Sylvia McNicoll
Sylvia McNicoll has written twenty-three books for children. Her novels have won the Silver Birch and the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award. In 2011 she won a City of Hamilton Book Award for YA fiction. She is currently the features editor for Today's Parent Toronto. She lives in Burlington, Ontario.
www.sylviamcnicoll.com
Beauty Returns
Beauty Returns is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
Caught in a Lie
Fourteen-year-old Kim hates school, but she's sure her good looks and great fashion sense will get her out of her boring life and into a world of glamour! All she can think about is becoming a model. Why can't she ace school tests the way she handles the friendship and dating quizzes in her favourite fashion magazines? How will studying help her es …
Crush. Candy. Corpse.
Paradise Manor is depressing -- the smells are bad and the residents are old. Sunny would much rather be doing her volunteer hours at Salon Teo, but her teacher won't let her. Who says volunteering at a hair salon doesn't benefit the community?
But working with the Alzheimer's patients has a surprising effect on Sunny. Along with Cole, the grandson …
Crush. Candy. Corpse.
Paradise Manor is depressing -- the smells are bad and the residents are old. Sunny would much rather be doing her volunteer hours at Salon Teo, but her teacher won't let her. Who says volunteering at a hair salon doesn't benefit the community?
But working with the Alzheimer's patients has a surprising effect on Sunny. Along with Cole, the grandson …
Crush. Candy. Corpse.
Paradise Manor is depressing -- the smells are bad and the residents are old. Sunny would much rather be doing her volunteer hours at Salon Teo, but her teacher won't let her. Who says volunteering at a hair salon doesn't benefit the community?
But working with the Alzheimer's patients has a surprising effect on Sunny. Along with Cole, the grandson …
Dying to go Viral
What would you do if you only had one week to live? A skateboarding accident claims 14-year-old Jade's life when she skitches (hitches herself to a car) in order to appear on youtube; she neglected to wear the helmet she promised her father she would always use. In a Japanese garden she meets her mother who died when Jade was eight. She begs for t …
Grave Secrets
Grave Secrets is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
Last Chance for Paris
Zanna is a rebellious pre-teen city girl with a fondness for tattoos and bad boys. But after her last rebellion-a strawberry tattoo on her ankle-her mother leaves for France without her. Zanna is forced to spend the summer with her twin brother, Martin, and their glaciologist father in the mountainous region of Last Chance Pass. There Zanna takes i …
Project Disaster
Neil really wants a dog, but all he has is his goldfish Fido, a bratty five-year-old sister named Tara, and a brand new baby brother. When Fido dies, Neil has to find a new pet to show at school — and fast! His grandfather helps him come up with a new pet, and takes him for rides in his lucky sports car. But then Neil wrecks his grandfather's bel …
Walking a Thin Line
Lauren knows if she loses twenty pounds Jay will finally notice her. And it can't be that hard, can it? Andrea lost ten pounds in less than a month. But Andrea's starting to act weird. Today she even fainted in class. Lauren's worried. Andrea says she's dying to be thin?but just how far will she go?
