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The crazy man
By Pamela Paige Porter. 2005
1965. After Emaline, 11, is crippled in a tractor accident, Daddy kills her beloved dog, Prince, and walks away from…
their Saskatchewan farm. Mom takes in Angus from the local mental hospital to help with the farm work, but the neighbours jeer and complain about the crazy man. Emaline sees Angus' kindness and strength, but it is only when he performs the ultimate act of heroism that others in the town finally recognize his worth as a human being. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2007 Golden Oak Award. Winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 2005.The Beetle and me: a love story
By Karen Romano Young. 1999
At fifteen, Daisy, who is as obsessed with cars as the rest of her family, convinces her reluctant father to…
let her try to restore his purple 1957 Volkswagen Beetle. While she struggles to work on the car, Daisy experiences her first relationships with boys. For Junior and Senior high readers. 1999.Strawberry girl
By Lois Lenski. 1995
Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer and her family have just moved to the Florida backwoods and are struggling to make a living…
by raising strawberries. Making the new farm prosper is not easy, with the heat, droughts, and cold snaps to get through. Perhaps the most worrisome thing for the Boyers is the rowdy family on the adjoining farm, who are ready and waiting to start a feud. Grades 4-7. 1995.Margy
By Margaret Smith. 1992
During the 1930s, 13-year-old Margy is sent from her father's Manitoba farm to live with two aunts in Ontario. Margy's…
irrepressible spirit carries her into many misadventures as she adapts to her new life. Grades 5-8. 1992.Divided city
By Theresa Breslin. 2006
A young man lies bleeding in the street. It's Glasgow. The Orange Walks have begun. Graham doesn't want to be…
involved. He just wants to play football with his new mate, Joe. But when he witnesses a shocking moment of violence, suddenly he and Joe are involved. With Catholics, and with Protestants. With a young Muslim asylum-seeker, and his girlfriend. With all the old rivalries and fears. A gripping tale about two boys who must find their own answers - and their own way forward - in a world divided by differences. Junior High. 2006.Uncle Jacob's ghost story
By Donn Kushner. 1984
Tom Fobble's day
By Alan Garner. 1977
The winter room
By Gary Paulsen. 1989
Young Eldon describes his Minnesota farm as it passes through the four seasons, plunging the reader into the sights, sounds,…
smells, tastes and textures of his rural experiences. Includes folk tales and memories of the elderly men who work with Eldon. For junior and senior high readers. 1990 Newbery Honor book. 1989.The stone book
By Alan Garner, Michael Foreman. 1976
The house without a Christmas tree
By Gail Rock. 1974
A touching Christmas story set in a small midwestern town in the 1940's. Every year Addie Mills begs for a…
Christmas tree, and every year her stern father refuses to buy one and will not give Addie an explanation. For children and adults. 1974.Young Fu of the upper Yangtze
By Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, Pearl S Buck. 1932
This book describes the adventures of young Fu, a Chinese country boy, who goes with his widowed mother to live…
in Chungking to be apprenticed to a master coppersmith. As he learns his way around the city, his acts of bravery earn him friends and more good fortune than he could have imagined. Winner of the Newbery Award. For junior and senior high readers. 1932, 1999.An old fashioned girl
By Louisa May Alcott. 1971
Ticket to Curlew
By Celia Barker Lottridge. 1992
In 1915, 10-year-old Sam moves from Iowa to Alberta. At first, he views his new home as a lonely and…
barren land, but in time, he discovers that it is both wondrous and frightening. Followed by "Wings to fly". Grades 5-8. 1992.The story girl
By L. M Montgomery. 1910
One of Carlisle's most exceptional citizens is only fourteen. But Sara Stanley can weave tales impossible to resist. People come…
from miles around to listen to the captivating tales of the Story Girl. Grades 5-8. 1987, originally published in 1910.The golden road
By L. M Montgomery. 1910
Life is full of surprises for a group of Prince Edward Island youngsters. Imaginative Sara is usually at the centre…
of things, whether publishing a gossipy magazine or spending a spooky night with the local witch. Sequel to "Story girl" (DC13160). Grades 5-8. 1986, c1910.The aimer gate
By Alan Garner. 1978
Robert learns that his secret place has another secret the day his soldier uncle comes home to help with the…
corn harvest. Sequel to "Granny Reardun" (DC03955). Followed by "Tom Fobble's day" (DC03954). Grades 4-7. c1978.Rose in bloom (The cousins ; #2)
By Louisa May Alcott. 1927
The experiences of lovely Rose Campbell as she grows into womanhood. Rose, just returning from a trip around the world,…
is determined to be an independent woman, but her inheritance attracts many suitors. Sequel to "Eight cousins" (DC02187). Grades 5-8. 1971, c1876. (The cousins ; 2)Unleashed
By Amy McCulloch. 2021
When Lacey Chu wakes up in a hospital room with no memory of how she got there, she knows something…
went really wrong. And with her cat baku, Jinx, missing in action and Moncha, the company behind the invention of the robot pet, threatening her family, she isn't sure who to turn to for answers. To make matters worse, Lacey is expelled from her dream school, Profectus. And when she tries to talk to her mom about it, she realizes she's been acting weirdly ever since the latest update from Moncha. Lacey and her friends work together to get to the bottom of it and discover a sinister plot at the heart of the corporation that could change everyone's lives. Lacey must use all her skills if she has a chance of stopping Moncha from carrying out its plan. But can she take on the biggest tech company in North America armed with only a level one robot beetle and her friends at her side?Wish upon a sleepover
By Suzanne Selfors. 2018
Leilani desperately wants to become friends with the popular girls. When her invites are mistakenly sent to the wrong kids,…
Leilani ends up with an unexpected night. For grades 4-7. 2018Dreaming dangerous
By Lauren DeStefano. 2018
At Brassmere Academy for the Extraordinary, twelve-year-old Plum and her best friends share adventures in their dreams each night. But…
when one of them disappears, they discover alarming secrets about Brassmere and its intentions. For grades 3-6. 2018