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The ghost of the Stanley Cup (Screech Owls series. #11.)
By Roy MacGregor. 2000
The spirit of former Governor General Lord Stanley seems to be haunting the festivities at the Little Stanley Cup Pee…
Wee Tournament in Ottawa -- literally! As the Screech Owls hockey team tour the nation's capital, they encounter his ghost everywhere. Then they start meeting some other ones, like Tom Thomson and Joe Hall, not to mention a former prime minister! But what are these historical figures trying to tell the players? Grades 4-7. (The Screech Owls series ; 11)Death spiral
By James W Nichol. 2009
Wilf McLauchlin, a celebrated WWII Canadian Spitfire fighter pilot, returns home to a hero's welcome. Almost immediately afterwards, a series…
of bizarre murders begin occurring, and Wilf finds himself trying to solve them - and wondering if he is somehow causing them. Wilf follows his own trail back to when he was shot down over Germany, and makes the shattering connection. 2009.Forfeit
By Dick Francis. 1968
Cold fear
By Rick Mofina. 2001
While camping with her family in Montana's Glacier National Park, a 10-year-old girl disappears. As a multi-agency task force launches…
a massive search, the little girl fights to survive in the wilderness while her mother enters her own life-and-death race to rescue her child. Because someone else who knows a dark secret from the past wants to find her daughter, too. 2001.Blind alley (Eve Duncan series. #5.)
By Iris Johansen. 2004
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan reconstructs a victim's face - one who eerily resembles Eve's adopted daughter Jane. While a serial…
killer targets Jane look-alikes, Jane's recurrent nightmares track the path of the murderer to her door. Bestseller. 2004. (Eve Duncan series ; 5)Weep no more, my lady
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1987
Before testifying at the trial of the man accused of murdering her beloved sister, a distraught Elizabeth goes to a…
California spa. She is surprised to find the accused murderer there, and suspects she is being manipulated. Bestseller 1987.The 7 professors of the far north
By John Fardell. 2004
Sam's holiday with his friends Zara and Ben is interrupted when a bedraggled traveller blows in on a storm, reawakening…
a mystery from their Great Uncle Alexander's past. For thirty years, the remote Arctic island of Nordbergen has remained desolate and uninhabited, but now, strange aircraft have been seen landing and armed guards patrol the island's fringes. And Professor Murdo has returned to Nordbergen to complete his secret and deadly work. Sam, Zara and Ben embark on a desperate rescue mission to the frozen Arctic Ocean. To make the journey, they must discover one of the most extraordinary secrets in the world, and to survive, they must rely on their courage, their ingenuity and the assistance of strangers. Grades 4-7. 2004.Une plage trop chaude ((Ado ; 40) #Vol. 40)
By Chrystine Brouillet. 2008
"Natasha et son cousin pierre passent les vacances de Noël chez leurs grandsparents, en Floride. Ils se font vite des…
amis. Pierre tombe amoureux de Maia, tandis que Natasha s'éprend de Jeremy, si beau, si mystérieux. Mais les vacances prennent une drôle de tournure quand on repêche le cadavre d'un champion de natation. Soudain, les amis de Natasha et de Pierre deviennent très secrets, et même un peu étranges... Une plage trop chaude, une aventure policière brûlante oû Natasha prouve qu'elle n'a pas froid aux yeux." -- 4e de couv.Time flies when you're chasing spies: a Halifax mystery
By Allison Maher. 2012
Andrew's mother, Marion, works for a security company that makes high-tech spy gear to keep world leaders safe. When she…
goes missing on the eve of a G8 summit in Halifax, Andrew and his father work desperately to find her. Luckily, Andrew and his best friend, both thirteen, are no strangers to danger, and they follow Andrew's instincts -- which run directly counter to the instructions his father gave him. When the two friends are nearly caught in a huge explosion at Citadel Hill, Andrew realizes his mother could be in even deeper trouble than he thought. For junior and senior high readers. Includes violence. 2012.The horror at Camp Jellyjam (Goosebumps. #33.)
