Betrayed (34 page)

The author outside the Temple Church in London, UK, a church built by the Knights Templar in the late 12th century

Christopher Dinsdale was born in Toronto but grew up in Dundas, Ontario, and spent his high school years in Ottawa.

As a teacher with the York Region District School Board, he enjoys writing novels for both children and adults during his summer breaks.
Broken Circle
(Napoleon, 2004), his first novel, was heralded by critics and was selected by the Canadian Toy Testing Council as a Great Book for 2006.
Stolen Away
followed in 2006 and was shortlisted for the Red Maple Award by the Ontario Library Association.

Dinsdale lives in Newmarket, Ontario with his wife and his three daughters.

Twelve-year-old Jesse learns to appreciate his Native heritage through a heroic vision of the past, which he witnesses in the form of a white-tailed deer.

ISBN 978-1-894917-15-5

Keira, kidnapped from Ireland by Vikings, is a slave living in Vinland. When the Vikings search for a new home, an accident at sea finds Keira saved by a Beothuck warrior. She settles into the Beothuk way of life, but she dreams of finding a way home.

ISBN 978-1-894917-20-9