Fifteen-year-old Leni copes with a mother who suffers from mental illness.
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Author: Peterson, LoisSummary:Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction
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Author: Peterson, LoisSummary:
Since moving hundreds of miles to a new school, Daria has become increasingly dependent on her cell phone. Texts, Facebook and phone calls are her only connection to her friends in Calgary, and...
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Author: Peterson, LoisSummary:
Life is hard enough for Tansy with her depressed mom away indefinitely and her dad making a mess of things at home. But then Dad sends her down the hall to a wrinkly old babysitter named Miss...
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Author: Peterson, LoisSummary:
Since the death of his father, everyone has been telling Cam that he’s the man of the house. Cam takes his responsibility seriously. He keeps the grieving household organized and takes care of his...
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Author: Peterson, LoisSummary:
Abandoned by her father during the Depression, eleven-year-old Elsie lives in the garage behind her old house with her mother, grandmother Nan and out-of-work uncle. Elsie's friend Scoop...
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Author: Peterson, Lois, Meissner, AmySummary:
Jack loves and misses his bus-driving grandfather. When Grandpa Nod got sick, Jack's mother said eight-year-old Jack was too young to visit his grandfather in hospital. When Grandpa Nod died, Jack...
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Author: Peterson, LoisSummary:
Life is hard for ten-year-old Safiyah in the Kibera slum outside Nairobi. Too poor to go to school, she makes a meager living for herself and her grandmother Cucu by selling things she finds at...
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Author: Peterson, LoisSummary:
After eight-year-old Kevin Mason's mother abandons him, he takes refuge in his fantasy of becoming Knuckles McGraw, a tough cowboy roaming the plains on his legendary horse, Burlington Northern....
Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction