Lois Peterson
Lois Peterson is the award-winning author of eight books of fiction for children, and numerous short stories, essays and articles for adults. She was the executive director of a homeless shelter and worked at a public library for more than 40 years. Lois lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Books by Lois Peterson
In this high-interest accessible novel for middle readers, Cam, grieving over the death of his father, becomes worried he is being stalked.
Paperback
9781459827523
9781459827523
$10.95
Fourteen-year-old Daria's addiction to technology creates serious problems in her life.
Tansy's mother is at a clinic being treated for depression, her father is busy at work and her new babysitter is old, wrinkly and meditates while she does calligraphy.
Paperback
9781554690152
9781554690152
$7.95
Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book answers the questions young people have about homelessness and its causes, effects and possible solutions, and what we can all do to help.
Hardcover
9781459825536
9781459825536
$24.95
Elsie's father has gone to search for work as the Depression wears on, and the family is desperate for money. But is a dance marathon any way to solve a family's problems?
Paperback
9781554692804
9781554692804
$9.95
After Kevin's mother abandons him, he takes refuge in his fantasy of becoming a cowboy, but his reality is a foster home and grandparents he doesn't know.
A mural on a tin shack brings hope and happiness to a girl in the slums of Nairobi.
When Jack's grandpa dies, Jack boards the wrong bus, which turns out to be the right bus to say goodbye to his beloved grandfather.
Paperback
9781554698691
9781554698691
$6.95
Fifteen-year-old Leni copes with a mother who suffers from mental illness.
Paperback
9781459809857
9781459809857
$9.95
