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Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
By Basil Johnston. 1981
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.Shipwreck (Detective Murdoch mystery.)
By Maureen Jennings. 2010
1873, Nova Scotia. A storm has wrecked a ship on the shores of a fishing village, and people work bravely…
to rescue the crew - but many die. When young Will Murdoch and the local priest examine the bodies, they discover gold and diamonds. They suspect that the shipwreck was not responsible for all the deaths. Some descriptions of violence. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. 2010.Seneca (White Indian series. #9.)
By Donald Clayton Porter. 1984
Ghonkaba, grandson of Renno the White Indian, follows the star-spangled banner into the American War of Independence. His skills as…
a scout and a warrior bring him into General Washington's plans to cross the Delaware. Sequel to "Ambush", followed by "Cherokee" (DC15599). 1984. (White Indian series ; 9)Nobody's dog
By Ria Voros. 2012
For thirteen-year-old Jakob, the summer is looking pretty bleak. His only friend has moved away and no one else seems…
to have any time for him - except the weird girl who lives downstairs. A few months ago, Jakob was in a car accident that killed both his parents, and though he can't remember exactly what happened, he can't stop turning it over in his mind. Then out of nowhere, a stray dog befriends Jakob. Together they begin to roam the city streets by night, discovering an exhilarating secret world where they can both taste a new kind of freedom. But as their nocturnal adventures take Jakob farther and farther away from the safety of home, the truth of that awful night begins to emerge. Grades 5-8. 2012.No ordinary day
By Deborah Ellis. 2011
Jharia, India. Valli spends her days picking coal, terrified only of the monsters who live on the other side of…
the train tracks – the lepers. When she discovers that she is not living with family after all, that her "aunt" was a stranger who was paid money to take Valli off her own family's hands, she goes to Kolkata, the city of the gods. She manages to survive on the streets, until a chance meeting with a doctor reveals that she too has leprosy. Despite being given a chance to receive medical care, she can’t bear the thought that she is one of those monsters she has always feared. Grades 4-7. 2011.Merci
By Daniel Pennac. 2004
Un court roman en forme de monologue. Un auteur à qui l'on vient de décerner un prix pour l'ensemble de…
son oeuvre doit prononcer une allocution de remerciement d'une durée d'un peu plus d'une heure. Mais il ne sait guère qui remercier - jury, parents, amis, lecteurs - et, tout compte fait, n'a guère envie de dire merci. Son laïus se transforme graduellement en un jeu de massacre qui ne laisse personne intact, pas même le discoureur. Habile, roublard et vif. 2004.Game plan
By Natalie Corbett Sampson. 2013
Ella Parker seems to have everything: great friends, an awesome family and a star position on her high school basketball…
team. But when a drunken night results in an unwanted pregnancy, her perfect life is turned upside down and she's faced with a difficult decision. Katherine Frayne has always wanted to be a mother. But with the last results of her in vitro fertilization pointing to no chance of a baby, her hopes are dashed. Then her husband Danny suggests they adopt. Ella and Katherine must navigate their lives amidst tough decisions, the consequences of which not only affect them but those they love the most. For junior and senior high readers. 2013.Jason's why
By Beth Goobie. 2013
Jason is a nine-year-old boy who has been sent to a treatment centre by his mother because she can't handle…
him any longer. He is afraid that his mother is going to leave him in the home permanently. He is afraid of trusting these strange new adults in his life. Soon Jason begins to realize that the people in the group home are not going to hurt him but care about his welfare, and that the principal in his new school is also someone he can trust to look out for his best interests. Grades 3-6. 2013.Book Uncle and me
By Uma Krishnaswami. 2016
Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending…
library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something. But what can she do? The local elections are coming up but she's just a kid. She can't even vote! Still, Yasmin has friends -- her best friend, Reeni, and Anil, who even has a blue belt in karate. And she has grownup family and neighbours who, no matter how preoccupied they are, care about what goes on in their community. Then Yasmin gets an idea from a book that Book Uncle selected for her. Grades 2-4. 2016.Half a life: A Novel
By V. S Naipaul. 2001
Half a Life is the story of Willie Chandran, whose father, heeding the call of Mahatma Gandhi, turned his back…
on his brahmin heritage and married a woman of low caste -- a disastrous union he would live to regret, as he would the children that issued from it. When Willie reaches manhood, his flight from the travails of his mixed birth takes him from India to London, where, in the shabby haunts of immigrants and literary bohemians of the 1950s, he contrives a new identity. 2001.And then the sky exploded
By David A Poulsen, Shannon Whibbs. 2016
While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a…
member of the Manhattan Project, the team that designed and created the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War. On a school trip to Japan, Chris meets eighty-one-year-old Yuko, who was eleven when the first bomb exploded over Hiroshima, horribly injuring her. Christian is determined to do something to make up for what his great-grandfather did. But after all this time, what can one teenager really do? For Junior and senior high readers. 2016.Big or little?: and three other stories (Toddler Ser.)
