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Amphibian
By Carla Gunn. 2009
Sensitive, intelligent nine-year-old Phineas Walsh has an encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world and the environment. He's broken up over…
his grandfather's death, his grandmother's sadness, and his parents' separation. When his Grade 4 class gets an Australian pet frog, Phin can't bear to see Cuddles penned up in a cage so far from his natural habitat, so he and his best pal, Bird, are spurred to action. Some strong language. 2009.Exploded view: observations on reading, writing and life
By Jean McKay. 2001
The exploded view is a diagram which shows how each component of an object relates to the whole, and is…
usually applied to machinery. McKay uses it to explode everything from macaroons to metaphors. In her alphabetical essays she explodes language and her world view, taking a variety of things apart, from babies and crabapples to funerals and acorns, and putting them back together in unexpected ways. Some strong language.Exit stage left (Degrassi Junior High series.)
By William Pasnak. 1987
The students of Degrassi Junior High School are putting together a major production for the first time. Stephanie is sure…
she is going to be the star. Joey thinks if he gets a part, Stephanie will notice him. For junior and senior high readers. 1987.Flotsam
By Herbert R Percy. 1978
A tale of seamen and the sea by a writer who served in the Canadian Navy until 1971. A series…
of flashbacks explains the circumstances which have brought chaos to the personal and working life of a commander in the Royal Canadian Navy. 1978.Funny, you don't look like one: observations from a blue-eyed Ojibway
By Drew Hayden Taylor. 1996
Half Ojibway and half Caucasian - and hoping to found a nation called Occasions, dubbing himself a Special Occasion for…
founding it - Drew Hayden Taylor presents his own take on Native affairs. Using humour to give a different perspective on contentious issues, he talks about Native life and culture, and relations with government and non-Natives. 1996.Gargoyles: stories
By Bill Gaston. 2006
Stories crafted around the idea of the gargoyle - the concrete representation of extremes of human emotions; the physical manifestations…
of the disfigurements and contortions to which human beings subject themselves. Each story has a strange and unique gargoyle guardian spirit whose sometimes benevolent, sometimes malevolent, presence informs the characters and their actions. Strong language. 2006.For Joshua: an Ojibway father teaches his son
By Richard Wagamese. 2002
Richard Wagamese had a life-long struggle for self-knowledge and self-respect. He turned to the Native doctrine of the Medicine Wheel,…
which teaches balance, introspection, sensitivity to others and, above all, responsibility to one's inner self. It is this learning process that he hoped to pass on to his son, Joshua. 2002.Forms of devotion: Stories And Pictures
By Diane Schoemperlen. 1998
Schoemperlen's stories explore the nature of devotion in its many forms, from the devotion to material objects and daily rituals,…
to the pleasures of the body and the pains of romantic love. Some descriptions of sex. Winner of the 1998 Governor General's Award for Fiction. 1998.Flint & feather: the life and times of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake
By Charlotte Gray. 2002
An exploration of the many dimensions of Pauline Johnson's life. Complex and talented, she was a native rights advocate ahead…
of her time; a lyric poet who performed vaudevillian skits; a New Woman who wrote for The Mother's Magazine; and an incurable romantic who never married. 2002.Elizabeth Rex
By Timothy Findley. 2000
This drama brings together William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I, as they and the members of Shakespeare's acting troupe discuss…
what makes a man a man and a woman a woman. Much of the dialogue is between Elizabeth, who has reigned in essence as a man, and Ned, one of the actors who throughout his career has played women. On the eve of the execution of the Queen's former lover, the characters come to unexpected conclusions about identity, sex, humanity and love. Some strong language. Winner of the 2000 Governor General's Award for Drama. 2000.Emma's hands
By Mary Swan. 2003
A collection of short stories. In "The Manual of Remote Sensing", a travel agent separates from her husband after she…
learns of his infidelity, and recalls her first love affair with a young American she met while staying at a youth hostel in Munich. "1917"" evokes the experiences of Canadian nurses and other women living in France during the war, while "Spanish Grammar" is a story of disappointed love set in Spain. Some strong language. c2003.Favourite winter stories from Fireside Al
By Alan Maitland. 1994
A collection of short stories selected by Canada's favourite storyteller, "Fireside Al." From classics by Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan…
Poe, to Canadian works by Stephen Leacock, Margaret Laurence, and Alice Munro. A combination of old and new stories are presented. 1994. Buggam Grange / The story of the goblins who stole a sexton / The loons / The little match girl / Tobermory / Death of a pig / Meneseteung / The ant and the grasshopper / An orange from Portugal / The Highwayman / An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / Everyday use / After twenty years / Bicycle / Trap lines / The fable of the man with the golden brain / Back for Christmas / Roots / The tranter's party / The lady or the tiger / Morgan Morgan / The tell-tale heart / Hoofbeats on a bridge / Two friends / An evening with Dickens in Manitou Town Hall / The queer chair, or the bagman's story /Ellen/Eléna/Luna
By Paul Kropp. 1992
Ellen Bertrand, convinced that she is boring, creates two different personae for her two blind dates. Life becomes complicated when…
Ellen/Elena/Luna can't remember who she should be. For junior and senior high readers. 1992.Don't go near the water! (Easy-to-read spooky tales.)
By Veronika Martenova Charles. 2007
Having been warned to stay away from the high waters of the local creek, the boys' imaginations run as swiftly…
as the stream. Before they know it, they have scared themselves silly with stories like The Children with Green Teeth, from Britain; The Deadly Beach, from Hawaii; and The Waterman, from Central Europe. Some descriptions of violence. Grades K-3. 2007.Doc
By Sharon Pollock. 1984
Dressing up for the carnival (Basic Ser.)
By Carol Shields. 2000
Dare (Irwin Young Adult Fiction Ser.)
By Marilyn Halvorson. 1988
When his grandmother dies, 16-year-old Dare fears that he and his brother, 12-year-old Ty, will be put in foster homes.…
They are taken in by a teacher, Laura McConnell. Ty, quiet and studious, settles into his new life, but rebellious Dare is haunted with the belief that he was responsible for his mother's death. Junior and Senior High. 1988.Cruelties: stories
By Sheila Fischman, Lise Bissonnette. 1998
The thread of cruelty runs through these short stories, translated from the French. They convey the betrayal inherent in love…
stories, try to dispel all illusions, and approve of malice as a state of grace. And they describe final vengeance as often forging the most lasting ties between people. 1998. Uniform title: Quittes et doubles.Cowboys don't quit
By Marilyn Halvorson. 1994
When Shane's dad is a day late from delivering some bulls to a ranch in Montana, Shane is a little…
worried. When two days have gone by and his dad is still not back, Shane decided he can't just wait around. He's going to Montana to find him. But that's not so easy when you're fifteen and you don't have a driver's licence or much money. Sequel to "Cowboys don't cry". Junior and Senior High. 1994.Coventry
By Helen Humphreys. 2008
On the evening of November 14, 1940, Harriet stands on the roof of the Coventry cathedral beneath a full moon.…
That night, the Germans come to unleash destruction, and for Harriet, Jeremy, the young man who shares her duties as a firewatcher, and his free-spirited mother, Maeve, the bombings will resonate for the rest of their lives. As Harriet and Jeremy make their way through the burning city in search of Maeve, cold dread brings to life both a grief and a love that Harriet thought she had put behind her forever. 2008.