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Award winning fiction, Canadian fictionAward winning non-fiction, Biography, Family biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
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Chong traces her family's history from China to Canada. Her grandfather left his wife and emigrated to Canada, accompanied by…
the concubine he bought in 1924. In Canada, they stinted and sacrificed to support his family in China. Chong tells of her grandparents and parents, and the visits she made to China to try to unite the strands of her family's past. Winner of the 1995 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1994.
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Canadian fictionBiography of persons with disabilities, Science and medicine biography, Family biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Disabilities
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Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with…
it. Walker turned twelve in 2008, but he weighs only 54 pounds, is still in diapers, can't speak and needs to wear special cuffs on his arms so that he can't continually hit himself. Expanded from Brown's Globe and Mail series about Walker, he sets out to discover his son. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2009.
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Canadian fiction, Folklore, fables and fairy tales, General fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fictionCanadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Literature
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These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.
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Canadian fictionIndigenous peoples biography, Canadian non-fiction, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Describes the treatment of aboriginal children in Canada who were taken to live in residential schools. The story is told…
using interviews and anecdotes shared by those who attended the schools. The current state of aboriginal affairs is also discussed. 1997.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Movie and television tie-ins, School storiesCanadian non-fiction
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After his girlfriend, Spike, becomes pregnant, 14-year-old Shane must prove to his parents that he is not irresponsible. But Shane's…
new sense of independence backfires, and before he knows it, he is in trouble again. For junior and senior high readers. (Degrassi Junior High). 1989.
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Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Wright details the European conquest of the Maya, Inca, Aztec, Iroquois and Cherokee peoples. He describes the resistance by these civilizations to foreign occupation and their struggles to survive.
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Canadian fictionIndigenous peoples biography, Canadian non-fiction, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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On a Saskatoon night in November 1990, seventeen-year-old Neil Stonechild disappeared, to be found dead in a field, his body…
frozen, three days later. The police investigation was cursory, but Neil's mother Stella refused to give up, as did witness Jason Roy, who had seen Neil, beaten and bleeding, in the back of a Saskatoon police cruiser the night he disappeared. It was only in January 2000, when two more men were found frozen to death, that the truth about Neil Stonechild's fate began to emerge. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.
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Canadian fictionAward winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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A comprehensive study of residential schools, the institutions where attendance by Native children was compulsory as recently as the 1960s.…
Former students have come forward in increasing numbers to describe the psychological and physical abuse they suffered in these schools, and many view the system as an experiment in cultural genocide. Miller explores all three players in the story: the government officials who authorized the schools, the missionaries who taught in them, and the students who attended them. Co-winner of the 1996 Saskatchewan Book Award for nonfiction. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 1996.
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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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Canadian fictionBiography, Science and medicine biography, Family biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
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Biography of Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), inventor of the telephone and champion of the deaf. Discusses his temperament; creativity; marriage…
to Mabel Hubbard, who was deaf; family life; and friendship with Helen Keller. Covers his many inventions, years living in Washington, D.C., and association with the National Geographic Society. 2006.
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Canadian fictionIndigenous peoples biography, Canadian non-fiction, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Recalls the boyhood years of Ontario's future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal…
oil-lamp lighting. As a half-breed kid, he was caught between two worlds. His Native mother's fight with depression flowed from that dilemma, while his father, a white, working class, guy who never had any money, made the best home brew in the village - and his specialty was raisin wine. 2007.
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Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
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Ce recueil réunit 124 poèmes de 72 auteurs de chez nous. Les textes sont répartis par thèmes : petites et…
grosses bêtes, arbres à poèmes, enfants et enfances... Années 4-7. 2000.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Humourous fictionCanadian non-fiction
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" J'aimerais ça lire quelque chose d'exactement pareil à ça genre style comme. C'était tellement bon ! " Combien de…
fois ai-je entendu cette phrase lorsque je signais des milliers de livres dans les Salons du livre de Paris, Moscou, New York, Singapour, Sorel ? Combien de fois ? Ah ! Que ne ferait pas un écrivain pour plaire à ses lecteurs ! Alors, voici enfin votre chance ! Elle est entre vos mains, saisissez-la (ainsi que le livre en même temps !). Grâce à ce bouquin, vous avez l'occasion inouïe et extraordinaire de lire la même histoire et ce, 77 fois plutôt qu'une ! Une chance qui ne se répétera pas de sitôt. Quel festin ! Ça sent déjà le chocolat ! Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2005.
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Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
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Anthologie qui rend hommage à plus d'une centaine d'auteurs québécois qui se sont illustrés dans la poésie du 17e siècle jusqu'au milieu des années 1980.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Historical fictionCanadian non-fiction
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Élise Chapdelaine est née à Saint-Ours, sur le Richelieu, en 1878. Voici l'histoire de sa jeunesse : promenades à bicyclette,…
étés à la campagne, pique-niques sur le Mont-Royal, amours, c'est toute une époque qui revient à la vie, empreinte d'une telle douceur que l'on comprend pourquoi on l'a appelée la " Belle Époque ". 1989.
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Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Indigenous peoples history
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A comprehensive overview of all the native groups of Canada -- Indian, Metis and Inuit. Describes their traditional ways of…
life from prehistoric times to the present issues of land claims and self-government. 1988.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Canadian non-fiction, Literature, Anthologies
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Cette anthologie couvre trois décennies de littérature québécoise. Les auteurs visent à la diversité, à une répartition équilibrée entre les…
générations et les genres, les divers milieux, tendances et écritures. Pour chaque auteur, une notice bio-bibliographique d'un peu plus d'une page. 1998.
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Canadian fictionBiography, Literature biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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Douze récits d'enfance sur la découverte du cinéma. L'auteur ouvre la porte aux souvenirs et commence l'exploration à rebours des…
moments drôles et tragiques qui ont tracé sa ligne de vie et éveillé ses passions et ses états nationalistes. Une enfance à fleur de peau qui nous vaut douze coups au coeur! 1992.
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Canadian fiction, Multi-cultural fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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Alec est un homme d'affaires qui a créé sa petite entreprise. Pour lui, la vie est un tissu de mensonges…
qu'il se raconte à lui-même et qu'il répète aux autres. Pour Sumintra, ou Sue, comme elle se nomme elle-même, il est hors de question de faire mentir l'image que ses parents se font d'elle. Quand elle fait la connaissance d'Alec, leurs vies secrètes se rejoignent. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle. 2009. Titre uniforme: Soul of all great designs.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Short storiesCanadian non-fiction
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Unseen dangers, hidden talents, double lives, and mysterious strangers fill this collection of stories. Grades 4-7. 1999.