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The Girl who married the moon : tales from Native North America.

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-


A collection of Native American stories of girls becoming women. These are stories from a broad array of tribes and traidtions.
Date Published:2006

Golden boys : The Winnipeg Falcons of 1920

Keery, Paul.


In 1920, hockey teams across Canada played for the privilege to represent their country at the Olympics. In the end, one team remained standingÑthe Winnipeg Falcons, a small group of unknown superstars. Comprised of players of Icelandic descent, the Falcons experienced considerable prejudice from the other Canadian hockey teams, yet easily defeated them before going on to compete in the Olympics. Overseas, their incredible talents were finally recognized when the Falcons made Canada the first country in history to win a gold medal in the sport. From humble beginnings, a pure love for hockey catapulted the team to victory and global prominence. -- provided by Vendor.
Date Published:2021

In 1920, hockey teams across Canada played for the privilege to represent their country at the Olympics. In the end, one team remained standingÑthe Winnipeg Falcons, a small group of unknown superstars. Comprised of players of Icelandic descent, the Falcons experienced considerable prejudice from the other Canadian hockey teams, yet easily defeated them before going on to compete in the Olympics. Overseas, their incredible talents were finally recognized when the Falcons made Canada the first country in history to win a gold medal in the sport. From humble beginnings, a pure love for hockey catapulted the team to victory and global prominence. -- provided by Vendor.

Date Published:2021

Aetherbound

Johnston, E. K.


Publishers Weekly, March 2021. Kirkus Starred, March 2021. Publishers Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Pendt Harland's family has seen her as a waste of food on their long-haul space cruiser ever since her genes revealed an undesirable mutstion when she was only a small child. But thirteen years later, her unique genetic makeup might be her chance to do much more than survive--if she plays her cards right. During a routine stop at a space dock, Pendt risks everything on a one-way escape plan. While on the run, she forms a lucky bond with the teenage heirs of the powerful family that runs the space station, and against long odds, the trio hatches a scheme to take over the station and thwart destinies they never wished for.
Date Published:2021

Publishers Weekly, March 2021. Kirkus Starred, March 2021. Publishers Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Pendt Harland's family has seen her as a waste of food on their long-haul space cruiser ever since her genes revealed an undesirable mutstion when she was only a small child. But thirteen years later, her unique genetic makeup might be her chance to do much more than survive--if she plays her cards right. During a routine stop at a space dock, Pendt risks everything on a one-way escape plan. While on the run, she forms a lucky bond with the teenage heirs of the powerful family that runs the space station, and against long odds, the trio hatches a scheme to take over the station and thwart destinies they never wished for.

Date Published:2021

Who is Taylor Swift?

Anderson, Kirsten (Kirsten Stephanie)


Who is Taylor Swift -- Life on a farm -- Taking a risk -- The best day -- Jump then fall -- Love stories -- Welcome to New York -- Antihero -- Look what you made me do -- Miss Americana -- Taylor's version. A biography of singer Taylor Swift, discussing her growing up years, key events in her career, influences, achievements, and successes.
Date Published:2024

The silence that binds us

Ho, Joanna.


School Library Journal, July 2022. Pub Weekly, May 2022. Kirkus Starred, April 2022. Booklist, May 2022. Horn Book, July 2022. School Library Journal. Pub Weekly. Kirkus Starred. In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.
Date Published:2022

School Library Journal, July 2022. Pub Weekly, May 2022. Kirkus Starred, April 2022. Booklist, May 2022. Horn Book, July 2022. School Library Journal. Pub Weekly. Kirkus Starred. In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.

Date Published:2022

The Phantom of the Opera

Leroux, Gaston.


Follow a series of mysterious events and murders in this dark and twisted tale. This romantic drama tells the story of Erik, a mysterious phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House. The Phantom falls in love with Christine Daaé, a beautiful soprano, and begins tutoring her in music. But Erik is enraged to learn that Christine is in love with her Childhood friend, Raoul. A riveting novel of love and jealousy that is sure to capture readers of all ages.
Date Published:2019

Follow a series of mysterious events and murders in this dark and twisted tale. This romantic drama tells the story of Erik, a mysterious phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House. The Phantom falls in love with Christine Daaé, a beautiful soprano, and begins tutoring her in music. But Erik is enraged to learn that Christine is in love with her Childhood friend, Raoul. A riveting novel of love and jealousy that is sure to capture readers of all ages.

Date Published:2019

Year of the reaper

Lucier, Makiia.


