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Women biography, History, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Thrilling true stories of female adventurers who never stopped believing in themselves --- and achieved the unimaginable! Throughout history, women…
eager for adventure have long faced obstacles and opposition. But here are the stories of 25 remarkable women --- from pilots to mountain climbers, deep-sea divers to Antarctic explorers --- who defied expectations and made their mark on history. Included are Bessie Coleman, famously known as the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license (two years before Amelia Earhart!). But readers also learn about lesser-known women, such as Diana Nyad, who, at age 64, became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, and Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest. The women's experiences are all different, but they have one thing in common: they didn't let anything get in the way of their dreams! This highly readable and inspiring book --- organized by sky, peaks, ice, land and water adventures --- describes the achievements of a diverse group of female adventurers from around the world, including women of color, Indigenous women, LGBTQ+ women and women with disabilities. Author Julia De Laurentiis Johnston's text pays particular attention to the barriers and biases these adventurers faced because of their gender and the character and uncompromising ambition they displayed to overcome them. Sidebars provide how-to tips for adventurers, engaging STEM content, fun facts and inspirational quotes. Illustrations throughout the pages by Salini Perera enhance the compelling stories and bring a contemporary feel to the book that makes it accessible and appealing to kids today. Also included are an interview with the modern-day adventurer Lois Pryce, a world map that locates the stories throughout the book, author's sources, resources for kids and an index. This book links to both biography and history curriculums.
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Family stories, Animal stories, Disabilities fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Corbin Hayes has felt alone for as long as he can remember. His mom’s illness means lost jobs, constant moves,…
new schools and friendships that never get to grow. There’s a gap in his life that’s been waiting to be filled. So, when a classmate offers Corbin the talking bird she can no longer keep, he’s stoked. But when things begin to spiral out of control, Corbin can no longer get his mom – or himself – through the dark period. At his lowest moment, he’s forced to do the one thing he fears the most.
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General non-fiction, Science and technology, Nutrition
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
A 2022 Forest of Reading: Yellow Cedar Award Nominee!An illustrated book about the digestive system and microbiome for young readers,…
from famous (and funny) scientist Dr. Jennifer Gardy.Everybody eats, and everybody poops. Pretty ordinary stuff, right?But what happens in between is far from ordinary! That’s where your digestive system—also known as your gut—works its magic. It Takes Guts is an excellent, science-based resource for classroom learning and home-schooling for kids age 9 to 13, with information about: The surprising role that food and digestion play in your mood and immune system.The amazing tools your body uses to break down food including acids, which do their thing without burning a hole in your stomach!The incredible truth that not all bacteria is bad! Billions of “helpful bacteria” belong in your gut.And so much more.Dr. Jennifer Gardy also takes stomach-turning detours to investigate the science behind burps, barfs, and farts, proving that learning about the wonderful world of your gut—takes guts!
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Humourous fiction, Family stories
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Eleven-year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But in one summer, that all falls apart.…
Told in short, accessible journal entries and combining the humor of Timmy Failure with the poignant family dynamics of Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Peter Lee will win readers' hearts.Eleven year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. Okay, maybe two: to get his genius kid-sister, L.B., to leave him alone. But his summer falls apart when his real-life dinosaur expedition turns out to be a bust, and he watches his dreams go up in a cloud of asthma-inducing dust. Even worse, his grandmother, Hammy, is sick, and no one will talk to Peter or L.B. about it. Perhaps his days as a scientist aren't quite behind him yet. Armed with notebooks and pens, Peter puts his observation and experimental skills to the test to see what he can do for Hammy. If only he can get his sister to be quiet for once -- he needs time to sketch out a plan.
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Friendship stories, General fiction, Multi-cultural fiction, Family stories
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In this novel for middle readers, twelve-year-old Evie befriends a boy who is grieving the loss of both his parents.
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General fiction, Family stories
Synthetic audio, Human-transcribed braille
A middle-grade novel thoughtfully explores the realities of parents’ divorce
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General fiction, Friendship stories, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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Adventurous, trail-blazing Wolf lives in a northern mining town and spends her days exploring the mountains and wilderness with her…
three best friends Penny, Ann and Brandi. The girls’ secret refuge is their tree-house hideaway, Birchwood, Wolf’s favourite place on earth. When her beloved grandmother tells her that she is the great-granddaughter of a tree talker, Wolf knows that she is destined to protect the birch trees and wildlife that surround her. But Wolf’s mother doesn’t understand this connection at all. Not only is she reluctant to engage with their family’s Indigenous roots, she seems suspiciously on the wrong side of the environmental protection efforts in their hometown. To make matters worse, she’s just started dating an annoying new boyfriend named Roger, whose motives—and construction company—seem equally suspect. As summer arrives, so do bigger problems. Wolf and her friends discover orange plastic bands wrapped around the trees near their cherished hangout spot, and their once stable friendship seems on the verge of unravelling. Birchwood has given them so much—can they even stay together long enough to save this special place? With gorgeous yet understated language, Danielle Daniel beautifully captures an urgent and aching time in a young person’s life. To read this astonishing middle-grade debut is to have your heart broken and then tenderly mended.
