"The authors of the selections in this anthology are Canadian. Most are award winners and all are writers with a particular interest in the realm of science fiction and fantasy."--Ministry of Education website.

English language arts grade 9 (2009). Contents: Titles: Star-seeing night / Alice Major -- The stranger / Monica Hughes -- Eternity leave / Tim Wynne-Jones -- The tunnel / Sarah Ellis -- Moon maiden / Alison Baird -- A wish named Arnold / Charles de Lint -- Muffin explains teleology to the world at large / James Alan Gardner -- The road to Shambhala / Eileen Kernaghan -- The good mother / Priscilla Galloway -- The mask / Joan Clark -- The stone scepter / Edo van Belkom -- Paper / Marcel Gagné -- Frosty / Jason Kapalka -- Lukas 19 / Jean-Louis Trudel -- The book of days / Lesley Choyce -- The water trader's dream / Robert Priest.