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The Debba
By Avner Mandelman. 2010
1977. David Starkman returns from self-imposed exile in Canada to his native Israel after learning of the murder of his…
war hero father, Isser. Isser's will includes an unusual provision - that within 45 days, a controversial play he'd written, 'The Debba', be staged. David, who once belonged to an elite Israeli army unit, decides to fulfill his father's request, while searching for clues to solve the murder. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. 2010.The gruffalo
By Julia Donaldson. 1999
When Mouse takes a stroll through the woods, he meets a fox, an owl, and a snake who all want…
to eat him! So Mouse invents a gruffalo, a monster with "terrible tusks and terrible claws, terrible teeth, and terrible jaws." But will Mouse's frightful description be enough to scare off his foes? After all, there's no such thing as a gruffalo... is there? Grades K-3. 1999.The circus dogs of Prague
By Rachelle Delaney. 2013
JR the terrier and his embassy friends Robert, Pie, and Beatrix are on their way to Prague! Having solved the…
mystery of the missing dogs in Moscow, JR is ready for a vacation with his human, George, and George’s Russian girlfriend, Nadya. And where better to distract themselves than in Prague, taking in the sights and meeting Nadya’s brother, a circus performer. But something is amiss at the circus - the animals are unhappy. The boxing kangaroo doesn’t want to box, the dancing chimpanzee doesn’t want to dance. Not only that, but a fancy new circus is coming to town, threatening to put everyone out of a job. It’s up to JR and the embassy dogs to save the show, with the help of some unlikely accomplices. Grades 3-6. Sequel to "The metro dogs of Moscow". 2013.The cat at the wall
By Deborah Ellis. 2014
A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers.…
The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she's just a cat. Or is she? She was once a regular North American girl, but that was before she died and came back to life as a cat. When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don't know what to do with him. It is not long before his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. As the soldiers begin to panic and disaster seems certain, the cat knows that it is up to her to diffuse the situation. Grades 5-8. 2014.The boat people
By Sharon Bala. 2018
When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches Vancouver's…
shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life. Instead, the group is thrown into a detention processing center, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among the "boat people" are members of a separatist militant organization responsible for countless suicide attacks--and that these terrorists now pose a threat to Canada's national security. As the refugees become subject to heavy interrogation, Mahindan begins to fear that a desperate act taken in Sri Lanka to fund their escape may now jeopardize his and his son's chance for asylum. Canada Reads 2018. Bestseller. 2018.Seeing red
By Anne Louise MacDonald. 2009
Frankie Uccello seems like just another average, normal fourteen-year-old boy, until he discovers that he can dream the future, especially…
when something bad is about to happen. But seeing the future is only cool in movies and TV; in real life, not only does everyone think you're a whacko, but the future doesn't look good. And then Maura-Lee starts hanging around: she can read minds, and she seems to be reading his. For junior high readers. 2009.Sam's ride (Orca echoes)
By Becky Citra. 2009
Sam, a nine-year-old boy, is devastated when his mother drops him off for two weeks on his grandfather's ranch. Grandpa…
has a lot of rules, and Sam isn't happy about having to stay with him, but it isn't all bad - he learns to ride a horse and also discovers some surprising things about his father, who died when Sam was a baby. When Sam is forced to overcome his fear of riding in order to help rescue Grandpa, Sam grows to appreciate both his grandpa and life on the ranch. Grades 2-4. 2009.Ritou, le raton qui n'aimait pas la pluie (Estime de soi)
By Gilles Tibo. 2008
Ritou n’aime pas du tout la pluie. Il tente par tous les moyens de ne pas l’entendre, mais rien n’y…
fait. Il décide donc de trouver une invention qui lui permettra de jouer sous la pluie sans se faire mouiller. D’invention en invention, Ritou réussira à trouver des solutions pleines d’imagination. Années 1-3. 2008.Ru
By Kim Thúy. 2009
Ru est composé de très courts récits liés un peu comme dans une ritournelle : la première phrase du chapitre…
reprend le plus souvent l’idée qui terminait le chapitre précédent, permettant ainsi de faire le pont entre tous les événements que la narratrice a connus : sa naissance au Vietnam pendant la guerre, la fuite avec les boat people, son accueil dans une petite ville du Québec, ses études, ses liens familiaux, son enfant autiste, etc. La vie de l’auteure est bourrée de gens charmants, singuliers, de situations difficiles ou saugrenues vécues avec un bonheur égal, et elle sait jouer à merveille avec les sentiments du lecteur, oscillant entre le tragique et le comique, entre le prosaïque et le spirituel. 2009.Retour à Killybegs: roman (Roman)
By Sorj Chalandon. 2011
L'auteur se glisse ici dans la peau de Tyrone Meehan, un traître. Sur trois générations, il raconte la vie de…
cet homme originaire d'Irlande du Nord, qui a grandi entre un père violent et une mère qui ploie sous le fardeau des naissances et de la misère. La haine des Anglais, très tôt enseignée par le père, pousse le jeune Tyrone dans l'IRA. Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française 2011.Rats on the roof: and other stories
By James Marshall. 1991
Seven silly stories about some very unusual creatures. There are rats who can dance, a sheep who can't read, an…
owl who outwits a dinosaur, and a goose who mistakes her wolf neighbours for birds! Grades 2-4. 1991.Ralph: flying hound
By Dave Paddon. 2016
Inspired by a true story. A hilarious recitation about a dog that just won't give up. Along with his canine…
comrades, Ralph chases anything that moves, and usually catches it too. But when his aspirations go skyward, even his four furry friends - Nance, Lucky, Spot 1 and Spot 2 - wonder if Ralph's aiming too high. Will Ralph catch that big orange duck? Will pilot Greg ever get those crazy dogs out of his hair? And how did those mutts end up in the drink? Grades K-3. 2016.Empois: [roman] (Dragonville. #3.)
