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Gophers don't pay taxes
By Mervyn J Huston. 1981
Hailstorms and hoop snakes
By Ted Stone. 1984
Pete, Sparky and Jake meet frequently to tell stories - tall tales about whiskey-drinking snakes, a sheep that was trained…
to hunt and a wind storm that was so strong, it blew pigs into gallon jugs. 1984.Tumbleweed skies
By Valerie Sherrard. 2010
Ellie knows she isn't wanted at Grandmother Acklebee's Saskatchewan farm, but her father has just taken a job as a…
travelling salesman, and he has no other choice. Ellie learns quickly that her grandmother blames her son-in-law and granddaughter for her daughter's death, and she shows Ellie little kindness and no affection. Determined to survive the situation with her dignity intact, Ellie isn't about to show her grandmother that she can be hurt. Grades 3-6. c2010.Section lines: a Manitoba anthology
By Mark Duncan. 1988
Waiting for Joe
By Sandra Birdsell. 2010
Joe Beaudry and his wife Laurie are on the lam in a stolen motorhome, after losing their home and business…
and sticking Joe's father in a nursing home. Joe wants to get to Ft. McMurray where he hopes to find work, but when Laurie maxes out their last credit card, he takes off hitchhiking. This leaves Laurie waiting for Joe, Joe trying to find meaning in a disappointing world, and a road which provides both of them with surprising answers. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2010.Cool water
By Dianne Warren. 2010
Juliet, Saskatchewan. Her inhabitants include the foundling who now owns the farm his adoptive family left him; the pregnant teenager…
and her mother, planning a fairytale wedding; a shy couple, well beyond middle age, struggling with the recognition of their feelings for one another; a camel named Antoinette; and the ubiquitous wind and sand that forever shift the landscape. Winner of the 2010 Governor General's Award for Fiction. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2010.The matter with Morris
By David Bergen. 2010
Morris Schutt, a prominent newspaper columnist, is experiencing disaster: his son has just been killed in Afghanistan; his newspaper has…
put him on indefinite leave; his wife seems headed for the door; he is strongly attracted to another woman; and his daughter appears to be having an affair with one of her professors. He tries Cicero, Plato and Socrates for truth and a discreet dating service for happiness, but discovers that they're not that easy to find. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2010.Under this unbroken sky
By Shandi Mitchell. 2009
Western Canada, 1938. Ukrainian farmer Teodor Mykolayenko returns to his family, who have been living with his sister Anna, after…
a year spent in prison for the crime of trying to feed them. Channelling the great inner power that enabled him to survive drought, starvation, war, and Stalin, Teodor farms the land and watches his family heal and strengthen. But their hopes are short-lived when Anna's rogue husband returns with a plan that threatens to take away everything they've built. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2009.The archaeolojesters: Book 1 (Archaeolojesters. #1.)
By Andreas Oertel. 2010
Sultana, Manitoba. It's so dry all summer that campers and tourists aren't coming, and Cody's best friend's mom may lose…
her job at the diner. So Cody, Eric, and Eric's twin sister Rachel create an "ancient" Egyptian tablet, and suddenly archaeologists, reporters, and tourists are rushing over to take a look. When one suspicious stranger starts trailing their every move, the kids realize that their hoax may have gone too far. Followed by "The Archaeolojesters, Book 2: Pillars of Time". Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2010. (Archaeolojesters ; 1)Comme des loups (Terres d'Amérique #Vol. 6130389)
By Guy Vanderhaeghe, Michel Lederer. 2008
En alternance, un roman construit autour de deux histoires qui finissent par se rejoindre: celle d'un jeune garçon qui, dans…
l'Ouest canadien des années 1870, se joint à un groupe de chasseurs de loups à la pousuite d'indiens Assiniboine; et celle d'un scénariste originaire de la Saskatchewan qui, au début des années 1920, est engagé à Hollywood pour travailler à un western épique et qui part à la recherche du dernier témoin d'un drame passé. Aussi remarquablement construit qu'écrit. Prix du gouverneur général, 1996. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle, quelques passages où le langage est grossier, et descriptions régulières de violence. 2008, c1996. Titre uniforme: The Englishman's boy.Le tombeau des dinosaures (Atout ; #119.)