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Death and bereavement, War, Biography
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What would you risk to save your children? Jolie Phuong Hoang grew up as one of ten children, part of…
a loving, prosperous Vietnamese family. All that changed after the communists took over in 1975. Identified as a potential “bad element,” the family lived in constant fear of being sent to the dreaded new economic zone. Desperate to ensure the family’s safety and to provide a future for his children, Jolie’s father arranged three separate escapes. The first was a failure that cost most of their fortune, but the second was successful—six of his children reached Indonesia and ultimately settled in Canada. He and his youngest daughter drowned during the disastrous third attempt. Told from the author’s perspective and that of her father’s ghost, Three Funerals for My Father is a poignant story of love, grief and resilience that spans three countries and fifty years. In an era when anti-Asian racism is on the rise and the issue of human migration is front-page news, Three Funerals for My Father provides a vivid and timely first-hand account of what it is like to risk everything for a chance at freedom. It is at once an intimate story of one family, a testament to the collective experience of the “boat people” who escaped communist Vietnam, and a plea on behalf of the millions of refugees currently seeking asylum across the globe.
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General non-fiction
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Au milieu du Bayou où baigne le Cipre, dort un Cocodrie. Le vois-tu, de ton Arbre à poules ? Dans…
la cuisine de Nénaine, ça sent le Débris et le Jambalaya. B pour bayou est un abécédaire cadien où Richard Guidry, dit « Le gros Cadien », et ses ami.e.s, nous offrent une délectation de mots aux senteurs de Gombo, pendant que Réjean Roy nous embarque dans son Esquif direction le Mississippi. Après Ah ! pour Atlantique, on quitte l’Acadie acadienne pour l’Acadie cadienne, celle de la chaude Louisiane !
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War stories
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Martin est un adolescent normal vivant à Dieppe. Mais la guerre fait rage et son pays, la France, est occupé…
par les Nazis. La cohabitation est difficile et les conditions de vie, précaires. Logé chez Madame Agnès, une vieille dame débrouillarde et dégourdie, Martin sera entraîné malgré lui dans le terrible second conflit mondial et fera une rencontre qui bouleversera sa vie…
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Disabilities, Social issues
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People with disabilities (PWDs) have the same aspirations for their lives as you do for yours. The difference is that…
PWDs don’t have the same access to education, employment, housing, transportation and healthcare in order to achieve their goals. In The Disability Experience you’ll meet people with different kinds of disabilities, and you'll begin to understand the ways PWDs have been ignored, reviled and marginalized throughout history. The book also celebrates the triumphs and achievements of PWDs and shares the powerful stories of those who have fought for change.
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Travel and geography, Social issues
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What drives people to search for new homes? From war zones to politics, there are many reasons why people have…
always searched for a place to call home. In Finding Home: The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees we discover how human migration has shaped our world. We explore its origins and the current issues facing immigrants and refugees today, and we hear the first-hand stories of people who have moved across the globe looking for safety, security and happiness. Author Jen Sookfong Lee shares her personal experience of growing up as the child of immigrants and gives a human face to the realities of being an immigrant or refugee today.
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Historical fiction
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Été 1786. Deux garçons orphelins de quinze ans sont sur un voilier parti de Southampton, en Angleterre, pour le Nord-Est…
du Pacifique. Alexis, d’origine acadienne, cherche ce qu’il reste de sa famille dispersée, et Hugh rêve d’une vie meilleure. Mais un jeune cougar affamé vient bousculer le destin des adolescents une fois qu’ils sont arrivés sur le continent nord-américain. Tandis que Hugh, blessé, est secouru par un membre de l’équipage, Alexis, perdu dans la forêt, aboutit à un village autochtone terrassé par la petite vérole. Au milieu des cadavres, seule une jeune fille est encore en vie. Alexis et elle vont s’entraider pour survivre...
