Laurel discovers her passion for investigative journalism when she writes an article for her school paper about the homeless man who's been living at the school. Eager to write more articles with impact, she launches an investigation of...
Canadian fiction
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Author:Butcher, KristinSummary: - Author:Scarsbrook, RichardSummary:
This compelling coming of age story will leave older teenage boys alternatively snorting with laughter and silently shivering in recognition at the strength and power of bullies. Dak Sifter grows from a bright, 12-year-old beginning to...
- Author:Lewis, Wendy, Ross, GrahamSummary:
Cheetah is the small spotted frog Amelia brings home in a macaroni container. Amelia longs to keep Cheetah forever, but over the course of a week she comes to understand that his place is back in the wild. Cheetah is based on a true...
- Author:Cain, R.D.Summary:
Behind the façade of the crisp, dark suit, under a sharp haircut and behind pale blue eyes, was a place of anguish. Steve Nastos walked down the street, avoiding eye contact with various lawyers, court clerks and police officers in the...
- Author:Preston, AlisonSummary:
One summer afternoon in 1954 a jealous four-year-old girl named Cherry Ring bites her baby brother Pete on the cheek. She bites him so hard that little Pete needs a skin graft to repair the damage and will have a scar for the rest of...
- Author:Maruno, JenniferSummary:
CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) — Commended Is pretending to be someone else the only way Michiko can fit in? Michiko Minigawa’s life is nothing but a bad game of baseball. The Canadian government swung the bat...
- Author:Maruno, JenniferSummary:
After being outcast to a small community, 10-year-old Michiko’s life gets better when a former baseball star becomes her teacher. Second book in the Cherry Blossom Books series. Ten-year-old Michiko wants to be proud of her Japanese...
- Author:Laberge, RosetteSummary:
LA CONCLUSION ÉCLATANTE D'UNE SÉRIE RYTHMÉE PAR L'ÉMOTION - Si le rock'n roll a la réputation de semer le bonheur partout où il passe, Laurence commence à penser le contraire sans Béa, sa complice de toujours....
- Author:Silcoff, MireilleSummary:
A dazzling debut collection from award-winning journalist and New York Times Magazine contributor Mireille Silcoff. Inspired by the real life medical struggles of the author, this stunning debut collection opens with a gripping portrait...
- Author:Brouillet, ChrystineSummary:
Roland, un séduisant paraplégique, Victor, un enseignant au grand cœur, et Louise, une célibataire amoureuse des chats, habitent tous trois dans un immeuble du Quartier latin, à Québec. Des meurtres sadiques commis aux alentours...
- Author:Van Tol, AlexSummary:
Fourteen-year-old Chick struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder and his father's expectations.
- Author:Dubois, AmélieSummary:
La série à succès d'Amélie Dubois enfin disponible en format poche ! En amour, comment éviter de souffrir ou de faire souffrir ? Lasses de tenter de répondre à cette question récurrente, quatre femmes à l'aube de la...
- Author:Dubois, AmélieSummary:
La série à succès d'Amélie Dubois enfin disponible en format poche ! La consœurie permet-elle à ses membres d'évoluer ? Après un an de mode de vie sous le signe de la consœurie, les quatre amies décident de...
- Author:Dubois, AmélieSummary:
La série à succès d'Amélie Dubois enfin disponible en format poche ! Mali et ses consœurs sont-elles prêtes pour le grand amour ? La grande ville de Montréal accueille nos quatre « célibat-stars » qui concrétisent leur...
- Author:Crosbie, LynnSummary:
Set in disparate parts of Los Angeles, Chicken uproariously, grievously, relates the collision and inevitably ruinous paths of two incendiary figures. One is the once beautiful and famous Parnell Wilde, a maverick actor arrogant in his...
- Author:Brouwer, SigmundSummary:
Lauren Cross is the first female player on a WHL team -- goaltender Joseph Larken's team, the Spokane Chiefs. For Joseph, the prospect of a season in the publicity shadow of a new female goalie promises to be a nightmare. Hiding behind...
- Author:Paul, Daniel N.Summary:
Here is a contemporary Mi'kmaq legend of the life of a great man, who becomes chief, the embodiment of Mi'kmaq values of humility, courage, honour, service and sacrifice of personal gain for the sake of others. He lived a long and...
- Author:Lafontaine, Marie-PierSummary:
Cette autofiction raconte une famille dans laquelle un père sadique et tout-puissant fait régner la terreur. Le projet est simple : décrire avec précision l'effroyable barbarie d'un homme qui roue sa fille de coups, qui la tient en...
- Author:Chabin, LaurentSummary:
Marc est un garçon solitaire, pas très courageux. Il est témoin d'une scène de viol par des jeunes de son quartier, dans un terrain vague de Montréal. Paralysé par sa peur, il n'intervient pas et se sauve. Mais il vit...
- Author:Chabin, LaurentSummary:
Marc est dorénavant respecté, simplement parce qu'il s'affiche avec plus d'arrogance. Il commence à aimer la sensation du pouvoir. À la suite d'une bagarre dans laquelle il est impliqué, il doit changer d'...
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