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Ghosts (The Reckoner)
By David A. Robertson. 2019
Mysterious murders, shadowy figures, and high school. Life can be hard; death can be harder.Cole Harper is dead. Reynold McCabe…
is alive and free. Mihko Laboratories has reopened the research facility and works to manufacture and weaponize the illness that previously plagued Wounded Sky. People are missing, and the community has been quarantined. What deal did Eva strike with Choch? Who will defeat Reynold and Mihko? Time is running out.Ghosts (The Reckoner)
By David A. Robertson. 2019
Mysterious murders, shadowy figures, and high school. Life can be hard; death can be harder.Cole Harper is dead. Reynold McCabe…
is alive and free. Mihko Laboratories has reopened the research facility and works to manufacture and weaponize the illness that previously plagued Wounded Sky. People are missing, and the community has been quarantined. What deal did Eva strike with Choch? Who will defeat Reynold and Mihko? Time is running out.Hotline (Fictions)
By Dimitri Nasrallah. 2023
Toucher les étoiles: roman (Leméac jeunesse)
By Frédérick Wolfe. 2022
Il y a deux choses que Madeleine adore : ses cours de ballet et le trampoline de son amie. Des…
joies toutes simples, bien loin de la soif de performance qui anime son père. Pour lui, ce qui compte vraiment, c'est d'être le meilleur dans toutes les sphères de sa vie, et cela vaut aussi pour sa femme et sa filleSans refuge: roman
By Maryse Andraos. 2021
Entre une mère à l’amour brutal, son amie fidèle et des amoureux·ses qui voudraient la sauver, Naïma suit le mouvement…
sans savoir ce que signifierait vivre une vie qu’elle pourrait dire sienne. Traquant sans relâche la lumière dans le viseur de son appareil photo, elle se demande si la création reste une réponse légitime devant la lente destruction de la planète. Autour de Naïma se déploie une communauté qui rêve, elle aussi, d’un monde habitable. Roman choral porté par la poésie et le passage du temps, Sans refuge est le premier livre de Maryse Andraos.Les étincelles de l'espoir (Les lumières du Ritz #3)
By Marylène Pion. 2021
Montréal, février 1916. Tandis que la haute société afflue au Ritz-Carlton afin d'assister au premier appel interurbain entre Montréal et…
Vancouver un événement très attendu , Ida Sloane, le ventre rebondi, évite dy mettre les pieds. Elle ne tient pas à y croiser Julien, promu tout récemment au poste de voiturier quil convoitait. Les nouvelles des militaires partis au front se font rares, mais alors quAdéline se languissait des réponses de son promis déployé en Europe, elle sent maintenant son inquiétude sévaporer peu à peu, laissant place à un nuage de culpabilité flottant au-dessus de sa têteHome Before Dark
By Jo Hammond. 2005
Erik and his friends spend all their time on the water, exploring the shoreline and islands off British Columbia's Sunshine…
Coast. While they all have experience with boats and the outdoors, the unpredictable weather and fickle seas often manage to test their courage and abilities. While exploring a burned-out homestead on a remote island, the teens find themselves involved in a decades-old crime and realize that danger still lurks in the coastal rainforest. After befriending Gary, a retired logger who lives alone, Erik and the others learn of the death of Gary's aunt and uncle in a suspicious fire years before. They are then shocked to find they have aroused the interest of a shadowy stranger who seems to have designs on Gary's home and boat, and perhaps, most terrifyingly, his life. Frantically trying to unravel the web of secrets, the teenagers are in a race to save Gary and ultimately themselves.The View From a Kite
By Maureen Hull. 2006
An “ambitious and well-written” novel of a teenage girl who struggles to overcome medical and family challenges on Cape Breton…
Island during the 1970s (Quill & Quire).I must admit that when I first started losing weight I was pleased. I dropped from a pudgy hundred and twenty-five down to one-eighteen in a month, and kept on going. One hundred and five, and my breasts disappeared. By the time they hauled me off to the Sanatorium, a feverish, weepy, ninety-pound weakling, I was out of love with elegant bones and scared that I was coming out through my skin.A teenager in the 1970s, Gwen is stuck in a tuberculosis sanatorium with only her journal and the occasional illicit cigarette to keep her sane. Her twisted sense of humor helps her deal with invasive medical procedures, oversensitive friends, and dictatorial nurses, but nothing can spring her from prison.Not that life outside would be much better. Gwen is haunted by the dark and violent turn her life took just before she got sick. Her family has been shattered, and Gwen is fighting hard—with all the stubbornness and humor she can muster—not to be shattered too.“Expansive, deep and nourishing.” —The Globe and Mail“Beautifully written prose, humorous events, and a character who grows to appreciate the gift of being alive.” —School Library Journal“Compelling.” —Booklist“A challenging novel . . . an appealing and admirable character dealing with enormous challenges, yet never losing her sense of humor or her determination to overcome the difficulties and make her life matter.” —CM MagazineSweetgrass
