Spring. Beautiful blossoms. Chirping peepers. Trees swaying in their new greenery. Pussy willows glistening in furry white coats. Rain and warmth. New births and new beginnings...Ten-year-old Abigail Price is excited about spring in...
Canadian fiction
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Author:Wesley, Gloria Ann, Rudnicki, RichardSummary: - Author:McClintock, NorahSummary:
In the depths of winter, a woman wanders off in the snow. She is a popular former teacher and wife of a local policeman. A full-blown search begins. Meanwhile, Derek is staying with his new girlfriend and her parents while his family is...
- Author:Ross, JeffSummary:
Del plays striker on his high school soccer team, the Cardinals, and they've gone almost three seasons undefeated. To Del, it's just a game, but some of the players think winning is all that matters. When an ugly tackle results in a...
- Author:Falkner, JenniferSummary:
“It is the part that is missing that I am drawn to, that I try to pin down. My gaze is always divided by what is here and what is no longer here. That, for me, is where the deepest pleasure lies, where the sweet overcomes the bitter." A...
- Author:Easton, DonSummary:
2008 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize — Longlisted Jack’s life and career are on the line in a gritty return to the dark Vancouver underworld of Loose Ends. RCMP detective Jack Taggart has avenged the murders of his niece and nephew...
- Author:Harris, JohnSummary:
In May 1936, George Dalziel flew far up the Nahanni River to check on Bill Eppler and Joe Mulholland, who were working one of his traplines. He found their cabin burned to the ground and no sign of them anywhere. What had happened to...
- Author:Brouwer, SigmundSummary:
Ian has been spending his summers on Key West for years, helping his Uncle Gord at his dive shop and spending as much time as he can underwater. When he’s not diving, he’s admiring Sherri, the girl who works at the dive shop. A series...
- Author:Canniff, ChristopherSummary:
Tormented by his wife’s apparent determination to abort their child, a psychologist travels to a small coastal fishing town in South America, where his recently deceased father lived. There, he discovers many unsettling truths about...
- Author:Boudreau, HeleneSummary:
The Acadian Star competition is the biggest thing to ever happen in Meg Gallant's small Cape Breton town. Meg dreams of performing onstage with her best friend, Neve. If they're lucky, they might even make it to the finals in Halifax....
- Author:Roy, PierreSummary:
1755. Pour Marie-Lysandre, une jeune Acadienne, et Benjamin, un soldat anglais, c'est le coup de foudre au premier regard. Toutefois, l'heure est au chambardement: Marie-Lysandre voit son peuple brutalement délogé de ses terres par l'...
- Author:Oaten, JimSummary:
Dodging down back-alleys in bomb-torn Beirut. Wheeling past God and traffic in Mombassa, Kenya. Slipping around the edges of Alzheimer's disease, the Gulf War, and the eternity of CNN. Set somewhere between here and the heat-death of...
- Author:Sherrard, ValerieSummary:
Short-listed for the 2012 SYRCA Snow Willow Award Lexie Malton is an average Vancouver teen with fairly typical issues. Her stepmother is far from her favourite person, she has a sister with special needs, and life outside the home is...
- Author:Staunton, TedSummary:
Toubon et son meilleur ami Dany remarquent que les filles adorent les musiciens, même s'ils sont un peu crétins. Ils décident donc de former un groupe et Toubon se découvre une passion pour la musique. Avec un son à faire vomir le chat...
- Author:Mitchell, W. O.Summary:
Set in the forties and fifties, these stories take us back to a simpler, gentler world, the one we all like to think we grew up in. The Kid at the centre of the stories is a boy on a Saskatchewan farm down Government Road from Crocus,...
- Author:Choyce, LesleySummary:
Dorf a toujours été fidèle à sa devise : « Si ça en vaut la peine, fais-le. Si ça n'en vaut pas la peine, fais-le quand même. » Mais il a déménagé à la ville et le terrain est différent. Il ne peut plus faire rouler sa planche oû bon...
- Author:Bush, CatherineSummary:
An Amazon.ca Best Book of 2013, A Canada Reads Top 40 Pick, and a NOW Magazine Book of the Year. While in Copenhagen, Sara Wheeler, a Toronto journalist, happens upon Cirkus Mirak, a touring Ethiopian children’s circus. She later meets...
- Author:Staunton, TedSummary:
Following the demise of his first band, Ace has started a duo called Two with Lisa, a girl he has a huge crush on. As Ace and Lisa get serious about their music, Denny, Ace's hapless friend, tries to help out by filming their every move...
- Author:Wilson, JohnSummary:
Short-listed for the 1998 Sheila A. Egoff Award for Children’s Literature and Geoffrey Bilson Award In his third young adult title, John Wilson takes on the rich territory of the 1845 Franklin expedition. Cabin boy David Young travels...
- Author:Deen, NatashaSummary:
In this high-interest novel for teen readers, football player Luc is forced to take a dance class, where he discovers an unexpected new passion.
- Author:Hollingshead, GregSummary:
A new collection of short fiction from the Governor General’s Literary Award-winning author and Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Greg Hollingshead. Act Normal is a collection of sharp, new comic stories about sex, art, and the daily...
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