Translated from personal memoirs and diaries, this is a compelling story of Anthony Hlynka, the only sitting Member of Parliament of Ukrainian origin from 1940 to 1945. Representing the constituency of Vegreville, Alberta, for the...
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Author:Hlynka, AnthonySummary: -
Author:Buday, GrantSummary:Kobzar Literary Award, Finalist. Eric Hoffer Award, Shortlist. City of Victoria Book Prize, Finalist.
Vancouver, summer 1962. Cyril Andrachuk and Connie Chow are seventeen and in love. Cyril is the only Canadian-born member of...
- Author:Shyba, Maddy, Illichov, OlyaSummary:
Olya and Olena Escape the Invaders is about two young Ukrainian ballet students who escape the Russian invasion of Mariupol and embark on a difficult journey to safety. Along the way, they encounter helpers who aid them on their way,...
- Author:Langston, LauraSummary:
Baba had made Lesia a promise: just remember the flower is not always open, but if your effort is true, your rewards will be sweet. Fifteen-year-old Lesia treasures those words as she and her family leave Baba in their Ukrainian...
- Author:Pion, MarylèneSummary:
1928. Sept mois ont passé depuis la mort tragique de Caitlyn. Après avoir tout quitté pour oublier cette tragédie, Olek revient à Montréal. Mais reprendre le cours normal des choses se révèle plus ardu qu'il l'...
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Author:Grekul, LisaSummary:Colleen Lutzak, a talented young Ukrainian musician from northern Alberta, struggles to maintain a sense of identity as her awareness of the world expands.
Growing up in the small northern Alberta community of St. Paul, Colleen...
- Author:Mutala, MarionSummary:
A poignant conversation between parent and child across the years.
- Author:Kostash, MyrnaSummary:
In Ghosts in a Photograph, award-winning nonfiction writer Myrna Kostash delves into the lives of her grandparents, all of whom moved from Galicia, now present-day Ukraine, to Alberta at the turn of the twentieth century. Discovering a...
- Author:Luciuk, KassandraSummary:
Enemy Alien tells the story of Canada's first national internment operations through the eyes of John Boychuk, a Ukrainian internee held in Kapuskasing from 1914 to 1917. Based closely on John Boychuk's memoir--the only...
- Author:Taylor, BradSummary:
New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor is back with a propulsive and topical edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring Pike Logan as he goes head-to-head with Putin's henchmen. To finally end the...
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Author:Warwaruk, LarrySummary:Can Brovko's family really be leaving him behind as they go to make a new life in Canada? 12-year-old Andrei is furious and upset at having to leave his wonderful companion behind - and Brovko isn't happy either. He tries to make the...
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Author:Warwaruk, LarrySummary:Bone Coulee: In old age, Mac Chorniak is burdened by the memory of a racist crime in his past. Through acts of penance both official and personal, Mac struggles to find redemption.
As teenagers, in a drunken incident Mac Chorniak...
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Author:Sapergia, BarbaraSummary:The time is World War I, and Canadian soldiers are proving their worth in the trenches of Europe. But on the home front, Ukrainian Canadians are being sent to internment camps, "Canada's gulag". Blood and Salt is about this forgotten...
- Author:Mutala, MarionSummary:
The wind brings Natalia a babushka just like the one Baba used to wear, taking the young girl on a magical journey to an autumn long ago to discover the wedding traditions of her Ukrainian heritage.
- Author:Mutala, MarionSummary:
When the wind brings her a babushka just like the one Baba used to wear, a magical adventure unfolds and Natalia discovers the traditions of her Ukrainian heritage - the greatest of which is the love of family.
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Author:Warwaruk, LarrySummary:Twelve-year-old Andrei moves from Ukraine to a Canadian homestead in 1900, and has to choose between the magic of Eastern Europe and the power of the new land and its people.
Andrei and his family leave Ukraine for a homestead...
