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Ten-year-old Jennie Levinsky has a secret, which only her best friend Beth knows - she can 'hear' what her new…
neighbours' sheepdog, Sam, is thinking! Sam, who claims to be a detective, is thinking about the owner of the spookiest house in town, who is never seen, and who has a bat hanging around his house. Sam decides that he's a vampire, and leads the girls into mystery and adventure. Grades 3-6. 1999.
When three odd women move in next door, Sam, the sheepdog, is convinced that they're witches. They've arrived with all…
sorts of caged animals, all of which look sickly and miserable. Sam is sure the critters are under a spell, and suddenly she feels sick too. Her neighbour Jennie, the only person who can understand her, has the opportunity to observe the women up close when she stays with them while her mother works late. Can Sam, Jennie, and their friend Beth, discover the truth before it's too late? Grades 4-7. Sequel to "Spying on Dracula", followed by "Aliens in Woodford". 2000.
Plane crashes and automobile mishaps are the backdrop for female narrators who grapple with terror, anxiety, and powerlessness: "When I…
say I'm fine I mean the sky has opened / like an old wound under scurvy." In their grim wit, sinister straight talk, and sometimes violent bawdiness, Richardson's poems work as counter-charms against the lingering trauma of abusive relationships, both familial and romantic. The book embodies a belief in poetry as an instrument of change, a tool for transforming pain into exuberant verbal energy: "It is the thrill of ruination / makes us innovate." Winner of the 2019 Trillium Book Award for Poetry. 2018.
In a series of linked short stories, two Sikh boys, named Adi and Arjun, come of age in an Indian…
army camp in Kashmir. Each story builds upon a minor character from another story, creating a portrait of the border community. Some of the people the boys meet include a boatman's daughter, a captured officer, a celebrity cricket umpire, and Parachute Aunty. Some strong language. 2004.
Alberta premier Ralph Klein, the Reform Party's Preston Manning, and Ontario premier Mike Harris have all attempted to depict themselves…
as modern day cowboys, tough-talking rebels. But the author questions whether their actions live up to their images. Are they right-wing rebels or guardians of the status quo?
An anthology of poetry, short stories, and essays by aspiring Native writers from across the country. Topics range from spirituality,…
traditional values, and the recovery of aboriginal languages, to self-government, urban life, and healing. 1995.
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.
A story of the complicated, fragile and sometimes fatal relations between Indigenous people and settlers in Northern Saskatchewan in the…
1920s. Aboriginal spiritual traditions are beginning to cross paths with the construction of a residential school, and ancient acts of violent vengeance are shaping the trajectory of events in the town 200 years later. The conflicts between Aboriginals and settlers, Protestants and Catholics, young and old, traditional and progressive, material and spiritual, all shape life in the little Northern community. 2016.
When Black Eagle's mother, Spotted Bird, is taken prisoner by the Sioux, he asks his friends Jamie and Kate Bains…
to help him rescue her. In order to reach their destination, the three friends must travel hundreds of miles across unfamiliar prairie, and battle blizzards, the U.S. Army, and bands of Sioux warriors, sworn enemies of the Assiniboine. If they don't succeed, Black Eagle may never see his mother again. Junior high readers. 1999.
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.
Fourteen-year-old Spike discovers that she is pregnant. There are so many questions and so many decisions -- not to mention…
dealing with Shane, her mum, and her friends at Degrassi Junior High. For junior and senior high readers. 1988.
In her last year of Degrassi Junior High, Stephanie takes on a new glitzy image. With this, and her position…
as president of the student council, she believes she will have a terrific year. But things do not work as she planned. For junior and senior high readers. 1988. (Degrassi Junior High ; 10)
The first son of wrestling steps out from behind the shadows of Calgary’s fabled “Hart dungeon” to discuss his family…
and the cutthroat world of professional wrestling. Stories about growing up as Stu Hart’s son and the brother of wrestling legends Bret “Hitman” Hart and the late Owen Hart offer sometimes disturbing insights into this wrestling dynasty. 2011.
In a world permeated by religious strife, renewed interest in issues of faith necessitates a journey beyond the orthodox institutions…
many have come to mistrust. This new brand of "seeker" is looking for an open and safe environment in which to discuss unique interpretations of consciousness, spirituality, ethics, and philosophy through the world's complex mosaic of beliefs and customs. Includes lectures by Jungian therapist Marion Woodman, Lt. General Roméo Dallaire, and Stephen Lewis. Descriptions of violence. 2006.
The uplifting and often humourous story of one woman's life in the raw wilderness. The author describes her experiences as…
she builds a cabin in the wilderness and relates the complications of the "simple life" - how she breaks trails by snowshoe, encounters grizzly bears, builds a stone oven and learns to bake bread - and spotted dick. 2003.
Explores the British Columbia Nisga'a Treaty, highlighting the history of the Nisga'a from pre-contact to present day. Relates the main…
tenets of the 1999 agreement, a history of the Nisga'a journey, and an exploration of the issues that struck a controversial note throughout the country. A resource on the history of land claims in British Columbia, and an insight into Nisga'a culture and the province's colonial past. 2000.
A collection of essays, anecdotes, travel pieces, and criticism by Canadian poet Al Purdy. The pieces are divided into essays…
on encountering the world through Canadian sensibilities, opinions on other writers like Charles Bukowski, Margaret Atwood, and Bliss Carman, and reviews of poets like bill bissett and Russian Anna Akhmatova. 1995.
Lila and Tom are airborne on their first real holiday together since they started their affair more than five years…
ago. Then the dramatic and unexpected happen, and Lila must look at the grounds on which she has based her life, even as they seem to drop from beneath her. 1997.