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Freddie the Flyer
By Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, Fred Carmichael. 2023
A gorgeous picture book that pays homage to aviator Freddie Carmichael — the first Indigenous commercial pilot in the Arctic…
—with each month of the year highlighting moments from his life, the beauty of the North and the power of dreams.When Freddie was young, he saw a plane up close for the first time when it dropped off supplies at his family’s remote bush camp. He was instantly hooked.Freddie has flown for nearly seventy years, doing everything from supply runs to search and rescue to transporting dog teams to far-flung areas.This book celebrates Freddie’s early dreams of flying and his later achievements. Readers move with Freddie through the year, hearing about his journey as a pilot and leader, while learning the names of the months in Gwich’in and Inuvialuktun at the same time. Art from Inuvialuit painter Audrea Loreen-Wulf perfectly captures the incredible Western Arctic as well as Freddie’s love for aviation.Lightning Lou
By Lori Weber. 2016
When a team in an all-girls’ hockey league comes to recruit players, twelve-year-old Lou’s dreams seem to be coming true.…
But the dreams hinge on one thing: never letting on that Lou is a boy. But the road to stardom is not easy, as Lou discovers that the competition is fierce, and that he’s got a lot of work to do to match the skills of the league’s star player and his chief rival, Albertine Lapensée. All the while, he has to keep his secret, and wrestle with the moral dilemma of taking a place on the team away from a deserving girl. Loosely based on a true story, Lightning Lou is a riveting and thought-provoking story for middle-grade readers.Laura's ma: adapted from the Little house books (Little House Chapter Bks. #No. 11)
By Heather Henson. 1999
The dark room
By Rachel Seiffert. 2001
Stories of three Germans affected by the Third Reich. Physically deformed Helmut, excluded from the Nazi army, becomes obsessed with…
photographing wartime Berlin's citizens. During the Allied occupation, Lore, a devoted sister, perceives her parents' participation in evil. And Micha, in 1997, probes his grandfather's role in the SS. Booker Prize finalist.Will you still love me tomorrow?
By Edward Gorman. 2001
Black Water Falls, Iowa; 1959. Anti-communism is at its peak after a visit to the state by premier Nikita Khrushchev…
of the USSR. When a high-profile local liberal, attorney Sam McCain's client, is murdered, Sam investigates. Trouble arises when the two main suspects are also killed. Some strong language.Flight to freedom (First Person Fiction Ser.)
By Ana Veciana-Suarez. 2002
Writing in her diary thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967. She continues her journal…
after they escape from the communist island to join relatives in Miami, Florida, where Yara, speaking only Spanish, attends a new school. For grades 6-9.Death of Riley
By Rhys Bowen. 2002
New York City, 1901. Irish immigrant Molly Murphy, last seen in Murphy's Law (BR 14095), cajoles private investigator Paddy Riley…
to hire her as his assistant. When Paddy is murdered, Molly gets a glimpse of the culprit and attempts to track him down.Les amis d'enfance: roman
By Pierre Manseau. 2008
"1964, un village dans la vallée du Saint-Laurent. La vie paisible aux Quatre Roches, encore empreinte de tradition, est soudain…
perturbée quand un article aux accents révolutionnaires paraît dans le journal, dans lequel l'auteur s'en prend aux patrons de la mine B.T.J., principal employeur de la région. Les mineurs seraient-ils en danger? C'est à la suite de ce scandale que deux garçons inséparables de 12 ans, Martin Beauregard et Sylvain Chicoine, vont se trouver entraînés malgrés eux dans une expédition qui, cette fois, ne sera peut-être pas qu'un jeu. Foulards de Mamamouchi, potions aux algues, ombres de la nuit, griffes de diablesse, pièges à ours et premiers émois de l'adolescence se donnent rendez-vous dans cette aventure qui mènera nos jeunes héros dans le secret de la mine". -- 4e de couvThe house on Prague Street
By Hanna Demetz. 1980
Evocative novel in which a young half-Jewish woman looks back on her Czechoslovakian childhood and an all too brief romance…