School Library Journal starred, September 2021. Publishers Weekly, October 2021. New York Times, November 2021. Horn Book, January 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2021. Kirkus Review, August 2021. School Library Journal starred. Publishers Weekly. New York Times. Before an ambush by enemy soldiers, Lord Cassia was an engineer's apprentice on a mission entrusted to him by the king. But when plague sweeps over the land, leaving countless dead and devastating the kingdom, even Cas' title cannot save him from a rotting prison cell and a merciless sickness. Three years later, Cas wants only to return to his home in the mountains and forget the horrors of the past. But home is not what he remembers. His castle has become a refuge for the royal court. And they have brought their enemies with them. When an assassin targets those closest to the queen, Cas is drawn into a search for a killer... one that leads him to form an unexpected bond with a brilliant young historian named Lena. Cas and Lena soon realize that who is behind the attacks is far less important than why. They must look to the past, following the trail of a terrible secret- one that could threaten the kingdom's newfound peace and plunge it back into war.
Date Published:2021

School Library Journal starred, September 2021. Publishers Weekly, October 2021. New York Times, November 2021. Horn Book, January 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2021. Kirkus Review, August 2021. School Library Journal starred. Publishers Weekly. New York Times. Before an ambush by enemy soldiers, Lord Cassia was an engineer's apprentice on a mission entrusted to him by the king. But when plague sweeps over the land, leaving countless dead and devastating the kingdom, even Cas' title cannot save him from a rotting prison cell and a merciless sickness. Three years later, Cas wants only to return to his home in the mountains and forget the horrors of the past. But home is not what he remembers. His castle has become a refuge for the royal court. And they have brought their enemies with them. When an assassin targets those closest to the queen, Cas is drawn into a search for a killer... one that leads him to form an unexpected bond with a brilliant young historian named Lena. Cas and Lena soon realize that who is behind the attacks is far less important than why. They must look to the past, following the trail of a terrible secret- one that could threaten the kingdom's newfound peace and plunge it back into war.

Date Published:2021

Killer instinct

Barnes, Jennifer Lynn.


Friendship. Romance. Serial killers. The Naturals are on the case. Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities-and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother's murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance. But when victims of a brutal new serial killer start turning up, the Naturals are pulled into an active case that strikes too close to home: the killer is a perfect copycat of Dean's incarcerated father-a man whom Dean would do anything to forget. Forced deeper into a murderer's psyche than ever before, will the Naturals be able to outsmart the enigmatic killer's brutal mind games?
Date Published:2014

Friendship. Romance. Serial killers. The Naturals are on the case. Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities-and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother's murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance. But when victims of a brutal new serial killer start turning up, the Naturals are pulled into an active case that strikes too close to home: the killer is a perfect copycat of Dean's incarcerated father-a man whom Dean would do anything to forget. Forced deeper into a murderer's psyche than ever before, will the Naturals be able to outsmart the enigmatic killer's brutal mind games?

Date Published:2014

Endangered whales

MacCarald, Clara, 1979-


A Whale in Danger -- North Atlantic Right Whales -- Sei Whales -- Blue Whales -- Gray Whales. Introduces readers to whales that are classified as endangered today. It examines why they may have become endangered as well as conservation efforts being made to help them.
Date Published:2024

Two can keep a secret

McManus, Karen M.


Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows.The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone has declared open season on homecoming, promising to make it as dangerous as it was five years ago. Then, almost as if to prove it, another girl goes missing.Ellery knows all about secrets. Her mother has them; her grandmother does too. And the longer she's in Echo Ridge, the clearer it becomes that everyone there is hiding something. The thing is, secrets are dangerous--and most people aren't good at keeping them. Which is why in Echo Ridge, it's safest to keep your secrets to yourself.
Date Published:2019

Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows.The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone has declared open season on homecoming, promising to make it as dangerous as it was five years ago. Then, almost as if to prove it, another girl goes missing.Ellery knows all about secrets. Her mother has them; her grandmother does too. And the longer she's in Echo Ridge, the clearer it becomes that everyone there is hiding something. The thing is, secrets are dangerous--and most people aren't good at keeping them. Which is why in Echo Ridge, it's safest to keep your secrets to yourself.

Date Published:2019

Are video games harmful

Marcovitz, Hal.


by Hal Marcovitz.Includes bibliographical references and index.What are the origins of today's video game controversies? -- Do violent video games promote real-life violence? -- Do video games lead to addiction and social isolation? -- Do young gamers risk their health and well-being? -- Should video games be regulated?
Date Published:2011

Caught in the Act : a guide to the children's justice system and Young Offenders Act.

