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I'm Good and Other Lies
By Bev Katz Rosenbaum. 2021
“This is a book for RIGHT NOW.” — Teresa Toten, author of The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B Is it…
asking too much to live a typical twelfth grade existence? Kelsey Kendler just wants to earn some money for university, hang out with friends, maybe even snag a boyfriend. But her pill-popping mom and distant dad scare off anybody she tries to bring home, making those last two things feel impossible. Her part-time ice cream shop job’s a slog, but at least there, she can escape her parents’ constant fighting … until the COVID-19 pandemic forces a lockdown and she’s stuck at home with them 24/7. As the lockdown takes its toll on Kelsey’s mental health, she starts to see the appeal of her mom’s pills. She hates what they do to her mom, but numbing herself to the world seems like a pretty good idea right about now. Horrified to find herself following in her mom’s footsteps, she can only hope she’ll eventually figure out some other way to cope …Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer
By Leslie Gentile. 2021
Winner of the 2021 City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis…
Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleven-year-old Truly Bateman – because she knows Elvis is alive and well and living in the Eagle Shores Trailer Park. Maybe no one ever thought to look for him at on the Eagle Shores First Nation on Vancouver Island. It’s a busy summer for Truly. Though her mother is less of a mother than she ought to be, and spends her time drinking and smoking and working her way through new boyfriends, Truly is determined to raise as much money for herself as she can through her lemonade stand … and to prove that her cool new neighbour is the one and only King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. And when she can’t find motherly support in her own home, she finds sanctuary with Andy El, the Salish woman who runs the trailer park.Lies Like Wildfire
By Jennifer Lynn Alvarez. 2021
An intense high-stakes story about five friends and the deadly secret that could send their lives up in flames, perfect…
for fans of Karen McManus and E. Lockhart.In Gap Mountain, California, everyone knows about fire season. And no one is more vigilant than 18-year-old Hannah Warner, the sheriff's daughter and aspiring FBI agent. That is until this summer. When Hannah and her best friends accidentally spark an enormous and deadly wildfire, their instinct is to lie to the police and the fire investigators. But as the blaze roars through their rural town and towards Yosemite National Park, Hannah's friends begin to crack and she finds herself going to extreme lengths to protect their secret. Because sometimes good people do bad things. And if there&’s one thing people hate, it&’s liars.Harper & Moon
By Ramon Royal Ross. 1993
Harper and Moon share the fond company of a grandfatherly storekeeper, Olinger. Harper, younger than Moon by five years, is…
the product of a loving farm family. Moon, the son of a traveling sign-painter father and an abusive, alcoholic mother, was orphaned in early adolescence. Both boys treasure the time spent with Olinger, until he dies mysteriously and Moon enlists to fight in World War II. For grades 5-8 and older readersElijah's angel: a story for Chanukah and Christmas
By Michael J. Rosen, Michael J Rosen, Aminah B. Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. 1992
Michael, a nine-year-old Jewish boy, spends long hours at the barbershop of Elijah, an elderly black man who is Christian…
and is a woodcarver. Michael loves Elijah's work. When Elijah gives Michael an angel on a day during Chanukah that is also Christmas Eve, Michael worries it is a "graven image"--until his father assures him it is a symbol of friendship, which is universal. For grades K-3 and older readersMary Anne + 2 many babies
By Ann M Martin. 1992
Mary Anne Spier, thirteen, and secretary of the Baby-sitters Club, has just acquired a sister. Dawn is thirteen, too, and…
she and Mary Anne are stepsisters. Mary Anne and Dawn think it would be great if their parents had a baby. But when Mary Anne and her friend Logan become "parents" of an egg "baby" for their Modern Living class, she learns that caring for a baby takes more responsibility than she imagined. A Baby-sitters Club book for grades 4-7In love with a prince
By Kate William. 1993
Arthur Castillo, crown prince of Santa Dora, is coming to Sweet Valley as part of a world tour just prior…
to his seventeenth birthday. Five years earlier, while in Sweet Valley as an exchange student, he and Elizabeth Wakefield had become friends and pen pals. Everyone at Sweet Valley High is excited about his upcoming visit, except for Dana Larson, lead singer of the Droids. A Sweet Valley High book for grades 6-9Stepsisters
By Kate William. 1993
Annie Whitman, Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield's friend and sorority sister, will soon be their neighbor as well. Annie's mother is…
marrying a famous black photographer, and the family, which will include Cheryl--Annie's new stepsister--will be moving next door to the Wakefields. Annie is eager to make Cheryl feel at home at Sweet Valley High, but Cheryl doesn't seem interested in fitting in. A Sweet Valley High book for grades 6-9Jessi's gold medal (Baby-sitters Club ; #55)
By Ann M Martin. 1992
Jessica Ramsey, eleven, is a member of the Baby-sitters Club (BSC). When she first moves to Stoneybrook, some of the…
people are really nasty to her and her family because they are African-American. But after making friends with Mallory and joining the BSC, Jessi begins to love her new home. Jessi also loves ballet, and much to her surprise, she is asked to join the synchronized swimming team. Grades 4-7. 1992. (Baby-sitters Club ; 55)Bossy Steven
By Molly Mia Stewart. 1991
Identical twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are second graders at Sweet Valley Elementary School. They have made a bet with…
their brother, Steven, who is in the fourth grade, that if he wins the school science fair, they will do his household chores for an entire week. And, much to their consternation, Steven wins the first-place ribbon for the fourth-grade entries! A Sweet Valley Kids book for grades 2-4Jessica's snobby club
By Molly Mia Stewart. 1992
