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The carved box
By Gillian Chan. 2001
Fifteen-year-old Callum has just arrived from Scotland when he hands over his savings to a stranger in exchange for a…
filthy, half-starved dog and a carved box that he has been warned never to open. Callum is unprepared for the grinding physical labour of working on a farm; his only source of comfort is Dog, who seems to know all his secret wishes and fears. Then the mysterious carved box accidentally breaks open, and Callum is faced with some astonishing revelations and difficult decisions. Grades 5-8. 2001.The cadence of grass
By Thomas McGuane. 2002
This is the story of the Whitelaws, a family whose values are as far-flung as the territory they helped settle,…
and whose most recent generations have pioneered the landscape of dysfunction. A novel charged with the relentless and often contradictory claims of blood, money, history and love. 2002.The Blythes are quoted
By L. M Montgomery. 2009
Adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death - usually not the terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. In…
this her last work, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront, in stories featuring a grown up Anne and her family around the time of the First World War. 2009.Séparations et retrouvailles (Une autre histoire de famille. #3.)
By Claudie Durand. 2015
Vingt années se sont écoulées depuis que Justine et Pierre ont osé relever le défi de recomposer une famille avec…
six enfants. Après avoir vécu toute la gamme des joies et des peines, le couple peut maintenant aspirer à mener une vie paisible et heureuse dans sa grande maison. La retraite s'annonce pleine de promesses et les amoureux en dégustent chaque instant. Plusieurs petits-enfants sont venus combler le coeur des grands-parents, qui regardent d'un oeil attendri cette marmaille gambadant dans leurs plates-bandes ou leur salon. Mais les petites familles en arrachent... Les nouveaux retraités, déterminés à soutenir leurs proches, pourront-ils parcourir malgré tout le chemin de Compostelle, un audacieux projet pour leurs vieux jours ? Avant ce pèlerinage, peut-être devront-ils s'assurer que leur amour des deux dernières décennies se renouvelle. 2015.Tante Irma (Souvenirs de la banlieue. #5.)
By Rosette Laberge. 2013
" Au sein de la famille Pelletier, les décisions des uns et des autres sont loin de toujours faire l'unanimité.…
Ayant besoin de tout contrôler, Sylvie ne manque pas de surveiller tout son monde de près. Les cachotteries de sa tante, les chums successifs de Sonia, le départ de Junior de la maison, le nouvel ami de Luc : tout est prétexte pour dire sans ménagement à ceux qu'elle aime qu'ils auraient dû agir autrement. Même tante Irma a droit à ses sautes d'humeur ! Entre une naissance impromptue et une autre attendue avec impatience, une visite imprévue et un voyage subit à New York, les Pelletier essaient de traverser les hauts et les bas de leur vie du mieux qu'ils peuvent. " -- 4e de couv.Ta maison est en feu: le cycle de Manawaka (Collection Coda)
By Margaret Laurence, Florence Lévy-Paoloni. 2009
" Un incendie ravage l'âme de Stacey MacAindra. Proche de la quarantaine, épouse d'un représentant sans envergure, mère de quatre…
enfants, elle est l'incarnation de la femme au foyer idéale. Or, elle est habitée par la conviction profonde que la vie a plus à offrir que ce rôle ingrat, cette routine aliénante. Prisonnière des contraintes sociales, Stacey se permet bien quelques écarts, de menus plaisirs, mais sa culpabilité la ramène vite à l'ordre. Elle brûle, rêve d'une autre vie. Pour échapper à la tristesse, à la monotonie des jours qui passent, à l'angoisse de voir sa famille s'envoler en fumée devant ses yeux, Stacey convoque des bribes de son passé. Après Hagar Shipley (L'ange de pierre) et Rachel Cameron, la soeur de Stacey (Une divine plaisanterie), Margaret Laurence donne naissance, avec la lucidité, l'ironie et la subtile poésie qu'on lui connaît, à une autre femme inoubliable, dont la voix peut à nouveau résonner en français après un silence de trente-huit ans. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The fire-dwellers.The birthday lunch
By Joan Clark. 2015
Free-spirited Lily has always played the peacemaker between her fierce, doting sister, Laverne, and her own loving, garrulous husband, Hal,…
as they competed for her attention. The competition has only grown worse since the three of them moved into a large house in the town of Sussex, New Brunswick. On Lily’s 58th birthday, a steamy day in late June, Laverne feels she has bested Hal by winning her sister’s company for a gourmet lunch, but it becomes a bitter and short-lived victory when the day’s events take an unexpected and tragic turn. Bestseller. 2015.Terre et cendres
By Atiq Rahimi, Sabrina Nouri. 2000
Court roman en langue nouvelle, ce texte vibrant raconte, par la voix d'un grand-père, le drame de l'Afghanistan au début…
des années 1980. "La beauté de la douleur subie et narrée."Solomon Gursky: roman
By Mordecai Richler. 2015
Moses Berger est encore enfant quand il entend pour la première fois parler de Solomon Gursky. Ce personnage mystérieux deviendra…
bientôt pour lui une obsession qui l'incitera à mener une vaste enquête aux quatre coins du monde. Toute sa vie sera consacrée à démêler le vrai du faux dans l'histoire d'un homme et d'une famille dont les origines sont drapées dans le mystère. Nous entraînant dans les bas-fonds londoniens du XIXe siècle, en Arctique avec l'expédition de Franklin, dans l'Amérique de la prohibition, dans les paysages vallonnés des Cantons-de-l'Est d'hier et d'aujourdhui, des hauteurs de Westmount jusqu'aux ruelles du Mile End, Solomon Gursky est un puissant récit qui nous captive par sa verve et son humour mordant. 2015.The best kind of people
By Zoe Whittall. 2016
When George Woodbury, an affable teacher and beloved husband and father, is arrested for sexual assault at his school, his…
