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The secret mitzvah of Lucio Burke
By Steven Hayward. 2005
Toronto, 1933. Lucio, age 17, falls in love with a gorgeous Jewish radical, Ruthie, but Dubie, Lucio's best friend, is…
also in love with Ruthie and accidentally cuts off his finger at the moment he realizes it. Add to the mix immigrants, five unmarried Italian brothers, swastika-waving anti-Semites, an entire baseball team, an Irish priest, a plaster saint, the riot at Christie Pits, as well as the second-best ballplayer Toronto would ever see. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2005.The perfect circle
By Sheila Fischman, Pascale Quiviger. 2006
Marianne, a young Montrealer, has come to live in Tuscany to draw and write and examine her life. Here she…
meets Marco, a temptingly seductive man who still lives in his mother's house and who's not prepared to commit himself to anything resembling a shared life. Though he breaks her heart, again and again, Marianne can only avoid him by returning to Canada. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, 2006. 2006. Uniform title: Cercle parfait.Storm at Batoche
By Maxine Trottier, John Mantha. 2000
James falls out of his Scottish immigrant family's wagon during a snowstorm on the Canadian prairie and is rescued by…
a man who identifies himself only as Louis. Waiting out the blizzard in his small cabin, the two bake gallette, as the man calls it, or bannock, as James stubbornly insists it should be called. Three days later when the weather has cleared, Louis drops the boy off near his town but refuses to go closer. James later thinks back on the incident and concludes, "Bannock or gallette, between two friends there is no difference." Grades K-3 and older readers. 2006, c2000.Summer of my amazing luck
By Miriam Toews. 2006
18-year-old single mother Lucy Van Alstyne joins the nouveau poor on the dole in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Lucy doesn't even know…
who fathered her infant son, Dillinger; her friend Alicia fantasizes about reuniting with the fire-eating juggler who got her pregnant with twins. Lucy fabricates letters to Alicia from the fire-eater, and the two women and their kids set off to search for him. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2006, c1996.Smoke and mirrors
By Tanya Huff. 2005
Tony Foster, a burgeoning wizard and production assistant on a television show, has to contend with filming haunted house scenes…
in a house that's actually haunted. When all the doors slam shut, he finds himself trapped with ghosts repeatedly reenacting their deaths, his painfully cynical and egotistical colleagues, and - worst of all - the boss's bratty daughters. Sequel to "Smoke and shadows" (DC27499). Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.Cottage country killers: a crime and mystery collection
By Linda Wiken, Vicki Cameron. 1997
Banjo lessons
By David Carpenter. 1997
During the Alberta oil boom of the 1950s and the folk music scene of the 1960s, Tim finds his way…
through childhood and adolescence to adulthood. Along the way, he learns how to catch trout, how to be a writer, and the difference between sex and love. He even learns how to play the banjo. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1997.Un océan nous sépare: Chin Mei-ling, fille d'immigrants chinois (Cher journal)
By Gillian Chan, Martine Faubert. 2005
Mei-ling et son père ont immigré au Canada. Ils doivent amasser assez d'argent pour faire venir la mère et le…
frère de Mei-ling, avant qu'entre en vigueur la loi d'exclusion qui interdit la venue d'autres immigrants chinois. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2005. Titre uniforme: An ocean apart.The sad truth about happiness
By Anne Giardini. 2006
Maggie is in her early thirties, gainfully employed, between relationships and ready for change. When a quiz predicts that her…
death will occur before her next birthday, it seems that becoming happy will prevent the prediction from coming true. Maggie's life becomes considerably more complicated as she embarks on a quest for happiness - especially when she finds herself on the run with her sister's newborn son. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2006.The moneychangers
By Arthur Hailey. 1975
The personal problems of directors and officers of the First Mercantile American Bank lead them to involvement in corruption, violence,…
scandal, and high-stakes financial dealings. Explicit descriptions of sex and descriptions of violence. 1975.Getting married in Buffalo Jump
By Susan Charlotte Haley. 1987
Sophia Ware, a kindergarten teacher, is tired of empty and meaningless love affairs. She decides to marry her handsome Ukrainian…
farmhand, Alexander Bresnyachuk, who admits he wants to own her farm. Sophia is caught up in family relationships, native Indian life, and Ukrainian folklore. Some strong language. 1987.Search of the moon king's daughter: a novel
By Linda Holeman. 2002
Emmaline's idyllic village life in 1830's Industrial England comes to an abrupt end when her father dies of cholera and…
the family is forced to move to a mill town. Her opiate-addicted mother sells her deaf bother Tommy into virtual slavery as a chimney sweep. Despite having no money, work, or prospects, Emmaline goes to London to save him. For junior and senior high readers. 2002.Mina's spring of colors
By Rachna Gilmore. 2000
Mina used to love her grandfather, her Nanaji, but now that he lives with her and her parents, he's always…
bothering and embarrassing her. But when a girl at school, Ashley, makes fun of him, Mina decides to get revenge at her family's annual Holi party, a special Hindu festival. Grades 3-6. 2000.Dix nouvelles humoristiques
By André Carpentier. 1984
Des graffiti à suivre (Roman Plus Ser.)
By Francine Ruel. 1991
Amour, réglisse et chocolat (Roman Jeunesse Ser.)
By Marie Décary. 1985
Rose Néon adore le chocolat; c'est d'ailleurs sa seule passion, rien d'autre ne l'intéresse. Son père trouve pour elle une…
drogue plus forte que le chocolat : le mariage. Mais Rose Néon préfère mourir tout court que de mourir d'amour. Années 3-6. 1985.Bel Ria: dog of war
By Sheila Burnford. 1977
Captain's glory (Star Trek)
By William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens. 2006
During James T. Kirk's five-year mission as captain of the Enterprise, a mysterious alien threat called "The Totality" commenced its…
invasion. Kirk has encountered the Totality before - it took the form of an irresistible alien, and he nearly lost his ship and his child, and watched as Spock was absorbed it. Now Kirk is preparing for his final encounter, with his friend Captain Jean-Luc Picard on the opposing side. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.Sointula
By Bill Gaston. 2004
Called to the deathbed of Claude, her long-ago first love, Evelyn succumbs to a cascade of grief for Claude, and…
their estranged son Tom. She embarks by kayak on a quest into the West Coast wilderness in search of their son in the remote town of Sointula. Equal parts light and dark, compassion and irony, a story of a modern day female Don Quixote. 2004.Shoot!
By George Bowering. 1994
Bowering gives a fictional account of the true story of four outlaws known as the McLean gang. Being "breeds" of…
mixed Scottish and Salish blood, they were outcasts in both cultures, and destined for lives of crime in the Kamloops area of the 1870s. Some descriptions of violence. 1994.