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Le nouveau de la classe (Boréal Jeunesse Ser.)
By Jean Gervais. 1992
Dominique est mal à l'aise avec les personnes handicapées. À force de côtoyer Benoît, le nouveau de la classe qui…
est atteint de paralysie cérébrale, il apprend à le découvrir et à l'apprécier comme il le ferait pour toute personne qui devient son ami. L'auteur adresse un mot à l'intention des parents et éducateurs et propose des attitudes à adopter face aux personnes handicapées. Années 3-6.La louve de Kaniapiskau (Collection Romans d'aujourd'hui)
By André Vacher. 1980
Autour du Lac Kaniapiskau vivent des Indiens, encore fidèles tant bien que mal aux traditions de leurs pères. Mais l'homme…
blanc se fait de plus en plus menaçant; et voilà qu'il est question de construire des barrages qui inonderont leurs territoires de chasse. 1980.Not if I see you first
By Eric Lindstrom. 2015
Blind sixteen-year-old Parker Grant navigates friendships and romantic relationships, including a run-in with a boy who previously broke her heart,…
while coping with her father's recent death. For junior and senior high readers. 2015.Guillaume: roman (Gulliver jeunesse. #63.)
By François Gravel. 1995
Nobody cries at bingo
By Dawn Dumont. 2011
The narrator, Dawn, invites the reader to witness first hand Dumont family life on the Okanese First Nation. Beyond the…
stereotypes and clichés of Rez dogs, drinking, and bingos, the story of a girl who loved to read begins to unfold. It is her hopes, dreams, and indomitable humour that lay bare the beauty and love within her family. Includes violence and strong language. 2011.Nirliit: A Novel
By Anita Anand, Juliana Léveillé-Trudel. 2018
A young woman from Montreal follows the geese to the Inuit North in this deeply-felt witnessing of contemporary Indigenous life,…
as shaped by decades of colonial rule and government neglect. Having worked in the North for years, Juliana Léveillé-Trudel offers a portrait of a people undaunted by institutionalized racism, but in many cases broken by domestic violence, corporate mining, and the corrupting presence of summer workers up from the South in search of big paycheques. Delivered across two searing monologues, Nirliit is a testament to a people's perseverance as much as it is an apology by those who inflicted those circumstances upon them. 2018. Uniform title: Nirliit.Night moves
By Richard Van Camp. 2015
As a window into the magic and medicine of the Northwest Territories, Van Camp's fourth short story collection is hilarious…
and heartbreaking. A teenaged boy confesses to a vicious assault on a cross-dressing classmate; Lance tells the sensual story of becoming much closer to his wife's dear friend Juanita; while a reluctant giant catches up with gangsters Torchy and Sfen in a story with shades of supernatural and earthly menace. 2015.Napi's dance
By Alanda Greene. 2012
Alberta, mid-1800s. The perspectives of a Blackfoot woman of the Blood tribe and of a young Irish/English woman who comes…
west with her family reveal a time of great change, disruption and loss. It was a time also of resilience, renewal and determination. The novel gives a picture of a land and people irrevocably changed and an insight into that world from a feminine perspective. 2012.Never say die
By Will Hobbs. 2013
Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in far northern…
Canada, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic magazine. Grades 5-8. 2013.Murder in Grub Street (A sir John Fielding Mystery Ser.)
