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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.By Marty Wilson-Trudeau. 2022
By Kim Spencer. 2022
By Sarabeth Holden, Emma Pedersen. 2022
A funny and relatable story of a little boy who can be anything he wants to be (whether it’s a…
dinosaur, or a banana, or both!) with a big imagination and a bit of help from his anaana.By Ceporah Mearns, Jeremy Debicki, Tindur Peturs. 2023
Celebrating the traditional practise of gathering Arctic berries and other Inuit traditional land uses, this cute story of determination and…
enjoying the outdoors is perfect for grandkids to share with their grandparents.By Barbara Michaels. 1971
By Christianna Brand. 1982
A curse dating back to the days of Good Queen Bess awaits all future brides of the Tudor manor house…
of Aberdar. The curse returns with a vengeance to haunt homely Hetty, the well-meaning governess who agrees to marry the widowed father of the twin girls she adoresBy Stephen King. 1983
Dr. Louis Creed, his wife Rachel, their children Ellie and Gage, and Winston Churchill, the family cat, move to Ludlow,…
Maine from Chicago. They settle in a spooky rambling house near an ancient Indian burial ground where children bury their pets. Beyond that is another cemetery with strange powers of resurrection. Strong language. Bestseller 1983By Victoria Holt. 1988
A Gothic romance that moves from Victorian England to India. The daughter of a village vicar, Drusilla Delany has always…
acquiesced to the demands of the powerful Framlings. She must act as a reluctant friend to the arrogant daughter Lavinia and must also keep her head about her when Sir Fabian Framling shows more than a passing interest in her life. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerBy Stephen Gregory. 1986
A young English couple and their small child move to a cottage in Wales bequeathed to them by an eccentric…
uncle. The uncle's will contains one bizarre stipulation: they must take care of a cormorant he had adopted as a pet or they will forfeit the cottage. The cormorant turns out to be a vile creature that has some mesmerizing force, yet it shares a strange understanding with the child. ViolenceBy Mary Stewart. 1988
A gothic romance suspense tale about Gilly, a lonely 1940s lass who inherits a handsome, old English country house, Thornyhold.…
Delighted at first with her dream house, she soon feels unsettled by meddling neighbors and intimations of witchcraft as she comes to believe that everyone around her is under a magic spell. Book club main selectionBy Cathy LeBlanc, David Chapman. 2022
By Annette Klause. 1990
One evening as Zoe, seventeen, is brooding over her mother's imminent death from cancer, her father's lack of support, and…
her best friend's move, she meets Simon, a startlingly handsome and compelling young man. As their friendship blossoms, Simon reveals that he is a vampire out to kill his vampire brother for the gruesome murder of their mother. Some strong language and some violence. For high school and older readersBy Charles Maturin. 1989
This classic gothic novel by an eccentric Anglican curate in Dubin was originally published in 1820 and tells of a…
Faust-like hero. John Melmoth has sold his soul to the devil in return for a long life. He can redeem himself if he can find someone to take his place in hell. His search takes him from London's Bedlam mental institution to Spain during the Inquisition, and from Ireland to a mysterious uninhabited islandBy Stephen King. 1991
Leland Gaunt, a new resident in Castle Rock, sets up a curio shop, Needful Things, where a person can have…
anything his or her heart desires--but for a price! Customers must play a prank on a designated person, and sometimes the jokes have serious consequences. Perhaps the residents are paying too high a price for happiness, for Castle Rock has become a battleground. Some violence and strong language. BestsellerBy V. C Andrews. 1990
They are on the move again. It seems to teenagers Dawn and Jimmy Longchamp that it always happens just as…
they are getting settled into a new home. But this time maybe it will be different. Their father finally has a good job, they can go to a private school, and maybe their mother, who won't have to work anymore, can recover from the birth of their baby sister. But then their mother dies and their world is shattered. BestsellerBy Victoria Holt. 1992
"And seven for a secret never to be told," is part of a poem written on the wall of Lane…
Cottage. Although simple, it serves as a reminder of secrets to be kept and foreshadows great tragedies. Frederica, who has come to live in Harper's Green with her Aunt Sophie, quickly makes friends with two classmates. As the three grow up they find love, betrayal, marriage, and murder before they know the secret never to be told. BestsellerBy V. C Andrews. 1991
Dawn Cutler's dream of being a singer just might come true now that she is in music school. But Dawn…
can't seem to forget her boyfriend Jimmy and the secrets they share. Then Michael Sutton, a new singing teacher, arrives and Dawn falls victim to his promises of fame and romance. When he disappears, Dawn is once again the victim of her grandmother's twisted schemes. Some descriptions of sex. Sequel to "Dawn." BestsellerBy V. C Andrews. 1992
As Christie celebrates her sixteenth birthday, she feels a dark cloud hanging over her. Soon her world is turned upside…
down. Her parents die when their hotel burns, and her Uncle Philip expresses more than a familial interest in her. Fleeing to New York, and then to the plantation, The Meadows, is no help because the curse that haunts the Cutlers still oppresses her. Descriptions of sex. Sequel to Twilight's Child (BR 8827). BestsellerBy Cathy Spellman. 1993
Three years ago, Jenna, Maggie O'Connor's drug-addicted daughter, surfaced just long enough to dump her baby daughter, Cody, with Maggie.…
Now Jenna and her husband have come to claim the little girl. Concerned about the environment into which Cody is taken, Maggie finds herself risking everything to protect Cody from the satanic cult that wants to claim her. Violence and strong language