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Les enfants qui s'aiment: roman
By Claire Morin. 1956
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Canadian fictionEssays, Politics and government
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Ils étaient bien sages et bien dociles ces adolescents français des années 1950... lucides aussi, suffisamment en tout cas pour…
se demander comment, avec leurs "pauvres coeurs influençables", ils auraient été "capables de lutter contre la masse réfractaire des opinions des autres". Un bon petit roman sur le langage de l'âge ingrat, la douceur de son ignorance, l'inédit de sa tendresse (cf. p. 181), il y a déjà 25 ans. Presque des adolescents d'autrefois... [SDMChild soldier: when boys and girls are used in war (CitizenKid)
By Jessica Dee Humphreys, Michel Chikwanine. 2015
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Canadian fictionAward winning non-fiction, Biography, War and military biography, Canadian biography, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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It's 1993, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is going through major political changes. Five-year-old Michel is playing with friends…
one day when, without warning, a group of rebel soldiers pulls up to the school grounds. Forced onto trucks, the frightened boys are taken to a camp in the hills. There they are thrust into a terrifying and violent world. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2017 Red Maple Non-Fiction Award. 2015.Peacekeeper: the road to Sarajevo
By Lewis MacKenzie. 1993
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Canadian fictionBiography, War and military biography, Canadian biography, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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Major-General Lewis MacKenzie is the best-known Canadian soldier since the Second World War. In this memoir, he relates how he…
created Sector Sarajevo, and with a 30-nation UN force set out to liberate the airport to receive desperately needed food and medical supplies. MacKenzie became an international celebrity as he used the media -- "the only weapon I had" -- to maximum advantage. He also recounts the highlights of eight previous peacekeeping tours in the Middle East, Cyprus, and Vietnam. 1993.Red land, Yellow River: a story from the Cultural Revolution
By Ange Zhang. 2004
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Canadian fictionBiography, Historical biography, Family biography, Asian history, Politics and government
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In 1966, Zhang was a teen in Beijing when Mao Zedong began the Cultural Revolution. Though he was the son…
of a "bad guy" (a famous writer), he became swept up in the revolution, until the violence and his father's arrest made him question its goals. In 1968 was sent to a small village to learn how to farm, where he discovered his true calling - art. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2004.