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Adventure storiesCanadian non-fiction
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The adventures of a group of children during a day at the beach. Grades K-3. 1977.
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Adventure stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Canadian non-fiction
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A middle-aged woman, suddenly in possession of considerable wealth, leaves her surly husband and safe Canadian home to search for…
her Salvadoran foster-child, Jonatan, about whom she has had premonitions of disaster. 1986.
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Adventure stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Eevo and Sim are reunited with their mother, Shim, and their father, Dedu, who have just returned from their long…
trip to the Wetlands Clan, the former home of Shim. They discover that together, Eevo and Sim have overcome many dangers. Together they return to the Wetlands, where again the brother and sister take on many challenges, make new discoveries, and even encounter the Great One: the much-feared crocodile of the Great River. Grades 4-7. Sequel to "Once upon a time, long, long ago" (RC22037.) 2001.
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Adventure stories, Sea stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Canadian non-fiction
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A tale of seamen and the sea by a writer who served in the Canadian Navy until 1971. A series…
of flashbacks explains the circumstances which have brought chaos to the personal and working life of a commander in the Royal Canadian Navy. 1978.
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Adventure stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Canadian non-fiction
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When Shane's dad is a day late from delivering some bulls to a ranch in Montana, Shane is a little…
worried. When two days have gone by and his dad is still not back, Shane decided he can't just wait around. He's going to Montana to find him. But that's not so easy when you're fifteen and you don't have a driver's licence or much money. Sequel to "Cowboys don't cry". Junior and Senior High. 1994.
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Adventure stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Canadian non-fiction
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Fourteen-year-old Rikst de Bruin is drawn into a journey of discovery and danger after she and a friend discover a…
body on the Dutch island where they live. Junior high. 1997.
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Adventure storiesCanadian non-fiction
Automated braille
When twelve-year-old Jenkin's brother is in an accident and has to be taken to the hospital in a helicopter, Jenkin…
and his younger brother and sister head into the bush to find their father at his fishing camp. While on their way through the wilderness the children are pursued by their well-intentioned, but frightening, Uncle Donny. Grades 4-7. 1992.
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Adventure stories, Animal storiesCanadian non-fiction
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Charlotte finds a stray dog who seems to do everything backwards so she names him "ttuM", Mutt if you're pronouncing…
it the forward way. Charlotte and ttuM have an adventure filled summer when Charlotte suspects a witch has moved into the cottage down the street - and then ttuM disappears. Grades 3-6. 1999.
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Adventure stories, School storiesCanadian non-fiction
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Fourteen-year-old aviatrix Emmaline Cayley is afraid of one thing - plummeting to her doom - but luckily Robert Burns, an…
indestructible village boy, is not. But before Emmaline can perfect a flying machine with his help, she is sent off to St. Grimelda's School for Young Ladies. The school is a strict, severe place that houses a terrible secret and a mysterious way of keeping its prisoners, er, students in line. Grades 5-8. 2006.
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Adventure stories, Historical fictionCanadian non-fiction, Religion
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Ancient Troy. After his city is destroyed by the Greeks, 15-year-old orphan Alexi is enslaved and forced aboard a ship…
bound for faraway Ithaca, under the command of the Greek warrior Odysseus. But none could foresee the perils of the cursed voyage to come: a brutal raid on the Cicones, a visit to the bewitching Lotus Eaters, and a grisly encounter with a Cyclops. Alexi has no idea how much worse his life is about to get. Descriptions of violence. Followed by "The sea god's curse". For junior high readers. c2011. (Odyssey of a Slave ; 1)
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Adventure stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Canadian non-fiction
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Just when Jackson is faced with arguing parents and a love gone sour, he discovers that he has the bizarre…
ability to project himself physically into the books that he reads. Junior and Senior High. 1991.
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Adventure stories, Historical fictionCanadian non-fiction
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The deadly crusades rage on, with Christian forces being destroyed. Among the knights Templar are cousins Andre St. Clair and…
Alexander Smith. Sequel to "Knights of the Black and White" (DC29465). Followed by "Order in chaos" (DC36300). 2007. (Templar trilogy ; 2)
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Adventure stories, Historical fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography
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Dozens of "Overlanders" left their wives and families behind as they set out toward a brighter future. As well as…
facing extreme natural dangers, the travellers were torn by religious arguments and personal rivalries, and it took the talents of the leaders to keep the fractious parties working cooperatively. 2002.
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Adventure stories, Sea stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Canadian non-fiction
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A young girl named Melissa makes an heroic attempt to save her grandmother and Oliver the parrot who have been kidnapped by pirates. Grades K-3. 1993.
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Adventure stories, Sea storiesCanadian non-fiction
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On a hot summer day, a wish transforms an urban backyard into a place of breezy high-seas adventure. As our…
bold Captain and Skipper ride the salty waves, they encounter a beastly sea monster, buried treasure, a scurvy pirate crew, lovely mermaids and more. Grades K-3. 2007.Available copies:
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Adventure storiesCanadian non-fiction
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"Niska is trying to tell him something from far away, something important. She's done this before, working her shake tent,…
filling his head deep at night with images he can't quite make out through the mist. She warned him about kikwaakew." 25 years after the war of Three Day Road, Joseph Boyden revisits Xavier Bird, who looks to his sons to help defeat an old foe on the trap lines. Kikwaakew first appeared in the July/August 2012 issue of The Walrus magazine. Three Day Road is winner of the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Roger's Writers Trust Fiction Prize.