Growing up in the Fiji Islands in the late 1960s, Kalyana Mani Seth is an impressionable, plump young girl suited to the meaning of her name: blissful, blessed, the auspicious one.
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Author:Khelawan, Rajni Mala
Summary:Genre: Canadian fiction, Domestic fiction- Author:
Bergeron, Alain M.
,Bilodeau, Chantal
Summary:In 1955, girls who played hockey were rare, and there was no chance for them to play on a boy's team.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction - Author:
Sanders, Shelly
Summary:Rachel, a young Jewish woman from a small town in Russia, has made an incredible journey.
- Author:
Foster, Carolyn
Summary:She Writes is an anthology that features women writers in Canada.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories - Author:
Duprey Stehlik, Tania
,Vuleta Jovanovic, Vanja
Summary:When Violet's father comes to pick her up at school, one of her classmates asks: How come your Dad is blue and you're not? Violet comes to appreciate the beauty of being different.
- Author:
Nimeh-Mailloux, Rosine
Summary:It is 1957, and Amal is an inmate of the “Bethlehem Oasis for Troubled Women,” having feigned insanity to avoid being put to death for the murder of her abusive husband.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fiction - Author:
Deaf, Canadian Cultural Society of the
,Bonner, Symara
,Brace, Jason
,Bradford, Kayla
Summary:The first of its kind, this anthology contains four children's stories by young Deaf authors and Deaf illustrators.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction - Author:
Spring, Debbie
Summary:During World War II, Hendrik, the son of a fisherman, notices his Jewish friends being ostracized.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction - Author:
Brady, Liz
Summary:Jane Yeats, a crime journalist with a passion for hard-boiled adventure, is forced to confront the murder of her lover, Pete, when the imprisoned killer says he falsely confessed to the crime.
Genre: Canadian fiction - Author:
Stellings, Caroline
Summary:Immediately upon her arrival in London to train as a spy, sixteen-year-old Nicki Haddon is assigned to help the British Secret Service infiltrate a drug cartel that is smuggling large amounts of he
- Author:
Torres, J.
Summary:Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today they've traded their wings for flippers and their playhouse for the Antarctic. BRRR!
- Author:
Tougas, Chris
Summary:The six little ninjas of Dojo Daycare are back and rowdier than ever during a field trip to the farm. From the moment the ninja boys and ninja girls step off their minibus, mayhem ensues.
- Author:
Torres, J.
Summary:Three brave knights to the rescue! Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together.
- Author:
Torres, J.
Summary:Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they've traded in their playhouse for a spaceship...
- Author:
Torres, J.
Summary:Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they've traded in their playhouse for the peak of Mount Everest!