What if a major earthquake devastated the west coast of North America, killing thousands of people, flattening entire cities and fracturing the economy? How would the Canadian government address...
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Author: Granatstein, J. L.Summary: -
Author: Wolfe, Suzanne M.Summary:
Still reeling from her recent divorce, Rachel Piers steps off the plane in Rome, prepared to embark on a demanding art restoration project that could enhance her reputation as a rising star in her...
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Author: Gibson, Chantal N.Summary:
"How she read" is a collection of genre-blurring poems about the representation of Black women, their hearts, minds and bodies, across the Canadian cultural imagination. Drawing from grade-school...
Genre: Canadian poetry -
Author: Shields, CarolSummary:
The Stone Diaries is the story of one woman's life; a truly sensuous novel that reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century. Born in 1905, Daisy Goodwill drifts through the...
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Author: Carle, EricSummary:
A collection of four books by Eric Carle. Includes "The very hungry caterpillar," "The grouchy ladybug," "The very busy spider," and "Walter the baker." Grades K-3. 1979.
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Picture books, Classic fiction -
Author: Graham, Laurie D.Summary:
In the stunning poems of "Settler Education", Graham explores the Plains Cree uprising at Frog Lake -- the death of nine settlers, the hanging of six Cree warriors, the imprisonment of...
Genre: Canadian poetry -
Author: Munro, AliceSummary:
In eight stories, Munro writes of what people will do for love, and the unexpected routes their passion will force them to take. Some strong language and some sexual content. Canada Reads 2004....
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short stories -
Author: Nelles, H. V.Summary:
A vast and diverse country whose very legitimacy is questioned by some of its people, under constant threat of cultural assimilation by a powerful neighbour, yet deemed by the U.N. to be one of...
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Author: Tremblay, LarrySummary:In an unnamed and war-torn country, twin brothers Amed and Aziz live in the sanctuary of the family's orange grove. But when a bomb comes from 'the other side of the mountain' and kills their...
Genre: Canadian fiction, War fiction -
Author: Caron, MaiaSummary:This historical novel reimagines the North-West resistance of 1885 through the Métis women of Batoche, and in particular the rebellious outsider, Josette Lavoie. When Riel arrives from Montana, he...