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The end of the line
By Sharon E McKay. 2014
Five-year-old Beatrix looks on in horror as a soldier forces her mother off the tram. It is 1942 in Amsterdam,…
and everyone knows what happens to Jews who are taken away by the Nazis. The soldier turns his attention to Beatrix, when suddenly, the ticket-taker, Lars Gorter, blurts out that she is his niece. With his brother Hans, the tram conductor, they manage to rescue the child from the same fate as her mother. The two elderly brothers realize that they are now in charge of the little girl. They are at a loss -- after all, neither one has ever married, let alone has children. They know that harbouring a Jew could cost them their lives, but in desperation, they turn to a neighbour, Mrs. Vos, for help. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2015-16 Hackmatack Award for fiction. Winner of the 2016 Silver Birch Express Award. 2014.The breadwinner (Breadwinner Ser. #1)
By Deborah Ellis. 2000
A story about loyalty, survival, families and friendship, set against the backdrop of an intolerable existence in war-torn Afghanistan. Eleven-year-old…
Parvana lives in Taliban-controlled Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. Masquerading as a boy, Parvana goes to work in the streets so that her family can eat. Parvana becomes the breadwinner. Grades 5-8. 2000.The adventures of Miss Petitfour
By Anne Michaels. 2015
Miss Petitfour enjoys having adventures that are just the right size - fitting into a single, magical day. She is…
an expert at baking and eating fancy iced cakes, and her favourite mode of travel is "par avion." On windy days, she takes her sixteen cats out for an airing. With the aid of her favorite tea party tablecloth as a makeshift balloon, Miss Petitfour and her charges fly over her village, having many little adventures along the way. Grades 2-4. 2015.Terror at Turtle Mountain
By Penny Draper. 2006
It's 4:00 am, April 29, 1903, and Nathalie lies awake in her coal town at the base of Turtle Mountain,…
listening for a train - the Spokane Flyer, bringing her cousin for a visit. Instead, Nathalie hears rocks tumbling down the mountain onto the town and the railway track. As she helps search for survivors, desperate questions fill her mind: how many have died? Will the men inside the mine be safe? And will the train be stopped in time? Grades 4-7. 2006.The adventures of Hotsy Totsy
By Clive Cussler. 2010
Ten-year-old twins Casey and Lacey's adventures continue when they use their magical machine to turn a model speedboat into a…
life-size motorboat to enter a race in San Francisco, and catch the attention of a villain from their past. Sequel to “The adventures of Vin Fiz”. Grades 3-6. 2010.Stepping stones: a refugee family's journey
By Margriet Ruurs, Nizar Ali Badr. 2016
A young girl and her family are forced to flee their village to escape the civil war that has engulfed…
Syria, and make their way toward freedom in Europe. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2016.Sam's ride (Orca echoes)
By Becky Citra. 2009
Sam, a nine-year-old boy, is devastated when his mother drops him off for two weeks on his grandfather's ranch. Grandpa…
has a lot of rules, and Sam isn't happy about having to stay with him, but it isn't all bad - he learns to ride a horse and also discovers some surprising things about his father, who died when Sam was a baby. When Sam is forced to overcome his fear of riding in order to help rescue Grandpa, Sam grows to appreciate both his grandpa and life on the ranch. Grades 2-4. 2009.OCDaniel
By Wesley King. 2016
A thirteen-year-old boy's life revolves around hiding his obsessive compulsive disorder, until a girl at school, who is unkindly nicknamed…
Psycho Sara, notices him for the first time and he gets a mysterious note that changes everything. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for best juvenile novel. Winner of the 2017 Silver Birch Fiction Award and the 2018 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. 2016.Minerva's voyage
By Lynne Kositsky. 2009
Robin Starveling, aka Noah Vaile, is scooped off the streets of seventeenth-century Bristol, England, and dragged onboard a ship bound…
for Virginia by the murderous William Thatcher, who needs a servant with no past and no future to aid him in a plot to steal gold. Starveling fits the bill perfectly since he lives nowhere and has no parents. Aboard the ship, Starveling makes friends with a young cabin boy, Peter Fence. Beset by danger and villainy on every side, the boys finally discover the old man’s identity and unearth a treasure that is much rarer and finer than gold. Grades 5-8. c2009.Cure for Wereduck
