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By Glen Huser. 2014
When Carolina Giddle moves into the Blatchford Arms, no one knows what to make of her sequin-sprinkled sneakers and her…
trinket-crusted car. But the parents are happy there’s a new babysitter around, and Carolina seems to have an uncanny ability to calm the most rambunctious child with her ghostly stories. Armed with unusual snacks (bone-shaped peppermints, Rumpelstiltskin sandwiches) and candles to set the mood, she entertains the children with good old-fashioned storytelling and, at the end, a great Halloween party. It turns out that Carolina has a timeworn connection to the Blatchford Arms, and to the ghost who still haunts the building - especially its old-fashioned elevator. Grades 3-6. 2014.By Basil Johnston. 1981
These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.By Maureen Jennings. 2010
1873, Nova Scotia. A storm has wrecked a ship on the shores of a fishing village, and people work bravely…
to rescue the crew - but many die. When young Will Murdoch and the local priest examine the bodies, they discover gold and diamonds. They suspect that the shipwreck was not responsible for all the deaths. Some descriptions of violence. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. 2010.By Linda Bailey. 2015
Lewis Dearborn is a lonely, anxious, "terminally shy" boy of eleven when his great-grandfather passes away and leaves Lewis's family…
with his decaying seaside mansion. Lewis is initially delighted with his new bedroom, a secluded tower in a remote part of the house. Then he discovers that it's already occupied -- by the ghosts of seven dead pirates. Worse, the ghosts expect him to help them re-take their ship, now restored and on display in a local museum, so they can make their way to Libertalia, a legendary pirate utopia. The only problem is that this motley crew hasn't left the house in almost two hundred years and is terrified of going outside. Grades 4-7. 2015.By Joanne Levy. 2012
After being hit by lightning, twelve-year-old Lilah, who has a crush on classmate Andrew Finkel, discovers that she can communicate…
with dead people, including her grandmother who wants Lilah to find a new wife for Lilah's divorced father. Grades 5-8. 2012.By Anne Louise MacDonald. 2009
Frankie Uccello seems like just another average, normal fourteen-year-old boy, until he discovers that he can dream the future, especially…
when something bad is about to happen. But seeing the future is only cool in movies and TV; in real life, not only does everyone think you're a whacko, but the future doesn't look good. And then Maura-Lee starts hanging around: she can read minds, and she seems to be reading his. For junior high readers. 2009.By Donald Clayton Porter. 1984
Ghonkaba, grandson of Renno the White Indian, follows the star-spangled banner into the American War of Independence. His skills as…
a scout and a warrior bring him into General Washington's plans to cross the Delaware. Sequel to "Ambush", followed by "Cherokee" (DC15599). 1984. (White Indian series ; 9)By Ria Voros. 2012
For thirteen-year-old Jakob, the summer is looking pretty bleak. His only friend has moved away and no one else seems…
to have any time for him - except the weird girl who lives downstairs. A few months ago, Jakob was in a car accident that killed both his parents, and though he can't remember exactly what happened, he can't stop turning it over in his mind. Then out of nowhere, a stray dog befriends Jakob. Together they begin to roam the city streets by night, discovering an exhilarating secret world where they can both taste a new kind of freedom. But as their nocturnal adventures take Jakob farther and farther away from the safety of home, the truth of that awful night begins to emerge. Grades 5-8. 2012.By Deborah Ellis. 2011
Jharia, India. Valli spends her days picking coal, terrified only of the monsters who live on the other side of…
the train tracks – the lepers. When she discovers that she is not living with family after all, that her "aunt" was a stranger who was paid money to take Valli off her own family's hands, she goes to Kolkata, the city of the gods. She manages to survive on the streets, until a chance meeting with a doctor reveals that she too has leprosy. Despite being given a chance to receive medical care, she can’t bear the thought that she is one of those monsters she has always feared. Grades 4-7. 2011.By Daniel Pennac. 2004
Un court roman en forme de monologue. Un auteur à qui l'on vient de décerner un prix pour l'ensemble de…
son oeuvre doit prononcer une allocution de remerciement d'une durée d'un peu plus d'une heure. Mais il ne sait guère qui remercier - jury, parents, amis, lecteurs - et, tout compte fait, n'a guère envie de dire merci. Son laïus se transforme graduellement en un jeu de massacre qui ne laisse personne intact, pas même le discoureur. Habile, roublard et vif. 2004.By Natalie Corbett Sampson. 2013
Ella Parker seems to have everything: great friends, an awesome family and a star position on her high school basketball…
team. But when a drunken night results in an unwanted pregnancy, her perfect life is turned upside down and she's faced with a difficult decision. Katherine Frayne has always wanted to be a mother. But with the last results of her in vitro fertilization pointing to no chance of a baby, her hopes are dashed. Then her husband Danny suggests they adopt. Ella and Katherine must navigate their lives amidst tough decisions, the consequences of which not only affect them but those they love the most. For junior and senior high readers. 2013.By Beth Goobie. 2013
