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Magnifico
By Victoria Miles. 2006
British Columbia, 1939. Mariangela, 11, has wanted a piano since she was eight, but her Nonna presents her with her…
grandfather's accordion instead. It's bad enough that she has to haul it to music lessons, she must also deal with a bully who throws rocks at her. Her music teacher helps her to deal with the bully, appreciate the accordion, and unravel a family secret. Grades 3-6. 2006.Juliette
By Sheila Fischman, Yves Beauchemin. 1993
Juliette, 57, is a widowed accountant who is raising Denis, her 10-year-old nephew. Denis's family consists of the eccentric tenants…
that live in Juliette's apartment house. Juliette's sister, Elvina, also lives in the same building, but takes the role of a villain as she abuses both her dog and Denis. When Juliette is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, she begins a search for her missing niece Adele -- Denis's mother. 1993. Uniform title: Juliette Pomerleau.Emmanuel à Joseph à Dâvit (Roman acadien ; #4)
By Antonine Maillet. 1975
The boy who loved bananas
By George Elliott, Andrej Krystoforski. 2005
Matthew laughs himself silly when he watches the banana-crazy monkeys at the Metro Zoo. Bananas become his favourite food and…
he refuses to eat anything else. Then he starts to feel funny. He itches and scratches, swings from trees and shinnies up flagpoles! Will Matthew ever stop monkeying around? Grades K-3. 2005.Du fond de mon arrière-cuisine: roman
By Jacques Ferron. 1972
Chroniqueur attentif et lucide, Ferron fait appel à ses vastes connaissances de l'histoire dans un genre qu'il a tiré de…
l'oubli : l'historiette (Historiettes, Du fond de mon arrière-cuisine, Escarmouches). Dans près d'un millier de textes courts, percutants, souvent rédigés sur le ton du pamphlet, il mêle habilement ironie et sarcasme pour porter sur la vie politique, sociale et littéraire du Québec un témoignage d'une richesse et d'une justesse uniques. 1972.Displaced persons
By Margie Taylor. 2004
Two decades after Tina Van Buren's death, Alex Cooper is still haunted by unanswered questions: was it suicide, or did…
Tina's wild past finally catch up with her? Searching for answers, Alex returns to her hometown to sift through the memories of Tina's final days. What she discovers will forever change how she understands the past. Based on a true story. 2004.The delicate storm (John Cardinal series. #2.)
By Giles Blunt. 2003
When the dismembered corpse of an American tourist turns up half-eaten by bears in the woods near Algonquin Bay, Detective…
John Cardinal is assigned to the case. Usually his small-town cases practically solve themselves, but not only does he not have a single lead this time, but both the RCMP and CSIS get involved. Then a well-respected woman is found frozen under a glaze of ice, and Cardinal realizes that the two very different murders might well be linked. Some strong language. Sequel to "Forty words for sorrow", followed by "Blackfly season". 2003.Bloodletting and miraculous cures: stories
By Vincent Lam. 2006
Short stories that follow four young medical students and physicians - Ming, Fitz, Sri and Chen. Explores the characters' relationships…
with each other, their patients, and their careers. Lam draws on his own experience as an emergency room physician and shares an insider's perspective on a doctor's fears, frustrations, and responsibilities. Winner of the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize. 2006.True confessions of a heartless girl
By Martha Brooks. 2002
On the run after taking her latest boyfriend's truck, with a pocketful of stolen money and a heart full of…
pain, seventeen-year-old Noreen Stall arrives in a small prairie town in the midst of a summer storm. She seems to invite trouble everywhere and it comes soon enough, shaking up the whole town. For senior high readers. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Winner of the 2002 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 2002.Un Été, un enfant (Collection Littérature d'Amérique)
By Paul André Comeau. 1990
Sous le thème du souvenir estival de l'enfance remémorée, "Un été, un enfant" reproduit dans leur ordre original de publication…