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General fiction
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Zee entend ce que vous pensez, et ressent ce que vous ressentez. À travers vos regards, Zee se voit elle-même,…
et cette vision la transforme. Parfois, Zee est la fille précoce de ses quatre adultes. D’autres fois, Zee est un ado voyou de Brooklyn, New York, un ado qui joue au basketball et s’attire des ennuis. Ses quatre adultes s’inquiètent. Ils testent ses facultés extrasensorielles et s’acharnent à les garder secrètes. Mais Zee voit clair dans leur jeu, anticipe leurs craintes et les déjoue. Elle veut s’intégrer, se mouler aux multiples attentes qui arrivent de tous bords tous côtés. Mais en perdant de vue qui elle est réellement, risque-t-elle de se mettre encore plus en danger ?
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Adventure stories
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Aldouane, Nouveau-Brunswick, 1943. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, alors que John et son oncle Fred partent à la pêche à…
l’éperlan, ils voient un avion militaire s’écraser, et un parachute s’envoler... En pleine nuit, alors que la tempête fait rage, ils sont capturés par le capitaine Otto Von Muller, qui les oblige à le conduire au phare de Richibouctou. Mais son message radio envoyé à un sous-marin allemand sera intercepté par une corvette canadienne… John, Fred et le gardien de phare, Vincent Daigle, réussiront-ils à se libérer du joug du capitaine? L’Acadie restera-t-elle une terre libre de la menace nazie?
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Animal stories
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Joséphine regarde son grand-père et se demande s’il est sérieux. Lui qui aime tant rire ! Un poney n’a ni…
volant pour le conduire ni fauteuil pour s’y asseoir… Comment pourra-t-elle rester assise sur un poney et le guider jusqu’à l’étang ? La célèbre collection Wabanaki se transforme ! Composée de six contes traditionnels trilingues des Premières Nations de l’Est du Canada, la collection Wabanaki s’enrichit d’une première publication en langue wolastoqey. Ancré dans le présent, reflétant la réalité quotidienne des familles d’aujourd’hui, cet ouvrage s’inscrit dans le renouvèlement des relations entre communautés autochtone et allochtone, auquel Bouton d’or Acadie est fière de contribuer.
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Adventure stories
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Deux adolescents, une Américaine et un Acadien, vivent une quête hors de l'ordinaire d'un bout à l'autre du continent. Après…
s’être connus lors du Congrès mondial acadien de 1994, Sara et Justin entreprennent une correspondance qui resserre leur amitié. Sara est toujours hantée par des cauchemars et le désir de trouver sa mère biologique. Elle poursuit ses recherches en Louisiane, où sa famille s’établit pour un an. À la suite du décès de son cher grand-père, Justin se voit offrir par sa mère une semaine de vacances à Scott, en Louisiane. À nouveau réunis, les deux amis feront-ils la lumière sur les origines de Sara et sur ses mystérieuses visions du Ku Klux Klan ? Réflexions de deux adolescents qui, chacun à leur façon, s’interrogent sur leur propre identité et sur les circonstances de la vie.
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Adventure stories
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Deux adolescents, une Américaine et un Acadien, vivent une quête hors de l'ordinaire d'un bout à l'autre du continent. Après…
s’être connus lors du Congrès mondial acadien de 1994, Sara et Justin entreprennent une correspondance qui resserre leur amitié. Sara est toujours hantée par des cauchemars et le désir de trouver sa mère biologique. Elle poursuit ses recherches en Louisiane, où sa famille s’établit pour un an. À la suite du décès de son cher grand-père, Justin se voit offrir par sa mère une semaine de vacances à Scott, en Louisiane. À nouveau réunis, les deux amis feront-ils la lumière sur les origines de Sara et sur ses mystérieuses visions du Ku Klux Klan ? Réflexions de deux adolescents qui, chacun à leur façon, s’interrogent sur leur propre identité et sur les circonstances de la vie.
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Friendship stories
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Avalon Monday doesn't mind telling schoolmates that her mother ran off to California to live with a guy she met…
on the internet. After all, that's way less embarrassing than the truth. One fresh start and three years later Avalon discovers there are things you can never truly leave behind. When the past collides with the present it exposes her secret and threatens to leave her new life in ruins.
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Ghost and horror stories, Suspense and thrillers
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?Adapted from family stories told across Newfoundland and passed down over generations, these 10 spine-tingling tales traverse centuries and introduce…
readers to nooks and the Island's nooks and crannies. This spooky collection features black-and-white illustrations as well as traditional context on each story and the art of storytelling in Newfoundland.