Annie Runningbird doesn't have time for the games boys want her to play. She's aging out of foster care on her next birthday. The system has decided she is an adult, so Annie must make adult decisions. Where will she live? How...
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Author:Coles, Megan GailSummary: -
Author:Doyle, BrianSummary:Spud Sweetgrass and his friends Connie Pan and Dink the Thinker are back. And this time Spud is in some frigid trouble. One morning Spud sees a terrible crime. And he can't get it out of his mind. Detective Kennedy wants him to tell her...
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Author:Freund, John, Gilbert, Martin, York University (Toronto, Ont.)Summary:A young boy who loved soccer as much as he loved to write, John Freund found his joyful childhood shattered by the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. John’s family suffered through the systematic erosion of their rights only to be...
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Author:Tagaq, TanyaSummary:From the internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer who has dazzled and enthralled the world with music it had never heard before, a fierce, tender, heartbreaking story unlike anything you've ever read. Fact can be as strange as...
- Author:Campbell, Nicola I.Summary:
In this exceptional memoir, bestselling author Nicola I. Campbell deftly weaves together rich poetry and vivid prose to illustrate what it means to be an intergenerational survivor of Indian Residential Schools.
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Author:Hodgins, JackSummary:Jack Hodgins‘ first book, published originally in 1976, is once again in print — in a new edition. Winner of the Eaton's Book Prize and nominated for the Governor General's Award, Spit Delaney's Island, a collection of short stories,...
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Author:Bacque, JamesSummary:The inspiring story of how one organization has tried to alleviate the struggles faced by First Nations peoples in Canada by building houses and developing livable communities for those in desperate need. The people who were living...
- Author:Blackstock, CindySummary:
Spirit Bear is off on another adventure! Follow him as he learns about traditional knowledge and Residential Schools from his Uncle Huckleberry and his friend, Lak'insxw, before heading to Algonquin territory, where children teach him...
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Author:Roy, Zoë S.Summary:Thirty-two-year-old Kang is a new immigrant in Toronto. Having an older sister who was raped and suffers from the ensuing stigma in China, Kang is determined to remain a spinster, which has its own stigma in China, and she struggles...
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Author:Summary:The concept of environmental justice has evolved over the past two decades to offer a new direction for social movements, public policy, and public planning. Researchers worldwide now position social equity as a building block for...
- Author:Lanois, DanielSummary:
Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, U2, Peter Gabriel, and the Neville Brothers all have something in common: some of their best albums were produced by Daniel Lanois. A French-speaking kid from Canada, Lanois was driven by his...
- Author:Salazar, RebeccaSummary:
Ce recueil engagé de Rebecca Salazar nous transporte tantôt à Sudbury, ville où l'autrice a grandi, tantôt dans la région de Fredericton, son lieu d'accueil, tantôt encore chez ses aïeux en Colombie. Des réflexions percutantes...
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Author:Burns, Sarah FelixSummary:The magical story of friendship between twenty-something Sylvia Hardy and Lydie Jim, an eighty-two year old Tlingit elder from the Yukon who met when the Sylvia agreed to be Lydie’s tutor.
- Author:MacLean, TaraSummary:
An astonishing memoir about how song saved a life. Singer/songwriter Tara MacLean has had an extraordinary musical career. From being discovered singing on a BC ferry to touring with Dido, Tom Cochrane and Lilith Fair, her solo albums...
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Author:Joe, RitaSummary:Straight from the heart, Rita Joe tells the story of her remarkable life: her tumultuous childhood in foster homes, education in an Indian residential school, turbulent marriage and daily struggles with prejudice, sexism and poverty....
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Author:Critch, MarkSummary:Longlisted for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize A hilarious story of family, getting into trouble, and finding one's place in the world. What could be better than growing up in the 1980s? How about growing up in 1980s Newfoundland, which'as...
- Author:Spence, NicoleSummary:
Somewhere North of Where I Was is the heart-rending story of a young girl whose childhood innocence was stolen. Retold with the reflective voice of a woman who has survived and transcended the trauma of childhood poverty, neglect and...
- Author:Khalilieh, JackieSummary:
A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed. Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner...
- Author:Khalilieh, JackieSummary:
A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed. Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner...
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Author:Gillespie, Bruce, Van Luven, LynneSummary:Our quest for origin and, by extension, identity is universal to the human experience. For the twenty-five contributors to Somebody’s Child, the topic of adoption is not—and perhaps never can be—a neutral issue. With unique courage,...
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