From avalanches to shipwrecks, this fiction Series hurtles its characters into dangerous situations, leaving them with only their wits and courage to survive!

Waves of snow barrelled down the mountain, breaking branches, crushing trees, pumping out blinding clouds of snow — heading right for them. “Avalanche!” shouted Alex. “Run!” But they coulen't run. The force of the fast-moving snow knocked them off their feet.

The ship listed hard and fast to starboard. Albert’s eyes widened. His heart pounded as water began to seep into the ship.

Albert grabbed Grace’s hand and raced down the hall. “We have to warn our families. The Empress is sinking!”

Trees were bent over. Some had snapped in half. Huge limbs had crashed down on frozen, buried cars, garbage cans and mailboxes. The cars that weren’t damaged lay abandoned and useless under the heavy ice.

The streets looked like a world of endless winter — a world where all the people had disappeared.

Michael reached for something — anything — to stop him from sliding off the roof, but there was nothing to hold on to. Nothing.

He fell into the darkness and splashed into the icy water.

Transported back through time on the magic Canadian Flyer, an antique red sled, Emily Bing and Matt Martinez experience the past firsthand. Each thrilling adventure takes them to a different part of the country at a fascinating point in history. The resourceful and inquisitive kids find themselves face-to-face with dinosaurs, pirates, gold miners, Vikings, and more. Share in the excitement of each fast-paced adventure, and pick up fascinating historical tidbits woven into every story.

In this exciting debut title, we meet Emily and Matt, and are transported back in time with them to the year 1577. Matt and Emily find themselves aboard Martin Frobisher’s ship The Aid, anchored in Frobisher Bay. Adventure beckons!

This second title in the series fulfills every child’s fantasy of getting up close with a dinosaur —well, maybe not quite this close! It’s off to the Cretaceous period, in the Alberta Badlands. Maiasaura, Lambeosaurus, and T-rex, oh my!

It’s the late 1800s and gold rush fever has taken hold. Matt and Emily join the Klondike gold rush for a rich adventure. Will they find gold or lose their shirts? The people are colorful, the land is rugged, and this adventure is unlike anything else Matt and Emily have ever experienced.

Matt and Emily have the incredible experience of joining the famous Viking Leif Eriksson and his crew on their historic journey to Vinland in the year 1001. The kids’ ingenuity saves the day when crew members get lost in the new land.

On February 23, 1909, before a crowd of astonished onlookers, Alexander Graham Bell’s Silver Dart took flight. Emily and Matt are on hand and caught up in the thrill of witnessing this amazing story of first flight in Canada.

Emily and Matt arrive on the Canadian Prairies in 1910. They visit a one-room schoolhouse where they try to help a new friend deal with a classroom bully. But when a raging fire erupts, it’s Emily and Matt who need rescuing!

The Canadian Flyer takes Emily and Matt on their most important journey yet — to the Canada-U.S. border in 1858 to travel along the Underground Railroad. They befriend famous abolitionist Dr. Alexander Ross and a group of runaway slaves he’s helping escape to Canada. With slave catchers in close pursuit, will Emily and Matt be able to help their new friends cross the Niagara River to safety?

It’s 1778, and the sled takes Matt and Emily to the west coast, where they meet a Nootka boy about their age. When he takes them out in a canoe they get close (too close!) to a grey whale. Their actions raise the ire of the Nootka chief, who has enough to deal with, with a visit from Captain Cook that coincides with the kids’ visit.

Emily and Matt are excited to land on an old train. What’s more, this one’s heading for Craigellachie, British Columbia, where the last spike will be driven into the rails celebrating the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Will Emily and Matt make it in time for that historic occasion? Hop on the rails and explore another exciting piece of Canada’s past with Matt and Emily.

Matt and Emily are off to Quebec in the mid-1600s. There they meet Marie, whose father is about to marry one of the filles du roi, the women the King of France is encouraging to go to Quebec to marry settlers. Marie doesn’t want a new mother. Distraught, she stomps out of her house as heavy snow begins to fall. Emily and Matt race out to follow Marie. Can they find her before she’s lost in the snow?

Matt and Emily meet Kate and her brother John on a ship carrying World War II evacuees from Britain.The siblings are worried about their family in England and then John disappears. Can Emily and Matt help find John and help both kids adjust to life in Canada?

Matt and Emily land in a rough, tough western town simmering with tension between the Ktunaxa people and settlers. Will they be able to help Mountie Sam Steele clear two innocent men charged with murder, and stay out of danger themselves?

Emily and Matt experience the hardship of pioneer life as they travel through the wild of Upper Canada. They encounter uncharted forests, untamed rivers and rough roads. Will they be able to endure the trip and help their new friend, Thomas, get his mother safely to their homestead before she has her new baby?

Friends Matt and Emily land on the Titanic hours before it hits an iceberg. Can they save the ship by telling the captain of its fate?

As winter blasts through Winnipeg in 1914, Emily and Matt join forces with activist Nellie McClung in the flight fro women’s right to vote. Will they stand up to bullies and fight for what’s right?

The time-traveling sled takes Emily and Matt to a remote area where they meet wildlife scientists who are stranded in a snow storm with a sick boy and are missing a dog from their sled team.

It’s 1917 and a terrible explosion has left Halifax in smoking ruins. Now it’s up to Emily and Matt to help a young soldier find his lost little sister. Can they sort through the wreckage and reunite the pair?

Kate can’t wait for her birthday party but her parents want her to invite everyone, even bossy Violet. Will Violet ruin her plans? Will Kate’s best friend, Jake stick by her?

Kate is determined to win the grade two spelling bee. Her best friend Jake encourages her to participate in the contest and helps her practice the spelling words. Slowly the spelling bee contestants are eliminated, and Jake and Kate are left to compete against each other

Kate and Jake have always been best friends; always, that is, until Jake’s cousin, Lionel moves nearby and Jake starts spending time with him instead. Kate struggles with his abandonment and her own loneliness as she seeks new friends that share her likes and dislikes. And, perhaps there is a place in her life for her old best friend after all.