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By Pamela Paige Porter. 2005
1965. After Emaline, 11, is crippled in a tractor accident, Daddy kills her beloved dog, Prince, and walks away from…
their Saskatchewan farm. Mom takes in Angus from the local mental hospital to help with the farm work, but the neighbours jeer and complain about the crazy man. Emaline sees Angus' kindness and strength, but it is only when he performs the ultimate act of heroism that others in the town finally recognize his worth as a human being. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2007 Golden Oak Award. Winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 2005.By Karen Romano Young. 1999
At fifteen, Daisy, who is as obsessed with cars as the rest of her family, convinces her reluctant father to…
let her try to restore his purple 1957 Volkswagen Beetle. While she struggles to work on the car, Daisy experiences her first relationships with boys. For Junior and Senior high readers. 1999.By Eric Walters. 2009
Slacker Edward fakes a learning disability to gain a special-education designation in school. But instead of lowering his parents' expectations,…
Edward ends up working harder than ever. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. Grades 5-8. 2009.By Lois Lenski. 1995
Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer and her family have just moved to the Florida backwoods and are struggling to make a living…
by raising strawberries. Making the new farm prosper is not easy, with the heat, droughts, and cold snaps to get through. Perhaps the most worrisome thing for the Boyers is the rowdy family on the adjoining farm, who are ready and waiting to start a feud. Grades 4-7. 1995.By L. M Montgomery, Hélène Rioux. 1992
La maison aux pignons verts dans lequel les enfants d'Anne et de Gilbert continuent à nous charmer par leur imagination…
fertile. La jeune Rilla s'avère aussi vive d'esprit que sa mère Anne. Un portrait saississant sur la Première Guerre mondiale vu par des enfants, de quoi faire réfléchir les adultes. Huitième roman de la populaire série Anne. Années 5-8. 1992, c1920. Titre uniforme: Rilla of Ingleside.From the age of eight, Roberta Bondar knew she wanted to be an astronaut. In January 1992 she made Canadian…
history when she became the first Canadian woman, and first neurologist, to go into space on board Discovery. The story of her journey to become a leading astronaut is a fascinating tale of dedication, commitment, and courage. Grades 4-7. 2004.By L. M Montgomery, Hélène Rioux. 1991
Dixième titre de la série Anne qui a conquis les publics de monde entier. Dans ces chroniques littéraires du merveilleux,…
l'auteure évoque comme toujours des personnages attachants qui évoluent dans les paysages ensorcelants de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. c1991. Titre uniforme: Further chronicles of Avonlea.By L. M Montgomery, Hélène Rioux. 1991
Romancière connue et lue dans le monde entier, Lucy Maud Montgomery poursuit dans ces 12 chroniques les aventures d'Anne Shirley…
et de ses amis. Qui dit chronique dit conte. Lire Lucy Maud Montgomery, c'est avoir envie de conter aux autres l'histoire des personnages et des paysages de notre vie. Douze invitations à s'émerveiller dans les paysages envotants de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Suivi de "Chroniques d'Avonlea II" (FD02524). 1991, c1912. Titre uniforme: Chronicles of Avonlea.By L. M Montgomery, Hélène Rioux. 1991
Il y a une nouvelle famille à Ingleside, un pasteur veuf plus doué pour écrire ses sermons que pour élever…
ses enfants. Et il y a aussi une orpheline en fuite de sa famille d'accueil où on la maltraitait. Années 5-8. Suite de "Anne d'Ingleside" (FD02536). Suivi par "Rilla d'Ingleside" (FD02652). 1991. (Anne...La Maison aux pignons verts ; 7)By Gilles Gauthier, Jules Prud'Homme. 1993
Voici de nouvelles aventures d'Edgar Alain Campeau, plus que jamais trouble par l'etrange similitude de son destin avec celui d'Edgar…
Allan Poe, un auteur de romans fantastiques auquel il s'identifie etroitement. A douze ans, Edgar experimente les joies et peines d'un drole de premier amour, un amour impossible avec Jezabel. Precede par "Edgar le bizarre". Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. c1993.By Margaret Smith. 1992
During the 1930s, 13-year-old Margy is sent from her father's Manitoba farm to live with two aunts in Ontario. Margy's…
irrepressible spirit carries her into many misadventures as she adapts to her new life. Grades 5-8. 1992.By Jean Little, Martine Faubert. 2005
Chroniques inspirées du destin d'orphelins anglais envoyés au Canada, relatant le quotidien d'une famille pieuse royaliste ontarienne de Guelph, ayant…
accueilli une domestique anglaise de douze ans sous leur toit alors que la mère attendait un autre enfant. Le tout est raconté par leur fille Victoria Joséphine, du même âge, à travers son journal. En plus d'y suivre le déroulement des événements, y sont décrits les moeurs et coutumes de l'époque et le sort réservé aux orphelins à leur arrivée au pays, entre 1875 et 1930, la plupart du temps séparés de leurs frères et soeurs et n'ayant pour seul bagage qu'un coffre de bois étiqueté à leur nom. Années 4-7. 2005. Titre uniforme: Orphan at my door.By Rudyard Kipling, Louis Fabulet, Robert D'Humières. 1899
Les aventures de Mowgli, un jeune garçon élevé dans la jungle au milieu des loups et de ses amis l'ours…
Baloo, la panthère Bagheera et le serpent Kaa. Années 4-7. 1993, c1899.By Theresa Breslin. 2006
A young man lies bleeding in the street. It's Glasgow. The Orange Walks have begun. Graham doesn't want to be…
involved. He just wants to play football with his new mate, Joe. But when he witnesses a shocking moment of violence, suddenly he and Joe are involved. With Catholics, and with Protestants. With a young Muslim asylum-seeker, and his girlfriend. With all the old rivalries and fears. A gripping tale about two boys who must find their own answers - and their own way forward - in a world divided by differences. Junior High. 2006.By Andrew McNab. 2006
Kevin has spent enough quiet nights in watching TV and decides he'd like a night out. He's not talking about…
a pint and a packet of peanuts down at the local. He's going to attempt to pull off a daring bank roberry single handed. Kevin is about to take a heart-thumping step into the unknown. For junior high readers. 2006.By Mel Cebulash. 1993
Sully Gomez is a tough private detective always ready to help someone who needs a hand. When somone almost blows…
up Sully's landlord, he attempts to track down the culprit. Junior high. 1993.By Robert Louis Stevenson, Janice Greene. 1999
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her…
son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's work, published in 1883. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.By Stephen Crane, Emily Hutchinson. 1999
Henry Fleming, an unsophisticated country boy, enthusiastic to serve his country, enlists with the Union forces at the beginning of…
the Civil War. At first, the shock of war causes him to retreat and his heroic vision of himself fades. In the next battle, however, his courage revives as he carries forward the regiment's colours in a crucial advance. Adaptation of the American classic by Stephen Crane, originally published in 1895. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.By Robert Louis Stevenson, Janice Greene. 1999
A kind and well-respected doctor can turn himself into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug he has created.…
Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", first published in 1886. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.By Mark Twain, Joanne Suter. 1999