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Home invasion (Good reads)
By Joy Fielding. 2011
A noise wakes Kathy Brown from a dream where she was about to kiss Michael, her high school boyfriend, who…
was much more exciting than her husband Jack is. Hearing whispers, she gets up only to feel a gun at her head - two men are in the house, forcing Kathy and her husband into a living nightmare where Kathy also faces her real feelings about her husband. The outcome surprises everyone, most of all Kathy herself. Some descriptions of violence. High interest/low vocabulary book. Winner of the 2013 Golden Oak Award. 2011.House of laughs
By Lisa Eisenberg. 1980
When the Sky Ride at the Superama Park collapses, Laura Brewster, an investigator for the Atco Insurance Company, is called.…
Within hours, there is a murder directly linked to the accident. 1980. (Laura Brewster book)Missing (Good reads)
By Frances Itani. 2011
Northern France, World War I. Luc Caron sees three airplanes in a dogfight, with one flipping over and the pilot…
falling to his death. In 1928, the Greenwoods of Canada, whose pilot son has been missing for 11 years, receive a package from England. How is the mystery of the missing pilot solved, bringing peace to Luc and to the pilot’s parents? Based on a true story. High interest, low vocabulary. 2011.The hangman (Good reads series)
By Louise Penny. 2010
On a cold November morning, a jogger runs through the woods in the peaceful Quebec village of Three Pines. On…
his run, he finds a dead man hanging from a tree. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is called to the crime scene. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. c2010.Frybread
By Ferguson Plain. 2003
Dakota's friends had never seen frybread before, so Dakota explains how it is made. Frybread, scone, bannock, or gullet -…
there are as many ways to call it as there is to make it. 2003.Easy money (Good reads)
By Gail E Vaz-Oxlade. 2010
The author will show you how to make your money work for you. Budgeting, saving, and getting your debt paid…
off have never been so easy to understand or to do. 2010.The story of Nellie McClung
By Anne Monaghan. 1986
In the early 1900s, Nellie McClung fought for women's rights, especially the right to vote. She was elected to the…
Provincial Government of Alberta in 1921 and served for 5 years. Grade I braille. 1986. (Operation literacy series ; reading level C)The magic of love (Janet Dailey's love scenes)
By Alyssa Logan. 1997
Beth Harris knows that wishing doesn't just make things happen. As a single mother running her own business, she can't…
afford to believe in dreams. But when she meets a clown whose greatest joy comes from making children smile, can he help her find the magic of love? 1997.Mr. Vanilla
By Jane Diehl. 1996
At 24, Janet is on her own in the big city, working her way through school at an ice cream…
store. With sadness in her past, Janet wonders how to make it through the hard times. It really depends on her, but it may also involve an ice cream store customer she calls "Mr. Vanilla." 1996.Memories of my childhood and other stories
By Gladys E Neale. 1999
Made in Canada: we got there first
By Gladys E Neale. 1994
Stories of inventions and accomplishments by Canadians in the field of sports, science and social issues. For example: the McIntosh…
apple, green garbage bags, the inventors of insulin, ice hockey, the first rotary snowplow, the first light bulb and the Trans-Canada Highway. 1994.Something you should know about me: student's stories for students
By Ed Mansfield Rachel. 1994
Short, personal stories written by adults in literacy programs. The stories were written to inspire future students, and include descriptions…
of what it can be like for those who can't read or write. 2004.Heaven sent (Janet Dailey's love scenes)
By Nina K Bette. 1997
Galen is an angel who's been sent to earth to help a lonely mortal, Nancy Edwards, find happiness. Nancy's sadness…
turns out to be nothing that a little romance can't cure, and Galen even has her eye on a very eligible bachelor. But will Nancy's old heartthrob ruin Galen's plans? 1997.The lady and the cowboy (Janet Dailey's love scenes)
By Christine Anne Wenger. 1997
Against her father's wishes, the lonely young lady Caroline Trask returns to her family's Wyoming ranch. What she finds is…
not what she expected. Can Raven, a handsome, dark-haired cowboy, help her sort things out? The two struggle to reconcile their growing love with the question of who owns the ranch. 1997.Winners two: ten Canadian award-winning athletes
By Gladys E Neale. 1995
Voices from Canada's past, book two: historical biographies
By Gladys E Neale. 1990
Voices 3: Canadians who made a difference
By Gladys E Neale. 1993
The orange grove and other stories: Reading Level 2
By Rosanne Keller. 1992
Four short stories about people with problems to solve. Rosa and Manuel want to get married, but Rosa's father disapproves,…
while the Granny Group tries to help people in need. Makeda meets a man who wants to take pictures of her, and Paco leaves his wife. Love and friendship help them all see things in a different way. 1992.Last chance for freedom: Reading Level 3 (The sundown Fiction Collection)
By Marcie Miller Stadelhofen. 1990
Gregory, a slave, wants to escape to Canada to join Becky, the women he loves. But once he begins his…
trip on the Underground Railroad, he knows he must decide whether to risk his life to fight for all slaves, or to run and take what may be his last chance for freedom. Sequel to "The freedom side" (EI00142). 1990.The freedom side (Sundown books)
By Macie Miller Stadelhofen. 1990
Becky Horn, a slave, wants to escape to Canada and be free. A white man says he will help her,…
but Gregory, the man Becky loves, does not trust him. Can the stranger get Becky past the slave-catchers and all the way to freedom? Followed by "Last chance for freedom" (EI00143). 1990.