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Loch Bras d'Or: a novel
Par Margaret MacPhail. 1970
After the death of his mother, impressionable Hamish is sent to live with the McNab family at Loch Bras d'Or.…
Life there includes superstitions, ceilidhs and wakes as well as endless toil for the women, journeys to the Grand Banks for the young men and the onslaught of the modern age on an isolated community. A humourous, nostalgic look at Cape Breton Island during the late 1800s. 1970.Make or Break Spring
Par Janet McNaughton. 1998
In the spring of 1945, fifteen-year-old Evelyn McCallum finds herself competing with her best friend, Peter Tilley, and Stan Dawe,…
the golden boy of her school, for the scholarship that bears her father's name. Although he has been missing in action for three years Evelyn clings to the hope that her father might somehow still be alive. As the war ends in Europe and her final year of high school draws to a close her life alters in ways that will change her forever. Sequel to "Catch me once, catch me twice" . Junior and Senior high school readers. 1998.For those who hunt the wounded down
Par David Adams Richards. 1993
Jerry Bines, acquitted of the murder of Buddy Savoie, is out of jail and comes home. He may be dangerous,…
and his past has given him a kind of celebrity. But when he learns that Gary Percy Rils has escaped from prison, he fears for his and his family's safety. Sequel to "Evening snow will bring such peace" . 1993. (Miramichi trilogy ; 3)Miracle at Indian River: stories
Par Alden Nowlan. 1968
Hangman's beach
Par Thomas H Raddall. 1979
Set in Halifax, at the lone British fortress in North America, during the Napoleonic Wars. The bustling life of a…
peaceful place is invaded by the grim realities of war. 1979.Emily of New Moon (Seal books)
Par L. M Montgomery. 1925
At the tide's turn, and other stories (New Canadian library, no. 9)
Par Thomas H Raddall. 1959
Anne's house of dreams (Anne of Green Gables. #5.)
Par L. M Montgomery. 1954
Anne and her new husband, Dr. Gilbert Blythe, embark on an eventful life at Four Winds Harbour. Sequel to "Anne…
of Windy Poplars" (DC03114). Followed by "Anne of Ingleside" (DC01698). Grades 5-8. c1917, 1954. (Anne of Green Gables ; 5)The doctor's sweetheart and other stories
Par L. M Montgomery, Catherine M McLay. 1979
A country doctor never loses faith in the young woman who swears to return to him; an estranged wife bets…
her future happiness on a horse race; two maiden ladies, scared onto a roof by a dog, ponder marriage to the dog's owner as the price of rescue. Contains 14 previously uncollected stories, published between 1899 and 1935. Grades 5-8. 1979.The township of time: a chronicle
Par Charles Bruce. 1959
The nymph and the lamp
Par Thomas H Raddall. 1968
The golden road
Par L. M Montgomery. 1910
Life is full of surprises for a group of Prince Edward Island youngsters. Imaginative Sara is usually at the centre…
of things, whether publishing a gossipy magazine or spending a spooky night with the local witch. Sequel to "Story girl" (DC13160). Grades 5-8. 1986, c1910.The Black Joke
Par Farley Mowat. 1962
Les vacances de Jane
Par L. M Montgomery. 1990
In the wake
Par Nicola Davison. 2018
When Emily and her family move back to Nova Scotia from Calgary, it is a return to the coastal landscape…
that already haunts her--and the waters where her father died. She meets her neighbour Linda, a gruff but loving widow and Linda's grown son, Tom, who struggles to stay on an even keel. As they settle in, Emily and her husband, Daniel learn more about the short but turbulent history of the house they've just bought. With Daniel away for work, Emily becomes caught up in the lives of her neighbours, relying on Linda's friendship and growing closer to Tom, despite his unsettling knack for appearing when she least expects him. As the tension in each family builds, both Emily and Linda must confront long-unanswered questions. 2018.Beholden
Par Lesley Crewe. 2018
The story begins with Nell, the "spinster on the hill" near St. Peter's, Cape Breton. Scarred by her own childhood,…
she swears she could never love a child and that she will never marry, denying herself a life with the man she loves. She's proven wrong when a baby is born just down the road from her. Her love of little Jane, despite herself, propels us forward through generations trying to untangle their own traumas and secrets. Eventually, we meet Bridie-joyful, kind, capable Bridie-and see her struggling through the echoing pain of those who came before her. Her choices, her bravery, her "nest of wonderful women," and her ultimate refusal to settle for anything less than love, eventually redeem her and everyone around her-even the spinster on the hill. 2018.Talking to the moon /
Par Jan L. Coates. 2018
Katie Dupuis Pearson wants to find her real mother; her only clues are her Lavender Lady, a piece of amethyst,…
and a bookmark from Lunenburg. While spending a month in lovely Lunenburg with her foster mother, Katie makes friends with estranged sisters, Aggie and Jessie Langille. Katie becomes fascinated by stories about their ancestor, Catherine Marguerite Langille, one of the original Foreign Protestant Lunenburg settlers in 1753. Like Katie, Catherine was friends with the Moon. Like Katie, Catherine was uprooted, forced to transplant herself. Will Katie find her own roots buried deep within the Lunenburg soil? Or will she be uprooted yet again? Grades 5-8. 2018.Operation Wormwood: A Newfoundland And Labrador Crime Thriller
Par Helen Escott. 2018
An elderly man is carried into the emergency department of the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s, setting off a…
chain of events that leaves doctors mystified. He is the first of many victims suffering from severe nosebleeds and excruciating pain. Dr. Luke Gillespie and Nurse Agatha Catania investigate their symptoms but are unable to diagnose them. The only thing they have in common is Sgt. Nicholas Myra, an investigator with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.Dr. Gillespie and Sgt. Myra join forces to solve this twisted mystery. But the story takes a critical turn when Sister Pius, a nun from Mercy Convent, informs them about Wormwood: a disease she believes is created by God to kill perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. Wormwood becomes an international media storm when parish priest Father Peter Cooke holds a news conference on the steps of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist and announces that God has unleashed a plague upon the earth.Is God truly punishing these criminals, or is a serial killer targeting them? Dr. Gillespie and Sgt. Myra race to find answers, while the Roman Catholic hierarchy starts bringing people back to the Church in droves . . . by cashing in on what it claims to be a miracle.A fiddle for Angus
Par Budge Wilson, Susan Tooke. 2001
Everyone in Angus' family has his own instrument and knows how to make music, but Angus can only hum along…
to his family's playing. When the time comes for him to choose an instrument of his very own, he picks the fiddle. Will he ever be able to master such a difficult instrument? Grades K-3. 2001.Larkin on the Shore
Par Jean Mills. 2019
Larkin Day is a messed up 15-year-old. She just escaped a nasty Grade 10 year to spend summer with her…
grandmother in seaside Nova Scotia. It's the perfect setting to seek healing by putting all her energies into a local caf? project. If you're hurting, she learns, one of the best solutions is to invest yourself in something that can make you feel like you're part of something bigger than yourself. But when an arsonist attempts to destroy the project, Larkin is forced to figure out a way to expose the criminal while keeping her life from coming off the rails again.