By Michèle Plomer. 2013
" On tente toujours la chance quand on s'aventure sur la glace. Dans son village qui ressemble à une peinture…
à numéro, Sylvie aux prises avec un furieux adversaire doit choisir à qui elle peut faire confiance. Lors d'un séjour en Chine elle fait une mystérieuse découverte qui se répercutera d'étonnantes façons sur sa vie. De son côté, Li est en danger dans cet occident qui ondule de montagnes verdoyantes. Sur les murs de la blanchisserie où ses collègues dorment sur des planches à repasser, il poursuit son oeuvre en manifestant son amour pour Lung qui ne vit que pour le protéger. Empois est un roman qui infuse chez le lecteur un savoir au sujet de l'amour et de la générosité. Un roman qui nous aide à jauger le poids du désir avec celui de la procréation, mais surtout qui nous guide sur le chemin de la chance. " -- 4e de couv.Pandas on the eastside
By Gabrielle Prendergast. 2016
When ten-year-old Journey Song hears that two pandas are being held in a warehouse in her neighbourhood, she worries that…
they may be hungry, cold and lonely. Horrified to learn that the pandas, originally destined for a zoo in Washington, might be shipped back to China because of a diplomatic spat between China and the United States, Journey rallies her friends and neighbours on the poverty-stricken Eastside. Her infectious enthusiasm for all things panda is hard to resist, and soon she's getting assistance from every corner of her tight-knit neighbourhood. Grades 3-6. 2016.Nikolski
By Nicolas Dickner. 2005
À l'aube de la vingtaine, Noah, Joyce et un narrateur non identifié quittent leur lieu de naissance pour entamer une…
longue migration. Fraîchement débarqués à Montréal, ils tentent de prendre leur vie en main, malgré les erreurs de parcours, les amours défectueuses et leurs arbres généalogiques tordus. Ils se croient seuls; pourtant, leurs trajectoires ne cessent de se croiser, laissant entrevoir une incontrôlable symétrie au sein de leurs existences. 2005.Jomusch et le troll des cuisines (Roman vert. livre 2)
By Christiane Duchesne. 2001
No safe place
By Deborah Ellis. 2010
Orphaned Abdul from war-torn Baghdad, Rosalia, a Rom girl who has escaped the white slave trade, Cheslav, gone AWOL from…
a Russian military school, and Jonah, their boat pilot's ten-year-old nephew, are stalled in the Channel, trying to get to England after the pilot has died. The four of them end up hijacking a yacht and, despite their fear and mistrust, form a kind of makeshift family. And as the authorities close in on them, they find refuge in an unusual place - a child's secret cave on the English coast. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2010.My name is Parvana
By Deborah Ellis. 2012
Parvana, now fifteen, has been reunited with her mother and sisters and is living in a village where her mother…
has opened a school for girls. But even though the Taliban has been driven from the government, the country is still at war, and many continue to view the education and freedom of girls and women with suspicion and fear. When local men threaten the school and her family, she must draw on every ounce of bravery and resilience she possesses to survive. For junior and senior high readers. Companion to The Breadwinner trilogy: “The breadwinner” (DC22033), “Parvana’s journey” (DC25167), and “Mud city” (DC25745). 2012.Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran
By Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. 2001
L'histoire d'une amitié entre un jeune Juif de douze ans et un vieil épicier arabe. Un récit très simple, salubre…
en ces temps de haine et de racisme, avec un petit côté "La Vie devant soi" qui n'est pas vraiment gênant. De l'humour et de l'émotion. Deuxième volet de la Trilogie de l'Invisible. Années 5-8. 2001.Moon at nine
By Deborah Ellis. 2014
Fifteen-year-old Farrin has many secrets. Although she goes to a school for gifted girls in Tehran, as the daughter of…
an aristocratic mother and wealthy father, Farrin must keep a low profile. It is 1988; ever since the Shah was overthrown, the deeply conservative and religious government controls every facet of life in Iran. If the Revolutionary Guard finds out about her mother's “Bring Back the Shah” activities, her family could be thrown in jail, or worse. The day she meets Sadira, Farrin's life changes forever. Sadira is funny, wise, and outgoing; the two girls become inseparable. But as their friendship deepens into romance, the relationship takes a dangerous turn. It is against the law to be gay in Iran; the punishment is death. Despite their efforts to keep their love secret, the girls are discovered and arrested. Separated from Sadira, Farrin can only pray as she awaits execution. Will her family find a way to save them both? For senior high readers. 2014.