Canadian fiction

  • Poles apart : a novel

    Creator

    Fallis, Terry

    Abstract

    Eve of Equality, a new feminist blog, becomes an overnight sensation when a wildly popular talk show host stumbles upon it, tweets about it, and promotes it on her show. The anonymous blog is intelligent, thoughtful, and bold, brazenly taking on various injustices in the lives of women. But it's the blogger Eve's post about the controversial entrepreneur behind XY, a new chain of high-end strip clubs opening up across the country, that sets off a firestorm.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c2015

    Not specified
  • Republic of dirt : a return to Woefield Farm

    Creator

    Juby, Susan

    Abstract

    Prudence Burns is an overly idealistic Brooklyn girl who has inherited a derelict plot of land named Woefield Farm. Her motley crew of farm hands consists of Earl, an elderly, reclusive bluegrass legend; Seth, an agoraphobic heavy-metal blogger in early recovery from alcoholism; and Sara, an 11-year-old girl with a flock of elite show poultry. When Prudence is felled by a thyroid condition, things on the farm begin to fall apart, resulting in valiant and sometimes ill-advised attempts to restore domestic bliss.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto, Ontario : Harper Avenue, [2015]

    Not specified
  • When the Saints : a novel

    Creator

    Mian, Sarah

    Abstract

    A decade after being cast off to live with strangers, Tabby Saint returns to Solace River, Nova Scotia, to find her childhood home deserted. She quickly latches on to the lonely tavern-keeper, West, who informs her that her family was run out of town.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto, Ont. : Harper Avenue, c2015

    Not specified
  • Dolphin SOS

    Creator

    Miki, Roy

    Abstract

    Based on true events, Dolphin SOS recounts the story of three dolphins trapped in an ice-covered cove on the coast of Newfoundland.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Vancouver, BC : Tradewind Books, 2014

    Not specified
  • Spirit bear

    Creator

    Harrington, Jennifer

    Abstract

    Spirit Bear follows the adventures of Annuk, a little spirit bear cub growing up in the Great Bear Rainforest of BC’s Northwest coast. Annuk learns what it means to be different when he discovers that he has a coat of white fur instead of black, like the rest of his family. He is a spirit bear, a rare and unique species found only in the Great Bear Rainforest. One day, while testing his fishing skills, he slips and falls into the river and is swept downstream, far from the safety of his mother.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto, Ontario : Eco Books 4 Kids, 2013

    Not specified
  • The thundermaker

    Creator

    Syliboy, Alan

    Abstract

    A young Mi'kmaw boy, Little Thunder, learns the importance of responsibility as his father teaches him, and then passes on, the role of Thundermaker.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Halifax, NS : Nimbus Pulishing, 2015

    Not specified
  • Lesson for the wolf

    Creator

    Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel

    Abstract

    In the time before animals were as they are today, Wolf spent his days admiring all the other animals. Not content to simply be a wolf, happy and hunting with his pack, he watches the owls, wolverines, and caribou with envy, wishing that he could be like them. Wishing he could be anything other than a wolf. When the magic of the land finally grants his wish, Wolf finds out that what he admires may not be what he really wants in the end. -- Amazon.com

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Media, [2015]

    Not specified
  • The orphan and the polar bear

    Creator

    Qaunaq, Sakiasi

    Abstract

    An orphan who is left on the sea ice by a group of cruel hunters is adopted by a polar bear elder.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Media, c2011

    Not specified
  • A whale tale

    Creator

    Wishinsky, Frieda

    Abstract

    Zoom back to 1778 where Matt and Emily encounter giant whales, a potlatch celebration, and the explorer Captain James Cook. Can they keep their heads above water and help their new friend Tuta on his quest?

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Not specified
  • His whole life

    Creator

    Hay, Elizabeth

    Abstract

    Ten-year-old Jim and his parents are on a journey from New York City to a lake in eastern Ontario during the last hot days of August. What unfolds is a completely enveloping story that spans a few pivotal years of his youth. Moving from city to country, summer to winter, wellbeing to illness, the novel charts the deepening bond between mother and son even as the family comes apart. Set in the mid-1990s, when Quebec is on the verge of leaving Canada, this novel is an unconventional coming of age story.

    Publisher (Source)

    [Toronto]

    McClelland & Stewart

    Not specified