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Having survived cancer at a very young age, Winnipeg-raised James McCann became a children's book specialist who uses mapmaking in his creative writing workshops.
In McCann's teen novel Rancour (Simply Read, 2005), a werewolf named Rancour and a vampire named Shay enter the life of Alix, a high school student who had previously mostly worried about finding a date for the prom. Alix must cope with the thousand-year-old rivalry between the two violent combatants, while making sure she gets her homework done.
McCann subsequently published Pyre (Simply Read, 2007) and became the president of CWILL BC while working at Vancouver Kidsbooks.
Flying Feet shows the disturbing results of fighting tae kwon do without boundaries. Set up for an impossible fight, young Jinho finds the only thing that can save him.
The Three Spartans is a retelling of the Greek battle of Thermoplyae; the story of friendship and belonging, and of standing up for what's right even when the odds are against you.
A Spartan at Sea, heavily influenced by the ancient Greek tale of Spartans in the Battle of Salamis is a sequel to The Three Spartans. It is set in Finn Slough, a unique community near Stevenston, B.C. made up of wood homes on stilts.
BOOKS:
Rancour (Simply Read, 2005) 1-894965-31-0 : $16.95
Pyre (Simply Read, 2007)
Flying Feet (Orca Book Publishers, 2010) $9.95 978-1-55469-290-3
The Three Spartans (Crwth Press, 2019) $8.95 978-1-7753515-4-2
A Spartan at Sea (Crwth Press, 2022) $9.95 978-1-989724-16-3
[BCBW 2022] "Kidlit"
In McCann's teen novel Rancour (Simply Read, 2005), a werewolf named Rancour and a vampire named Shay enter the life of Alix, a high school student who had previously mostly worried about finding a date for the prom. Alix must cope with the thousand-year-old rivalry between the two violent combatants, while making sure she gets her homework done.
McCann subsequently published Pyre (Simply Read, 2007) and became the president of CWILL BC while working at Vancouver Kidsbooks.
Flying Feet shows the disturbing results of fighting tae kwon do without boundaries. Set up for an impossible fight, young Jinho finds the only thing that can save him.
The Three Spartans is a retelling of the Greek battle of Thermoplyae; the story of friendship and belonging, and of standing up for what's right even when the odds are against you.
A Spartan at Sea, heavily influenced by the ancient Greek tale of Spartans in the Battle of Salamis is a sequel to The Three Spartans. It is set in Finn Slough, a unique community near Stevenston, B.C. made up of wood homes on stilts.
BOOKS:
Rancour (Simply Read, 2005) 1-894965-31-0 : $16.95
Pyre (Simply Read, 2007)
Flying Feet (Orca Book Publishers, 2010) $9.95 978-1-55469-290-3
The Three Spartans (Crwth Press, 2019) $8.95 978-1-7753515-4-2
A Spartan at Sea (Crwth Press, 2022) $9.95 978-1-989724-16-3
[BCBW 2022] "Kidlit"