Tustin, Lee.


Lee Tustin.
Date Published:1994

Moby Dick

Melville, Herman.


The story follows Captain Ahab on an obsessive quest to destroy the unruly White Whale that ravaged the Captain's ship on a previous voyage, leaving him with one leg.
Date Published:2018

Stolen Sisters : the Story of two missing girls, their families, and how Canada has failed Indigenous Women

Walter, Emmanuelle.


1. Pitobig Street, Kitigan Zibi, January 11, 2014 -- 2. Koko Street, Maniwaki, August 2008 -- 3. Nagishkodadiwin Park, Maniwaki, September 6, 2013 -- 4. Highway 105, April 12, 2014 -- 5. On the Hill, October 4, 2013 -- 6. Inside Giant Tiger, August 2008 -- 7. Sept-Îles, March 20, 2014 -- 8. Police station, Kitigan Zibi, January 24, 2014 -- 9. Toronto, December 18, 2013 -- 10. Ottawa, January 31, 2014 -- 11. Six Nations, March 14, 2014 -- 12. In the woods, Kitigan Zibi, May 2, 2009 -- 13. York Factory, Hudson Bay, February 5, 1717 -- 14. Sheraton Hotel, Laval, November 9, 2013 -- 15. Desert River, Maniwaki, January 25, 2014 -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Acknowledgements -- Appendices. Open letter from Laurie Odjick ; Connie Greyeyes' speech on Parliament Hill ; Endnotes ; List of reports consulted. As the nation continues to be shocked by reports of violent attacks on Indigenous women and by the release of alarming statistics, Canadians can no longer deny that we are in the midst of a national tragedy--a feminicide-- and that there has been a systemic failure on the part of law enforcement and of all levels of government to address the issue. Journalist Emmanuelle Walter spent close to two years investigating this crisis and has crafted a moving account of one example among the many. Since 2008, two young women, Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander, teenagers from western Quebec, who have been missing. Via personal testimonies, interviews, press clippings and official documents, Walter pieces together the disappearance and loss of these two young lives, revealing these young women to us through the voices of family members and witnesses.
Date Published:2015

1. Pitobig Street, Kitigan Zibi, January 11, 2014 -- 2. Koko Street, Maniwaki, August 2008 -- 3. Nagishkodadiwin Park, Maniwaki, September 6, 2013 -- 4. Highway 105, April 12, 2014 -- 5. On the Hill, October 4, 2013 -- 6. Inside Giant Tiger, August 2008 -- 7. Sept-Îles, March 20, 2014 -- 8. Police station, Kitigan Zibi, January 24, 2014 -- 9. Toronto, December 18, 2013 -- 10. Ottawa, January 31, 2014 -- 11. Six Nations, March 14, 2014 -- 12. In the woods, Kitigan Zibi, May 2, 2009 -- 13. York Factory, Hudson Bay, February 5, 1717 -- 14. Sheraton Hotel, Laval, November 9, 2013 -- 15. Desert River, Maniwaki, January 25, 2014 -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Acknowledgements -- Appendices. Open letter from Laurie Odjick ; Connie Greyeyes' speech on Parliament Hill ; Endnotes ; List of reports consulted. As the nation continues to be shocked by reports of violent attacks on Indigenous women and by the release of alarming statistics, Canadians can no longer deny that we are in the midst of a national tragedy--a feminicide-- and that there has been a systemic failure on the part of law enforcement and of all levels of government to address the issue. Journalist Emmanuelle Walter spent close to two years investigating this crisis and has crafted a moving account of one example among the many. Since 2008, two young women, Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander, teenagers from western Quebec, who have been missing. Via personal testimonies, interviews, press clippings and official documents, Walter pieces together the disappearance and loss of these two young lives, revealing these young women to us through the voices of family members and witnesses.

Date Published:2015

How we roll

Friend, Natasha, 1972-


School Library Journal starred, June 2018. Publishers Weekly, April 2018. Booklist, May 2018. Horn Book, November 2018. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2018. Kirkus Review, May 2018. School Library Journal starred. Publishers Weekly. Booklist. Quinn's so bald you can rub her head and see the future. Quinn's so bald Mr. Clean is jealous. For Quinn McAvoy, losing her hair the summer before eigth grade was the beginning of the end. Suddenly she was Pluto: a has-been planet, twoo dwarflike and unimportant to hand with the other celestial bodies. But Quinn gets a second chance when her family moves across the country a week before her freshman year. No one in Gull's Head, Massachusetts, knows that Quinn has alopecia, the autoimmune disoder that took her hair she had never really thought about--until it was gone. No one knows that the wig she's wearing isn't her real hair. All Quinn wants to do is blend in with the crowd. When the popular girls mistake her for one of their own, Quinn plays along until a boy in a wheelchair who's been hurt even more than she has turns Quinn's carefully constructed world on its head.
Date Published:2018

