Canadian fiction

  • The sour cherry tree

    Creator

    Hrab, Naseem

    Abstract

    After her grandfather's death, a young girl explores her Baba Bozorg's house. As the girl wanders through the house, almost idly, her Baba Bozorg's house stands in for the man himself, with each object she describes standing as a touchstone to a memory, and each memory serving as a window into the relationship between the child and her grandfather. As she looks through its rooms, the things she sees and the object she touches bring to life memories of the man she knew, and also the man she didn't know.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Owlkids

    Non spécifié
  • Us conductors

    Creator

    Michaels, Sean

    Abstract

    In a finely woven series of flashbacks and correspondence, Lev Termen, the Russian scientist, inventor, and spy, tells the story of his life to his "one true love," Clara Rockmore, the finest theremin player in the world. In the first half of the book, we learn of Termen's early days as a scientist in Leningrad during the Bolshevik Revolution, the acclaim he receives as the inventor of the theremin, and his arrival in 1930s New York under the aegis of the Russian state.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Random House Canada

    Non spécifié
  • Champions of the fox

    Creator

    Sands, Kevin

    Abstract

    In this conclusion to the thrilling Thieves of Shadow series, bestselling author Kevin Sands delivers a jaw-dropping heist that sees five young thieves masterminding a prison break from the empire's most impenetrable island fortress. Fans of The False Prince and Ocean's Eleven will be mesmerized by this page-turning series filled with twists and turns.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Puffin Canada

    Non spécifié
  • Freddie the flyer

    Creator

    Carmichael, Fred

    Metcalfe-Chenail, Danielle

    Abstract

    A gorgeous picture book that pays homage to aviator Freddie Carmichael - the first Indigenous commercial pilot in the Arctic - with each month of the year highlighting moments from his life, the beauty of the North and the power of dreams. When Freddie was young, he saw a plane up close for the first time when it dropped off supplies at his family's remote bush camp. He was instantly hooked. Freddie has flown for nearly seventy years, doing everything from supply runs to search and rescue to transporting dog teams to far-flung areas.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Tundra Books

    Non spécifié
  • The portal keeper : The Misewa saga, book 4

    Creator

    Robertson, David A.

    Abstract

    Eli and Morgan experience life-changing revelations in this new adventure in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series. While exploring World's End, an area in Aski they've just discovered, Morgan and Emily delight in their developing relationship, while Eli struggles to understand his new-found power: the ability to locate a portal. A shocking turn of events leads them to a new village, Ministik, where the animal beings who live there are going missing. Horrified to discover who is responsible, the children vow to help and turn to friends, old and new.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Tundra Books

    Non spécifié
  • Shooting stars : Hockey super six, book 4

    Creator

    Sylvester, Kevin

    Abstract

    A very special group of kids must save the world with - what else? - Hockey! Meet six kids a lot like you. Except... Benny, Jenny, Karl, Starlight, DJ and Mo got zapped in an evil plot gone wrong - and became the super-est team the world has ever seen. Lucky thing, because they have to face off against enormous, multi-appendaged, hockey-playing tardigrades in space! Turns out the last of the Sizematrons was not destroyed in the Six-versus-evil-bunny saga of Hat Tricked.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Scholastic Canada

    Non spécifié
  • The memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, volume 2 : a true and exact accounting of the history of Turtle Island

    Creator

    Monkman, Kent

    Abstract

    From global art superstar Kent Monkman and his long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon, a transformational work of true stories and imagined history that will remake readers' understanding of the land called North America. For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman have featured a recurring character--an alter ego of sorts, a shape-shifting, time-travelling elemental being named Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. Though we have glimpsed her across the years in films and on countless canvases, it is finally time to hear her story, in her own words.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    McClelland & Stewart

    Non spécifié
  • The memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, volume 1 : a true and exact accounting of the history of Turtle Island

    Creator

    Monkman, Kent

    Abstract

    From global art superstar Kent Monkman and his long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon, a transformational work of true stories and imagined history that will remake readers’ understanding of the land called North America. For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman have featured a recurring character—an alter ego of sorts, a shape-shifting, time-travelling elemental being named Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. Though we have glimpsed her across the years in films and on countless canvases, it is finally time to hear her story, in her own words.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    McClelland & Stewart

    Non spécifié
  • And then there was us

    Creator

    Carter, Kern

    Abstract

    Coi is just eighteen years old but has already survived years of physical and verbal abuse from her mother. After being kicked out of her mother's house at age fourteen, Coi has lived with her father, and together they've created a peaceful life. That peace ends suddenly when her mother dies. Her mother's passing also reopens up the door to her mother's side of the family, including her beloved younger half-sister, Kayla, her stepfather and her grandmother.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [Toronto]

    Tundra Books

    Longueuil, Quebec (Point-par-point)

    National Network for Equitable Library Service

    Vancouver, British Columbia

    BC Libraries Cooperative

    Non spécifié
  • Bounty

    Creator

    Pchajek, Jason

    Abstract

    The year is 2120, and Nikos Wulf is at the top of his game. Within Winnipeg’s sublevels, he is the undisputed king of bounty hunters, working for the elite Bounty Commission Eco-Terror Taskforce. The job: defend the ecological infrastructure holding back climate collapse. But when a series of bounties go wrong, Nikos finds himself on the trail of a troubling new player among the city’s anti-establishment. Duty bound to protect the people, Nikos must risk it all to unearth an insidious enemy bent on destroying everything he’s ever known.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Ravenstone

    Longueuil, Quebec (Point-par-point)

    National Network for Equitable Library Service

    Vancouver, British Columbia

    BC Libraries Cooperative

    Non spécifié