By Theresa Meuse. 2022
It's early July, and for Matthew and his Auntie that means one thing: time to go sweetgrass picking. This year,…
Matthew's younger cousin Warren is coming along, and it will be his first time visiting the shoreline where the sweetgrass grows. With Auntie's traditional Mi'kmaw knowledge and Matthew's gentle guidance, Warren learns about the many uses for sweetgrass—as traditional medicine, a sacred offering, a smudging ingredient—and the importance of not picking more than he needs. Once the trio is back at Auntie's house, she shows the boys how to clean and braid the grass. This heartfelt story about the gifts we receive from Mother Earth and how to gather them respectfully offers thoughtful insight into a treasured Mi'kmaw traditionRumeurs d'un village: 2, L'heure des choix (Rumeurs d'un village)
By Marylène Pion. 2019
Grande Ligne, 1944. Sauvagement battu par ses codétenus, Friedrich Schreiber est retrouvé gisant à moitié mort. Sensible au triste sort…
de son employé, Ignace insiste pour le recueillir sous son toit le temps de sa convalescence. Trop loyal, le Kapitänleutnant refuse de dénoncer ses agresseurs. Toutefois, les radicaux qui l'ont attaqué pourraient bientôt constituer une menace pour la sécurité des autres prisonniers... et pour celle des villageois. Ces derniers se montrent d'ailleurs méfiants à l'égard de cet l'étranger qui loge maintenant au magasin général, et, à l'heure où l'Allemagne subit défaite après défaite, la cohabitation ne se déroule pas sans heurts. Alors que la fin de la guerre semble imminente, l'attachement de l'officier allemand pour sa tante Magda lui font songer à un éventuel retour dans ses terres. Entre une patrie en ruines où l'attend son adorable parente et un pays d'accueil suspicieux mais aux promesses attrayantes, le choix s'annonce déchirant...Rumeurs d'un village: 1 (Rumeurs d'un village)
By Marylène Pion. 2019
Grande Ligne, 1943. La guerre fait rage en Europe. À des milles du conflit armé, les échos du débarquement de…
Dieppe se répercutent jusque dans les chaumières québécoises. Depuis que Philippe, l'aîné de la famille Berger, a été capturé par les Allemands, Ignace et sa fille Élise reçoivent des nouvelles au compte-gouttes. Les Berger ne peuvent pourtant se laisser gagner par l'inquiétude: en l'absence du fils, le maintien du magasin général ne dépend plus que d'eux. Comme les autres villageois, ils tentent de traverser la crise en attendant le retour des hommes partis au front. En plus de pourvoir au nécessaire, la marchande fournit à ses concitoyens un lieu de rassemblement où chacun aime venir parler de tout et de rien. D'ailleurs, les conversations vont bon train, puisqu'un groupe de prisonniers allemands vient d'être déporté dans la région. La peur et la haine de ces étrangers attiseront les rumeursQue notre joie demeure
By Kevin Lambert. 2022
"Un spectre hante le roman de Kevin Lambert : le spectre du capitalisme. L'éblouissante Céline Wachowsky, architecte de renommée internationale,…
dévoile enfin le Complexe Webuy, un projet ambitieux et structurant; surtout, le premier grand projet public qu'elle réalise pour Montréal, sa ville. Pourtant, les critiques de la population et de groupes militants ne tardent pas à fuser : on accuse Céline de détruire le tissu social, d'accélérer l'embourgeoisement des quartiers, de péchés plus capitaux encore. L'architecte est prise dans la tourmente et sommée de réagir. C'est la classe dirigeante que Kevin Lambert met en scène ici, fouillant la psyché de ces gens au sommet de leur discipline et qui pour la première fois de leur vie risquent de perdre pied. Quelle fiction se racontent-ils pour justifier leurs privilèges, pour asseoir leur place dans un monde qu'ils ont eux-mêmes bâti? Dans une prose leste et immersive, Que notre joie demeure fait entendre les points de vue et pensées secrètes de ses personnages, tout en peignant le portrait clairvoyant du Montréal d'aujourd'hui."Faced with financial ruin and the loss of her good name, Rose Chadwick decides to make a new start for…
herself and her young daughter Hannah in the rough and tumble gold rush town of Barkerville, British Columbia. However, making a new life is not so easy when it’s built on lies. And, long suppressed emotions within her are stirred when she meets a handsome young Englishman.Where the River Narrows: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #12)
By Montcombroux. 2022
