A comic adventure novel for 10- to 14-year olds.
THE PUPPET WRANGLER - Orca Books - ISBN 1-55143-304-4.
Winner of Young Canada Reads, CBC New Brunswick.
Nominated for CLA Children’s Book of the Year, the Silver Birch Award, the Hackmatack Award.
Named A “Best Book of 2004″ by Resource Links, VOYA and the OLA.
“You may be reminded of BRIDGET JONES’ DIARY and THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE, but I think THE PUPPET WRANGLER is funnier.” The Vancouver Sun
QUID PRO QUO - Orca Books – ISBN 1-55143-370-2 (pbk).
A comic legal thriller for 10-14 year-olds.
Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel and CBC Young Canada Reads
Silver Birch Honour Book
Nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, CLA Children’s Book of the Year, Young Canada Reads, New Jersery Library Association’s Gardent State Teen Book Award, Ann Connor-Brimer Award, Red Cedar Award.
A New York Public Library Best Book for Teens
Bank Street College List of Best Books
“The kind of timing, pacing, dead-pan one-liners, and punchy humour that a seasoned stand-up comic would envy. Both real and funny.” Quill & Quire
A fast-paced thriller for teens
DEAD-END JOB - Orca Books – ISBN 978-1-55143-566-4
An American Library Association Quick Pick
Canadian Children’s Book Centre ‘Our Choice’ Selection
“An intense, plot-driven book. A strong choice for reluctant readers.” New York Public Library
A funny thriller for 10- to 14-year olds
PIGBOY - Orca Books - ISBN 978-1-55-43-643-2 (PB)
ALA Quick Pick 2008
Silver Birch Honour Book
“Vicki Grant does a great job capturing the reader’s interest and holding it with plenty of both humor and suspense.” Massachusetts Regional Library
A psychological thriller for teens
I.D. - Orca Books – ISBN 1-55143-370-2 (pbk)
ALA Quick Pick nominee
A 2008 Golden Oak Award nominee
“…a high-quality story for reluctant readers – fast-paced, heart-thumping… A definite recommendation for reluctant readers.” KLIATT
A stand-alone follow-up to Quid Pro Quo
RES JUDICATA – Orca Books – ISBN 978-1-55143-940-2
A Resource Links Best Book of 2008
A 2009 Arthur Ellis Award nominee for Best Juvenile Crime Fiction
“This book would be a great addition to any library…fast-paced, well-crafted and fun. Highly recommended.” Resource Links
A funny thriller for junior high students
NINE DOORS – Orca Books – ISBN 978-1-55469-073-
“Vicki Grant has done it again: she’s come up with another great hi-lo teen novel that is almost certain to garner accolades equal to those which her past efforts (all ALA “Quick Picks” books) have earned.”
CM Magazine
NOT SUITABLE FOR FAMILY VIEWING – HarperCollins - ISBN-10: 1554681804
Chosen by the Ontario Library Association as a Best Bet for Teens, Top Ten
A 2010 Snow Willow nominee
A 2010 Canadian Library Association Young Adult Award nominee
“Not Suitable for Family Viewing is an excellent teen novel with interesting characters and a complex plot tinged with both romance and mystery. The whole is peppered with Grant’s wonderful sense of comedy.”
CM Magazine
Coming Spring 2010
COMEBACK – Orca Books – ISBN: 9781554693108
