In this high-interest novel for middle readers, Max can only go to summer camp if he takes his autistic brother with him.
Canadian fiction
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Author:Greer, DaphneSummary: - Author:Badami, Anita RauSummary:
Longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Anita Rau Badami's acclaimed novel Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? chronicles the stories of three women, linked in love and tragedy, over a span of fifty years, sweeping from the...
- Author:Rosenbaum, RichardSummary:
In 1995, Canadian novelist and critic Hal Niedviecki started publishing Broken Pencil, a magazine dedicated to the zine scene, the independent and alternative arts community that had been boiling below the surface of Canada’s...
- Author:Ford, RichardSummary:
"First, I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then the murders, which happened later." So begins Canada, the unforgettable story of a boy attempting to find grace, written by the only writer in history to win both the...
- Author:Annand, BettySummary:
Canada by Jove is a historical fiction novel about a handsome and daring young Englishman, Bert White, who accompanies his brother, Ernie, on a journey across the ocean to Canada in 1910. They leave England with only a few pence in...
- Author:Stone, R. W.Summary:
Lucas Donovan, Canadian North-West Mounted Police constable, is on a mission to bring a ruthless serial killer to justice. Jack Emerson has eluded capture for years in the Canadian wilderness, but Donovan vows that nothing on earth will...
- Author:Cullen, Nancy JoSummary:
What has to die before you force yourself to change? That's the question facing the always quirky and often-queer characters of Canary. From the communal showers of a hot yoga studio to seedy pubs on Vancouver's East Side, from Catholic...
- Author:Smith, RaySummary:
First published in 1969, Ray Smith's Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada remains as refreshing, innovative and important today as it has in every previous incarnation. Sophisticated, playful, crafted, sly, self-...
- Author:Prendergast, GabrielleSummary:
Ella's grade-eleven year was a disaster (Audacious), but as summer approaches, things are looking up. She's back together with her brooding boyfriend, Samir, although they both want to keep that a secret. She's also best buddies with...
- Author:Stewart, Shannon, Hodson, BenSummary:
Jake loves to hunt for treasure, so when the famous pirate Captain Kidd asks him to be his cabin boy, he can't refuse. But Jake soon learns that bringing home an invisible pirate can be a real disaster, particularly when the pirate is...
- Author:Bouchard, David, Cameron, KristySummary:
Le Capteur de rêves et les Sept Tentations nous met en garde contre ces voix qui parfois s’imposent à nous et qui ne sont pas du tout celles des Enseignements sacrés. Ce sont les voix des Sept Tentations, qu’elles se prénomment : Fierté...
- Author:Dumont, Claudine, Hamilton, David ScottSummary:
In the spirit of Emma Donoghue’s international bestseller Room, Captive throws readers into the mind of a woman who wakes to find herself in a terrifying and surreal situation: she’s confined to a small grey room and she has no idea why...
- Author:Bérubé, SophieSummary:
Christophe est à la maison, Shaya, sa fille de trois ans, dort dans sa chambre, Kaï, sa compagne, est sortie pour la soirée. Christophe entend des pas dans l’escalier. La porte s’ouvre. Il regarde Kaï et se rend vite compte que quelque...
- Author:Hage, RawiSummary:
Winner of the Quebec Writers' Federation Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. In the Carnival city there are two types of taxi drivers -- the spiders and the flies. The spiders...
- Author:DeMeulemeester, LindaSummary:
In this thrilling conclusion to the Grim Hill series, Cat has lost everything she holds dear. Sookie has gone over to dark magic and is a diabolical threat. A sinister carnival has crept into town and has everyone under its thrall. Only...
- Author:Ford, April L.Summary:
Margot Wright has led a deliberate life. At 18, she left her unusual and abusive family situation and never looked back, and then two years later she devoted herself wholly to Estelle Coté, her first and only love. But now, at 45,...
- Author:Yahgulanaas, Michael NicollSummary:
The ragged edges of the temperate rainforest reach far out onto an island in the western seas. It is a place where one chooses to go ahead or turn back... In a prequel to the award-winning Red: A Haida Manga, acclaimed artist Michael...
- Author:Zuehlke, MarkSummary:
When a freighter smuggling illegal immigrants sinks, Tofino coroner Elias McCann finds himself at the heart of a mystery. A relative of his girlfriend - Vhanna, turns up among the ships survivors, bringing up memories of her dark past...
- Author:Dowding, PhilippaSummary:
Carter discovers a creepy maze at the fair and travels farther and farther back in time. How will he ever get back to the present? The fair is dull, dull, dull, and nothing interesting will ever happen to Carter again … until Carter...
- Author:Pasquella, A. G.Summary:
Cassandra, the woman who broke Jack Palace's heart, is suddenly back in his life. She owes $600,000 to a brutal gangster who has threatened her life, and she needs Jack's help. Things start to get violent when Cassandra suddenly...
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