By Dave Atkinson. 2016
Kate is an odd duck - literally. When the full moon arrives, the rest of her family turns into wolves,…
but she is a happy wereduck. Relatively happy, that is. Her family has been uprooted from the wilds of New Brunswick to a placid farming community in Ontario, thanks to a fellow werewolf, Marcus, selling them out to sleazy tabloid journalist Dirk Bragg. When Kate discovers her great-great-grandmother's recipe "A Cure for Werewolf," she can't help but wonder - is it really possible? When Marcus's abandoned werewolf son, John, books a desperate train journey back to New Brunswick at the full moon, the ancient recipe is put to the test. Will Dirk Bragg finally corner Kate and John in their wereforms and expose them to the world, or will Cure for Werewolf keep them safe? Sequel to "Wereduck". Grades 4-7. 2016.Danny, who fell in a hole
By Cary Fagan. 2013
Young Danny finds himself stranded at the bottom of a giant construction hole, armed with nothing but his school backpack,…
his wits - and the company of a poetry-spouting mole. Grades 4-7. 2013.Devil's pass (Seven the series)
By Sigmund Brouwer. 2012
Seventeen-year-old Webb's abusive stepfather has made it impossible for him to live at home, so Webb survives on the streets…
of Toronto by busking with his guitar and working as a dishwasher. When Webb's grandfather dies, his will stipulates that his grandsons fulfill specific requests. Webb's task takes him to the Canol Trail in Canada's Far North. With a Native guide, two German tourists and his guitar for company, Webb is forced to confront terrible events in his grandfather's past and somehow deal with the pain and confusion of his own life. For junior and senior high readers. 2012.Highway of Heroes
By Kathy Stinson. 2010
The Highway of Heroes is a stretch of the 401 Highway in Ontario where fallen soldiers, being brought home for…
burial, pass by. In 2002, ordinary citizens started standing on bridges over the road, showing their respect for the Canadians killed in wars and peacekeeping missions, a practice that has continued to this day. This is a fictional account of one family's journey along that highway, and a section describing the true story behind it. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2010.Game over, Pete Watson
By Joe Schreiber. 2014
When videogame obsessed Pete Watson discovers his dad is not only a super-spy but has been kidnapped and is now…
trapped inside a video game, he has to use his super gaming skills and enter the game to rescue him. And if he succeeds, who will save Pete from his massive crush on Callie Midwood? Grades 5-8. 2014.A world below
By Wesley King. 2018
Mr. Baker's eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico,…
but their journey takes a terrifying turn when an earthquake hits and the students are plunged into a frigid underground lake, forcing them to fight for survival and find their way back above ground. Grades 5-8. 2018.The night fairy
By Laura Amy Schlitz. 2010
Lulama's magic blanket
By Mari Grobler. 1997
Lulama has a patchwork blanket that was made with a secret, magical ingredient. When she plays with it outside, it…
can become anything she imagines it to be. Grades K-3. 1997.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.Le secret de Petit Poilu
By Dominique Demers, Steve Beshwaty. 2007
Loin, tout au bout de la Terre, il existe un vaste pays où vivent les Poilus. Petit Poilu rêve qu'il…
est le plus fort et le plus courageux de tous les Poilus. Dans ses rêves, il ose même pénétrer dans la forêt du Grognecroquecrounche. Un jour, son meilleur ami disparaît. Pour Petit Poilu, c'est le début d'une quête inoubliable qui le mettra à rude épreuve et lui fera découvrir un grand secret. Années 1-3. 2007.Les arbres pleurent aussi ((Varia).)
By Irène Cohen-Janca. 2009
150 ans, c'est une courte vie pour un marronnier. Menacé par les parasites qui le rongent, l'arbre se souvient de…
la vie trop courte de cette jeune fille qui vécut deux années clandestines au 163, Canal de l'Empereur. Par sa lucarne, elle l'observait et décrivait dans son journal ses transformations au fil des saisons, signe que le temps passait et que, dehors, la vie continuait... Elle s'appelait Anne Frank, c'était à Amsterdam, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Au marronnier, maintenant, de raconter son histoire. Années 3-6.