By R. L Stine. 1995
While Wendy and Elliot are on a boring car trip with their parents, they ask if they can ride in…
the trailer. But the trailer comes loose, and Wendy and Elliot crash into an unusual summer camp. Camp Jellyjam's motto is "only the best," and the children are encouraged to win. But Wendy's roommate wins and then disappears. And all of the counsellors seem to be in a trance. Sequel to "The Barking Ghost". Followed by "Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes". Grades 4-7. 1995. (Goosebumps ; 33)Haunted Hospital (Orca Currents)
By Marty Chan. 2020
Xander thinks the George Wickerman Hospital would be the perfect setting for Spirits and Specters, a role-playing game where players…
go on “missions” to find evidence of paranormal activities. According to local legend, tuberculosis patients were used as test subjects in medical experiments that ended tragically, and their disfigured ghosts walk the hallways of this now-abandoned building. What better location to go ghost hunting? Even though they didn’t really believe the rumors, Xander and his friends soon begin to suspect that they are not alone. Is this place actually haunted by ghosts? Or something even more terrifying?An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem. In this…
lyrical story-poem, written in Anishinaabemowin and English, a child and grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings. We accompany them through warm summer days full of wildflowers, bees and blueberries, then fall, when bears feast before hibernation and forest mushrooms are ripe for harvest. Winter mornings begin in darkness as deer, mice and other animals search for food, while spring brings green shoots poking through melting snow and the chirping of peepers. Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley have created a book inspired by childhood memories of time spent with Knowledge Keepers, observing and living in relationship with the natural world in the place they call home — the northern reaches of Anishinaabewaking, around the Great Lakes.Carmen et la maison sauvage
By Susan Hughes. 2021
Carmen et Dragon, sa salamandre géante adorent explorer les bois entourant leur maison. Quand ses parents lui annoncent qu'ils vont…
déménager en ville, Carmen est inconsolable. Non seulement elle devra quitter sa forêt, mais de plus, Dragon, ne pourra pas les suivre, car elle serait trop malheureuse loin de la nature.Alors qu'elle assiste à la construction de leur nouvelle maison par un certain Antoni Gaudí, Carmen découvre que cet homme mystérieux semble aussi avoir une passion pour la nature.Inspiré par l'histoire de la création de la célèbre Casa Batlló, cet album nous encourage à trouver l'inspiration autour de nous et à garder nos coeurs ouverts au changement. Les magnifiques illustrations à l'aquarelle donnent vie à l'oeuvre révolutionnaire de GaudíUn hérisson dans le bedon
By Justine Laberge. 2021
Marine a six ans. Elle a un rire contagieux et un hérisson dans le bedon ! Oui, oui, un vrai…
hérisson. Il est là, logé au creux de son ventre. Quand il se réveille un peu trop souvent à son goût , elle ressent toutes sortes de choses désagréables. Pour calmer et rendormir ce petit animal, Marine propose des astuces qui l'aident à apaiser ses inquiétudes et à se sentir mieux. Un album doux et candide pour apprendre aux enfants à apprivoiser lanxiété.Tout le monde joue: Kimêtawânaw
By Julie Flett. 2021
Tout le monde aime jouer ! Suivez-nous dans une joyeuse aventure en pleine nature, aux côtés d'une belle bande d'animaux…
sauvages : des oiseaux qui volent et gazouillent, des baleines qui nagent et glougloutent, des lynx qui chahutent et culbutent. Au fil d'un récit parfaitement simple aux illustrations magnifiques, des enfants de tous les âges s'amusent et folâtrent, eux aussi. Tout le monde joue célèbre les liens qui nous unissent à la nature et décrit l'émerveillement par le jeu. Le livre inclut également un glossaire en langue crie de tous les noms d'animaux aperçusL'incendiaire de Sudbury (Noir)
By Chloé LaDuchesse. 2022
Emmanuelle se terre à Sudbury depuis quelques années et joint les deux bouts grâce à des contrats de design web…
pour des clients plus ou moins réglos. Lorsqu'elle retrouve le vieil agenda de son ancien amant, qui a mystérieusement disparu de la carte il y a huit mois, elle se met en tête d'apprendre ce qui lui est arrivé. Sa femme, la redoutable docteure Herman, l'aurait-elle banni, voire éliminé en découvrant ses infidélités? Plusieurs autres hommes manquent à l'appel, surtout des paumés des cobayes parfaits pour l'étude clinique de Herman. Emmanuelle mène l'enquête, jamais tout à fait sobre, prenant de plus en plus de risquesThe warning: a short story
By Sophie Hannah. 2015
Single mom Chloe leaves her nine-year-old daughter's audition music in the car. They are rescued when a bicyclist offers to…
retrieve it. After Chloe brings him a thank-you gift at his work, she receives an odd warning from the receptionist about how dangerous he is. Strong language. 2015The grownup: A Story By The Author Of Gone Girl
By Gillian Flynn. 2014
When a young psychic visits the eerie Victorian home that is the source of her client Susan's terror and grief,…
she realizes she may not have to pretend to believe in ghosts anymore. Susan's creepy stepson doesn't help matters. Uncontracted braille. 2014"Il y a trois ans, le père, Jean, est parti. Ensuite, petit à petit, la vie a repris le dessus.…
Beny ne l'a plus cherché dans les siphons des lavabos, Maël est sorti de sa torpeur, et Louise s'est remise à jouer. Puis, avec les premiers pas de Marie, Telma, la mère, s'est redressée et elle s'est remise à ranger. Seulement voilà, maintenant Jean est revenu". -- 4e de couvWhat my girlfriend doesn't know
By Sonya Sones. 2007
Robin, Sophie's boyfriend from What My Mother Doesn't Know (BR 14156), relates in free verse his perspective on love and…
heartache. Robin fears that Sophie may dump him because he is a social outcast and she catches him kissing another girl. Uncontracted braille. For senior high readers. 2007