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By Peter Carver, Teresa Toten. 2001
Dani Webster had played the Game with her sister Kelly for as long as she could remember - they had…
been on a quest to vanquish evil. But everything is hazy now as she recovers from substance abuse at a psychiatric hospital for 'teens with problems'. Dani must confront a deeper emotional trauma - one which she can neither explain nor recognize - to face her family's deep dysfunctions and eliminate the Game for her life forever. For senior high students. Some strong language. 2003.By Kelli Deeth. 2001
Eleven stories following a girl called Leah growing up in a dysfunctional family in the suburbs. They bear witness to…
a girl standing on the edge, between girl and woman, between self and self-loathing, in search of love and acceptance. Despite all their failings, Leah and her family continue to have hope that love will triumph. 2001.By Karen Rivers. 2003
Sixteen-year-old Haley is in her last year of high school, and she likes to think she's just a normal girl,…
plagued with all the normal teenage problems. But then disaster strikes: she comes down with the chickenpox and no one will speak to her. Worse still, her hippie dad is in trouble with the law. Junior and senior high readers. 2003.By John Boyne. 2006
Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted…
by his people. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2006.By Jamieson Findlay. 2002
Syeira lives in Haysele, a land of horses and horse-sensitives. When the wild mare Arwin's tow colts are taken from…
her, Syeira decides to help Arwin rescue them, even if she must risk her life to do so. But their mission proves harder than they imagined. For junior high readers. 2002.By Andrew H Vanderwal. 2009
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.By Marian Keyes. 2000
Who will have the nervous breakdown? Will it be Clodagh who awaits her beautiful husband's homecoming, or Lisa, hard and…
brittle and recently demoted? Or perhaps it will be Ashling who is so normal that she is actually weird. Descriptions of sex. 2000.By Glen Huser. 2003
When Travis transfers to a new school, he becomes a big target for his old nemesis Shon and his thug…
friends. Maybe it's because Travis lives in a trailer park with his gentle aunt, his uncle Miserable Mike, and lots of little cousins while his country-and-western singer mother is on the road. Or maybe it's because he loves to sew, wants to be a professional puppeteer, and his best friend is a girl, Chantelle, who comes from an even stranger family than he does. Some strong language. For junior high readers. Winner of the 2003 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 2003.By Jennifer Jacobson. 2005
1975. Sixteen-year-old Jocelyn grapples with ambivalent boyfriend Benny and the frightening disappearance of Gabe, whom she's known from early childhood.…
Both Benny and Gabe seem to be influenced in some dark way by the local Roman Catholic priest, Father Warren, the link between the three of them. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2005.By Louis Sachar. 1983
Angeline could read the first time she picked up a book and play the piano without lessons. But being smart…
means that the mean kids in school call her a freak, her teacher finds her troublesome, and even her own father doesn't know what to do with her. Angeline just wants the chance to be herself, but it's only when she makes friends with a boy the kids call "Goon" and the teacher they call "Mr. Bone" that she gets that chance. Grades 4-7. c1983.By Peggy Dymond Leavey. 1999
When thirteen-year-old Jane Covington is sent to spend her summer vacation with her grandmother at Sky Lake, the last thing…
she expects to be doing is solving a seventy-year-old mystery. But that's exactly what she does when she becomes interested in a long ago fire. Jane finds a cry for help in the form of a letter tucked into an old library book and begins the search for more clues and information with a little help from her friend Corrie. Grades 5-8. 1999.By Mary C Sheppard. 2001
Goody-goody Rebecca, studious Kate, and outspoken Melinda have spent every summer together in Cook's Cove, Newfoundland, for as long as…
they can remember. When a stranger comes to town and invites Rebecca to go to Boston to develop her artistic talent, the girls are exposed to the outside world and a chance to fulfill dreams. Strict and formidable Grace, Rebecca's mother, forbids her to go, and Melinda, in finding out why, comes face to face with difficult choices. For junior and senior high readers. 2001.By Elise Broach. 2005
Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of…
a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbour, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school. 2006 Edgar Award finalist. Grades 4-7. 2005.By Lesley Choyce. 1999
When Craig makes first string on his high school football team, he is surprised to learn that his best friend…
Ray has also made the team and has become the best player on the field. Craig soon discovers Ray's secret, and begins taking steroids too. However, he begins to experience side effects, including periods of rage. Now he must come clean with his coach and family and convince Ray his health is in danger. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.By Donald Percy Dickinson. 2000
It is 1958 in the tourist outpost of Wasagam, Saskatchewan. Robbie Hendershot, the eleven-year-old son of a World War II…
rear gunner and his British war bride, is embarking on a summer that will change his outlook on life forever. When his British granddad takes his mother and younger brother back to England, he is left behind to uncover the mysteries of family, religion, friendship and the price of war. Strong language, some descriptions of violence and sex. c2000.By Kristin Butcher. 2009
Did Jessica murder one of her playmates, a troubled boy named Charlie, when she was twelve years old? Disturbed by…
recurring dreams, her memory clouded by a childhood illness, Jessica returns to Victoria, British Columbia, her hometown and the site of the possible crime. She and longtime best friend Jilly jump back into the 6-year-old mystery - and into danger. For senior high readers. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2009.By Richard Wagamese. 2009
Four chronically homeless people - Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger - seek refuge in a warm movie…
theatre, and fall in love with the movies. Returning to the theatre, they meet Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist, and a friendship is struck. When the four find a winning lottery ticket, but can't claim the prize for lack of proper identification, they enlist the help of Granite, and their lives, and fortunes, become forever changed. Some descriptions of violence, explicit strong language. 2008.By Deborah Ellis. 2002
Parvana, a young girl who lives in Afghanistan during the Taliban years, leaves Kabul to search for her family. Disguised…
as a boy, she travels with other children - an infant boy, a nine-year-old girl who believes she has magical powers over land mines, and an obnoxious boy with one leg. As war breaks out, Parvana realizes that her family could be anywhere in the country, but she knows she has to find them. Sequel to "The breadwinner" . Grades 5-8. 2002.By Deborah Froese, Rhea Tregebov. 2001
Life finally seems good to sixteen-year-old Dayle - instead of being the shy bookworm, she now has the perfect dream…
boyfriend and another boy interested in her as well. Her world is going along like a typical teenager's when a sudden moment of carelessness causes tragedy. Dayle, badly burned, must go through despair and triumph as she learns that her own resources go much deeper than appearances. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2001.By Sarah Cummins, Gilles Gauthier. 1999
Carl is spending his summer holidays on the Magdalen Islands with his friend Gary and Gary's dog Dumpling. Terrified of…
everything, Dumpling clings tightly to Gary. Carl can't help remembering his noble and magnificent dog, Mooch, and wanting to do something to honour Mooch's life. Translation of: Petit Chausson, Grande Babouche. Grades 2-4. 1999. Uniform title: Petit Chausson, Grande Babouche.