School Library Journal starred, June 2018. Publishers Weekly, April 2018. Booklist, May 2018. Horn Book, November 2018. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2018. Kirkus Review, May 2018. School Library Journal starred. Publishers Weekly. Booklist. Quinn's so bald you can rub her head and see the future. Quinn's so bald Mr. Clean is jealous. For Quinn McAvoy, losing her hair the summer before eigth grade was the beginning of the end. Suddenly she was Pluto: a has-been planet, twoo dwarflike and unimportant to hand with the other celestial bodies. But Quinn gets a second chance when her family moves across the country a week before her freshman year. No one in Gull's Head, Massachusetts, knows that Quinn has alopecia, the autoimmune disoder that took her hair she had never really thought about--until it was gone. No one knows that the wig she's wearing isn't her real hair. All Quinn wants to do is blend in with the crowd. When the popular girls mistake her for one of their own, Quinn plays along until a boy in a wheelchair who's been hurt even more than she has turns Quinn's carefully constructed world on its head.

Date Published:2018

Bloody Okinawa : the last great battle of World War II

Wheelan, Joseph.


List of Maps -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: The Enemy's Doorstep -- Chapter 2: L-Day -- Chapter 3: The First Defensive Line -- Chapter 4: The Kamikazes -- Chapter 5: Sinking the Battleship Yamato -- Chapter 6: The Drive North and Ie Shima -- Chapter 7: The April Offensive -- Chapter 8: The Shuri Line -- Chapter 9: The May Mud Offensive -- Chapter 10: Red Flood Tide -- Chapter 11: The Japanese Retreat from Shuri -- Chapter 12: The Last Ditch -- Chapter 13: The Thirty-Second Army Collapses -- Chapter 14: The Civilian Tragedy -- Chapter 15: The Battle Ends -- Chapter 16: Denouement -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. List of Maps: Okinawa Area -- Okinawa Landing Beaches -- First Shuri Defensive Line -- Kakazu Pocket -- Okinawa Rada Picket Stations -- Motobu Peninsula -- Ie Shima -- Sugar Loaf Hill Area -- Oroku Peninsula -- Final Battle Line. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, more than 184,000 US troops began landing on the only Japanese home soil invaded during the Pacific war. Just 350 miles from mainland Japan, Okinawa was to serve as a forward base for Japan's invasion in the fall of 1945. Nearly 140,000 Japanese and auxiliary soldiers fought with suicidal tenacity from hollowed-out, fortified hills and ridges. Under constant fire and in the rain and mud, the Americans battered the defenders with artillery, aerial bombing, naval gunfire, and every infantry tool. Waves of Japanese kamikaze and conventional warplanes sank 36 warships, damaged 368 others, and killed nearly 5,000 US seamen. When the slugfest ended after 82 days, more than 125,000 enemy soldiers lay dead--along with 7,500 US ground troops. Tragically, more than 100,000 Okinawa civilians perished while trapped between the armies. The brutal campaign persuaded US leaders to drop the atomic bomb instead of invading Japan. Utilizing accounts by US combatants and Japanese sources, author Joseph Wheelan endows this riveting story of the war's last great battle with a compelling human dimension.
Date Published:2021