during one summer before World War II. As bigotry and hate come to rule, her innocent world evaporates; yet Helenka manages to endure and grow with a rare kind of spiritual graceThe angry tide: a novel of Cornwall, 1798-1799
By Winston Graham. 1977
Seventh novel in the "Poldark" series. Cornishman Ross Poldark is a successful lord of his manor, newly made member of…
Parliament, owner of two mines, husband to Demelza, and father of their two children. Warleggan, lifelong rival of the Poldark clan, sets in motion political and financial intrigues that could destroy all Ross has struggled forChihuahua 1916
By Otis Carney. 1980
Ranchers near the Mexican border are caught up in the chaos caused by Pancho Villa's World War I era invasion…
of New Mexico. Drunken fights, street shootouts, father/son tension dominate this western style melodrama. Some strong languageThe crystal cave
By Mary Stewart. 1970
A fairy-tale quality permeates this story of Merlin, the fifth-century wizard-prince who guided King Arthur of Britain to his throne.…
Relates the parentage of Merlin, his "magic" powers, and the origin of the Arthurian legendLincoln: a novel
By Gore Vidal. 1984
Historical novel presents an unsentimental portrait of Lincoln as a shrewd politician and president. The novel chronicles his politics and…
his humanity as viewed by both his admirers and detractors focusing on the interplay between Lincoln and members of his cabinet. Also includes a brisk portrait of Mary, his adoring, but spendthrift wife. Book club main selectionThe gold seekers
By William Long. 1985
Driven by the lust for wealth and power, adventurers Luke Murphy, his brother, and the unscrupulous but elegant Jaspar Morgan…
desert California for the glittering promise of gold buried in the rugged hills and desolate outback of Australia. Volume 7 of the Australians and sequel to "The Colonists." Some strong languageSassafras
By Jack Matthews. 1983
Comic, rowdy adventures of Thad Burke who, evicted from the homestead of his antic father on the frontier of 1840,…
hooks up with a printer, instilling in him a love of words. Inadvertently, he becomes a traveling phrenologist and meets up with such colorful characters as a suicidal Indian, a giant badman, and a fading beautiful woman. Strong languageLow treason
By Leonard Tourney. 1982
The dim alehouses, crowded streets, and deadly alleys of Elizabethan London lend high color to a tale of espionage. When…
a conscientious young apprentice to a London jeweler disappears, the constable from his hometown heads off to London to seek him. But even the constable, a man with powerful friends, discovers that the city can be a treacherous place for a man seeking the truthThe wicked day
By Mary Stewart. 1983
A vivid retelling of the story of Mordred, bastard son of King Arthur and his half-sister. This version portrays Mordred,…
who Merlin prophesied would be Arthur's doom, as a victim of fate rather than a dastardly traitor. Follows "The Crystal Cave" (BRA 15682), "The Hollow Hills" (BRA 13360), and "The Last Enchantment" (BRA 16178). Bestseller 1983Washington!
By Dana Ross. 1982
Ninth book in the Wagons West series. At the close of the Civil War, wounded hero Toby Holt rides west…
to claim a homestead on the vast timberlands of Washington. Awaiting him are shrewd, ruthless profiteers and two beautiful women, the courtesan who seduced Toby into a loveless marriage and a vivacious young woman who is pledged to another man. Sequel to "Nevada" (BRA17464)The Josefina story quilt
By Eleanor Coerr. 1986
It is 1850, and Faith and her family are going to California in a covered wagon. Josefina, her pet hen,…
nearly gets thrown off the wagon train for the trouble she causes. Faith makes a patchwork story quilt to help remember the good and bad times of their journey. Easy reading for grades 2-4The assassination of Jesse James by the coward, Robert Ford
By Ron Hansen. 1983
The legendary outlaw is portrayed as a complex, mysterious, and vainglorious fellow with a vituperous mean streak. His violent career…
is described, along with the development of his relationship with the worshipful, but treacherous, Bob Ford, who soons kills Jesse James for the reward and to make a name for himself. Violence