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Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy,…
Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? Sequel to "The knife of never letting go". Junior High. 2009.
Jo Mackenzie, newly widowed with two young sons and a perilous bank balance, leaves London to take over her Gran's…
wool shop in her seaside hometown. There, she finds unexpected comfort in a knitting group that meets to trade gossip and, occasionally, a new stitch. When a new man enters Jo's life, the knitting club has even more trouble confining the conversation to knit one, purl two. Some strong language. c2009.
Paris, Spring 1892. Intrepid bookseller Victor Legris stumbles upon a new case to investigate when his business partner Kenji Mori's…
apartment is burgled. Curiously, the only item stolen is a decorative goblet of little value. But on learning that two people who were connected to the goblet have been murdered, Victor becomes convinced of its secret significance. c2009. Uniform title: Secret des Enfants-Rouges.
Asked to write a series of articles on Southern homes and gardens for a New York Magazine, Strekfus Beltzenschmidt chooses…
not only some of the plantations and historic residences the South is known for, but places of his youth, including the home he grew up in and those of his relatives that he visited as a child. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, descriptions of violence. 2005.
Two portraits of people whose love is for the forbidden in a totalitarian regime: Emoke loves God and a boy…
loves jazz. Nominated for the 1984 CNIB talking book of the year award. c1980. Uniform title: Legenda Emöke.
Greer Pentland is having a challenging year. Aside from a battle with breast cancer that has robbed her of a…
breast and left her with an assortment of physical side effects, her only child, Sam, is on trial for the murder of two senior citizens. Meanwhile, her ex-husband wants to sell the house that she lives in with Sam and her elderly aunt. Greer faces all of these obstacles with determination, morality and wry wit. Some strong language. 2000.
Twelve-year-old Alex, whose parents disappeared on a trip to Scotland many years ago, is spending the summer there. He and…
three newfound friends want to discover the secret of a sealed cave along the coast. The secret is far more powerful than anything they could have imagined, as they're catapulted back to the late 13th century to find the Scottish rebel William Wallace fighting a guerrilla-style war against the British. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. c2009.
Roch is sent to a boarding school; he's named to the basketball team on the first day, even though he's…
never played basketball in his life! Grades K-3. 1996. Taped with: The longest home run. A strange girl shows up to play baseball and hits a home run through the window of Sergeant Bouton; but Adeline is no ordinary girl -- she is a magician! Grades K-3. 1993. Taped with: The boxing champion. When spring melts the ice in Ste. Justine, boxing season begins in the Cote's summer kitchen. Young Roch is not much of a fighter, but spends the winter building up his muscles for next spring's matches. Grades K-3. 1991. Taped with: A happy New Year's day. New Year's Day 1941 is a special day for a young boy in the little village of Sainte-Justine, Quebec. Grades K-3. 1991. Uniform title: Joueur de basket-ball.
In the 1980s, the province of Alberta was home to the two best hockey teams in the NHL. Aptly dubbed…
"Death Valley" due to the sheer talent and ability of its players, the province not only begat rivalry with other NHL teams, but also sparked fierce competition within its own borders. Thus began The Battle of Alberta, the historic struggle between the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames. Sports journalist Mark Spector presents homage to Albertan hockey, and the two teams that inspired one of the most bitter competitions in NHL history. Through exclusive interviews with coaches, trainers, and players, Spector provides a look at the brawls, the clashes, and the schemes. Bestseller. 2015.
It is the summer of 1974 and the senseless murder of a young woman changes the lives of an entire…
community. The events are set in motion when the friendship between the son of a local judge and a farmhand ends in bitter misunderstanding. The two become involved with seemingly different crowds whose only link to one another is a young woman home from college for the summer. It is only after a murder occurs that the truth of the events leading up to it are revealed. 1998.
The morning of September 10, 1813, saw the only battle ever fought on a Canadian lake -- the Battle of…
Lake Erie. Berton recreates that day, with all the heroism, horror, mistakes, and triumphs of this famous battle of the War of 1812. Grades 5-8. 1994.
Jack Mullen's life is working out perfectly, until his father greets him with the news that his brother, Peter, is…
dead. The police believe Peter committed suicide but Jack senses a darker dangerous truth and is determined to bring a killer to justice. 2002.
Max Hastings was with the war from the sailing of the task force to the surrender of Port Stanley; Simon…
Jenkins followed the political and diplomatic twists in London and Washington. Together they give a comprehensive account of this "War that should not have happened". 1983.
Rowena wants a child, but not its father, and her friend Isobel is sceptical. Yet when Christabel is born she…
is almost won over: why shouldn't single people have children? Then Rowena is killed in an accident. To whom does Christabel belong? Her grandmother thinks she has the right to decide, but the social workers think differently, and the foster mother has her own very firm ideas. In the middle is Isobel, struggling with her own feelings. 1991.
Moving between Nice and London, 'The bay of angels', makes the point that not everyone needs conventional relationships to be…
happy. It relates the story of Zoe, whose life changes when her widowed mother marries a wealthy older man and moves to Nice. 2001.
A collection of humourous and surprising essays which examine the scientific explanation for certain human behaviours, the scientific world's attempts…
to re-examine history, including the Salem witch trials, and some of the stranger questions tackled by scientists. Sections on human behaviour, curiosities of life, science and history, natural battles and how things work are included. 1998.