BC-CREATED BOOKS SET IN BC LOCATIONS

Suggested by CWILL BC members and compiled by Karen Autio

Children (C) Young Adult (YA)

Abbotsford:
The Beckoners (YA) by Carrie Mac

Barkerville:
Barkerville Gold (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
By The Skin of His Teeth (YA) by Ann Walsh
The Doctor’s Apprentice (YA) by Ann Walsh

British Columbia:
A Pacific Alphabet (C) by Margriet Ruurs and illustrated by Dianna Bonder

BC Forests:
Forestry A-Z (C) by Ann Walsh and Kathleen Cook Waldron

BC Mountains:
A Mountain Alphabet (C) by Margriet Ruurs

BC Southwest Interior:
Magnifico (C) by Victoria Miles

BC West Coast:
A Pod of Orcas: A Seaside Counting Book (C) by Sheryl McFarlane and illustrated by Kirsti Anne Wakelin
Sea Dog (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
Spoiled Rotten (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
The Lightkeeper’s Daughter (YA) by Iain Lawrence

BC Wilderness:
How Can I Be a Detective If I Have to Baby-sit? (C) by Linda Bailey

BC Wilderness near Whistler:
The Darwin Expedition (YA) by Diane Tullson

Bugaboo Provincial Park and Radium Hot Springs:
Vertical Limits (YA) by Pam Withers

Cariboo:
Jo’s Journey (C) by Nikki Tate
Never To Be Told (C) by Becky Citra

Cathedral Lakes Park:
Adrenalin Ride (YA) by Pam Withers

Chilliwack:
Skater Stuntboys (YA) by Pam Withers

Courtenay:
Perfect Blue (C) by Laura Langston

Crescent Beach:
Reading the Bones (C) by Gina McMurchy-Barber

Delta:
Home Court Advantage (C) by Sandra Diersch

Desolation Sound:
Adrift (YA) by Julie Burtinshaw

Discovery Islands:
The Whale’s Way (C) by Heather Kellerhals-Stewart

Fort St. James:
Eyewitness (YA) by Margaret Thompson

Fraser River – Lower Mainland:
Mud Girl (YA) by Alison Acheson

Fraser Valley:
Boxcar Kid (C) by Norma Charles

Fraser Valley near Hope:
The Golden Rose (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz

Gulf Islands:
How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark? (C) by Linda Bailey
Tarragon Island (C) by Nikki Tate
No Cafes in Narnia (C) by Nikki Tate
Trouble on Tarragon Island (C) by Nikki Tate

Gulf Islands – Kuper Island:
No Time to Say Good-bye (YA) by Sylvia Olsen

Gulf Islands – Salt Spring Island:
A Sea Lion Called Salena (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
Spoiled Rotten (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
The Freedom of Jenny (YA) by Julie Burtinshaw

Lower Fraser Valley:
Pioneer Sounds (C) by Pat Godwin and Florence Nicholson

Maple Ridge:
Home Court Advantage (C) by Sandra Diersch
False Start (C) by Sandra Diersch

North Vancouver:
The Trouble with Cupid (C) by Laura Langston
Payback (YA) by James Heneghan

North Vancouver (Capilano Rainforest):
The Summer of the Spotted Owl (C) by Melanie Jackson

Okanagan:
Dragon in the Clouds (C) by Rosemary Nelson
Hubcaps and Puppies (C) by Rosemary Nelson

Pemberton and Area:
Peak Survival (YA) by Pam Withers

Port Hardy:
Dead In the Water (YA) by Robin Stevenson

Prince George and Area:
Raging River (YA) by Pam Withers

Queen Charlotte Islands:
Archipelago (C) by David Ward

Richmond:
Ceiling Stars (YA) by Sandra Diersch

Slocan Valley (West Kootenays):
Summer of Adventures (C) by Ann Alma
Summer of Changes (C) by Ann Alma

Smithers:
Alice, I Think (YA) by Susan Juby
Alice Macleod, Realist at Last (YA) by Susan Juby
Miss Smithers (YA) by Susan Juby

Squamish:
Extreme Edge (YA) by Heather Kellerhals-Stewart

Surrey/Sunshine Coast:
Meeting Miss 405 (C) by Lois Peterson

Telegraph Cove:
The Rescue of Nanoose (C) by Mary Borrowman and Chloe O’Loughlin and illustrated by Jacqueline Wang

Tofino:
Miga, Quatchi and/et Sumi: The Story of the Vancouver 2010 Mascots (C) by VickiWong/Meomi
Surf Zone (YA) by Pam Withers

Vancouver:
Wishing Star Summer (C) by Beryl Young
How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage? (C) by Linda Bailey
Who’s Got Gertie? And How Can We Get Her Back? (C) by Linda Bailey
What’s a Daring Detective Like Me Doing in the Doghouse? (C) by Linda Bailey
What’s a Serious Detective Like Me Doing in Such a Silly Movie? (C) by Linda Bailey
Alecia’s Challenge (C) by Sandra Diersch
Offside! (C) by Sandra Diersch
Play On (C) by Sandra Diersch
Miga, Quatchi and/et Sumi: The Story of the Vancouver 2010 Mascots (C) by VickiWong/Meomi
Pick-Up Sticks (C) by Sarah Ellis
The Daring Game (C) by Kit Pearson
Awake and Dreaming (C) by Kit Pearson
Magnifico (C) by Victoria Miles
Seeds of Time (YA) by kc dyer
Secret of Light (YA) by kc dyer
Shades of Red (YA) by kc dyer
Flight or Fight (YA) by Diane Haynes
Crow Medicine (YA) by Diane Haynes
Gaia Wild (YA) by Diane Haynes
Weeds and Other Stories (YA) by Jacqueline Pearce
Battle of the Bands (YA) by K. L. Denman
Rebel’s Tag (YA) by K. L. Denman
Flood (YA) by James Heneghan
Waiting for Sarah (YA) by James Heneghan
Tangled Web (YA) by Shelley Hrdlitschka
The Greenies (YA) by Myra Paperny
Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen (YA) by Glen Huser
Skud (YA) by Dennis Foon