List of Maps -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: The Enemy's Doorstep -- Chapter 2: L-Day -- Chapter 3: The First Defensive Line -- Chapter 4: The Kamikazes -- Chapter 5: Sinking the Battleship Yamato -- Chapter 6: The Drive North and Ie Shima -- Chapter 7: The April Offensive -- Chapter 8: The Shuri Line -- Chapter 9: The May Mud Offensive -- Chapter 10: Red Flood Tide -- Chapter 11: The Japanese Retreat from Shuri -- Chapter 12: The Last Ditch -- Chapter 13: The Thirty-Second Army Collapses -- Chapter 14: The Civilian Tragedy -- Chapter 15: The Battle Ends -- Chapter 16: Denouement -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. List of Maps: Okinawa Area -- Okinawa Landing Beaches -- First Shuri Defensive Line -- Kakazu Pocket -- Okinawa Rada Picket Stations -- Motobu Peninsula -- Ie Shima -- Sugar Loaf Hill Area -- Oroku Peninsula -- Final Battle Line. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, more than 184,000 US troops began landing on the only Japanese home soil invaded during the Pacific war. Just 350 miles from mainland Japan, Okinawa was to serve as a forward base for Japan's invasion in the fall of 1945. Nearly 140,000 Japanese and auxiliary soldiers fought with suicidal tenacity from hollowed-out, fortified hills and ridges. Under constant fire and in the rain and mud, the Americans battered the defenders with artillery, aerial bombing, naval gunfire, and every infantry tool. Waves of Japanese kamikaze and conventional warplanes sank 36 warships, damaged 368 others, and killed nearly 5,000 US seamen. When the slugfest ended after 82 days, more than 125,000 enemy soldiers lay dead--along with 7,500 US ground troops. Tragically, more than 100,000 Okinawa civilians perished while trapped between the armies. The brutal campaign persuaded US leaders to drop the atomic bomb instead of invading Japan. Utilizing accounts by US combatants and Japanese sources, author Joseph Wheelan endows this riveting story of the war's last great battle with a compelling human dimension.

Date Published:2021

Like home

Onomé, Louisa.


School Library Journal starred, December 2020. Kirkus Starred, December 2020. School Library Journal starred. Kirkus Starred. Chinelo—or Nelo, as her best friend, Kate, calls her—is all about her neighbourhood, Ginger East. She loves its chill vibe, its ride-or-die sense of community and the memories she has of growing up there. Ginger East isn’t what it used to be, though. After a deadly incident at the local arcade, most of Nelo’s friends, except for Kate, have moved away. But as long as the two girls have each other, Nelo’s good. Then Kate’s parents’ corner store is vandalized, leaving Nelo shaken to her core. The police and the media are quick to point fingers, and soon more of the outside world descends upon Ginger East with promises to “fix the neighbourhood.” Suddenly, Nelo finds herself in the middle of a drama that is unfolding on a national scale. Worse yet, Kate has begun acting strange. She’s pushing Nelo away at the exact time they need each other most. Nelo’s entire world is morphing into something she hates, and she must figure out how to get things back on track or risk losing everything—and everyone—she loves.
Date Published:2021

School Library Journal starred, December 2020. Kirkus Starred, December 2020. School Library Journal starred. Kirkus Starred. Chinelo—or Nelo, as her best friend, Kate, calls her—is all about her neighbourhood, Ginger East. She loves its chill vibe, its ride-or-die sense of community and the memories she has of growing up there. Ginger East isn’t what it used to be, though. After a deadly incident at the local arcade, most of Nelo’s friends, except for Kate, have moved away. But as long as the two girls have each other, Nelo’s good. Then Kate’s parents’ corner store is vandalized, leaving Nelo shaken to her core. The police and the media are quick to point fingers, and soon more of the outside world descends upon Ginger East with promises to “fix the neighbourhood.” Suddenly, Nelo finds herself in the middle of a drama that is unfolding on a national scale. Worse yet, Kate has begun acting strange. She’s pushing Nelo away at the exact time they need each other most. Nelo’s entire world is morphing into something she hates, and she must figure out how to get things back on track or risk losing everything—and everyone—she loves.

Date Published:2021

The Pigeon needs a bath

Willems, Mo.


The Pigeon really needs a bath! Except, the Pigeon's not so sure about that. Besides, he took a bath last month! Maybe. It's going to take some serious convincing to try and get the Pigeon to take the plunge.
Date Published:2014

Zeus : water rescue (Dogs with a purpose)

Cameron, W. Bruce,


"Some dogs were born to lend a helping hand (or paw!). Zeus, a chocolate lab puppy, is one of them. With his courage, smarts, and strength his purpose seems clear: he'll become a water rescue dog! When a young boy named Kimo is tasked with training Zeus, they quickly become best friends. But Zeus's excitement makes training hard, and worse yet, becoming a working dog means being separated from Kimo. Can Zeus and his boy figure out how to stay together forever?"--
Date Published:2023

"Some dogs were born to lend a helping hand (or paw!). Zeus, a chocolate lab puppy, is one of them. With his courage, smarts, and strength his purpose seems clear: he'll become a water rescue dog! When a young boy named Kimo is tasked with training Zeus, they quickly become best friends. But Zeus's excitement makes training hard, and worse yet, becoming a working dog means being separated from Kimo. Can Zeus and his boy figure out how to stay together forever?"--

Date Published:2023

Harry Potter and the deathly hallows (Harry Potter 7)

Rowling, J. K.


Sequel to: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.
Date Published:2007