A young Native American, Abel has come home from war to find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of his grandfather's, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, and the ancient rites...
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Author:Momaday, N. ScottSummary: -
Author:Sutherland, Tui T.Summary:Deep in the rain forest, danger awaits...Glory knows the dragon world is wrong about her tribe. After all, she isn't "as lazy as a RainWing" — she isn't lazy at all! Maybe she wasn't meant to be one of the...
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Author:Christakos, MargaretSummary:Her Paraphernalia, the new book of creative non-fiction from noted Canadian poet Margaret Christakos, presents an intimate and original collection of midlife writings that seeks to make readers think in a very personalized way about...
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Author:Salomon, Peter AdamSummary:For Henry Franks, death is everywhere. It claimed his mother a year ago, in an accident that robbed him of his memory and left him covered with horrific scars. It’s in his skin, leaving him numb to pain no matter how hard he tries to...
- Author:Salomon, Peter AdamSummary:
For Henry Franks, Death is Everywhere. It claimed his mother a year ago, in an accident that robbed him of his memory and left him covered with horrific scars. It's in his skin, leaving him numb to pain no matter how hard he tries to...
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Author:Goobie, BethSummary:When Dylan Kowolski agrees to create a display for her high school library, she has no idea of the trouble it's going to cause -- for the school principal, her family, her boyfriend Cam and his jock friends, and her best friend Jocelyn...
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Author:Boughn, MichaelSummary:Great Canadian Poems for the Aged Vol. 1 Illus. Ed. dares to go where no book of Canadian poetry has gone before - deep into the heart of darkness epitomized by the idea of the Great White North. Except white is not dark. And the heart...
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Author:Loyie, Oskiniko LarrySummary:Like many of the tens of thousands of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children who were taken from their families and sent to residential school for years, Lawrence felt like a stranger in his community when he returned, questioning both...
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Author:Bach, Tamara, Tanaka, ShelleySummary:Miriam is fifteen and she has lived in the same little town her whole life, going to school with the same kids who know everything about her. But now she's in high school and wishing she lived in a big city where she could meet new...
- Author:Oliver, SallySummary:
An exquisitely eerie and unsettling speculative novel that grapples with questions of trauma, identity, and the workings of memory. Months after her sister's death, Marianne wakes up to find a growth of thick black hairs along her...
- Author:Wright, MelissaSummary:
With the aid of a stranger, Frey discovers a world beyond the elves who bound her. But it's a world of shadows and dark magic, a world she's been warned not to trust. The farther she strays, the more she finds a forgotten past...
- Author:Emezi, AkwaekeSummary:
An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born "with one foot on...
- Author:Ahern, CeceliaSummary:
The gripping and emotional Sunday Times top ten bestseller from million-copy bestselling author Cecelia Ahern. Shortlisted for the 2021 An Post Irish Book Awards. Sometimes the people who have the power to change your life are the ones...
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Author:Shaw, LianeSummary:Her name is Sadie, but she might as well be called Fostergirl. Grouphomegirl. That’s how everyone thinks of her. Sadie doesn’t care. In fact, she’d be happier if they didn’t think of her at all. Her goal is to go unnoticed, to disappear...
- Author:McKenzie, CatherineSummary:
Emma Tupper is a dedicated lawyer with a bright future. But when she takes a month-long leave of absence to go on an African vacation, she ends up facing unexpected consequences. After she falls ill and spends six months trapped in a...
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Author:Goobie, BethSummary:Several years earlier Nellie and her mother fled the Interior and its hated security police for the Outbacks, a loose-knit resistance of small cities, towns and rural areas. Since then her mother has disappeared and twelve-year-old...
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Author:Tawada, YōkoSummary: - Author:Barthelmess, NikkiSummary:
Raised by her strict Mexican grandma, Ri Fernández has never been allowed to learn Spanish, and has grown up trying to fit in among her best friend's world of mansions and country clubs in an attempt try to live out her...
- Author:Cole, TejuSummary:
Every Day is for the Thief is an account of a Nigerian in the diaspora who returns home after many years abroad. The book gains its strength as much from its subject matter (contemporary Lagosian life as experienced by a visiting former...
- Author:Sutherland, Tui T.Summary:
Peril has been loyal to Queen Scarlet, who used her fatal firescales to kill countless dragons in the SkyWing arena. Now, Peril is loyal to Clay, the only dragonet who has ever been her friend. So when Scarlet threatens Jade Mountain...
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