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On wings of a dragon
By Cora Taylor. 2001
Kour'el wakes up in a tower cell with no memory of who she is or where she came from. One…
painful shred at a time, she pieces together her memory with the help of her companion Api'Naga, an immortal dragon. They know they have come from very far away and that they have a mission, but not even Api'Naga knows for certain what the mission is and who they are looking for. For Junior High readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2001.Old scores
By Scott MacKay. 2003
When a music mogul is found strangled to death in his apartment, there's little that would give detectives Barry Gilbert…
and Joe Lombardo reason to pause, but this is no ordinary murder victim. Glen Boyd, the sly music producer whom even Gilbert once threatened to kill after the man nearly destroyed his marriage, seems to have a list of enemies a mile long. Soon it becomes a race against time for Gilbert to find the true culprit. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2003.Notes across the aisle
By Peter Carver. 1995
A collection of the best stories from Thistldown's second national competition for young adult short stories. The winning story, "How…
to tell Renata," was written by Linda Holeman of Winnipeg. 1995.North of the Equator
By Cyril Dabydeen. 2001
This collection of stories looks at the polarities of tropical and temperate places. A poet attempts to navigate the shark-infested…
corridors of a northern government bureaucracy, while elsewhere an office worker goes south to explore the nether reaches of an all-too-real Amazonia. The result is cultural hybridity, a creolization in which geography means much more than just the place where you live. 2001.Nobody's child
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. 2003
When the Armenians of Turkey are marched into the desert to die in 1915, Mariam is rescued by her Turkish…
friend Rustem, and lives with mixed acceptance as a guest in his father's harem. Kevork is shot and left for dead in a mass grave in the desert, but is rescued by nomadic Arabs and nurtured back to health. Both teens must choose between the security of an adopted home or the risk of death in search of family. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The Hunger". For senior high readers. 2003.No cherubs for Melanie: an Inspector Bliss mystery (A Castle Street Mystery #3)
By D. James Hawkins. 2002
Melanie Gordonstone, a cherubic six-year-old, is found drowned in a backyard pool, and inexperienced English detective David Bliss attributes her…
death to an accident. More than 20 years later when Melanie's father is murdered, Bliss, who has been having doubts about Melanie's death, suspects Melanie's sister Margaret, who lives in a remote community in Ontario. Bliss's unauthorized investigation brings him overseas in search of Margaret, and uncovers disturbing secrets that have destroyed the Gordonstone family. Strong language. 2002.No great mischief
By Alistair MacLeod. 1999
Alexander MacDonald shares the story of his family, Scottish immigrants who have been in Canada for almost two hundred years.…
Most of the family's time has been spent on Cape Breton island but in recent times the male members of the family have moved off to become specialist shaft miners in demand around the world. The story of the brothers, their troubles and their triumphs, are shared by Alexander, the youngest among them and the only one not to earn his living in the mines. 1999.Night watch
By Kevin Armstrong. 2002
Short stories set in the Pacific islands, detailing the shift between sea and land, indigenous cultures and the Western seafaring…
world. Each story unveils protagonists who err in their search for self and home. "The cane field" uncovers the myriad ways a mother's love can be destroyed by political and cultural clashes; "The woman of his choice" depicts Faero, a young Waro Indian caught between the world he knows and the woman he desires. Some strong language. 2002.Next episode (New Canadian library)
By Sheila Fischman, Hubert Aquin. 2001
As he awaits trial, a young separatist writes an espionage story in the psychiatric ward of the Montreal prison where…
he has been detained. He also reflects on his dissent and distress, and on the political realities of Quebec of the 1960's. First published in 1965. Winner of Canada Reads 2003. 2001. Uniform title: Prochain épisode.Never to be told
By Becky Citra. 2006
Asia has lived with Ira and his wife Maddy for as long as she can remember. She loves their farm,…
but when Ira has a heart attack, Asia's world is turned upside down. Distraught at the possibility of losing the only family she has ever known, Asia is frightened but fascinated by the appearance of a ghost - a ghost only Asia can see and hear. Grades 5-8. 2006.Necessary betrayals
