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Cowboys don't cry
By Marilyn Halvorson. 1984
The story of Shane Morgan and of a stormy relationship with his father that builds to a dramatic climax at…
a local rodeo. Junior and Senior High. Followed by "Cowboys don't quit". 1984.Bittersweet Bliss: A Novel (Saskatchewan saga. #5.)
By Ruth Glover. 2003
Two pioneer women, as different as can be. Two secrets skillfully buried, but not forgotten. Two journeys to embrace the…
bittersweet bliss of the Canadian frontier. Sequel to "Seasons of Bliss" (DC31084). Followed by "Back roads to Bliss" (DC33742). 2003. (The Saskatchewan saga ; 5).2003.Coming to terms (Cover-to-cover Books)
By Rose Bevins. 2004
Gina isn't looking forward to the weekend - instead of spending it at her best friend's house, her mother's friends…
are visiting with their son, Ricky, who's blind. She'll be stuck in the house with him while the adults go to a high school reunion. How is she supposed to act around Ricky when she's never even met a blind person before? Grades 4-7. 2004.Cathedral: Selected Stories
By Raymond Carver. 1993
That summer in Seattle she needed a job. She didn't have any money and the man she was going to…
marry at the end of the summer was in officers' training school, and he didn't have any money either. She'd seen something in the paper: Help wanted - Reading to blind man, and a telephone number. The short story "Cathedral" from the collection "Where I'm calling from". 1993. Uniform title: Where I'm calling from.Brother Frank's gospel hour: & other stories
By W. P Kinsella. 1994
In this third collection of short stories set in Hobbema, Alberta, Silas Ermineskin again relates his adventures with his friend,…
Frank Fencepost. In the title story, Frank turns a traditional gospel radio show into a comic hour in which prayers actually do come true. In "Bull," Frank outwits the Alberta Supreme Court in a case about artificial insemination. Some strong language. c1994.Blind love
By Patrick Cauvin. 1975
While on vacation, a shy Parisian professor meets Laura, a beautiful and vivacious blind woman. Their encounter leads to madcap…
adventures as well as conflicts that destroy their idyll. Explicit descriptions of sex. 1975. Uniform title: Amour aveugle.Annie's song
By Catherine Anderson. 1996
Everyone believes Annie Trimble is an idiot, so the town bully Douglas Montgomery has no qualms about raping her. His…
brother, Alex, runs him out of town, however, marries the pregnant Annie, and adopts the baby. Alex patiently helps Annie overcome her fear of men, and he is quite surprised when he discovers she is not dumb - just deaf. Some descriptions of sex. 1996.All the way home
By Max Braithwaite. 1986
A portrait of a family that has endured the hardships of the homestead, enjoyed the prosperity of the 1920s, suffered…
the poverty and desolation of prairie life during the Depression, and the tragedies of life and war. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1986.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.Adventures of Abby Diamond: out of sight (Abby Diamond)
By Kristie Smith-Armand. 2009
Abby Diamond is an eleven year old girl who loves to solve the mysteries that surround her and her three…
best friends: Neils, Andrea and Alison. Being blind does not stop this girl detective from solving the cases that happen in her home and at school, including anonymous Braille notes, a missing parent, a haunted doll, and neighbourhood break-ins. Grades 4-7. 2009. (Abby Diamond)A searching heart (Prairie legacy. #2.)
By Janette Oke. 1998
High school senior Virginia Simpson draws on all her faith as she deals with her sister's difficult pregnancy, decides to…
remain home instead of leaving for college, and comes to grips with the loss of her longtime boyfriend. Then her friend is involved in a near-fatal auto accident. Sequel to "The tender years", followed by "A Quiet Strength" (DC22379). 1998. (Prairie legacy series ; 2)A place called Bliss (Saskatchewan saga. #1.)
By Ruth Glover. 2001
Sophia Galloway, a rich and pampered lady of Scotland's house of Heatherstone, and Mary Morrison, a servant, share the dream…
of travelling to a new land of freedom and opportunity: Canada. On the journey overseas, Sophia and Mary both give birth, and the destinies of both babies will be entwined. Followed by "With love from Bliss" (DC31010). 2001. (The Saskatchewan saga ; 1)A prairie as wide as the sea: the immigrant diary of Ivy Weatherall (Dear Canada)
By Sarah Ellis. 2001
Ivy Weatherall is just 11 years old when her family leaves England for the Canadian West with its land, lush…
harvests, and opportunity for success. But in Milorie, Saskatchewan, jobs are scarce and they can barely make ends meet. Ivy's relatives pack up and head back to England, but to Ivy, Canada is full of wonder and adventure. Grades 3-6. 2001. (Dear Canada series)A different kind of Beauty
By Sylvia McNicoll. 2004
Elizabeth's at it again - she's raising a puppy for the guide dog program. But this time, for sure, she…
won't fall in love. She's too busy, for one thing: it's her first year at high school, she's going to be an aunt, and she's engaged to be married - sort of, maybe, in sixteen years or so, if Scott's still around. Sequel to: "Bringing Up Beauty". For junior and senior high readers. 2004.A house divided
By Catherine Cookson. 1999
Set at the end of the Second World War, a young man, blinded in action and a decorated war hero,…
returns home and strives to put his life back in order the best way he can. c1999.A gift of sky
By Linda Ghan. 1988
Born into a Jewish-Canadian family in 1911, Sara Schiller grows up on the prairies of Saskatchewan. As she matures and…
becomes a school teacher, she struggles to understand the love and hate, intolerance and compassion that exist in her community. c1988.A friend like Zilla
By Rachna Gilmore. 1995
On holiday with her family, Nobby, short for Zenobia, meets Zilla, who is older than Zenobia but still lots of…
fun. Zilla is developmentally disabled but that doesn't matter to Nobby, because Zilla is a great friend and knows everything about birds and animals. Uncle Chad, however, doesn't seem to like Zilla. When he gets into trouble, will Nobby and Zilla help him out of danger? Grades 4-7. c1995.A bird in the house (New Canadian library. no. 96)
By Robert Gibbs, Margaret Laurence. 1974
Portrays the life and people of a small Manitoba town during the Depression. They are seen through the eyes of…
Vanessa MaCleod, sometimes as a child, sometimes retrospectively as a grown woman. (New Canadian Library ; No. 96) 1974.A beauty
By Connie Gault. 2015
In a drought-ridden Saskatchewan of the 1930s, self-possessed, enigmatic Elena Huhtala finds herself living alone, a young Finnish woman in…
a community of Swedes in the small village of Trevna. Her mother has been dead for many years, and her father, burdened by the hardships of drought, has disappeared, and the eighteen-year-old is an object of pity and charity in her community. But when a stranger shows up at a country dance, Elena needs only one look and one dance before jumping into his Lincoln Roadster, leaving the town and its shocked inhabitants behind. 2015.18 seconds: A Novel
By George D Shuman. 2006
Wildwood, New Jersey police lieutenant Kelly O'Shaughnessy is stymied over the disappearance of young women. When an old man's untimely…
death leads investigative consultant Sherry Moore, blind and with the extraordinary ability to "see" the deceased's last eighteen seconds of memory by touching the corpse, to Wildwood, O'Shaughnessy's desperation forces her to accept Sherry's help, but not without consequence. Descriptions of sex, explicit violence and strong language. 2006.