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The hill
By Karen Bass. 2016
Jared’s plane has crashed in the Alberta wilderness, and Kyle is first on the scene. When Jared insists on hiking…
up the highest hill in search of cell phone reception, Kyle hesitates; his Cree grandmother has always forbidden him to go near it. There’s no stopping Jared, though, so Kyle reluctantly follows. After a night spent on the hilltop - with no cell service - the teens discover something odd: the plane has disappeared. Nothing in the forest surrounding them seems right. In fact, things seem very wrong. And worst of all, something - a creature that should only exist in legend - is hunting them. For senior high readers. 2016.Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
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.Shot in the dark (Lorimer Sports Stories Ser.)
By Janet M Whyte. 2015
Eighth-grader Micah is psyched to have made the BC junior goalball team -- even though he gets the news while…
dealing with a flare-up of his degenerative eye condition. What he's not happy about is his parents' decision to get him a guide dog, and the possibility of losing his independence. When Liam, a new, first-rate player, joins the goalball team, Micah's frustration with his vision spills onto the court. He is rude to Liam and starts a fight with another teammate, Sebastian, after practice. It's only with the help of Cam, his Orientation and Mobility Specialist, that Micah starts to get a handle on his aggression and trust people enough to communicate how he feels. But with the team's big junior tournament quickly approaching, Micah has to reconcile his differences with Liam and Sebastian so as to become a real team player and help his team win the championship. Grades 5-8. 2015.Red Wolf
By Jennifer Dance. 2014
Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory. In the late 1800s,…
both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find? For junior high readers. 2014.Rain shadow
By Valerie Sherrard. 2014
Bethany knows that she is special. She doesn't learn things as easily as her classmates do and that sometimes makes…
them mean to her. They call her names - including the really "bad" name. Even mom and her sister Mira say unkind things at times. But Bethany has friends like her neighbour Mrs. Goldsborough as well as happy times with dad when he gets home from work. And now, Mira has promised to protect her from the bullies when the new school year begins. Then tragedy strikes, tearing Bethany's world apart in ways she could never have imagined, and she starts to wonder if there will ever be a place that feels like home again. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2016 Silver Birch Fiction Honour Book Award. 2014.I am not a number
By Kathy Kacer, Jenny Kay Dupuis. 2016
Based on the life of Jenny Kay Dupuis' own grandmother, a young First Nations girl who was sent to a…
residential school. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite the efforts of the nuns to force her to do otherwise. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2018 Silver Birch Express Honour Book Award. Winner of the 2018 Hackmatack Award for non-fiction. Winner of the 2018 Red Cedar Information Book Award. 2016.Cammie takes flight
By Laura Best. 2017
Eleven-year-old Cammie Turple grew up with more obstacles than most. Visually impaired and abandoned by her parents, she was raised…
by her tenacious, bootlegging aunt in rural Tanner, Nova Scotia. After Cammie and her best friend, Evelyn Merry, destroy the local moonshine still, forcing Evelyn's abusive, alcoholic father to sober up but nearly killing Evelyn in the process, Cammie convinces her aunt to send her to the Halifax School for the Blind. Cammie navigates life at her new school, armed with an envelope with her estranged mother's address on it. Unsure if she can trust her new friend, Nessa, Cammie enlists her help in tracking her mother down. Will Cammie finally learn why she was abandoned and be able to start her new life? Or will she find too many secrets to count, and realize that she might never put the past behind her? Sequel to "Flying with a Broken Wing". Grades 4-7. 2017.Flying with a broken wing
By Laura Best. 2013
Cammie Deveau began life with a few strikes against her. She’s visually impaired, abandoned by her mother at birth, her…
father was a casualty of the Second World War—and if all that isn’t enough, she’s being raised by her bootlegging aunt. No wonder she dreams of starting a brand new life. When Cammie learns about a school for blind and visually impaired children she becomes convinced a new life is waiting for her in Halifax, but how will she ever convince her aunt to let her go? Grades 3-6. 2013.Hawk
By Jennifer Dance, Allister Thompson. 2016
Hawk, a First Nations teen from northern Alberta, is a cross-country runner. But when Hawk discovers he has leukemia, his…
identity as a star athlete is stripped away, along with his muscles and energy. When he finds an osprey, “a fish hawk,” mired in a pond of toxic residue from the oil sands industry, he sees his life-or-death struggle echoed by the young bird. Slipping in and out of consciousness, Hawk has visions of the osprey and other animals that shared his childhood home: woodland caribou, wolves, and wood buffalo. They are all helpless and vulnerable, their forest and muskeg habitat vanishing. Hawk sees in these tragedies parallels with his own fragile life, and wants to forge a new identity - one that involves standing up for the voiceless creatures that share his world. But he needs to survive long enough to do it. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.Addy's race (Orca young readers)
By Debby Waldman. 2011
Addy has worn hearing aids for as long as she can remember, and while her mother tells her this makes…
her special, now that Addy's in grade six, she wants to be special for what she does. First Addy joins the school running club to keep her best friend Lucy company, and discovers she is a gifted runner. Then Addy gets paired on a school project with Sierra, a smart, self-assured new classmate who wears a cochlear implant. Addy is surprised to discover hearing loss is all they have in common – and that a shared disability is not enough of a foundation for a friendship. Grades 5-8. 2011.Pareil pas pareil (Au cœur des différences)
By Brigitte Marleau. 2014
Je m'appelle Henri et j'ai 4 ans. Il y a quelques mois, mes parents m'ont annoncé qu'Hubert, mon frère jumeau,…
irait dans une école spécialisée. J'étais très en colère, car je voulais aller à la même école que lui. Je ne pouvais pas m'imaginer qu'on soit séparés toute une journée. J'ai expliqué à mes parents que je pouvais jouer aux mêmes jeux qu'Hubert. Moi aussi, je savais faire des activités pour les petits. Années M-2.Monsieur TOC (Au cœur des différences)
By Brigitte Marleau. 2013
Je m'appelle Gabriel. J'adore lire, mais j'aime de moins en moins compter. Au début, je comptais des choses autour de…
moi pour m'amuser, mais maintenant je ne peux plus m'en empêcher. J'ai aussi besoin de tout ranger, de me laver et relaver les mains... Heureusement, Anne-Marie, une gentille psychologue, m'a parlé de monsieur TOC et m'apprend à le calmer. Années M-2.Les mains qui parlent: [la surdité] ((Au coeur des différences).)