family is left to pick up the pieces. His wife, Joan, a trauma nurse, is unable to triage her emotional reactions, and vaults between rage and denial. Daughter Sadie, the consummate overachiever, finds herself paralyzed on her boyfriend’s couch with a bong, while a local author attempts to exploit her story. Their son, Andrew, a lawyer in New York, assists in his father’s defense while wrestling with the unhappy memories of his own teen years in high school. Unfolding over a one-year period, the novel focuses on the Woodbury family as they struggle to support George while privately grappling with the possibility of his guilt. Bestseller. 2016.Ten good seconds of silence: a novel
By Elizabeth Ruth. 2001
Frightened by their daughter's odd behaviour and her recent claims of psychic visions, the Boots send Lilith to a mental…
hospital. Years later, Lilith's own daughter, Lemon, struggles to find an identity distinct from her quirky mother, and wonders about the father she has never met. 2001.Souviens-toi de moi comme ça: roman (Terres d'Amérique)
By Bret Anthony Johnston, France Camus-Pichon. 2016
"Cela fait quatre ans que le jeune Justin Campbell a disparu sans laisser de trace. Fugue ? Kidnapping ? Accident…
? C'est une véritable tragédie pour sa famille qui, faute de certitudes, cherche des échappatoires : sa mère s'est prise de passion pour la protection des dauphins ; son père a une liaison ; et son frère passe ses journées à faire du skateboard dans la piscine à sec d'un motel abandonné... Lorsque enfin Justin réapparaît, loin de retrouver un équilibre, sa famille se divise davantage, écrasée par la culpabilité et le désir de faire justice elle-même. Avec ce premier roman prochainement adapté au cinéma, Bret Anthony Johnston s'impose comme l'un des jeunes romanciers américains les plus talentueux. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Remember me like this.Subject to change
By Karen Nesbitt. 2017
Declan's life in small-town Quebec is defined by his parents' divorce, his older brother's delinquency and his own lackluster performance…
at school, which lands him with a tutor he calls Little Miss Perfect. He likes his job at the local ice rink, and he has a couple of good buddies, but his father's five-year absence is a constant source of pain and anger. When he finds out the truth about his parents' divorce, he is forced to reconsider everything he has believed about his family and himself. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2017 QWF Prize for Children’s Literature. 2017.Swimming in the monsoon sea
By Shyam Selvadurai. 2005
Sri Lanka, 1980. There is mystery surrounding the death of Amrith's beloved mother and alcoholic father, and because of the…
circumstances of his parents' marriage, his extended family shuns him. So when his Canadian cousin Niresh turns up with his father, Amrith is anxious to make a connection. Eventually, he realizes his feelings for Niresh go beyond friendship. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2005.Star jumper: journal of a cardboard genius
By Frank Asch. 2006
Self-proclaimed genius inventor Alex is convinced that his little brother Jonathan is evil: the kid never shuts up, he's a…
klutz, he drools on his pillow when he sleeps, and he sticks to Alex like glue, sticking his nose into his big brother's business. That's why Alex has to leave Earth and fly so far away that no one will ever be able to find him. Using cardboard, duct tape, old odds and ends and his amazing scientific imagination, Alex builds Star Jumper, a spaceship that will deliver him from his rotten little brother forever! But Jonathan has other ideas - and a secret that ultimately brings forth Alex's most brilliant creation ever! Grades 3-6. 2006.Scarlet feather
By Maeve Binchy. 2000
Cooking-school friends Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather have created the Scarlet Feather catering company in Dublin. During their first year,…
as they get off to a good start professionally, they struggle in their personal lives with troubled family members. Then they must recover from a devastating break-in, while amidst all the complications, an unexpected love blossoms. 2000.Soucouyant
By David John Chariandy. 2007
Said to wear the skin of an old woman by day and take the form of a wandering fireball by…
night - and sucking the blood of her victims - the spectre of the Soucouyant haunts Adele, a Trinidadian Canadian. Adele is sliding into early-onset dementia when her husband is killed in an industrial accident, and her older son leaves home after Adele ceases to recognize him. Her younger son tries to unravel the hidden tragedies of Adele's youth, which included an encounter with the Soucouyant itself. Some descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. Some strong language. 2007.Significant things: a novel
By Helen McLean. 2003
Previous experiences of betrayals and unhappiness have led Edward, an art dealer and collector, to form almost fetishistic attachments to…
beautiful objects, substitutes for human relationships. In his late forties, he falls deeply in love with a young artist, but he has not yet learned that there is a difference between loving and possessing. 2003.Story house
By Timothy L Taylor. 2006
Graham and Elliot Gordon, half-brothers, are the sons of famous architect Packer Gordon, and openly hostile towards each other. As…
teens, Packer takes them to ex-fighter Pogey Nealon, where they box three rounds that will change their lives forever. Twenty-odd years later, the brothers grudgingly get involved in restoring Nealon's house, with help from the producer of a reality show, though nobody is prepared for what takes place when the cameras roll. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2006.Stephen Fair: a novel
By Tim Wynne-Jones. 1998
At the age of fifteen Stephen begins having nightmares like the ones that drove his older brother away from home,…
and eventually the dreams lead to a discovery that is shocking but that ultimately allows his family to come back together. Junior high. 1998.