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Star in the storm
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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… |
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The Call of the Wild
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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… |
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Northland stories
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Jack London |
Victim in the VineyardJessica Fletcher is visiting the Napa Valley wine country while doing research for her next book, and invites her old friend, Scotland Yard detective George Sutherland to join h… |
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Mission (un)popular
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Anna Humphrey |
Anxious to appear cool as she begins seventh-grade and missing the support of her best friend who attends another school, almost-thirteen-year-old Margot makes a series of disastrous choices when she… |
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The space between us
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Jessica Martinez |
Seventeen-year-old Amelia feels like her life might be getting back on track after a bad break-up when her younger sister's pregnancy gets them both banished to Canada, where new relationships are fo… |
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Bones Are Forever (Temperance Brennan #15)
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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… |
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Red Wolf
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Jennifer Dance |
After he is separated from his family, a five-year-old Ojibwe boy attends a residential school for Canadian Indians. |
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The story of Owen
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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… |
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Prairie fire
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E. K. Johnston |
The story of Owen, dragonslayer, is continued in this book. This fantasy takes place in an alternate earth where dragons exist and are attracted to carbon emissions. The story is refreshing for a f… |
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Kickers Journey
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Lois Cloarec Hart |
**A hostler falls in love with a teacher at a school for young ladies in this historical lesbian romance set in 1899.**
In 1899, two women from very different backgrounds are about to embark on a … |
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As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7)
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Alan Bradley |
Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy, the boarding school that her mother, Harriet… |
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Winning over the wrangler
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Linda Ford |
"The only thing Brand Duggan's outlaw kin ever gave him was an undeserved reputation. Once he's through breaking horses, he'll leave Eden Valley. Staying means risk--and heartache. And he has no busi… |
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Cold hands
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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… |
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Swann
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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… |
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Morton
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David Collier |
"A graphic novel lamenting the loss of train travel, the grip of family, mortality, art, and the human condition, with many other digressions thrown in for good measure. The book opens in media res a… |
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A day with Yayah
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Nicola I. Campbell |
Set in the Nicola Valley, British Columbia, in Canada's westernmost province, a First Nations family goes on an outing to forage for herbs and mushrooms. A grandmother passes down her knowledge of pl… |
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I am not a number
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Jenny Kay Dupuis |
"A picture book based on a true story about a young First Nations girl who was sent to a residential school. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residentia… |
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White Feather Murders
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Rachel McMillan |
365 pages (large print) ; 22 cm |
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Brown Girl in the Room
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Priya Ramsingh |
240 pages : 22 cm |
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The King's Daughter
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Suzanne Martel |
A French orphan, Jeanne is sent to the new colony as a Kings Daughter or "fille du roi". Adventure, survival, love, humour and an appreciation for life make this a wonderful read. |
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