By Bruce Alexander. 1995
Blind magistrate Sir John Fielding investigates the murders of a publisher and his family. Although a visiting poet was found…
bloodied at the scene, Fielding enlists the help of his ward, Jeremy Proctor, to search for the truth. A shady Christian organization from America becomes suspect after a synagogue is burned. Sequel to "Blind justice". 1995.Mockingbird
By Kathryn Erskine. 2010
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home…
she seeks closure for her brother's death by working on a project with her father. Grades 4-7. National Book Award. 2010.Monkey beach
By Eden Robinson. 2000
The Haisla community on the north west coast of British Columbia is devastated when the pride of their village, young…
Jimmy Hill, disappears at sea in a boating accident. Jimmy's sister Lisamarie reflects on the effect his death has on their community and on their family. She also reflects on their family, their culture, and Jimmy's life. Some strong language. 2000.Motorcycles & sweetgrass
By Drew Hayden Taylor. 2010
Otter Lake is a sleepy Anishnawbe community where little happens, until the day a handsome stranger pulls up astride a…
1953 Indian Chief motorcycle - and turns Otter Lake completely upside down. Maggie, the Reserve's chief, is swept off her feet, but Virgil, her teenage son, is less than enchanted. Suspicious of the stranger's intentions, he teams up with his uncle Wayne - a master of aboriginal martial arts - and local raccoons to drive the stranger from the Reserve. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2010.Le silence de Clara
By Patrick Cauvin. 2005
Un producteur de films se retrouve seul pour prendre soin d'un enfant autiste qui, "comme sous hypnose", se met à…
écrire (le récit d'un ouvrage imaginaire en Alaska). Mais l'amour triomphera, la mère reviendra et le couple pourra se pencher sur un "passé familial surprenant". 2005.Midnight sweatlodge
By Waubgeshig Rice. 2011
A group of strangers and family gather together to partake of the ancient aboriginal ceremony of the sweatlodge. Each seeks…
healing from the ceremony, and each character gives us a glimpse into their lives. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. c2011.Mirror, mirror on the wall: the diary of Bess Brennan (Dear America)
By Barry Denenberg. 2002
In 1932 twelve-year-old Bess loses her sight in a sledding accident. Dictating her thoughts to her twin sister, Elin, on…
weekend visits home, Bess keeps a diary describing life at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts, where she learns to read braille. Grades 5-8. 2002.Matisiwin
By Marie Christine Bernard. 2015
En langue atikamekw, moteskano désigne le chemin parcouru dans les traces des ancêtres. Pour le peuple des Nehirowisiw, c'est un…
retour vers soi-même pour renouer avec le corps et avec le coeur, la voie qu'empruntera Sarah-Mikonic Ottawa, décidée à faire le trajet à la dernière minute. On la suivra, mais on entendra plutôt la voix de sa kokom, sa grand-mère morte, racontant les histoires entrelacées de toute une lignée de femmes. Ce roman explore tout de l'identité transmise de femme en femme. Sarah marchera, réfléchira et trébuchera, mais choisira elle-même l'aboutissement de son chemin, celui de matisiwin... vivre. 2015.Medicine walk
By Richard Wagamese. 2014
Franklin Starlight is sixteen years old and has had the most fleeting of relationships with his real father, Eldon. The…
rare moments they've shared haunt and trouble Frank, but when he is called to visit his father, he answers it as a son's duty. He finds Eldon decimated after years of drinking, dying of liver failure in a small town flophouse. Eldon asks his son to take him into the mountains, so he may be buried in the traditional Ojibway manner. What ensues is a journey through the rugged and beautiful backcountry of the B.C. Interior, and a journey into the past, as the two men push forward to Eldon's end. Bestseller. Winner of the 2015 Evergreen Award. 2014.Medicine River
By Thomas King. 1990
A young Canadian Indian returns to his hometown outside the Blackfoot Reservation and recovers his lost heritage among a varied…
cast of characters, including and all-Indian basketball team, a marriage doctor, and a world traveler. 1990.Au cinéma Lux ((Les Uns les autres).)
By Janine Teisson. 1998
Marine et Mathieu fréquentent avec assiduité le Cinéma Lux chaque mercredi soir, pour assister à la séance de ciné club…
organisée par M. Piot, "propriétaire-caissier-ouvreuse-opérateur", encyclopédie vivante du septième art. Le soir de la projection de West Side Story, le film est coupé. Mathieu en profite pour échanger quelques mots avec sa jeune voisine, envoûté par son parfum. Ce dialogue est le début d'une histoire d'amour dans laquelle chacun s'interdit de s'abandonner. L'un et l'autre portent un lourd secret qui semble leur interdire toute forme de bonheur. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 1998.