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The ghost of the Stanley Cup (Screech Owls series. #11.)
By Roy MacGregor. 2000
The spirit of former Governor General Lord Stanley seems to be haunting the festivities at the Little Stanley Cup Pee…
Wee Tournament in Ottawa -- literally! As the Screech Owls hockey team tour the nation's capital, they encounter his ghost everywhere. Then they start meeting some other ones, like Tom Thomson and Joe Hall, not to mention a former prime minister! But what are these historical figures trying to tell the players? Grades 4-7. (The Screech Owls series ; 11)The horn of a lamb
By Robert Sedlack. 2004
After Fred Pickle sustained a severe brain injury, he moved in with his Uncle Jack. Fred creates the perfect neighbourhood…
skating rink every year and the local NHL team means more to him than to the average fan. When the team's owner decides to move the team to the U.S., Fred contemplates an act of vengeance. Some strong language, and some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004.Terror in Florida (Screech Owls series. #6.)
By Roy MacGregor. 1997
The Screech Owls hockey team is on a trip to Florida, hoping for sand, sun and lots of ice. Not…
only are they going to go swimming, fishing, and to Disney World, but they hope to qualify for a peewee tournament held in the Tampa Bay Lightning's Ice Palace arena. But then Nish, with his X-ray glasses, ends up uncovering a plot to terrorize all of America, and the Owl's spring break turns deadly. Grades 4-7. 1997. (The Screech Owls series ; 6)The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories
By Sam Snake, Emerson S Coatsworth, David Coatsworth, Francis Kagige. 1979
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.Tales from Gold Mountain: stories of the Chinese in the New World
By Paul Yee. 1989
Roid rage
By Lesley Choyce. 1999
When Craig makes first string on his high school football team, he is surprised to learn that his best friend…
Ray has also made the team and has become the best player on the field. Craig soon discovers Ray's secret, and begins taking steroids too. However, he begins to experience side effects, including periods of rage. Now he must come clean with his coach and family and convince Ray his health is in danger. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.Japanese baseball and other stories: And Other Stories
By W. P Kinsella. 2000
A collection of baseball short stories that will delight all lovers of engaging storytelling and fans of the sport Kinsella…
chronicles in "Shoeless Joe," "Field of dreams," and "The thrill of the grass." Kinsella weaves his characters into the thrill of the game, be it in Japan, Central America, Canada or the U.S., with a variety of comic, tragic, and mystical results. 2000.Camp Ford: a western story (Five Star First Edition Western Ser.)
By Johnny D Boggs. 2005
In 1946 Win McNaughton, baseball player, umpire, and manager, looks back on his years as a POW at Camp Ford.…
McNaughton helped organize a baseball game between the Union prisoners and their Confederate guards. The game soon became a mini-Civil War, as the Confederates, with their fortunes waning on the real battlefields, struggled to maintain dominance on the diamond. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.Girls to the rescue [book #1]: tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world
By Bruce Lansky. 1995
Ten stories where the clever, brave heroes of fairy tales are girls. In a typical fairy tale, a helpless girl…
waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the heroines in these stories are much too busy saving the day to wait around for Prince Charming. Grades 3-6. 1995.Fairy tale
By Alice Thomas Ellis. 1996
Eloise declares herself determined to have a baby. Simon doesn't want one, and Eloise's mother Clare sends her best friend…
to deal with the emergency. Clare turns up to join them just as Eloise returns from her wanderings with a newborn baby. Did she steal the baby? Or was she pregnant all along? The baby has startling green eyes, the cat won't stay in the same room with it, and Eloise behaves more and more oddly. 1996.Earth Elder stories: the Pinayzitt path
By Alexander Wolfe. 1988
Can you guess my name?: traditional tales around the world
By Judy Sierra. 2002
The complete Screech Owls, Volume I (Screech Owls series.)
By Roy MacGregor. 2006
The first adventures of Travis, Nish, Sarah and the rest of the Screech Owls, a Canadian mystery-solving Peewee hockey team.…
Includes "Mystery at Lake Placid", The night they stole the Stanley Cup", "The screech Owls northern adventure", and "Murder at hockey camp". Grades 4-7. 2006.Incy-wincy moo-cow: a book of weird and wacky nursery rhymes (M. Y. Bees Ser.)
By John Cunliffe. 1999
Incy Wincy Moo-Cow? The Grand Old Duke of Pisa? Sing a song of half a shilling? Hickory Dickory - what?…
Traditional nursery rhymes will never seem the same again after reading this collection of alternative poetry. Original rhymes are also included so that readers can compare the two styles.The alchemist
By Paulo Coelho. 1999
Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, longs to see the world and dreams about a treasure hidden in the Egyptian pyramids.…
He sells his flock and leaves his home in Spain, sails first to Tangiers, crosses the desert, and eventually reaches Egypt. Along the way, he is led by a series of spiritual guides, perhaps the most important of whom is the alchemist who advises him to follow his heart. 1999. Uniform title: Alquimista.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 shadow boxer: a novel
By Steven Heighton. 2000
Sevigne Torrins, a prize fighter and sometime troubadour, leaves his home in Sault Ste. Marie on a quest. As he…
searches for his destiny, going as far away as Egypt, his journey teaches him about hope, love, fear and regret. Some strong language and descriptions of sex.Nice one Smithy!
By Paul May. 2002
Fizz and her mates at Hillside Primary love playing football (soccer) - but the school team's first match is against…
the Church Street gang (mean, nasty and horrible - and that's how they play their football too). That's when their teacher decides Smithy gets the job of goalkeeper - a position Smithy hates. Grades 2-4. 2002.On guard
By Donna Jo Napoli. 1999
When Mikey sees a demonstration in fencing, he decides it's the sport that will make him stand out in his…
family and qualify him for one of the weekly Olympic medals given out by his fourth grade teacher. Grades 4-7. 1999.Folktales from Africa: retold by Dianne Stewart
By Dianne Stewart. 2006
Aimed at children across the African continent (and around the world), this collection of 20 folktales has been retold for…
today's youngsters. The stories include The pig and the Disrespectful man, Mantis and the springbok, How yams came to the Ashanti and The voice of the wind, and originate from countries such as South Africa, Swaziland, Angola, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zanzibar amongst others. Grades 4-7. 2006.