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From your fingerprints to the patterns in your eyes, each of us is unique. This collection of fun facts and…
activities will help you to discover more about human nature and yourself. Find out about body language, left brain vs. right brain, personality types, and more. Grades 4-7. 2000.By Phillip M Hoose. 2015
At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old…
Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not in vain: the boys' exploits and eventual imprisonment helped spark a full-blown Danish resistance. Junior High readers and older. 2015.By Zlata Filipovic, Melanie Challenger. 2006
Tous les jours, nous voyons les ravages de la guerre à la télévision. Nous voyons, mais nous ne voulons pas…
vraiment savoir. Ces enfants, eux, ont vécu la guerre. Leurs journaux sont bouleversants. Ces "Paroles d'enfants dans la guerre" constituent un témoignage exceptionnel. De l'Allemagne de 1914 à l'Irak de 2004, la douleur et la force qui émanent des journaux sont les mêmes. Dans la violence de la guerre, les enfants sont égaux. Et notre impuissance à empêcher leur souffrance devient, devant ces voix d'enfants qui s'élèvent, un renoncement insupportable. Quelques descriptions de violence. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire et plus. 2006.During WWI, the battle for the tiny Belgium town of Passchendaele was one of the most significant tests of Canadian…
courage and expertise. General Haig ordered a headlong attack into the heavily fortified German entrenchments, to capture the town and drive toward the coast to destroy German submarine bases. General Currie's Canadian Corps, known as unstoppable 'storm troopers', was called to the front. For junior high and older readers. 2008.By James Duggan. 1981
By Louis-Martin Tard. 1998
L'enfance, la vie dans le monde, la vie religieuse de mère Marguerite d'Youville, ses oeuvres en faveur des pauvres, la…
fondation de la congrégation des Soeurs grises. Marguerite d'Youville fut proclamée bienheureuse par le pape Jean XXIII en 1959 et sanctifiée par Jean-Paul II en 1990. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 1998.By John C Friel, Linda D Friel, Maurice Soudeyns. 2001
En parcourant ce livre, l'adolescent comprendra pourquoi la maîtrise de ses émotions lui donne plus de pouvoirs sur sa vie.…
Il découvrira que les gens qui réussissent ont connu l'échec mais qu'ils n'abandonnent pas pour autant. Et, finalement qu'il est essentiel de développer des comportements gagnants et d'aller vers ce qu'il désire faire et devenir. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2001.By Kimberly Kirberger. 2003
A collection of stories and poems by teenagers about body image, self-love, and the need to be "perfect". Each set…
of stories and poems illustrates one of twenty-four steps toward the ultimate goal of self-love, building up from getting to know yourself all the way to celebrating yourself. Junior and senior high readers. 2003.By Ella Burakowski. 2015
The Gold family lived an idyllic life in pre-war Poland, but that life was shattered in 1939 when Germany invaded…
Poland and Jewish people were forced into the streets, their homes, schools, and businesses burned. Eventually, the Golds hid in a cramped, secret enclosure for twenty-six months. Appalling conditions, starvation, fear of imminent betrayal and capture makes this a heart-stopping testament to the human spirit. For junior high readers. Winner of the 2017 Red Maple Non-Fiction Honour Book Award. 2015.By Carolyn Jackson, Ken Setterington, Malcolm Lester, Jonathan Schmidt. 2013
A history of the persecution of homosexuals by the Nazi regime during the years of the Holocaust. When the Nazis…
came to power in Europe, the lives of homosexuals came to be ruled by fear as raids, arrests, prison sentences and expulsions became the daily reality. When the concentration camps were built, homosexuals were imprisoned along with Jews. The pink triangle, sewn onto prison uniforms, became the symbol of their persecution. For junior and senior high readers. 2013.By Kathy Clark. 2009
Momma had always told Susan that there was no safe place for a Jew, especially in German-occupied Hungary in 1944.…
So why were twelve-year-old Susan and her sister, Vera, being sent to a convent to be kept safe? Susan and her sister soon discover the true nature of courage, sheltered by a group of nuns who risk their lives to protect them. Based on a true story. Grades 4-7. Some descriptions of violence. 2009.By Richard Hanser. 1972
The author explores what is known of Christ's life and attempts to show how and why His teachings appeal so…
strongly to youth today. He also includes an objective treatment of issues which have caused differences among Christian sects. Junior and Senior High. 1972.By Chelsea Vowel. 2016
Vowel initiates myriad conversations about the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada. An advocate for Indigenous worldviews, the author discusses…
the fundamental issues--the terminology of relationships; culture and identity; myth-busting; state violence; and land, learning, law and treaties--along with wider social beliefs about these issues. She answers the questions that many people have on these topics to spark further conversations at home, in the classroom, and in the larger community. Bestseller. 2016.By Pat Hancock. 2003
A collection of chilling true ghost stories, from all across Canada, to send shivers down your spine. From poltergeists who…
terrorize hunters in a remote cabin to a man who gets frightened to death in a graveyard - prepare yourself to be haunted! Grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2003.By Meg F Schneider. 1997
The author directs this book at those whose boyfriends broke up with them and those who want to break up.…
She gives tips on how to endure this event constructively and on how to troubleshoot future relationships. Junior and Senior High. c1997.By Laura Damania. 1975
By Richard Carlson. 2000
This companion to "Don't sweat the small stuff" and others in the series for adults, advises teens on controlling stress…
in their lives. Includes one hundred tips on coping with such things as breakups, bad hair days, and peer pressure. For junior and senior high readers. Bestseller. 2000.By Anne E Neimark. 1980
Traces Father Damien's life, from his birth in 1840 to his death of leprosy in 1889. His accomplishments in the…
leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai attracted worldwide attention and generated support for research and treatment of leprosy. For junior and senior high readers. c1980.By David Lambert, Margaret Doyle. 1996
This is an up-to-date straightforward guide designed to help teenagers understand and cope responsibly with the physical and emotional changes…
of emerging adulthood. The book includes chapters on periods, sexual attraction, making love, safe sex, sex and the disabled and sex and the laws. Junior and Senior High . 1996.