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Les belles soeurs
By Michel Tremblay. 1974
Laterna magika: stories
By Ven Begamudré. 1997
Land to light on
By Dionne Brand. 1997
Brand writes about Canada as it is seen by an outsider and about the outsiders who have come here over…
and settled over the years, uncomfortable with the land and its people, uncomfortable sometimes with themselves. Winner of the 1997 Governor General's Award for English poetry.Lake of the prairies: a story of belonging
By Warren Cariou. 2002
Cariou's memoir on growing up in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, where he witnessed the discrimination, anger and fear directed at the…
town's Cree and Métis populations by the European settlers. While he has absorbed these prejudices as his own, he is forced to confront the politics of race as an adult. Then, he discovers secrets that his family had kept hidden for generations, secrets that would alter forever his sense of identity and belonging in Meadow Lake. Winner of the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize of the 2003 Writers' Trust of Canada Awards. 2002.Bird eat bird: stories
By Jon Paul Fiorentino, Katrina Best. 2010
In this collection of short stories, a thirty-year-old woman who still lives at home anticipates the experience of a third…
date; a teenaged vegetarian supermarket cashier struggles to scan a package of offal; an inscrutable pelican in a crowded London park decides to try something different for dinner. 2010.Just a little later with Eevo and Sim
By Henry Shykoff. 2001
Eevo and Sim are reunited with their mother, Shim, and their father, Dedu, who have just returned from their long…
trip to the Wetlands Clan, the former home of Shim. They discover that together, Eevo and Sim have overcome many dangers. Together they return to the Wetlands, where again the brother and sister take on many challenges, make new discoveries, and even encounter the Great One: the much-feared crocodile of the Great River. Grades 4-7. Sequel to "Once upon a time, long, long ago" (RC22037.) 2001.Annie
By Luanne Armstrong. 1995
Orphaned at 16, Annie is told that she should get married so that someone will look after her. Refusing to…
accept that advice, she embarks on a life of independence, struggling to find herself in a harsh world of tough people. 1995.Hiding in Hawk's Creek (A jennifer Bannon Mystery Ser. #2)
By Brenda Chapman. 2006
Fourteen-year-old Jennifer Bannon can't face another summer at home. She convinces her mother to let her spend July at her…
grandmother's cottage in Hawk's Creek, figuring she'll just live there forever to avoid all the family problems. But Hawk's Creek holds dark secrets, and Jennifer is soon drawn into the troubled world of Audrey Musquash, a native girl accused of stealing. Grades 5-8. 2006.When residential schools opened in the 1830's, First Nations envisioned their children learning in nurturing environments, staffed with their own…
teachers, ministers and interpreters. Instead, students were taught by outsiders, regularly forced to renounce their cultures and languages, and some were subjected to abuse that left emotional scars for generations. Fourteen Aboriginal women who attended these schools reflect on their experiences, describing how they overcame tremendous obstacles to become strong and independent members of Aboriginal cultures. 2004.Knights of the Black and White (Knights Templar trilogy. #1.)
By Jack Whyte. 2006
1088. Hugh St. Clair, a French nobleman, joins a mysterious society known as the Order. Soon Hugh is hip deep…
in the blood and gore of the First Crusade, which so scars him that he dedicates the rest of his life to serving God. But things don't go exactly according to plan, and soon Hugh is part of an elite band of monks whose religious devotion is matched by their skill at hand-to-hand combat. Some descriptions of sex and explicit descriptions of violence. Followed by "Standard of honor" (DC35723). c2006. (Templar trilogy ; 1)Kilter: 55 fictions
By John Gould. 2003
This collection of short stories presents characters ceaselessly questioning their choices throughout life: a widower bemoans his son's interest in…
meditation, rather than the more easily understood sex and drugs; a father remembers to pick up his child for soccer practice, as a school shooting plays out on television; a teacher repeats her literature lecture for her lover, who listens on his deathbed. Some strong language. 2003.Jan on the trail (First novels. The new series. book XIII #13)
By Monica Hughes. 2000
Jan and Sarah see a poster saying that Patch, a puppy from the pet store that they sometimes walk, is…
missing. They decide to become detectives to help his new owner, Carl, find him (even if Carl calls the dog Spot.) Being a detective is hard work and seems to involve a lot of walking, but the search for Spot/Patch is on! Grades 2-4. 2000.Itsuka
By Joy Kogawa. 1992
The word "itsuka" means "some day," and refers to the Japanese-Canadian fight for redress following their evacuation and internment by…
the government during World War II. Naomi recalls how her idyllic childhood in British Columbia was ended; and after the death of her gentle guardians, Naomi is persuaded to leave the prairies and move to Toronto with her activist Aunt Emily. Thrust into the redress movement, Naomi becomes involved in the political battle, and in a romance with fellow activist Cedric, an Anglican priest. Sequel to "Obasan" (DC03222). 1993, c1992.Ireland's eye: travels
By Mark Anthony Jarman. 2002
On August 28, 1922, thousands of Dubliners came to pay respects to Michael Collins, the martyred Irish revolutionary, while elsewhere…
in the same city on the same afternoon, Michael Lyons, a cooper who worked for Guinness and author Jarman's grandfather, inexplicably drowned in the Grand Canal. These events became the seed for this combination of memoir, history, and travelogue, which relates the events of author Jarman's visits to Ireland, his family's past, and Ireland's bloody political history. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2002.Iroquois on fire: a voice from the Mohawk nation
By Douglas M George-Kanentiio. 2009
In their homelands in what is now New York state, the Iroquois have assumed a prominent role in public debate…
as residents of the region seek ways to resolve multi-billion dollar land claims. The initial dispute over territorial title has grown to encompass gambling, treaties, taxation, and what it means to claim Native sovereignty. Some descriptions of violence. 2009.Incredible Jumbo: a novel
By Barbara Claassen Smucker. 1990
Tod Tolliver, a poor and lonely boy, works for the London Zoo, caring for its star attraction, Jumbo the Elephant.…
When Jumbo is sold to P.T. Barnum's Circus in New York, Tod stows away on the ship. Grades 5-8. 1990.In the rapids: navigating the future of First Nations
By Ovide Mercredi, Mary Ellen Turpel. 1993
The authors provide a view of broken treaty promises, the racist Indian Act, and the failure of Canada's justice and…
education systems. While examining many challenges confronting native people today, the authors also anticipate a brighter future. 1993.In the spice house
By Marnie Woodrow. 1996
I saw three Chinas: one Canadian's experience in China, 1909-1989
By Molly Phillips. 1990
Born in Hong Kong in 1909, the author has witnessed the three modern eras of Chinese history: the final days…
of the Imperial Ching dynasty; the republican rule of Chiang Kai-Shek; and Communist rule since 1949. She describes the people, culture, and history of China as she experienced them. 1990.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.