Eve Lazarus peels back the layers of Vancouver's history to reveal its surprising hidden depths. As the author of such BC bestsellers as Cold Case Vancouver, Murder by Milkshake, and Sensational Vancouver, Australian-born Eve...
Neighborhoods
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Author:Lazarus, EveSummary: - Author:Broaddus, MauriceSummary:
A graffiti artist, Bella "Unfadeable" Fades just wants to stay out of trouble. But she must abandon her low profile to bring her community together when her neighborhood is threatened with defunding.
- Author:Candlish, LouiseSummary:
From the author of the international bestseller Our House, a new novel of twisty domestic suspense asks, "Could you hate your neighbor enough to plot to kill him?" Lowland Way is the suburban dream. The houses are beautiful,...
- Author:Bullard, LisaSummary:
Join Malik's search for his neighbor's lost dog! He's helping to find Buddy by looking everywhere in his neighborhood—from the park to the coffee shop. Along the way, see the people and places that make up a neighborhood...
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An archaeological dig uncovers the secret history of Toronto's long-forgotten first immigrant neighbourhood. In early 2015, a team of archaeologists began digging test trenches on a non-descript parking lot next to Toronto City Hall--a...
- Author:Paris, B.A.Summary:
"...you'll find yourself listening to the suspenseful reading by Olivia Dowd and Thomas Judd way past your bedtime." - NJ.com The multimillion-copy New York Times bestselling author B.A. Paris returns to her heartland of...
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Author:Walters, EricSummary:A global blackout forces teenager Adam Daley and his neighbors to turn their community into a fortress, defending against countless enemies, but a new danger threatens to destroy them all.
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In a world gone dark, life goes on for Adam and his fortified neighborhood of Eden Mills even if the extreme steps taken by his battle-hardened mentor Herb, his police chief mom, and the other leaders in the name of security and...
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Author:Walters, EricSummary:"A teen's suburban neighborhood bands together for its own survival in a world stricken by a catastrophic blackout"--
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Author:Wangersky, RussellSummary:Winner of the 2010 BMO Winterset Award When retiree Keith O'Reilly witnesses the murder of his neighbour by a pizza delivery man one night during a snowstorm, a unique series of stories begins to unfold. As the narrative seamlessly...
- Author:Jewell, LisaSummary:
Deep in the heart of London, in a lush communal square, as a festive garden party is taking place, a thirteen year-old girl lies unconscious and bloody in a hidden corner. What really happened to her? And who is responsible? For fans of...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Alexander McCall Smith brings his peerless wit to this second entry featuring a motley collection of residents in London's Pimlico neighborhood. Literary agent Barbara Ragg has agreed to represent a man writing a book about his...
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Author:Leung, CarrianneSummary:Tensions that have lurked beneath the surface of a shiny new subdivision rise up, in new fiction from the author of the Toronto Book Award-shortlisted WONDROUS WOO. The suburbs of the 1970s promised to be heaven on earth - new houses,...
- Author:Miranda, MeganSummary:
From the New York Times bestselling author of The last house guest--a Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection--comes a new riveting suspense novel about a mysterious murder in an idyllic and close-knit neighborhood. We had no warning that...
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Author:Whitzman, CarolynSummary:Suburb, Slum, Urban Village examines the relationship between image and reality for one city neighbourhood – Toronto’s Parkdale. Carolyn Whitzman tracks Parkdale’s story across three eras: its early decades as a politically independent...
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Author:Yee, PaulSummary:When Shu-Li's school is threatened with closure, she and her friends find unexpected help from a magic pear tree in the back yard of an intriguing neighbour.
- Author:Fleischman, PaulSummary:
A vacant lot, rat-infested, and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden. Especially to a neighborhood of strangers where no one seems to care. Until one day, a young girl clears a small space and digs into the hard-packed...
- Author:Beverly, SonnieSummary:
Three black women from one neighborhood take different paths to better themselves. It's in her small Virginia hometown where Zakia experiences the success she's always wanted--and the change that threatens it. For her friend Nikki, this...
- Author:Zoboi, Ibi.Summary:
Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn...
- Author:Preus, JanetSummary:
Introduces learners to some of the different roles community members play in their neighborhood through fun lyrics and positive illustrations.
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