Second-graders Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield look identical, but act quite differently. When Jessica forms an exclusive club that she calls…
the Orchids, Elizabeth refuses to join the stuck-up group. Instead, she organizes her own club, the Sunflowers. Now the twins won't stop arguing about which club is better. A Sweet Valley Kids book for grades 2-4Forever Birchwood: A Novel
By Danielle Daniel. 2022
The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle DanielAdventurous, trail-blazing Wolf lives in a northern mining town and…
spends her days exploring the mountains and wilderness with her three best friends Penny, Ann and Brandi. The girls’ secret refuge is their tree-house hideaway, Birchwood, Wolf’s favourite place on earth. When her beloved grandmother tells her that she is the great-granddaughter of a tree talker, Wolf knows that she is destined to protect the birch trees and wildlife that surround her.But Wolf’s mother doesn’t understand this connection at all. Not only is she reluctant to engage with their family’s Indigenous roots, she seems suspiciously on the wrong side of the environmental protection efforts in their hometown. To make matters worse, she’s just started dating an annoying new boyfriend named Roger, whose motives—and construction company—seem equally suspect.As summer arrives, so do bigger problems. Wolf and her friends discover orange plastic bands wrapped around the trees near their cherished hangout spot, and their once stable friendship seems on the verge of unravelling. Birchwood has given them so much—can they even stay together long enough to save this special place?With gorgeous yet understated language, Danielle Daniel beautifully captures an urgent and aching time in a young person’s life. To read this astonishing middle-grade debut is to have your heart broken and then tenderly mended.The Sweet Valley cleanup team
By Molly Mia Stewart. 1992
Identical twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, second-graders at Sweet Valley Elementary School, are different in many ways, but share a…
love for greenery. When their father tells them about a group called Keep Sweet Valley Sweet that intends to turn a deserted lot into a park, they convince their teacher to make helping out a class project. But Bruce Patman's father has other plans for the lot. A Sweet Valley Kids book for grades 2-4The foxman
By Gary Paulsen. 1990
A boy is sent by a judge to live with the boy's uncle on a farm in northern Minnesota. While…
fox hunting, the boy and his cousin, Carl, take shelter in the shack of a man with a horribly mutilated face--so hideous that he keeps it covered with a mask. Happy to leave the next morning, the boy remains curious about the man, who is kind and generous, and returns to learn more about him. For grades 6-9 and older readersAmy's pen pal
By Jamie Suzanne. 1990
Elizabeth Wakefield and Amy Sutton are best friends with big plans for the holiday weekend. But Amy's pen pal from…
San Francisco, Samantha Williams, shows up by surprise. Samantha seems as nice as her letters. Then she meets the Unicorns, a club of the most stuck-up girls at school that Elizabeth's twin started. Now Samantha tells exciting tales that leave Elizabeth and Amy feeling left out. Sweet Valley Twins and Friends for grades 3-6Josie's troubles
By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shelley Matheis. 1992
New in the neighborhood, Josie feels insecure in her budding "best friendship" with Sarah, having just won Sarah away from…
Sarah's former best friend, Kimberly. When the girls accidently break Sarah's mother's piano bench, they launch a pet-and-plant-sitting business to earn money to pay for the damages. They are in for more trouble than they ever imagined! But Kimberly saves the day. For grades 3-6Fool's gold
By Zilpha Keatley Snyder. 1993
Fourteen-year-old Rudy Drummond has terrible nightmares about being locked in tight dark spaces and wants no part of Tyler Lewis's…
plan to explore some nearby abandoned gold mines. However, Rudy's best friend, daredevil Barney, is intrigued. Rudy spends the summer thinking up schemes that will keep the boys above-ground and believes the plan to be unsafe. But Ty and Barney are determined to chance it anyway. For grades 5-8 and older readersFreak the Mighty
By Rodman Philbrick, W. R Philbrick. 1993
Maxwell Kane, a large, lumbering eighth-grader who calls himself a "butthead goon," has lived with his grandparents since his dad's…
imprisonment for killing his mom. Mean-spirited schoolmates and special ed have left him totally unprepared for a friendship with Kevin, who calls himself "Freak," a genius with a birth defect that has left his body small and weak. Through genuine comradery, the two become "Freak the Mighty." For grades 6-9 and older readersMe, frida, and the secret of the peacock ring
By Angela Cervantes. 2022
A novel from Angela Cervantes that uses the story of Frida Kahlo to help listeners discover the true power of…
heritage, art, and family. A room locked for fifty years. A valuable peacock ring. A mysterious brother-sister duo. Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her unlock memories of the too-brief time they spent together. While in Mexico, Paloma meets Lizzie and Gael, who present her with an irresistible challenge: The siblings want her to help them find a valuable ring that once belonged to beloved Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Finding the ring means a big reward-and the thanks of all Mexico. What better way to honor her father than returning a priceless piece of jewelry that once belonged to his favorite artist! But the brother and sister have a secret. Do they really want to return the ring, or are they after something else entirely?J'ai le coeur rempli de bonheur
By Monique Gray Smith. 2021
Qu'est-ce qui te remplit le cœur de bonheur ? Le soleil sur ton visage? L'odeur de la banique qui cuit…
au four? Tenir la main d'une personne que tu aimes? Ce magnifique album cartonné, illustré par la talentueuse artiste Julie Flett, rappelle aux petits et aux grands de penser aux moments de la vie qui leur apportent de la joie et d'en profiter. La conférencière et autrice de réputation internationale Monique Gray Smith a écrit J'ai le cœur rempli de bonheur pour soutenir le bien-être des enfants et des familles autochtones, et pour encourager les bambins à chérir les moments qui les rendent heureux. Ce livre audio adapté comprend des descriptions textuelles des images, y compris de la page de couverture