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Colette Faizal isn't superstitious, so she doesn't worry when a fortune-teller advises Colette's mother to "watch for the unexpected." But when her father announces he is going back to Iran, her mother is hurt in a car accident and Colette is sent to live with the grandparents she's never even met, everything the mysterious woman predicted seems to be coming true. As Colette struggles to bring her family back together, she tries to hold on to the last thing the fortune-teller told her: "You will know how to handle what lies ahead."

Twelve-year-old Jess and her friends have been playing hockey with the boys in Fort Desperation, Northwest Territories, since they were six years old. They'd like to start a girls' team in their community, but is tiny Fort Desperation ready for it? Somebody is trying to scare them off through acts of vandalism. Not only do Jess and her friends have to organize a team, find a coach and learn to play together, they have to unmask the Hockey Vandal. Can they do it before the Vandal destroys their team's hopes?

Sam, a seven-year-old boy, is devastated when his mother leaves him for two weeks on his grandfather's ranch. Grandpa has a lot of rules, and Sam isn't happy about having to stay with him. But Sam's time on the ranch isn't all bad. He learns to ride a horse and also discovers some surprising things about his father, who died when Sam was a baby. When Sam is forced to overcome his fear of riding in order to help rescue Grandpa, Sam grows to appreciate both his grandpa and life on the ranch.

Princess Jill excels at jousting, fencing, skating and long-distance spitting. Her brother, King Jack, loves baking and spending time with Little Bo Peep and her sheep. So what's a princess to do when she receives a mysterious letter from the land of Grimm? Take up ballroom dancing? Not Princess Jill. All alone, with only her wits to guide her, Jill sets off to rescue the citizens of Grimm. Along the way she makes many odd new friends and discovers the value of listening to your mother.

Matt is desperate to fit in at summer camp. One night he gets lost when he goes off on his own to retrieve a forgotten life preserver. A wolf appears and Matt overcomes his fears and follows it. He finds a half-wolf, half-dog pup whose mother is dead. Is the big wolf who guides him the same wolf that his father rescued years before from a trap?

Sam and Nate tells the story of a developing friendship between two boys. Through letters, notes, school projects, a pregnant teacher and a substitute who has never taught children before, Sam and Nate support each other as best they can, but get into some funny scrapes while they're at it.

Jesse's project about his immigrant ancestors is due tomorrow and he hasn't started. In a last-ditch effort to find some information about his great-great grandfather, Yossi, Jesse rummages through the mess in the attic until he finds a little battered travel case, full of pictures, and something else -- a Star of David. At first it looks plain and unimportant, but as he holds it in his hand, the star begins to glow. Jesse is in for the surprise, and adventure, of his life as he finds himself becoming the star's first owner, his own great-great grandfather.

Un peintre royal obsédé par la perfection, une reine obnubilée par son désir de vengeance, un homme d’affaire dont les cheveux deviennent subitement verts, une paire de mitaines qui porte chance à tous ses propriétaires, un jeune garçon mystérieusement transporté dans le futur, un écureuil en quête d’une noix spéciale… Tels sont quelques-uns des héros imaginés par ces explorateurs de l'imaginaire. Les contes urbains et merveilleux réunis dans ce recueil incitent à la réflexion.

En 1912, le gouvernement de l’Ontario adopte le Règlement 17 qui proscrit l’enseignement en français dans les écoles de la province. Cent ans plus tard, grâce à un mystérieux coffret que lui lègue son grand-père, un adolescent exhume bien malgré lui cet épisode déterminant dans l’histoire récente des Franco-Ontariens. Transporté dans le temps, en compagnie de Pépère et de l’enseignante Florence Quesnel, John sera témoin des moments marquants de cette lutte pour les droits des francophones.

Si vous pouviez concevoir et élever une enfant pour en faire l’arme parfaite qui mettrait fin à la guerre et au terrorisme, le feriez-vous, même au prix de briser sa vie ? À Montréal, dans un futur proche, un savant hanté par ses souvenirs de guerre travaille sur un dossier ultrasecret : le projet Ithuriel. Depuis sa naissance, la petite Lara a été soumise à des traitements extrêmes, isolée du monde, privée de stimuli intellectuels. Elle deviendra une arme redoutable capable de court-circuiter les conflits mondiaux… et de conférer à son détenteur une supériorité indéniable.