Julie Lawson

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1992
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • My Grandfather Loved the Stars

  • White Jade Tiger

    On a trip to Chinatown, thirteen-year-old Jasmine steps through a doorway back in time and finds herself in the 1880s.1994 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize -- Winner1994 Candian Library Association Book of the Year Award -- Runner-up...

  • The Sand Sifter

    In a tumble-down house carved out of the dunes lives an old man with second sight. He is the sifter of sands, the man who separates the sparkling mica, black lava, golden-reds, and misty grays. And as he sifts he mesmerizes Jessica and Andrew with hi...

  • Kate's Castle

  • The Dragon's Pearl

    "Who knows what the gods have in store for us?" Xiao Sheng sang out to his mother every morning. "Today may not be the same as yesterday."

    In spite of his hardships, Xiao Sheng is a cheerful boy who loves to sing. He works from sunrise to...

  • Blown Away

    When the wind picks up on Mistaken Road remarkable things can happen. It's going to take a resourceful trio of night-time adventurers to undo what the wind has done in one day. Under an agate moon, Jess, Claire and Rigby set off on their mission to t...

  • Danger Game

    Determined to hide the truth about her sexual abuse from her cousins, with whom she is spending the summer, Chelsea consoles herself by burning things whenever she feels threatened and finds an ultimate challenge when she plays a fear-confronting gam...

  • Too Many Suns

    Every morning Youngest Brother awakes before his nine brothers to greet the dawn. This was long ago, When dragons were still young, ten suns lived at the far edge of the world. One after the other they took turns shining. That was the way of thin...

  • Goldstone

    Mama's "old country" ways were a source of frustration and embarassment to twelve-year-old Karin, who wanted to be a "modern" Canadian girl. How could she know the harsh words between them would be the last words they ever spoke? With shocking swi...



  • Turns on a Dime

    Jo's world is spinning too fast. She's so far out of it she might as well be in orbit with that new Russian satellite, Sputnik. Her best friends have left her behind. All they care about is Elvis, rock n' roll, and boys. And Mack, her wonderful, ...

  • Emma and the Silk Train

    Emma and the Silk Train takes readers back to the early years of the last century when passing high-speed trains brought romance and adventure to small towns in North America. On September 21, 1927, about 160 kilometers east of Vancouver, British Col...

  • Bear on the Train

    One fall day, a bear follows the smell of grain down a mountain and onto a hopper car on a mile-long freight train. Nobody sees him but Jeffrey, who shouts at him to get off the train. The bear pays no attention and soon settles in for a long winter ...

  • The Ghost of Avalanche Mountain

    I got the goldstone at a time when I needed something special. I wore it for years, never thinking it was more than a beautiful pendant and a link to the past. Later I learned the the goldstone is also a link to the future. Wear it at night, and y...

  • Destination Gold!

  • The Klondike Cat

    Noah and his pa prepare to join the thousands of gold seekers heading for the Klondike. Pa insists the journey will be too long and too hard for a cat, but Noah just can't leave his pet, Shadow, behind. When Pa discovers the stowaway, Noah promises t...

  • Cougar Cove

    Eleven-year-old Sam's first visit to the remote west coast of Vancouver Island is nothing like she'd expected.Her older cousins tease "the city kid" mercilessly when they're not ignoring her altogether. She often finds herself left to her own devices...

  • Ghosts of the Titanic

    Just in time for the hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, comes a haunting and suspenseful novel that weaves gripping fiction around fascinating historical fact. When twelve-year-old Kevin Messenger's father inherits...

  • No Safe Harbour

    Charlotte struggles to find her twin brother after the rest of her family is killed in the tragic Halifax explosion.No Safe Harbour is set in the months before and after the December 6, 1917 Halifax explosion, which was the largest man-made blast in ...

  • Where the River Takes Me

    A young girl living at three Hudson's Bay Company posts yearns for more adventure and freedom than the rules of mid-1800s HBC society allow.Motherless for years, and now orphaned when a hunting accident takes her father's life, Jenna Sinclair is in t...



  • The Daft Days of Christmas

    A holiday treat for fans of the Dear Canada series, and all lovers of historical fiction! Celebrate the holidays with someone new. After growing up at bustling Fort Edmonton on the Prairies, Jenna found it hard to follow the stricter rules at the mor...

  • When War Hits Home

    A holiday treat for fans of the Dear Canada series, and all lovers of historical fiction! Rekindling a treasured friendship helps a young girl understand the meaning of Christmas. Charlotte and her brother Luke, a soldier serving overseas during Worl...

  • Midnight in the Mountains

    In a joyful celebration of both the mountains and winter, a young girl recounts and anticipates a memorable family holiday. This is her first night in a mountain cabin, and although her parents and her brother are asleep, she is excited and wakeful....

  • Morning to Polish and Keep

    A real fish tale! When "the big one" gets away, Amy figures the day is ruined. Or is it? Set on Canada's west coast, A Morning to Polish and Keep is a story of adventure, family interaction and the lasting comfort of memory.

    Beautifully I...

  • A Ribbon of Shining Steel: The Railway Diary of Kate Cameron, Yale, British Columbia, 1882

    Kate's father is a builder for the Canadian Pacific Railway as it snakes across the mountains and through the Fraser Canyon. Everyone is excited about the "Iron Horse", but building the railroad is a treacherous undertaking. Kate is always thinking a...

  • A Blinding Light

    It's 1917 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The First World War is raging, and despite its distance from the conflict, the Halifax Harbour is bustling with activity. Anti-German prejudice is rampant, and though 12-year-old Maddie Schroeder and her 15-year-old...

  • Out of the Dark

    When Jane Mooney’s older brother Connor lies about his age and enlists in the Great War at age fifteen, she can’t imagine ever being more devastated. But on December 6, 1917, when two ships collide in Halifax Harbour, the resulting explosion prov...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Julie Lawson has published 26 books.

Julie Lawson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Out of the Dark, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Julie Lawson, My Grandfather Loved the Stars, was published in January 1992.

No. Julie Lawson does not write books in series.
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