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Star in the storm Star in the storm Joan Hiatt Harlow In 1912, fearing for the safety of her beloved Newfoundland dog Sirius because of a new law outlawing non-sheepherding dogs in her Newfoundland village, twelve-year-old Maggie tries to save him by ke… OL11880W
The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild Jack London As Buck, a mixed breed dog, is taken away from his home, instead of facing a feast for breakfast and the comforts of home, he faces the hardships of being a sled dog. Soon he lands in the wrong hands… OL14942956W
Acceleration Acceleration Graham McNamee It's a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the … OL14958026W
The Birthright (Song of Acadia #3) The Birthright (Song of Acadia #3) Janette Oke,T. Davis Bunn The Thread Binding Them Together As Sisters Is All Too Fragile... The bittersweet reunion of the Robichaud family and the Harrows in the land of the Acadians has brought two mothers and two daughters… OL15091518W
Paradise Paradise Joan E. Goodman In 1542, eager to escape the French Huguenot household of her harsh father, sixteen-year-old Marguerite de la Rocque sails with her equally stern uncle, the Sieur de Roberval, to the New World, where… OL15129078W
The farfarers The farfarers Farley Mowat L'auteur, spécialiste du Grand Nord canadien, vise à démontrer que des Européens (les Albains) ont séjourné dans l'Arctique dès le 9e siècle et que, par conséquent, les Vikings (venus de Normandie) n… OL15947820W
Scum Scum James C. Dekker As Megan digs deeper into her brother's murder, she finds that Danny was "known to police" and that nobody outside of her family cares about solving the crime. OL16444686W
Chickadee Chickadee Louise Erdrich In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous jou… OL16585150W
Bones Are Forever (Temperance Brennan #15) Bones Are Forever (Temperance Brennan #15) Kathy Reichs A woman calling herself Amy Roberts checks into a Montreal hospital complaining of uncontrolled bleeding. Doctors see evidence of a recent birth, but before they can act, Roberts disappears. Dispatch… OL16646353W
Where Courage Calls Where Courage Calls Janette Oke,Laurel Oke Logan Her courage and her heart will be tested in ways she never expected... Beth Thatcher has spent her entire life in the safe, comfortable world of her family, her friends, and the social outings he… OL16814632W
The story of Owen The story of Owen E. K. Johnston When Owen Thorskard's aunt, the most famous dragon slayer in Canada, is injured on the job, the extended family moves to a small town in southwestern Ontario. Besieged by dragons and bemused by algeb… OL17082065W
For Today I Am A Boy For Today I Am A Boy Kim Fu,Kim Fu Peter Huang, a Chinese Canadian and only son in his family, struggles with his inner desires to be a girl while his father tries to map out his future in a very masculine way. Peter deals with variou… OL17576343W
Cold hands Cold hands Niven, John (Guitarist) Donnie Miller counts himself lucky. Living in a beautiful, spacious house in the wild and remote landscape of central Canada, he spends his days writing for the local newspaper, working on a film scr… OL17912546W
Swann Swann Carol Shields Mary Swann is the story of four individuals who become entwined in the life of Mary Swann, a rural Canadian poet whose authentic and unique voice is discovered only hours before her husband hacks her… OL18339W
Missione Niagara Missione Niagara Elisabetta Dami When a member of their group goes missing, the Thea sisters head to Niagara Falls to find him. OL19739361W
The feast of Stephen The feast of Stephen Rosemary Aubert A disgraced judge living in poverty investigates the death of homeless women in Toronto. Police blame the deaths on the weather, but a friend of a victim suspects foul play. By applying his experienc… OL1977603W
Beyond the wild river Beyond the wild river Sarah Maine "For fans of Kate Morton and Beatriz Williams, a highly atmospheric and suspenseful historical novel, set in the 1890s about a Scottish heiress who unexpectedly encounters her childhood friend in Nor… OL20058474W
Tribes Tribes Arthur G. Slade For Percy, the loss of his father and the suicide of his best friend build to a head during the last week before high school graduation. OL2035591W
The secret life of Owen Skye The secret life of Owen Skye Alan Cumyn While Owen Skye and his two brothers seek the mysterious cow-and-man-eating Bog Man, look for space aliens, and face comic book-stealing bullies in the Canadian countryside they learn about life and … OL2186985W
Remembering the bones Remembering the bones Frances Itani The new novel from the award-winning author of Deafening is a poignant exploration of one eighty-year-old life, as its heroine lies at the bottom of a ravine where she has crashed en route to visit t… OL2270779W
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