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Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. She can't wait to fly across the world and visit her granny in Canada. But can she find enough warm clothes for the cold winter weather? And will her family miss her?"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Point, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Ever since her mother left, Maia has struggled with depression, which has only gotten worse since her father remarried; so Maia decides run away to Canada to find her mother, together with Billy, a boy who now lives in a group home and has his own family tragedy--but when they finally arrive in Tadoussac, Quebec, Maia discovers that even her mother has been keeping secrets.
Author
Series
Dragon slayer of Trondheim volume 1
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Listen! For I sing of Owen Thorskard: valiant of heart, hopeless at algebra, last in a long line of legendary dragon slayers. Though he had few years and was not built for football, he stood between the town of Trondheim and creatures that threatened its survival. There have always been dragons. As far back as history is told, men and women have fought them, loyally defending their villages. Dragon slaying was a proud tradition. But dragons and humans...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Description
In 1704, in the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Mercy and her family and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, where some adapt to new lives and some still hope to be ransomed.
Author
Publisher
Fifth House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Native telling of the Windigo, the Night Spirit of Winter, told by an uncle elder to two Aboriginal cousins, and the tracking of the feared creature into the forest. This illustrated story is populated with raven, moose and other forest animals, the Spirit Moon and a cold winter night; a heartwarming story of family, love, togetherness and respect for the environment."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. But she is spending Christmas with her granny in Canada. She can't wait to see snow for the first time. And how will it feel to be so far from home?"--
Author
Series
Story girl volume 2
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Two boys visiting relatives on Prince Edward Island become entranced by Sara Stanley and her stories, and have adventures involving a girl who sneaks into a Magic Lantern show, a missing baby, and a boy who eats poison berries.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"A young boy volunteering at a retirement home finds a stray dog and notices that it revives decades-old memories for a bitter resident. The boy bonds with the resident as he listens to stories about growing up in Saskatchewan during the Great Depression. Thanks to his new friend and his canine companion, the elderly man is able to pass away peacefully, immersed in fond memories of his youth."--
51) The King cousins
Author
Series
Story girl volume 1
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Two boys arrive for a visit with relatives on Prince Edward Island and have adventures involving a boy's first visit to church, raising funds for a school library, and a miser willing to pay for one of Sara Stanley's captivating stories.
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"The Aldens are on a special vacation up north to see the Calgary Stampede -- a cowboy celebration of Canada's frontier spirit! There's a parade through the streets of Calgary, a spectacular stage show, and plenty of fun things to do. But behind the scenes at the festival, an important piece of jewelry goes missing. Can the Boxcar Children find the thief before the big show is ruined?"--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2006
Description
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. White Fang is the story of a wolf-dog who is befriended by a kind man who becomes his master.
Author
Publisher
Sir Fir Enterprises
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This is a fanciful, music-filled account of an actual Canadian event in which a real 350-year-old, 200-foot Douglas fir was blown over in a storm, then survived to achieve a surprising destiny."
Author
Series
Happy Hollisters volume 6
Publisher
Svenson Group
Pub. Date
2011, 1954
Description
The children visit their grandparents at Snowflake Camp, a resort in Canada. While there solve a mystery involving their teacher, her missing brother and some valuable Eskimo puppies that appear then disappear from an abandoned barn near the Camp.
57) Birdsong
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids, Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of nature and art. As the seasons change, can the girl navigate the failing health of her new friend? Acclaimed author and artist Julie Flett's textured images of birds, flowers, art, and landscapes bring vibrancy and warmth to this powerful story, which highlights the fulfillment of intergenerational...
Author
Publisher
Dundurn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Victoria Mahler is the sixteen-year-old only daughter of rocker Micky Wayne, whose band, Dusty Moon, took the world by storm when Micky was just a teenager. The band broke up under mysterious circumstances, but, after years spent off the road being a mom, Micky's solo career is finally starting to take off. When an offer to tour Japan falls into her mom's lap, Vic is left to spend the summer under the care of her distant grandmother, and without her...
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can't take any more, Gong Gong surprises her with a gift that reveals...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
At cheerleading camp, Hermione is drugged and raped, but she is not sure whether it was one of her teammates or a boy on another team--and in the aftermath she has to deal with the rumors in her small Ontario town, the often awkward reaction of her classmates, the rejection of her boyfriend, the discovery that her best friend, Polly, is gay, and above all the need to remember what happened so that the guilty boy can be brought to justice.
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