For many Loyalists during the American War for Independence, the perilous journey to Canada is just the beginning of a…
long and arduous struggle to find a new home and a new life amid the upheavals of war and separation, death and privation. For Elisabeth Van Alen, it also means finding new strength and the will to survive in a new country.In the Dirty Thirties jobs were hard to come by. Having lost her father and her home in southern Alberta,…
Tilly McCormack is thrilled when her application for a position as a chambermaid at the prestigious Banff Springs Hotel, one of Canada’s great railway hotels, is accepted. Tilly loves her new life in the Rocky Mountain town and the people she meets there. Local trail guide Ryan Blake, is taken with Tilly’s sparkling blue eyes and mischievous sense of humor, and thinks she is just the girl for him. Ryan’s work with a guiding and outfitting company keeps him busy but he makes time for Tilly at every opportunity and he’s already decided to make her his bride. On the night he plans to propose to Tilly another bride-to-be, whose wedding is being held at the Hotel, disappears. Tilly has an idea where she might have gone and together with Ryan sets out to search for her. Will they find the missing bride and will Tilly accept Ryan’s proposal? FOREWARD In celebration of Canada’s 150th Birthday, Books We Love, with the support of the Government of Canada, is publishing a series of novels set in each of the Canadian Provinces and Territories. Each book features a historical event or location as well as a the story of a bride and groom, representative of the men and women who came to Canada in search of a new life and new freedoms. These books combine fact and fiction to show how these brides and grooms, all from diverse backgrounds, joined in marriage to create new lives and build a great country.Maggie Conrad’s husband of ten days is sent overseas in WW1 and never comes home. A second suitor is lost…
at sea in Nova Scotia’s August Gale. Turning thirty, and on her own, she resolves to make a life for her herself and her younger brother, Ivan.Elsie Nuefeld loves to sit on her porch and watch the children grow in the Mennonite community near Landmark, MB.…
Returning to the area after moving to Paraguay for a time, Elsie is happy to be living on the wild rose dotted prairie of south-eastern Manitoba. Her granddaughters are growing up and getting married, it's an exciting time. If you enjoyed Tricia Goyer's The Kissing Bridge you'll love Landmark Roses.Grace MacKinnon’s widowhood promises little but a life of drudgery under her father-in-law’s oppressive rule. When quiet rebellion turns to…
opportunity, she books passage on an Atlantic steamer only to face near disaster in Halifax harbour. Her future looks doomed from the start until with the help of a sympathetic stranger, she arrives on Prince Edward Island. Her new-found independence drives her to undertake a brave new adventure in a male dominated world, and a chance encounter with Lucy Maud Montgomery brings her a surprising ally. Despite the challenges, Grace keeps her head and prevails, until an encounter with bootleggers during Canadian Prohibition threatens to topple her hard won success. Can Grace trust those she goes to for help, or as a woman alone in turn of the century Charlottetown are the odds stacked against her?The youngest child of the local doctor and evangelical preacher, Annie Baldwin was expected to work hard and not protest.…
Life on a pioneer farm was tough so neighbors helped each other. George Richardson the underage Doctor Bernardo Boy, orphaned and shipped to Canada a few years earlier, is loaned to the Baldwins to help bring in the hay. Younger brother Peter Richardson was placed with another neighbor, so the brothers stayed in touch with each other. The Great War brought a lot of changes to life even in the back woods of Ontario. In spite of the differences in their social standing, George and Annie fell in love. When George departed for France they had an understanding and he promised to return to her when the war was over. Like so many others, Annie waited and hoped, carrying on as best she could. Only time would tell if her dreams would come true. If you enjoyed the work of Rosie James you'll love His Brother's Bride.It is 1896 and nineteen-year-old Pearl Owens wants adventure just like her idols Anna Leonowens and Annie “Londonderry” Choen Kopchovsky.…
In the 1860s, Anna Leonowens taught the wives, concubines, and children of the King of Siam, while during the years 1894-1895, Annie “Londonderry” Choen Kopchovsky became the first woman to travel around the world on a bicycle. She was testing a woman’s ability to look after herself. To fulfill her dream Pearl is on her to the Yukon River area with her cousin, Emma, to write articles and do illustrations about the woman and men who are looking for gold in the far north.