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The heaven shop
Par Deborah Ellis. 2004
Binti and her siblings are orphaned when their father dies of AIDS. Split up and sent to relatives all over…
Malawi, they suffer increasing hardship. But Binti is not about to give up; she will look outside herself and find a new way to be special. For junior and senior high readers. 2004.The Hemingway caper (A joe Barley Mystery Ser. #1)
Par Eric Wright. 2003
Joe Barley, a part-time private detective, is given a simple case: to track Jason Tyler and find proof of his…
adultery. But as he's investigating, Barley stumbles across the story of a missing manuscript containing writings by a young Ernest Hemingway. What is Tyler's connection to the papers? And why does his wife insist that Barley stay on the case after proving that Jason was unfaithful? 2003.The home for unwanted girls: a novel
Par Joanna Goodman. 2018
In 1950s Quebec, where the French and English barely tolerate each other, Maggie Hughes falls for the French boy next…
door. But Maggie's English father won't have any of it, and when she becomes pregnant at fifteen, he forces her to give baby Elodie up for adoption. Elodie is raised in Quebec's impoverished orphanage system, withstanding abysmal treatment until she earns her freedom at seventeen. As time passes, the stories of mother and daughter intertwine, but never touch, until Maggie realizes she must go in search of her long-lost daughter. Bestseller. 2018.The hidden flame (Acts of faith. #2.)
Par Janette Oke, T. Davis Bunn. 2010
The horn of a lamb
Par Robert Sedlack. 2004
After Fred Pickle sustained a severe brain injury, he moved in with his Uncle Jack. Fred creates the perfect neighbourhood…
skating rink every year and the local NHL team means more to him than to the average fan. When the team's owner decides to move the team to the U.S., Fred contemplates an act of vengeance. Some strong language, and some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004.The horseman's graves: a novel
Par Jacqueline Baker. 2007
Set in the farmland on the Saskatchewan-Alberta border. The Schoffs are immigrant farmers fractured by the tragedy that has marked…
their son forever. Métis farmhand Lathias becomes the unofficial guardian to the boy. Both boys are drawn to young Elisabeth. When she falls into the river, no one can foresee how this event will mark everyone. 2007.The hole in the middle
Par Kate Hilton. 2013
Sophie Whelan is the epitome of the modern superwoman. When she operates at peak performance, she can cajole balky employees,…
soothe her cranky children, and throw a dinner party for ten — all in the same day. But as Sophie’s fortieth birthday looms, her seamless life reveals disturbing fractures. Conflict with her boss, growing jealousy of her husband’s femme fatale business partner and her feelings of inadequacy as a mother are cracking the edifice of her life. Rescue may be at hand when Lillian Parker, a wealthy widow who befriended Sophie during her university days, makes Sophie an irresistible offer. Why, then, does Sophie hesitate? The answer is the reappearance of Lillian’s nephew, Will Shannon, the great unresolved love of Sophie’s life. As she remembers the drama of their college romance, Sophie confronts the choices she has made in life and looks for the one answer that has always eluded her: what does she really want? Bestseller. 2013.The heart of valor: a Confederation novel (Confederation of valor series. #3.)
Par Tanya Huff. 2009
Jumping at the chance to go to Crucible, the Marine Corps training planet, to work with Major Svensson, Gunnery Sergeant…
Torin Kerr finds herself caught in a desperate fight for survival when someone begins attacking the training scenarios. Sequel to "The better part of valor", followed by "Valor's trial". 2009.The Honeyman festival: a novel
Par Marian Engel. 1970
The chronicle of one night in the life of Minn Burge, a woman in her mid-30's, who is torn between…
affection for her family and the need for a life in which inpulse and intelligence have a place. 1970.The holding
Par Merilyn Simonds. 2004
Alyson Thomson and Walker move to a farm where the isolation, coupled with the death of their infant daughter, leads…
to tension and conflicts. One day Alyson discovers a journal from a woman who lived on the farm one hundred years earlier, and who shared many of Alyson's problems. 2004.The honorary patron (Douglas Gibson Bks.)
Par Jack Hodgins. 1987
Jeffrey Crane, a 66-year-old retired art teacher and critic living in Zurich, returns to his home on Vancouver Island in…
a confused attempt to revitalize the present by redeeming the past. 1987.The hollow tree
Par Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn. 1997
In 1777, fifteen-year-old Phoebe Olcott is thrown into the turmoil of the American Revolutionary War when her cousin Gideon is…
hanged as a British spy. When she finds a secret message from Gideon, containing the names of Loyalist families to be protected by British soldiers, she must deliver it to the British general at Fort Ticonderoga. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 1998 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 1997.The harbour thieves (Adventures in Canadian history #5)
Par Bill Freeman. 1984
Meg and Jamie search for work in Toronto to help support their family in Ottawa. Jamie, forced to join a…
theft ring, is caught by the police. To avoid prison, he must find the loot that has been stashed. Sequel to "Trouble at Lachine Mill". Followed by "Danger on the tracks". Grades 5-8. 1984.The hand of Robin Squires
Par Joan Clark. 1981
The handmaid's tale
Par Margaret Atwood. 1985
Futuristic novel set in a society that has reverted to the repressive intolerance of the original puritans. Offred, the handmaid…
whose job is to function as surrogate mother to the sterile marriage of an elderly leader, longs to escape. Canada Reads 2002. Runner-up to the CNIB Talking Book for the Year Award. Nominated for the Booker Prize. Winner of the Governor General's Award. Some strong language. 1985.The heart does not bend: a novel
Par Makeda Silvera. 2002
When Maria Galloway dies, she leaves everything to her spoiled, wayward grandson, Vittorio. Her only granddaughter, Molly, whom she raised…
from infancy, is left to confront the unyielding bitterness Maria harboured against her. As Molly begins to trace the complex interrelationships in her loving but divided family, she recalls her idyllic childhood, spent in her grandmother's sky-blue house in Jamaica. 2002.The hatbox letters
Par Beth Powning. 2004
Fifty-two year-old Kate is about to face her second winter since the untimely death of her husband. Her children are…
all grown up and have moved away, leaving her alone in her New Brunswick home. When Kate's sister gives her a collection of hatboxes containing letters from her grandparents' home, she begins to dream of her childhood. But as she reads the letters, she learns a tragic truth about her family's past. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2004.The haunting of L
Par Howard A Norman. 2002
When Peter Duvett accepts a job as an assistant to the elusive portraitist Vienna Linn, his life changes drastically. After…
a strenuous journey, Peter arrives in Churchill on the very night of his employer's wedding only to fall under the spell of Vienna's brilliant and beautiful wife, Kala Murie. 2002.The hero's walk: a novel
Par Anita Rau Badami. 2000
Sripathi Rao lives in his crumbling ancestral home in India with his extended family. His daughter left years earlier to…
study in America and remained in Canada after marrying a Canadian man. Then Sripathi receives the news that his daughter and her husband have been killed and that his seven-year-old granddaughter must now come to live with him and the family in India. Canada Reads 2016. Bestseller. 2000.The hanging girl
Par Eileen Cook. 2017
Skye Thorn has given tarot card readings for years, and now her "psychic visions" are helping the police find the…
town's missing golden girl. It's no challenge: her readings have always been faked, and she's involved in the kidnapping. It was supposed to be easy--no one would get hurt and she'd get the money she needs to start a new life. When the harmless prank turns dark, Skye realizes the people she's involved with are willing to kill to get what they want. Now she must discover their true identity-- before it's too late. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2018 John Spray Mystery Award. 2017.