A coming-of-age story about a teen girl who experiences her Indigenous heritage in a meaningful way. Part Ojibwe and part white, River lives with her white mother and stepfather on a farm in...
Search Results
Search found 23 item
-
Author: Shingoose, NahanniSummary: -
Author: Lisac, MarkSummary:"Sins don't destroy people here. Dreams do." In a small city somewhere in an oil-rich Canadian province just east of the Rockies, a political scandal has erupted: an aging cabinet...
-
Author: Bullaro, AngieSummary:A picture book biography of Manon Rhéaume, a groundbreaking hockey player who became the first woman to play in the National Hockey League.
-
Author: Irwin, SueSummary:
This book highlights the achievements of Canadian women sports stars - the role models of today's young female athletes. They fought for the right to compete in sports traditionally dominated by...
-
Author: Humphrey, AnnaSummary:
Daniel is not so sure about going to camp. There will be bugs. And uncomfortable beds. And leeches! Megabat can't WAIT to go to camp! There will be so much smooshfruit, and he loves a good sing-...
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Komar, DebraSummary:
In 1921, the RCMP arrested two Copper Inuit men under suspicion that the two had murdered their uncle. Both men confessed to the crime through a police interpreter, though the "confession" was...
-
Author: Levy, JoanneSummary:
Evie Walman is not obsessed with death. She does think about it a lot, though, but only because her family runs a Jewish funeral home. At twelve, Evie already knows she's going to be a funeral...
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Grant, Robin, Pellissier-Lush, JulieSummary:
Delve into the uplifting stories of the people of Mi’kma’ki in this full-colour illustrated book. Meet a devoted water protector, learn about a teen determined to shed light on the tragic history...
-
Author: Troeung, Y-DangSummary:
Utilizing the concept of aphasia, this book demonstrates how Cambodian refugee narratives resist state violence and take head-on hegemonic discourses across popular and scholarly spaces that prop...
Genre: History and geography -
Author: Dumitrescu, AlinaSummary:
This autobiographical novel traces the journey of a woman from her youth in Socialist Eastern Europe to her transplanted life in Montreal, Canada. She is a precocious, thoughtful child, whose...
-
Author: Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, CheluchiSummary:
Winner of the Best International Fiction Book Award, Sharjah International Book Fair 2019 The lives of two Nigerian women divided by class and social inequality intersect when they're kidnapped,...
-
Author: Bokma, AnneSummary:
Part seeker's memoir, part spiritual travelogue, this is a book for anyone looking to uncover - or recover - their spiritual self. In 2017, Anne Bokma embarked on a quest to become a more...
-
Author: Granados, MarloweSummary:
Isa Epley is all of twenty-one years old and already wise enough to understand that the purpose of life is the pursuit of pleasure. She arrives in New York City for a summer of adventure with her...
Genre: Bildungsromans -
Author: Plante, Hazel JaneSummary:
The playful and poignant novel Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) sifts through a queer trans woman's unrequited love for her straight trans friend who died. A queer love letter steeped in...
Genre: General fiction -
Author: Adler, Nathan Niigan NoodinSummary:
Pyromaniacs, vigilantes, mysterious phenomena, prehistoric beasts, cryptid species, grave robbers and ghosts... the stories of Ghost Lake feature a cast of interrelated characters and their...