Vancouver Island:
Cougar Cove (C) by Julie Lawson
Under Emily’s Sky (C) by Ann Alma
The Freedom of Jenny (YA) by Julie Burtinshaw
Another Kind of Cowboy (YA) by Susan Juby

Vancouver Island – Cowichan Valley:
The Reunion (C) by Jacqueline Pearce
The Tenth Pupil (C) by Constance Horne

Vancouver Island – Cumberland:
Red Goodwin (YA) by John Wilson

Vancouver Island – Extension:
Trapped by Coal (C) by Constance Horne

Vancouver Island – North:
Le Secret du lac a l’Aigle (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
The Mystery at Eagle Lake (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
The Whale’s Way (C) by Heather Kellerhals-Stewart
Dead In the Water (YA) by Robin Stevenson

Vancouver Island – Saanich Peninsula:
Chasing the Moon (C) by Penny Chamberlain
Rebel of Dark Creek (Book #1, StableMates) (C) by Nikki Tate
Team Trouble at Dark Creek (Book #2, StableMates) (C) by Nikki Tate
Jessa Be Nimble, Rebel Be Quick (Book #3, StableMates) (C) by Nikki Tate
Sienna’s Rescue (Book #4, StableMates) (C) by Nikki Tate
Raven’s Revenge (Book #5, StableMates) (C) by Nikki Tate
Keeping Secrets at Dark Creek (Book #7, StableMates) (C) by Nikki Tate

Vancouver Island – West Coast:
Dead Reckoning (YA) by Julie Burtinshaw

Victoria:
Jo’s Journey (C) by Nikki Tate
Discovering Emily (C) by Jacqueline Pearce
Emily’s Dream (C) by Jacqueline Pearce
Mystery from History (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
Under Emily’s Sky (C) by Ann Alma
Maggie and the Chocolate War (C) by Michelle Mulder
The Olden Days Locket (C) by Penny Chamberlain
Emily Carr’s Woo (C) by Constance Horne
The Golden Rose (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
A Sea Lion Called Salena (C) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
Awake and Dreaming (C) by Kit Pearson
No Problem (YA) by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
Out of Order (YA) by Robin Stevenson
White Jade Tiger (YA) by Julie Lawson

West Vancouver:
Never To Be Told (C) by Becky Citra

Whistler:
Miga, Quatchi and/et Sumi: The Story of the Vancouver 2010 Mascots (C) by VickiWong/Meomi

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UPDATED December 2008:

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Barkerville:
Moses, Me and Murder! (A story of the Cariboo Gold Rush) (YA) by Ann Walsh
Your Time, My Time (YA) by Ann Walsh

British Columbia:
The West is Calling (C) by Sarah Harvey and Leslie Buffam and illustrated by Dianna Bonder

BC Central Interior:
Shabash! (YA)  by Ann Walsh

BC Forests:
Skookum Sal, Birling Gal (C) by Heather Kellerhals-Stewart
Skookum Sam, Spar Tree Man (C) by Heather Kellerhals-Stewart

BC Mountains:
Witch’s Fang (YA) by Heather Kellerhals-Stewart

BC West Coast:
Eagle Dreams (C) by Sheryl McFarlane
Jessie’s Island (C) by Sheryl McFarlane
Moonsnail Song (C) by Sheryl McFarlane
Puppies on Board (C) by Sarah Harvey
Tides of Change (C) by Sheryl McFarlane
Vernon and the Snake (C) by Crystal Stranaghan and illustrated by Eleanor Rosenberg
Waiting for the Whales (C) by Sheryl McFarlane
What’s that Sound? By the Sea (C) by Sheryl McFarlane
The Smell of Paint (YA) by Sheryl McFarlane

Broughton Archipelago:
The Accomplice (YA) by Norma Charles

Cariboo:
Horse Power (YA) by Ann Walsh
The Ghost of Soda Creek (YA) by Ann Walsh

Creston:
The Girl in the Backseat (YA) by Norma Charles

Gambier Island:
Sophie’s Friend in Need (C) by Norma Charles

Maillardville:
Boxcar Kid (C) by Norma Charles
Criss Cross, Double Cross (C) by Norma Charles
Sophie Sea to Sea (C) by Norma Charles

Nelson:
April Fool Heroes (C) by Norma Charles

Vancouver:
Flower Power (YA) by Ann Walsh
Kingdom of Strange (YA) by Shula Klinger
Matt and Jenny in Old Vancouver (C) by Terry Stafford and illustrated by Terry Stafford
On My Walk (C) by Kari-Lynn Winters and illustrated by Christina Leist (coming in Spring 2010)
When Chickens Fly (C) by Kari-Lynn Winters and illustrated by Izabela Bzymek (coming in Fall 2009)

Vancouver – Commercial Drive:
Shu-Li and Tamara (C) by Paul Yee and illustrated by Shaoli Wang

Vancouver – Granville Island:
Angels Inc. (C) by Bruce McBay and illustrated by Kim La Fave

Vancouver – Stanley Park:
Sammy Squirrel and Rodney Raccoon: A Stanley Park Tale (C) by Duane Lawrence

Vancouver Island – West Coast:
Dolphin Alert! (C) by Norma Charles

Victoria:
Finding Cassidy (YA) by Laura Langston

Happy BC reading!

~Karen Autio, Author of Second Watch (Sono Nis Press, 2005) and Saara’s Passage (Sono Nis Press, 2008)