher Holmes

In space, when you lose the high ground, you lose the war. Eleven years before, General David Warren was the best and brightest, in charge of defending the Earth from an attacking fleet. Overmatched in battle, the Earth forces were devastated, and the enemy moved into the high ground and proceeded with orbital bombardment. Civilization fell, and then two years later, the enemy landed and the occupation began. Now, Warren lives with his sister and nephew, trying to farm the land while avoiding detection by the occupiers, the Invy. When two travelers show up at his doorstep, his carefully constructed life starts to unravel. Earth and humanity may be down, but not out.

A boy gets a pair of old rusty goalie skates for Christmas. This is a present the boy will treasure forever. "The Old Goalie Skates" was written up in the sports section of the Montreal Gazette, the oldest newspaper in North America. It was written up as a spotlight story, meaning it was the best sports story of the day. The title of the article was "Sharing a Sacred Hockey Bond". This story also won the Pearson Prize Teen Choice Award.

Seattle, 1980. Billie gets a package containing Nectanebo, the last pharaoh of Egypt, who is out to rule the world again. To defeat him, Billie needs the help of a cat from Theria, a parallel world she finds at the top of a tree. In Theria animals live for thousands of years, and share their wisdom with select humans like Billie. Now it's up to her to figure out how to save her mother's life, and save the rest of the world, from the evil plans of Nectanebo. Tomb raiding, a nuclear submarine, ancient magic, and the eruption of Mount St. Helens are all part of the action.

A colourful rhyming story for Children (and even Adults) everywhere. In this first book, meet Dirty the Pig and his enemy Nasty Ned. Nasty Ned loves sausages on hot toast, so would love to catch Dirty and put him in his sausage machine. But Dirty has a secret weapon, he has a really curly tail and when he sits on it, it helps him fly!Find out what happens in this first adventure when Ned finally captures Dirty - can Dirty escape from Ned and his sausage machine?

A colourful rhyming story for Children (and even Adults) everywhere. In this second book, Nasty Ned cooks up a clever plan to capture Dirty the Pig. Christmas is coming in the middle of Summer! Nasty Ned has asked his friend Dim Tim to be Santa Clause and trick Dirty into thinking Christmas has come early - very early!Can Dirty escape from Nasty Ned and Dim Tim? Only Dirty's secret weapon can help him - his curly tail......