Canadian fiction

  • Grand huit

    Creator

    Landry, Ève

    Abstract

    Camille travaille dans un café du Plateau Est. Du haut de sa vingtaine, elle comble le temps entre ses ses quarts de travail de bières et de joints sur son balcon. Boucaner pour quitter brièvement une tête surchargée. Puis, Camille rencontre Lou. Ou plutôt, Lou atterrit dans la vie de Camille. Entre le biodôme et le parc Laurier, ces deux femmes apprennent à s'aimer, malgré le quotidien étouffant et les montagnes russes qui s'affolent.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Quebec (Quebec)

    Les éditions de La maison en feu

    Non spécifié
  • Diane n'est pas sortie du bois

    Creator

    Lavoie, Marie-Renée

    Abstract

    Il fait chaud, la ville est insupportable en été, surtout après si longtemps à contempler alternativement les murs de la maison et l'écran de l'ordinateur. Diane et Claudine, on les comprend, souhaitent désespérément s'évader en nature, que leur rosé ne soit pas seul à prendre le frais. Sauf que des chalets à portée de leur budget, ça n'existe tout simplement pas.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Non spécifié
  • Surfer dog

    Creator

    Walters, Eric

    Abstract

    What is the true meaning of friendship? Follow along as a boy meets up with his friend—a dog who faithfully waits for him every day so they can ride out to the beach together to surf. The boy doesn't own the dog and he doesn't know who does, but their daily routine has created a special bond. Award-winning author Eric Walters navigates the waters of a unique friendship alongside the vibrant illustrations of Eugenie Fernandes, who brings the bumpy roads, rugged beach paths and rolling waves of the tropics to life.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Shattered glass

    Creator

    Toten, Teresa

    Abstract

    Toni has always had nightmares about fire, and she also has burn scars but no idea how she got them. So when fire destroys the orphanage she has grown up in, she is ready to make her way to Toronto, where she hopes to discover the truth about the mother she believes hurt and then abandoned her. Toronto proves to be both daunting and exciting for Toni, whose charm and innocence attract attention—not always positive—wherever she goes.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • My wounded island

    Creator

    Pasquet, Jacques

    Abstract

    There's an invisible creature in the waves around Sarichef. It is altering the lives of the Iñupiat people who call the island home. A young girl and her family are forced to move to the center of the island for refuge from the rising sea level. Soon the entire village will have to relocate to the mainland. Heartbroken, the young girl and her grandfather worry: what else will be lost when they are forced to abandon their homes and their community?

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Jade is a twisted green

    Creator

    Turton, Tanya

    Abstract

    For fans of Queenie and Honey Girl, a coming-of-age story about queer Black identity, love, passion, chosen family, and rediscovering life's pleasures after loss. Jade Brown, a twenty-four-year-old first-generation Jamaican woman living in Toronto, must find a way to pick up the pieces and discover who she is following the mysterious death of her twin sister. Grappling with her grief, Jade seeks solace in lovers and friends during an array of hilarious and heartbreaking adventures.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Old Saybrook

    Tantor Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Sophie Go's lonely hearts club

    Creator

    Lim, Roselle

    Abstract

    A new heartfelt novel about the power of loneliness and the strength of love that overcomes it by critically acclaimed author Roselle Lim. Newly minted professional matchmaker Sophie Go has returned to Toronto, her hometown, after spending three years in Shanghai. Her job is made difficult when she is revealed as a fraud: she never actually graduated from matchmaking school. In a competitive market like Toronto, no one wants to take a chance on an inexperienced and unaccredited matchmaker, and soon Sophie becomes an outcast.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Dis moi qui doit vivre

    Creator

    Chabot, Marc-André

    Abstract

    Quelques mois après la disparition du caïd Sir Chuck, Antoine Aubin se trouve impliqué malgré lui dans l'histoire d'un psychopathe en phase terminale qui veut partir avant de subir son procès pour meurtre. Avec l'assistance du lieutenant-détective Donald McGraw, Antoine tente d'empêcher le monstre d'arriver à ses fins. Pour le policier, une enquête prend une drôle de tournure : un tueur – probablement en série – s'en donne à cœur joie en assassinant des criminalistes de manière très très créative.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Quebec (Quebec)

    Libre Expression

    Non spécifié
  • The great bear : the Misewa saga, book 2

    Creator

    Robertson, David A.

    Abstract

    In this second book in the Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series, Eli and Morgan journey once more to Misewa, travelling back in time. Back at home after their first adventure in the Barren Grounds, Eli and Morgan each struggle with personal issues: Eli is being bullied at school, and tries to hide it from Morgan, while Morgan has to make an important decision about her birth mother. They turn to the place where they know they can learn the most, and make the journey to Misewa to visit their animal friends.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Puffin Canada

    Non spécifié
  • Vi

    Creator

    Thúy, Kim.

    Abstract

    Mon prénom, Bào Vi, illustrait l'intention de mes parents de protéger la plus petite . Si l'on traduit littéralement, je suis Précieuse minuscule microscopique . Comme dans la plupart des cas au Vietnam, je n'ai pas su être à l'image de mon nom. Souvent, les filles qui s'appellent Blanche ou Neige ont le teint très foncé, et les garçons nommés Puissance ou Fort craignent les grandes épreuves. Quant à moi, je grandissais sans cesse, dépassant de loin la moyenne et, du même élan, me projetant en dehors des normes.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Quebec (Quebec)

    Éditions Libre expression

    Non spécifié