• Age: 10
• Grade: 5

In the second volume of her Hannah trilogy, summer has arrived, and fourteen-year-old Hannah Anderson is excited about spending it with Max (who has been giving her stomach butterflies lately). But things are happening in Cowichan Bay that Hannah can't explain. When a mysterious accident leads her to a nest of starving eaglets, she meets Izzy Tate, a young Metis girl staying in the village for the summer. Why is Izzy so angry all the time, and is it just a coincidence that she is the spitting image of Yisella, the Cowichan girl Hannah met the summer she was twelve? But Hannah has more questions. Why is Jack, her supernatural raven friend, bringing her unusual "gifts" in the middle of the night? Is it all connected to a ring of poachers and marijuana smugglers who have apparently moved into the valley. The eaglets are in danger and so are the Roosevelt elk. And what's with the Orca 1, the "supposedly" abandoned tuna boat anchored out in the bay? After Hannah and Max make a grisly discovery in the woods, they know they must take action. When Izzy agrees to join them on a midnight kayak trip, the three discover the poachers on the Orca 1, and they are soon in a fight for their own lives and the lives of the animals being hunted for their parts.

Carol Anne Shaw has always loved to write stories and draw. As a child, she was forever being reprimanded for drawing in her textbooks and creating cartoons of her least favourite teachers. Hannah & the Spindle Whorl, her first novel, grew out of her fascination with the history of British Columbia, and especially its First Nations people. She spends a fair bit of time enjoying the natural beauty of Vancouver Island where she makes her home along with her husband, two sons and two dogs. When she isn't writing, she can be found painting at her easel, walking in the woods, and finding excuses not to wear shoes.

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Hannah & the Salish Sea

This is the second book in the Hannah series. Here, Hannah and her friend Max become acquainted with troubled teen, Izzy Tate, a girl trying to deny her First Nations background. The three teens, with the help of Hannah’s raven Jack, unknowingly uncover an illegal operation taking place on the abandoned ship in Cowichan Bay, the Orca I. Hannah, Max and Izzy work together to solve the mystery and bring the criminals involved to justice.

Shaw’s previous book Hannah and the Spindle Whorl was the 2011 winner of the Moonbeam’s Children’s Book Award and was shortlisted for the 2011-12 Chocolate Lily Award.

Caution: Use of the word “Indian” instead of “First Nations.”

Hannah & the Salish Sea

This is the second book in the Hannah series. Here, Hannah and her friend Max become acquainted with troubled teen, Izzy Tate, a girl trying to deny her First Nations background. The three teens, with the help of Hannah’s raven Jack, unknowingly uncover an illegal operation taking place on the abandoned ship in Cowichan Bay, the Orca I. Hannah, Max and Izzy work together to solve the mystery and bring the criminals involved to justice.

Shaw’s previous book Hannah and the Spindle Whorl was the 2011 winner of the Moonbeam’s Children’s Book Award and was shortlisted for the 2011 -12 Chocolate Lily Award.

Caution: Use of the word “Indian” instead of “First Nations.”