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By Beverley Naidoo. 1997
Twelve-year-old Sipho decides that he will take his chances on the streets of Johannesburg rather than risk more beatings from…
his new stepfather. Sipho meets other runaway boys, who teach him the basics of survival. He learns there are worse people than cruel stepfathers, but he also finds reasons to hope for the future. Grades 5-8. 1997.By La Jill Hunt. 2007
By Deborah Ellis. 2010
Orphaned Abdul from war-torn Baghdad, Rosalia, a Rom girl who has escaped the white slave trade, Cheslav, gone AWOL from…
a Russian military school, and Jonah, their boat pilot's ten-year-old nephew, are stalled in the Channel, trying to get to England after the pilot has died. The four of them end up hijacking a yacht and, despite their fear and mistrust, form a kind of makeshift family. And as the authorities close in on them, they find refuge in an unusual place - a child's secret cave on the English coast. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2010.By M. G Vassanji. 1991
During the 1970s, Nurdin Lalani and his family, Asians from Africa, arrive in Toronto. Nurdin Lalani is haunted by his…
old-world values, and has trouble finding a good job, but his difficult life becomes more complicated when he is accused of assaulting a girl. A detailed and ironic portrait of an immigrant community. Some strong language.By Mairuth Sarsfield. 1997
In the Black community of 1940s Montreal, Marian Willow is a young widow trying to raise three girls to lives…
not hindered by class and colour. Her elegant American expatriate neighbour, Torrie Delacourt, helps the girls survive the subtle racism they encounter. But the women's rivalry for the love of Edmund Thompson, a handsome railway porter, pits them against each other. Canada Reads 2005. 1997.By Aram Kim. 2018
By Jewell Parker Rhodes. 2010
In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to…
stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them. Grades 4-7. 2010.By Chanel Cleeton. 2018
Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba's tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate. When…
family history comes to light and Marisol finds herself attracted to a man with secrets of his own, she'll need the lessons of her grandmother's past to help her understand the true meaning of courage. 2018.By Joy Kogawa. 2008
A young couple leaves Japan for the coast of Canada, bringing a cherry seed to plant in their new garden.…
But one day, war breaks out between the two countries, and the family is sent to an internment camp away from the coast. And though daughter Naomi often dreams of going home, the dream fades as the years go by. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2008.By Richard Wright. 1940
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny:…
by chance, it was for murder and rape. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, it is a reflection of the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America. Descriptions of violence. 1940.By Deborah Ellis. 2012
Parvana, now fifteen, has been reunited with her mother and sisters and is living in a village where her mother…
has opened a school for girls. But even though the Taliban has been driven from the government, the country is still at war, and many continue to view the education and freedom of girls and women with suspicion and fear. When local men threaten the school and her family, she must draw on every ounce of bravery and resilience she possesses to survive. For junior and senior high readers. Companion to The Breadwinner trilogy: “The breadwinner” (DC22033), “Parvana’s journey” (DC25167), and “Mud city” (DC25745). 2012.By Yasuko Thanh. 2016
1908. The French rule Saigon. Georges-Minh, a Vietnamese national and Paris-educated physician, nurses a secret loathing for the French connections…
that have made him rich, even as they have torn his beloved country apart. With a group calling themselves the Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains, Georges-Minh plots revenge, by creating a poison to mix into the Christmas dinner of a garrison of French soldiers. But the assassination attempt goes horribly wrong. Forced to flee into the deep jungles of the outer provinces, Georges-Minh must care for his infant son, manage the growing madness of his wife, and elude capture by the hill tribes and the small--but lethal--pockets of French sympathizers. Winner of the 2016 Roger’s Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. 2016.By Stephen Henighan. 2017
R.U. Singh has always known he is destined to live the life of an English country squire. After a few…
false starts, in Bombay, Thunder Bay, and Toronto, he settles into a comfortable existence as a small-town Ontario lawyer, much solicited for the diversity he lends committees and conclaves. But--lest he forget--he is accepted only at the whim of his woman in white, a commanding university administrator, and by her whim can also fall. 2017.By Niobia Bryant. 2018
She cheated with one of her best friends' husbands--and turned scathing publicity into cash-money celebrity. But Jessa Bell has reformed.…
She's trying to make amends to those she did wrong, and she's started a successful business catching rich unfaithful spouses. Her agents are beautiful lost girls who get a shot at the good life. And when Jessa's sizzling affair with private detective Hammer turns into love and marriage, she's sure she's finally doing things right... Until she catches Hammer sleeping with one of her agents just months after their wedding. His betrayal, plus the return of someone from her past who is being used by her deadliest enemy, makes Jessa go back to her old ways with a vengeance... Now Jessa's leaving no secret buried as she pursues every forbidden passion---and shatters the lives of those who cross her. But it's the enemies Jessa doesn't see coming who have her dead in their sights. And she'll need to up her game past the limit to face a devastating truth--and survive. Sequel to "Mistress, Inc." 2018.By Deborah Ellis. 2014
Fifteen-year-old Farrin has many secrets. Although she goes to a school for gifted girls in Tehran, as the daughter of…
an aristocratic mother and wealthy father, Farrin must keep a low profile. It is 1988; ever since the Shah was overthrown, the deeply conservative and religious government controls every facet of life in Iran. If the Revolutionary Guard finds out about her mother's “Bring Back the Shah” activities, her family could be thrown in jail, or worse. The day she meets Sadira, Farrin's life changes forever. Sadira is funny, wise, and outgoing; the two girls become inseparable. But as their friendship deepens into romance, the relationship takes a dangerous turn. It is against the law to be gay in Iran; the punishment is death. Despite their efforts to keep their love secret, the girls are discovered and arrested. Separated from Sadira, Farrin can only pray as she awaits execution. Will her family find a way to save them both? For senior high readers. 2014.By Pat G'Orge-Walker. 2009
On a road trip, Sister Betty and a gaggle of colourful characters discover what matters most. Sister Betty determines to…
carry out her friend's last wishes by delivering million-dollar checks to three pastors in Baltimore. Others give chase - hoping to convince her to spread the wealth. 2009.By Austin Clarke. 2008
At the news of her son's involvement in gang crime, Idora Morrison collapses in her rented basement apartment. For four…
days and nights, she retreats into a vortex of memory, pain, and disappointment that unravels her life as a black immigrant in Toronto. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2008.By Walter Dean Myers. 1992
T.J., his brother Moondance, and their teammate Mop, who has been happily adopted by their baseball coach, are playing in…
a tournament with teams from Mexico, France, and Japan, with the hope of winning a trip to Japan. T.J. is worried about his adopted mom's pregnancy, and the team is worried about their new player, Greg, and his mom, who are homeless. Sequel to "Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid." c1992.By Rachna Gilmore. 2000
Mina used to love her grandfather, her Nanaji, but now that he lives with her and her parents, he's always…
bothering and embarrassing her. But when a girl at school, Ashley, makes fun of him, Mina decides to get revenge at her family's annual Holi party, a special Hindu festival. Grades 3-6. 2000.By Nami Mun. 2009
Growing up in the Bronx during the '80s, Korean immigrant teen Joon is forced out on her own as her…
family crumbles around her. From there Joon comes of age on the streets of New York, balancing on a tightrope between living and surviving while displaying equal measures of street smarts and naiveté. Over time, Joon comes to understand herself and her place in the world. 2009.