By Kathy Stinson. 1982
A boy tells when he feels big and when he feels little. Grades K-3. 1983. Recorded with: “Teddy rabbit”. On…
the trip to the Teddy Bears' Picnic on Centre Island, Andrew loses Rabbit. Grades K-3. 1988. Recorded with: “Mom and dad don’t live together any more”. A little girl explains how her parents' separation has affected her life. Grades K-3. 1984. Recorded with: “Red is best”. Young Kelly's mom doesn't understand about red. Red mitts make better snowballs, red boots take bigger steps, and juice tastes better in a red cup. No doubt about it, red is best. Grades K-3. 1982.Willow and Twig
By Jean Little. 2000
When their mother breaks her parole and runs off, 10-year-old Willow and her four-year-old brother Twig are on their own.…
They journey from the mean streets of Vancouver to stay with their grandmother in rural Ontario. There, the children learn valuable life lessons about pride, a sense of belonging, and being true to who you are. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2002 CNIB Tiny Torgi Award. 2000.War drums (The White Indian series. #13.)
By Donald Clayton Porter. 1986
Mysterious threats of war send Renno, namesake of the legendary white Sachem, against the fury of the rampaging Chickasaw and…
greedy Spaniards. Meanwhile, his marriage and his alliance with the Americans lead him into ambushes and savage raids, as he follows the path ordained for him by the Manitou. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "Seminole". Followed by "Apache". 1986. (White Indian series ; 13)Une mouche en novembre: roman (Série QR ; #88)
By Louis Gagné. 2015
À Ludovica, ville où novembre teinte les humeurs, le soleil est blanc. À l'ombre du château, près du grand fleuve,…
un fossoyeur creuse et les chiens errants grondent en reniflant les tombes. À Ludovica, une femme enceinte fuit, un dandy a tous les visages, une petite fille disparaît et les chiens rôdent encore. À Ludovica, le jour de son congédiement, dans un cimetière où il a ses habitudes, Boniface Saint-Jean entrevoit les signes d'un mystère qui le hantera, un mystère où la lumière et la nuit, le bien et le mal font du quotidien une légende. 2015.Une nuit, je dormirai seule dans la forêt
By Pascale Wilhelmy. 2015
Depuis ses cinq ans, Emma a peur de tout. Des chiens, des éclairs, de grimper aux arbres, du noir, des…
clowns et des mains poilues. Pourquoi ? Elle a juré de ne rien dire. Un soir d'orage, paralysée, elle se fait une promesse : vaincre ce qui l'effraie. Briser son grand secret. Une nuit, elle ira dormir seule dans la forêt, au cœur de tous les dangers. Et si elle survit, si un loup ne l'attaque pas, si un ours ne la scalpe pas, elle en reviendra victorieuse. Pour une fois. Avec la sensibilité et le style qu'on lui connaît, Pascale Wilhelmy nous transporte dans l'univers d'Emma et de cette expédition qui la mènera à l'origine de ses peurs. Et surtout droit devant, vers un avenir plus léger, plein de promesses. 2015.Une drôle de ministre (Charlotte ; #4)
By Dominique Demers. 2001
Après avoir été tour à tour maîtresse d'école, bibliothécaire et factrice, revoici mademoiselle Charlotte dans la peau d'une politicienne! On…
soupçonne que cette bonne vieille dame viendra brouiller les cartes à sa façon pour changer la vie des gens. Une fois de plus, la magie de Dominique Demers opère à merveille pour donner aux enfants un contact privilégié avec un monde imaginaire où il fait bon laisser libre cours aux rêves les plus fous. Années 3-6. 2004.Today
By Julie Morstad. 2016
Every day is full of endless possibilities - especially TODAY! The simplest moment has the potential to become extraordinary. From…
getting dressed, to having breakfast, to choosing ways to go, Today has a little something to delight everyone. Grades K-3. 2016.When the cherry blossoms fell (A cherry Blossom Book Ser. #1)
By Jennifer Maruno. 2009
Nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa bids her father good-bye before her birthday celebration. She doesn't know the government has ordered all Japanese-born…
men out of the province, or that ten days later, her family would join hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a train to the interior of British Columbia. There are no paved roads, no streetlights and no streetcars, and their house is dirty and drafty. Michiko must face local prejudice, the worst winter in forty years, and her first Christmas without her father. Grades 2-4. 2009.Walking backward
By Catherine Austen. 2009
When twelve-year-old Josh loses his mother in a freak car accident, his grief therapist suggests he keep a journal. Josh…
describes his father's withdrawal into the basement where he's building a time machine, his younger brother running wild, and how he tries to find some meaning and order in all the chaos. For junior high readers. Some strong language. 2009.