By Anne Bernard Lenoir. 2007
L'enquête: Ces vacances dans les Rocheuses canadiennes semblent bien compromises pour Laura et Cathy qui doivent traverser la région à…
la vitesse de l'éclair. Qu'est-il arrivé au maquettiste du Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology? Qui ose commettre ces actes odieux dans la Vallée des dinosaures? Laura parviendra-t-elle à dénouer l'effroyable noeud d'intrigues qui souille la nécropole des reptiles géants? Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2007.The tender years (Prairie legacy. #1.)
By Janette Oke. 1997
Virginia is a teenager trying to make her own decisions. Her new friend, Jenny, encourages her to have more fun.…
But when a classmate ends up dead after a group escapade, Virginia begins to question Jenny's values. Prequel to "A searching heart" (DC21259). Junior and senior high readers. c1997.Sowing seeds in Danny
By Nellie L McClung. 1910
Set in the Prairies in the very early 1900's, the story centres on the very capable daughter, Pearl, of a…
poor family. With a sense of Christian honour and openness, she changes the attitudes of people she meets, including a harsh landlord and his wife. All the while she strives to be a role model for her younger brother Danny. 1910.With love from Bliss (Saskatchewan saga. #2.)
By Ruth Glover. 2001
Kerry, an orphan, has never forgotten the love and acceptance she received at Maxwell Manor, and is fiercely loyal to…
its inhabitants, especially the frail, gentle Franny. When Franny's demise seems spurred by an act of casual cruelty, Kerry travels to Bliss, Saskatchewan, to seek revenge. Sequel to "A place called Bliss" (DC30422), followed by "Journey to Bliss" (DC31009). 2001. (The Saskatchewan saga ; 2)The Garneau block
By Todd Babiak. 2006
Meet the endearing but flawed residents of an Edmonton cul-de-sac, just after the scandalous death of a neighbour and the…
sudden news that their land is about to be repossessed by the university. When mysterious signs begin to appear saying LET'S FIX IT, the block - including a sacked university professor, a once-ambitious, pregnant haiku expert living in her parents' basement, and a quiet but polite stranger - is galvanized in a wild attempt to save their homes. c2006.Seasons of bliss (Saskatchewan saga. #4.)
By Ruth Glover. 2002
Arriving in the Canadian frontier settlement of Bliss, Tieney Caulder is stunned to find sweetheart Robert Dunbar engaged to another…
woman. Sent to the New World by his father to stake a claim for the family, Robert has now promised to marry a dying widow. As Tierney and Robert struggle, the continuing romance between Molly Morrison and the Reverend Parker Jones reaches a conclusion. Sequel to "Journey to Bliss" (DC31009). Followed by "Bittersweet Bliss" (DC33779). c2002. (Saskatchewan saga ; 4)Reading by lightning
By Joan Thomas. 2008
Lily Piper and her family believe that the Lord will pluck them from the drought-ravaged Prairie at any moment, so…
Lily tries to be ready, despite feeling that she is not the daughter her mother wants. In her teens, Lily is sent to England to care for her Grandmother, and learns to experience life in all its ambiguity while waiting for the outbreak of World War II. But then news she has been dreading arrives, and she is called home to face a future she thought she had escaped. c2008.The horseman's graves: a novel
By Jacqueline Baker. 2007
Set in the farmland on the Saskatchewan-Alberta border. The Schoffs are immigrant farmers fractured by the tragedy that has marked…
their son forever. Métis farmhand Lathias becomes the unofficial guardian to the boy. Both boys are drawn to young Elisabeth. When she falls into the river, no one can foresee how this event will mark everyone. 2007.Stain of the berry: a Russell Quant mystery (A Russell Quant mystery)
By Anthony Bidulka. 2006
Private detective Russell Quant is asked by the family of a suicide victim to uncover the real cause of death.…
He works to narrow his list of suspects only to find the number of victims growing, and the trail of fear connects him to a vast landscape of people, including an elegant potash miner, dubious trailer park denizens, reticent farm folk, and the Pink Gopher choir. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. c2006. (A Russell Quant mystery)Bittersweet Bliss: A Novel (Saskatchewan saga. #5.)
By Ruth Glover. 2003
Two pioneer women, as different as can be. Two secrets skillfully buried, but not forgotten. Two journeys to embrace the…
bittersweet bliss of the Canadian frontier. Sequel to "Seasons of Bliss" (DC31084). Followed by "Back roads to Bliss" (DC33742). 2003. (The Saskatchewan saga ; 5).2003.