les textes parus tous les samedis dans le Devoir entre le 23 juin et le 8 septembre 1990. Les auteurs sont: Alice Parizeau, Nathalie Petrowski, Arlette Cousture, Yves Beauchemin, etc. 1990.The Golden Aquarians
By Monica Hughes. 1994
Walt Elliot goes with the father he hasn't seen for years to the planet Aqua, where he discovers that his…
father's project threatens the existence of a highly intelligent native species. Junior high. c1994.The mermaid secret
By Vicki Blum. 2004
Kallie and Danya are as unalike as twin sisters can be. When a mermaid visits Kallie and tells her that…
her world will be lost forever unless Kallie helps them steal back The Jewel of Life, Kallie accepts right away, while Danya needs more convincing. But soon the twins are taking the plunge together into the amazing undersea world of Ayralon, where adventure - and a secret from their past - awaits them. Grades 3-6. 2004.The chicken cat and Leon's song
By Stephanie Simpson McLellan. 2001
Guinevere the hen looks after Merlin, an abandoned kitten. Even though she gives him up so he can be cared…
for properly, she never realizes that he will return one day to help her realize her dreams. Grades K-3. 2001. Taped with: Leon's song by Stephanie Simpson McLellan. Leon is an old frog who longs to sing beautifully. But when his friends are in danger, the old frog's bravery reveals talents that bring him more fame than he's ever dreamt of. Grades K-3. 2004.Beauty returns (Beauty Ser.)
By Sylvia McNicoll. 2006
Liz is irresistibly drawn to Kyle, and Kyle is drawn to Liz - dragged to her, actually, by Beauty Two,…
his guide dog who is so glad to see her old friend that she starts to forget her training. More problems soon get in their way: Kyle's teacher loads him down with work; Liz's parents think she's too young; and Beauty needs correction or she'll be taken away. Sequel to Bringing up Beauty. For junior high readers. 2006.Emilie: a novel
By Käthe Roth, Arlette Cousture. 1992
In the early 1900s, Emilie Bourdeleau travels to the Quebec countryside to teach school, and chooses a husband who flits…
in and out of her life. Although passionate about him, she learns to rely on her own strength. Translation of "Les filles de Caleb." c1992.Better the devil you know
By Betty Keller. 2001
Set in Vancouver in 1907, this tale centres on the picaresque adventures of a small-time con man who passes himself…
off as an evangelical preacher; the scrawny hooker whom he reluctantly befriends; and the five-year-old terror left in his care by a former lady friend. 2001.A wild old man on the road
By Morley Callaghan. 1988
Two writers, a young Toronto journalist named Mark Didion, and an older man, Jeremy Monk, meet in Paris and establish…
a close father-son relationship. They part to pursue their own destinies as Mark searches for truth, and Jeremy, for a "new freedom". Some strong language. Bestseller 1988.With love from Booky
By Bernice Thurman Hunter. 1983
Booky faces the first death in her family, her first kiss and the big move to high school. Sequel to…
"That scatterbrain Booky"(DC06403). Followed by "As ever, Booky". Grades 4-7. 1983.The wandering fire (Fionavar tapestry. #2.)
By Guy Gavriel Kay. 1986
A bleak winter has settled over Fionavar as Rakoth Maugrim, the Unraveller, threatens the work of the Weaver whose tapestry…
is creation. Five university students return to weave their threads of power into the loom of Fionavar's destiny. Sequel to "The summer tree." Followed by "The darkest road." Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004, c1986. (The Fionavar tapestry ; 2)Quiproquo et sorcellerie (Au-delà de l'univers ; #4)
By Alexandra Larochelle. 2006
Philippe, Lauranne et Chrystal ont à peine le temps de se remettre de leur dernière aventure qu'ils sont de nouveau…
projetés dans le temps grâce à une pierre amène-tout. Cette fois-ci, les trois héros aboutissent dans l'Auberge McGougoule en 1782, et ce qui s'annonçait comme une aventure trépidante se transforme en cauchemar quand Lauranne est accusée de sorcellerie, puis condamnée au bucher. (Années 4-7). Suite de "La clé de l'enigme (FD04372). 2006. (Au-delà de l'univers ; 4)