By Susan Ouriou, Guillaume Vigneault. 2002
Jack is a lively, intelligent man indifferent to the life he's been leading, and Tristan is the younger brother of…
his ex, Monica. They decide to travel, and journey from Montreal to Bar Harbour, from Louisiana via New York and Florida to Val d'Or. Together, in an old Buick, they've embarked on a quest to conquer the shadows. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 2001. Uniform title: Chercher le vent.Naked brunch
By Sparkle Hayter. 2002
Annie Engel turns into a werewolf and hunts down human prey at each full moon. But Annie in wolf form…
has not gone unnoticed, and she is chased through the big city by a TV reporter on his first big story, a psychiatrist who wants to save her from her predatory side, a male werewolf who wants to save her from the psychiatrist, and a dragnet ordered by a mayor nervous about losing the tourist trade. They all want Annie, and they all want to get to her first. 2002.Mystical Rose
By Richard Scrimger. 2000
While confronting death, an elderly woman enters into a conversation with God. Set primarily in Toronto and spanning the years…
from the 1920s to the 1990s, the story unfolds through a series of expository flashbacks and revelations, chronicling the life of a woman determined to face life's obstacles, yet never quite in control of her own destiny. 2000.Muriella Pent: a novel
By Russell Smith. 2004
Marcus Royston is sent to Canada on a cultural exchange where he stays with Muriella Pent. When two young university…
students are drawn into Royston's fractious orbit, an unpleasant sexual competition occurs. Life in Stilwoode Park becomes more artistic than any of the exchange's sponsors had ever hoped. Some descriptions of sex and strong language. 2004.Mount Appetite
By Bill Gaston, Lynn Henry. 2002
Twelve short stories, liked by the "Mount Appetite" of the title: the common theme of yearning and seeking, often involving…
addiction to substances, people, and schemes of the heart. The protagonists struggle to satiate their desires by indulging in alcohol and other vices, or, alternatively, scorning those who do. Characters range from an illiterate faith healer in New Brunswick to the articulate and illegitimate son of author Malcolm Lowry in BC. Some strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 2002.Missing Mooch (First novels #Vol. 31)
By Sarah Cummins, Gilles Gauthier. 1999
Carl is spending his summer holidays on the Magdalen Islands with his friend Gary and Gary's dog Dumpling. Terrified of…
everything, Dumpling clings tightly to Gary. Carl can't help remembering his noble and magnificent dog, Mooch, and wanting to do something to honour Mooch's life. Translation of: Petit Chausson, Grande Babouche. Grades 2-4. 1999. Uniform title: Petit Chausson, Grande Babouche.Mme. Proust and the kosher kitchen
By Kate Taylor. 2003
In turn-of-the-century Paris, Jeanne Proust, a cultivated Jewish woman married to a Catholic doctor, writes in her diaries of global…
events and of her family, including her son Marcel. The diary entries are often interrupted by their translator, Marie Prévost, who is obsessed with them and with the enigmatic Max. The third strand of the story involves Sarah Bensimon, a young Parisian refugee sent to Canada to escape the Nazis, who eventually settles into an uneasy life, taking refuge in her kitchen and trying to heal the wounds of history. Some strong language. 2003.Mina's spring of colors
By Rachna Gilmore. 2000
Mina used to love her grandfather, her Nanaji, but now that he lives with her and her parents, he's always…
bothering and embarrassing her. But when a girl at school, Ashley, makes fun of him, Mina decides to get revenge at her family's annual Holi party, a special Hindu festival. Grades 3-6. 2000.Mile end
By Gail Scott, Lise Tremblay. 2002
The narrator of this novel does not have a name; she is simply a grotesque "fat woman," getting larger every…
day. No one thinks she understands anything, and she feels displaced. Yet within this spreading body crouches the still point of a sharply observant intelligence, and her resignation is a tightly wounded emotional spring, set to lash out terribly on a world of blind and tormenting indifference. Winner of the Governor General's Award. 2002. Uniform title: Danse juive.Midnight at the Dragon Café
By Judy Fong Bates. 2004
Su-Jen and her parents settle uneasily into their new life in a town where they are the only Chinese family.…
She feels the weight of her mother's unhappiness as her life takes her outside of the diner and the traditional customs. Then when a tragedy occurs at school, Su-Jen's life changes again. 2004.