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Bernice and the Wild Waters. Shining Waters. Book 2. (Pre-Order for Sept 22/26)

SKU: 9781772604771

Author:

Jessica Outram

Series:

Shining Waters Series

Grade Levels:

Four, Five, Six, Seven

Nation:

Métis

Book Type:

Paperback

Pages:

200

Publisher:

Second Story Press

Series:

Shining Waters Series

Copyright Date:

2026

Book Two in the Shining Waters Series, following Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold-winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People.

Jessica Outram is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario with roots in the Georgian Bay Métis Community. An educator for over twenty-five years, Jessica specializes in Indigenous Education. She was the fourth Poet Laureate of Cobourg. She currently lives in Peterborough.

It's the fall of 1914, and Bernice and her family are moving from the lighthouse in their small corner of Georgian Bay to the mainland for the school year. But this time is different. When they return to town, Bernice and her family will use a different last name.

An Indian Agent has been spotted in town, and some of the local children have gone missing. Not all children, only Indigenous children, like Bernice and her siblings. Mom thinks that if they go by a different name, they'll be safe. But Bernice doesn't want to change her name. She'll always be a Normandin! When Bernice's cousins go missing, the danger is suddenly all too real. But if her cousins are lost, Bernice is going to help find them. Audience: Ages 9-12.

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Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold. Shining Waters. Book 1.

SKU: 9781772603187

Author:

Jessica Outram

Series:

Shining Waters Series

Grade Levels:

Four, Five, Six, Seven

Nation:

Métis

Book Type:

Paperback

Pages:

190

Publisher:

Second Story Press

Series:

Shining Waters Series

Copyright Date:

2023

- 2024 Winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People -

Jessica Outram is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario.

It's the summer of 1914. Eight-year-old Bernice lives with her family in a lighthouse on Georgian Bay. One day Bernice wakes up to find a stranger named Tom Thomson sleeping in their living room. When she overhears him talk about gold on a nearby island, Bernice is determined to find it. Inspired by her beloved Mémèr’s stories of their Métis family’s adventures and hardships, Bernice takes the treasure map the stranger left behind and sets out in a rowboat with nothing more than her two dogs for company and the dream of changing her family’s fortunes forever. Audience: Ages 9-12.