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  • The House of Ontario
    Author:

    MacGillivray, Royce

    Summary:

    "Beneath the deadly dull history of Ontario lies a myriad of fascinating, but little-known stories. Did you know: Sir John A. Macdonald was born in an Ontario town, not in Scotland?

    Genre: Anecdotes, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Sergeant Gander A Canadian Hero
    Author:

    Walker, Robyn

    Summary:

    Sergeant Gander is a fascinating account of the Royal Rifles of Canada’s canine mascot, and his devotion to duty demonstrated during the Battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Young adult nonfiction

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  • Love You, Hate You Ballet School Confidential
    Author:

    Marsh, Charis

    Summary:

    Follow four young dancers in their first semester at the Vancouver International Ballet Academy while they work toward careers as professional ballet dancers.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Film, television and performing arts, Young adult nonfiction

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  • Out of Darkness The Jeff Healey Story
    Author:

    Watson, Cindy

    Summary:

    Short-listed for the 2011 Golden Oak Award From the moment three-year-old Jeff Healey first laid a guitar across his lap in what was to become his signature style, it was clear he was no ordinary

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Music, Young adult nonfiction

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  • Canada Under Attack
    Author:

    Crump, Jennifer

    Summary:

    Canadians have been celebrated participants in numerous conflicts on foreign soil, but most Canadians aren’t aware that they’ve also had to defend themselves many times at home. From U.S.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Young adult nonfiction

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  • To Stand and Fight Together Richard Pierpoint and the Coloured Corps of Upper Canada
    Author:

    Pitt, Steve

    Summary:

    In 1812, a 67-year-old black United Empire Loyalist named Richard Pierpoint helped raise "a corps of Coloured Men to stand and fight together" against the Americans who were threatening t

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Young adult nonfiction

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  • True Stories of Rescue and Survival Canada's Unknown Heroes
    Author:

    Matthews, Carolyn

    Summary:

    A crab boat off Newfoundland catches fire, and a rescue is undertaken by helicopter. A child goes missing in a New Brunswick forest, and a desperate hunt is mounted.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, True adventure stories, Young adult nonfiction

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  • The Old Log School
    Author:

    Green, Gavin Hamilton

    Summary:

    Gavin Hamilton Green was well-known to Goderich visitors as the "racy, entertaining and genial proprietor" of Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe.

    Genre: Anecdotes, Canadian nonfiction

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  • Hold the Oxo! A Teenage Soldier Writes Home
    Author:

    Brooker, Marion Fargey

    Summary:

    Short-listed for the 2014 Forest of Reading - White Pine Award for Non-Fiction Canada was young during the First World War, and with as many as 20,000 underage soldiers leaving their homes to join

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Young adult nonfiction

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  • Battle Cries in the Wilderness The Struggle for North America in the Seven Years’ War
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    Summary:

    The savage struggle to take control of the North American wilderness during the epic Seven Years War (1756-63) between France and England is a gripping tale.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Young adult nonfiction

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  • Into the Mist The Story of the Empress of Ireland
    Author:

    Renaud, Anne

    Summary:

    From 1906 to 1914, the Empress of Ireland, one of the fastest and most elegant liners of the Edwardian era, graced the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Young adult nonfiction

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  • Cottage Daze
    Author:

    Ross, James

    Summary:

    The comfort food of cottage life books — satisfying, unforgettable, and inevitably nostalgic.

    Genre: Anecdotes, Canadian nonfiction

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  • A Brief Time in Heaven Wilderness Adventures in Canoe Country
    Author:

    Blazino, Darryl

    Summary:

    What starts as a simple fishing trip becomes a cathartic experience in the untamed wilderness of Ontario’s northwestern canoe country.

    Genre: Anecdotes, Canadian nonfiction, Travel writing

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  • The Chinese Community in Toronto Then and Now
    Author:

    Chan, Arlene

    Summary:

    The history of the Chinese community in Toronto is rich with stories drawn from over 150 years of life in Canada.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Young adult nonfiction

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  • Encountering the Wild
    Author:

    McCuaig, Carol Bennett

    Summary:

    Poison Ivy Acres, 250 acres of wilderness in Renfrew County, Ontario, long dedicated to the preservation of natural habitat, has been home to nature writer Carol Bennett McCuaig for many years.

    Genre: Anecdotes, Canadian nonfiction

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