By Brigitte Marleau. 2009
"C'est ma première journée au terrain de jeux. Je m'approche lentement d'une amie. Comment tu t'appelles? Elle s'appelle Rosalie! dit…
une dame qui l'accompagne. Elle n'entend aucun son, ni aucun bruit dans ses oreilles. Moi, je suis Colette, son interprète. Je vais passer l'été à faire des signes avec mes mains pour que Rosalie comprenne bien. Tu aimerais devenir son amie? Oh! Oui! D'accord, alors je vais te montrer à communiquer avec les mains". -- 4e de couv.Vincent et les pommes: [la dysphasie] ((Au coeur des différences).)
By Brigitte Marleau. 2008
"Pourquoi Vincent dit "pote" à la place de "pomme" ? demande Marie à son enseignante. Vincent est dysphasique. Il a…
de la difficulté à communiquer. Si on veut qu'il comprenne bien, on fait de petites phrases en lui parlant lentement. Parfois pour l'aider on peut même lui montrer une image. Bon les amis ! Etes-vous prêts à faire l'atelier sur la pomme ?" -- 4e de couv.Fidélie et Annabelle: [la trisomie] ((Au coeur des différences).)
By Brigitte Marleau. 2007
"Moi c'est Fidélie et Annabelle c'est mon amie. Elle a 7 ans et a la trisomie. Quand j'étais petite, je…
pensais que la trisomie, c'était comme une maladie... Que si le docteur lui donnait des antibiotiques, eh bien ! elle ne serait plus trisomique. Ma maman me dit que çà ne se guérissait pas, mais de toute façon, moi je l'aime comme çà , Annabelle". -- 4e de couv.La petite fille à la jambe de bois
By Hélène Castelle, Marion Arbona. 2010
" Penny n'a que six ans et ne croit déjà plus aux contes de fées. Pourtant elle en a lu…
beaucoup et elle les connaît sur le bout des doigts. Elle sait que dans ces histoires, il y a une chose qui n'existe pas : les princes et les princesses n'ont pas de jambes de bois. Voici donc l'histoire de cette curieuse petite fille qui est née comme ça : une tête, deux bras et une brindille. Une petite différence qu'aucun prince n'a trouvé charmante ! " -- 4e de couv.Flocons d'étoiles ((Roman rouge ; 47). #Vol. 47)
By Camille Bouchard. 2007
En cette froide journée, Mathilde et Louis s'inquiètent pour Pinso. Le jeune homme a l'air si triste. Est-ce à cause…
des terribles affichettes que le maire du village a placardées un peu partout? Ou est-ce pour une raison bien plus mystérieuse? La clé de l'énigme se trouve peut-être dans un tout petit flocon de neige... Une très belle histoire qui montre que l'intelligence peut prendre toutes sortes de formes! -- 4e de couv.Julie silence
By Pierre Coran. 2009
"Dans le jardin de Julie, les oiseaux chantent mais Julie ne les entend pas. Elle n'entend pas non plus le…
ronron du chat, le chien qui aboie, les autos, les avions... Mais bientôt, Julie ne sera plus seule : elle attend l'arrivée de son nouveau voisin, Dorian. Ils ont le même âge. Julie l'imagine grand, beau, gentil... C'est sûr, il deviendra son ami ! Mais Dorian n'est pas très heureux dans sa nouvelle maison et se sent bien seul. Julie va tout faire pour lui rendre le sourire. Et quand on ne peut pas employer les mots, il faut faire preuve d'imagination... Un magnifique album de Pierre Coran, illustré par Mélanie Florian, sur la surdité et la tolérance. Une belle histoire d'amitié entre deux enfants qui vont surmonter leurs problèmes de communication pour se rencontrer et tout partager". -- 4e de couv.Ma gardienne est sourde
By Noëmie Forget, Tommy Doyle. 2008
Ferme les yeux
By Victoria Pérez Escrivá, Claudia Ranucci, Anne Calmels. 2009
Mon petit frère n'est jamais d'accord avec moi. J'essaie de lui expliquer, mais il ne m'écoute pas. Peut-être que vous…
avez raison tous les deux, dit maman. Pour le savoir, ferme les yeux -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Cierra los ojos.