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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
No More Dragons No More Dragons Rie Charles How do you turn an upside-down life right-side up? Thirteen-year-old Alex is afraid, afraid of his dad, afraid of kids at school, worried about his sick brother and, most of all, angry at himself for… OL15728807W
The whisper of legends The whisper of legends Barbara Fraser Fradkin When his teenage daughter goes missing on a summer wilderness canoe trip to the Nahanni River, Inspector Michael Green is forced into unfamiliar territory. Unable to mobilize the local RCMP, he enlis… OL17924157W
The day the falls stood still The day the falls stood still Cathy Marie Buchanan Niagara Falls, 1915. When Bess Heath returns to her family home near the picturesque falls, it is to an unfamiliar scene - the elegance of the life she once knew has vanished. Her father is a broken … OL18694138W
Girl mans up Girl mans up M-E Girard All Pen wants is to be the kind of girl she's always been. So why does everyone have a problem with it? They think the way she looks and acts means she's trying to be a boy that she should quit tryin… OL20034145W
44 hours or strike! 44 hours or strike! Anne Dublin The Toronto Dressmakers' Strike of 1931 brings young sisters Sophie and Rose together in their fight for better working conditions, decent wages, and for their union. It's a tough battle as distrust … OL21806761W
Mable Riley Mable Riley Marthe Jocelyn Mable Riley dreams of having adventures and of becoming a writer. When she travels far from home to act as assistant to her sister, a schoolmistress, Mable hopes her new world will be full of peril … OL451235W
Forty words for sorrow Forty words for sorrow Giles Blunt In the quiet Canadian town of Algonquin Bay, a frozen body has been found in an abandoned mine shaft. She is quickly identified as Katie Pine, a teenager who had disappeared months ago. At the time, … OL4645828W
Brothers far from home Brothers far from home Jean Little In 1916, in Uxbridge, Ontario, twelve-year-old Eliza, a Presbyterian minister's daughter, chronicles her family's experiences after her two brothers leave for Europe to fight in the war. OL470668W
Love object Love object Sally Cooper 365 p. ; 22 cm OL5373516W
Rush Home Road Rush Home Road Lori Lansens "When Addy Shadd was a young girl living in Rusholme, she was taught the history of her town, which was settled by fugitive slaves in the 1800s. It was told to her like a storybook legend - and altho… OL5832106W
Friend of my youth Friend of my youth Alice Munro A collection of ten short stories deals with such subjects as a woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother; an adulterous couple; and a widow discovering unpleasant truths about her husband's past. OL931683W