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  • Sea of Tranquility A Novel
    Author:

    Choyce, Lesley

    Summary:

    For Sylvie, Ragged Island - and the whales who swam around it - is the only world she has ever known.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Pastoral fiction

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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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  • Republic of dirt : a return to Woefield Farm
    Author:

    Juby, Susan

    Summary:

    Prudence Burns is an overly idealistic Brooklyn girl who has inherited a derelict plot of land named Woefield Farm.

    Genre: Humorous fiction, Pastoral fiction, Canadian fiction

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    • Login to access DAISY 202 - Full Text and Audio
      Running Time: 23:52:39
      Narrator: Apple Samantha (synthetic)
      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Wed, 06/01/2016 - 12:00
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      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Wed, 06/01/2016 - 12:00
    • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Harper Avenue, [2015], Fri, 01/01/2016 - 12:00
      Note:

      Delete all copies by May 2017

  • Ned Durango
    Author:

    Foster, Norm

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    Arden, Leslie

    Summary:

    In the town of Big Oak lies the Crossroads Cafe, where five locals come together to plan the annual Tomato Parade.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Pastoral fiction

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  • So Many Doors
    Author:

    McBride, Celia

    Summary:

    In a support group for bereaved parents, Shayla, Lyle, Linee, and Jed each fight their personal demons in the search for life after the death of one's child.

    Genre: Canadian drama, Pastoral fiction

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  • Reinventing the Rose
    Author:

    Harvey, Kenneth J.

    Summary:

    As a fatherless girl with a mother who persistently encouraged her daughter’s artistic temperament, Anna Wells is highly sensitive to the life developing in her when she discovers she is pregnant.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Pastoral fiction

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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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  • 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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  • 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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