Jason is a nine-year-old boy who has been sent to a treatment centre by his mother because she can't handle…
him any longer. He is afraid that his mother is going to leave him in the home permanently. He is afraid of trusting these strange new adults in his life. Soon Jason begins to realize that the people in the group home are not going to hurt him but care about his welfare, and that the principal in his new school is also someone he can trust to look out for his best interests. Grades 3-6. 2013.By Deborah Toogood. 2016
Matt Simmons has two weeks left of summer before starting grade six. He wants to enjoy that time with his…
best friends, Danny and Emma, but has to include his younger cousin Adam who is visiting. Trapped on a sandbar in the middle of the night, Matt and Adam see a ghostly, burning schooner before a silent old man rescues them. Matt is determined to unravel the mystery and reluctantly lets Adam join in. With Danny and Emma, they visit Danny’s grandpa, a retired sea captain. He warns them to leave the ghosts and mysteries of the sea alone, but the four friends ignore him. Setting out on a midnight boat trip to find the phantom ship, even little Adam proves a useful part of the team. But how dangerous is the ship, and who else is lurking in the waters of the Northumberland Strait? Grades 4-7. 2016.By Uma Krishnaswami. 2016
Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending…
library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something. But what can she do? The local elections are coming up but she's just a kid. She can't even vote! Still, Yasmin has friends -- her best friend, Reeni, and Anil, who even has a blue belt in karate. And she has grownup family and neighbours who, no matter how preoccupied they are, care about what goes on in their community. Then Yasmin gets an idea from a book that Book Uncle selected for her. Grades 2-4. 2016.By Arthur Slade. 2016
Far from the isolated prairie ranch where they were born, orphaned twins Isabelle and Beatrice Thorn are living a glamorous…
1920s Hollywood life as wards of Mr. Cecil, a mysterious and influential director. Isabelle is a silent film starlet, destined for greatness in the very first talking picture--a horror flick that will showcase her famous scream, often seen but never before heard by audiences. Meanwhile, Beatrice spends her days hidden away on the Cecil estate with her books and her insect collection, scarves covering her birthmarks and baldness. But Beatrice's curiosity about Mr. Cecil, the death of her parents, the appearance of scorpion hornets--creatures that should not exist on this earth--and the unsettling fates of two people who visited his estate is getting the better of her, and she's starting to realize the director has truly dark designs for this movie. Grades 5-8. 2016.By V. S Naipaul. 2001
Half a Life is the story of Willie Chandran, whose father, heeding the call of Mahatma Gandhi, turned his back…
on his brahmin heritage and married a woman of low caste -- a disastrous union he would live to regret, as he would the children that issued from it. When Willie reaches manhood, his flight from the travails of his mixed birth takes him from India to London, where, in the shabby haunts of immigrants and literary bohemians of the 1950s, he contrives a new identity. 2001.By David A Poulsen, Shannon Whibbs. 2016
While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a…
member of the Manhattan Project, the team that designed and created the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War. On a school trip to Japan, Chris meets eighty-one-year-old Yuko, who was eleven when the first bomb exploded over Hiroshima, horribly injuring her. Christian is determined to do something to make up for what his great-grandfather did. But after all this time, what can one teenager really do? For Junior and senior high readers. 2016.By Kathy Stinson. 1982
A boy tells when he feels big and when he feels little. Grades K-3. 1983. Recorded with: “Teddy rabbit”. On…
the trip to the Teddy Bears' Picnic on Centre Island, Andrew loses Rabbit. Grades K-3. 1988. Recorded with: “Mom and dad don’t live together any more”. A little girl explains how her parents' separation has affected her life. Grades K-3. 1984. Recorded with: “Red is best”. Young Kelly's mom doesn't understand about red. Red mitts make better snowballs, red boots take bigger steps, and juice tastes better in a red cup. No doubt about it, red is best. Grades K-3. 1982.By Jean Little. 2000
When their mother breaks her parole and runs off, 10-year-old Willow and her four-year-old brother Twig are on their own.…
They journey from the mean streets of Vancouver to stay with their grandmother in rural Ontario. There, the children learn valuable life lessons about pride, a sense of belonging, and being true to who you are. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2002 CNIB Tiny Torgi Award. 2000.By Jonathan Auxier. 2014
When orphaned Irish siblings Molly and Kip arrive to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house, they…
discover that the house and its inhabitants are not what they seem. Soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger, and the secrets of the cursed house will change their lives forever. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2015 Silver Birch Fiction Award. Winner of the 2015 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award. Winner of the 2016 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award Honour Book. 2014.