Jacqueline Hynes

In the early 1980s, 13-year-old Beatrice Gravel's comfortable world—family, school, and church—fractures when her mother moves out to 'self actualize', leaving Beatrice and her younger sister Chloe with their devastated father. As Beatrice doubles down on a plan to 'fix' her family, she barrels through bullies, friendship blowups, a make-out party, and a kleptomaniac babysitter—forcing her to decide who she wants to be when she can’t get what she wants.

When Tina's teenage daughter doesn't return home from a sleepover with her closest friends, she goes on a frantic hunt to find her before it's too late. In the process, she unravels dark secrets of a forbidden romance and a tryst among BFFs.

Inspired by true events. When Daisy's husband is murdered, the news brings on a sudden, traumatic labor. Now, reliant on medication following a complicated birth, Daisy depends on her best friend Louise to help care for her son. But her husband’s death has triggered a strange series of events, and she soon finds herself in danger. Will she be able to uncover the truth in time to save herself and her new baby?

A group of partygoers gather and listen to a grandmother’s strange tale.

A Gothic period piece set in Newfoundland during 1888, concerning the meeting between a mysterious, wealthy woman and a lowly man from the streets.

The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.

Didi and Max are the most competitive best friends in the fourth grade. But their friendship hangs in the balance when Principal Jack announces a school-wide contest to see who can sell the most fertilizer.

The lives of a disillusioned teen and an alienated man converge in 1980s Newfoundland.