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The biggest poutine in the world
Par Andrée Poulin, Brigitte Waisberg. 2016
On his fifth birthday, Thomas’s mother left, and he hasn’t seen her since. The last thing he remembers is her…
making a delicious dish of poutine for his birthday, into which she stuck five green candles for him to blow out. On the day of this twelfth birthday, Thomas comes up with the idea of setting a Guinness world record for the biggest poutine in the world. Maybe then, his mother will come back and his emotionally distant father will pay attention to him. As he puts together all the pieces of his “Phenomenal Poutine Project,” Thomas not only learns why his mother disappeared, but he also comes to realize that Elie, the one person whose help he rejected, turns out to be his most devoted friend. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2017 Silver Birch Express Award. 2016. Uniform title: La plus grosse poutine du monde.Seeing red
Par Anne Louise MacDonald. 2009
Frankie Uccello seems like just another average, normal fourteen-year-old boy, until he discovers that he can dream the future, especially…
when something bad is about to happen. But seeing the future is only cool in movies and TV; in real life, not only does everyone think you're a whacko, but the future doesn't look good. And then Maura-Lee starts hanging around: she can read minds, and she seems to be reading his. For junior high readers. 2009.From ant to eagle
Par Alex Lyttle. 2017
"My name is Calvin Sinclair, I'm eleven years old and I have a confession...I killed my brother". It's the summer…
before grade 6 and Calvin Sinclair is bored to tears. He's recently moved from a big city to a small town and there's nothing to do. It's hot, he has no friends and the only kid around is his six-year-old brother Sammy who can barely throw a basketball as high as the hoop. So Cal occupies his time by getting his brother to do almost anything: from chasing wasps to tromping through rose bushes. And Sammy is all too eager-- as long as it means getting a "Level" and moving one step closer to his brother's Eagle status. But when Cal meets Aleta Alvarado, a new girl who shares his love for Goosebumps books and adventure, Sammy is pushed aside. Cal feels guilty but not guilty enough to change. At least not until things at home start falling apart and he's left wondering whether Sammy will ever complete his own journey. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2018 Silver Birch Fiction Award. 2017.I'll be watching
Par Pamela Porter. 2011
In a small prairie town like Argue, Saskatchewan, everyone knows everybody else's business, so everyone knows that the Loney family…
has been barely hanging on - the father, George, has been reduced to drink and despair since the loss of his farm and the death of his wife, Margaret, and the four children do not get along with George's second wife, the pious, bitter Effie. When George dies and Effie runs off, the children find a way, under the watchful eye of their ghostly parents, to survive. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2011.Banjo of destiny
Par Cary Fagan, Selçuk Demirel. 2011
Jeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich - he lives in a huge house, goes to the best schools, and takes lessons…
in etiquette, ballroom dancing, painting, and classical piano. Jeremiah does all this because he wants to please his parents, but one day he hears the captivating strains of a banjo, and the music stirs something him. When his parents forbid him to play one, he decides to learn anyway - even if he has to make the instrument himself. Grades 4-7. 2011.Between shadows
Par Kathleen Cook Waldron. 2015
When Ari's beloved grandfather dies, he leaves Ari an amazing gift - his log cabin and all the land he…
owned. Ari’s family want to sell it to a hotel developer, while Ari sets about discovering the hidden beaches, forest trails, locked doors, and even an extraordinary (and exasperating) new friend who introduces him to a world into which he sees himself just fitting. With the deadline to sign away the property approaching, can Ari speak up for his hopes, for his grandfather, and for the land itself? Grades 5-8. 2015.Everybody sees the ants
Par A. S King. 2011
Overburdened by his parents' bickering and a bully's attacks, fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman begins dreaming of being with his grandfather, who…
went missing during the Vietnam War, but during a visit to Arizona, his aunt and uncle and their beautiful neighbour, Ginny, help him find a new perspective. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2011.The Lotterys plus one
Par Emma Donoghue. 2017
Once upon a time, two couples with Jamaican, Mohawk, Indian, and Scottish ethnic roots won the lottery and bought a…
big house where all of them, four adults and seven adopted and biological children, could live together in harmony--but change is inevitable, especially when a disagreeable grandfather comes to stay. Grades 4-7. 2017.Walking backward
Par Catherine Austen. 2009
When twelve-year-old Josh loses his mother in a freak car accident, his grief therapist suggests he keep a journal. Josh…
describes his father's withdrawal into the basement where he's building a time machine, his younger brother running wild, and how he tries to find some meaning and order in all the chaos. For junior high readers. Some strong language. 2009.Blood red road (Dustlands ; #1)
Par Moira Young. 2011
After four horsemen kidnap eighteen-year-old Lugh, his twin sister Saba and their nine-year-old sister Emmi track Lugh across the bleak…
Sandsea. Then Saba is taken captive to be a cage fighter - but her friends have an escape plan. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. Followed by "Rebel heart". 2011. (Dustlands ; 1)The emerald atlas: the books of beginning (Books of beginning. #1.)
Par John Stephens. 2011
Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to…
protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy. Grades 5-8. 2011. (The books of beginning ; 1)Under the Watsons' porch
Par Susan Richards Shreve. 2004
12-year-old Ellie Tremont is bored, and wishes something would happen. So when 14-year-old Tommy Bowers moves in next door, with…
his lanky swagger and his troubled past, Ellie knows her summer is about to get interesting. By the time her parents forbid her from seeing him, she's already given him her heart. But at the end of the summer, Tommy ends up surprising both Ellie and her parents. Grades 4-7. 2004.Hiding Mr. McMulty
Par Berniece Rabe. 1997
In 1937 in southeastern Missouri, eleven-year-old Rass, son of a proud sharecropper, proves his worth when a flood destroys his…
family's home and forces his best friend, an elderly black man, into hiding from the Ku Klux Klan. 1997.It's not the end of the world
Par Judy Blume. 1972
It does seem like the end of the world to Karen Newman when her parents separate. Though she tries very…
hard at first to make her parents reconsider, Karen finally begins to realize that their divorce is not the end of the world for anybody. Grades 4-7.Stand on the Sky
Par Erin Bow. 2019
A gripping new read from Erin Bow, acclaimed and bestselling author of Plain Kate and The Scorpion Rules! She had…
always heard that the eagle chooses the eagle hunter. She wanted that. She wanted her eagle to come to her. To choose her. It goes against all tradition for Aisulu to train an eagle, for among the Kazakh nomads, only men can fly them. But everything changes when Aisulu discovers that her brother, Serik, has been concealing a bad limp that risks not just his future as the family's leader, but his life too. When her parents leave to seek a cure for Serik in a distant hospital, Aisulu finds herself living with her intimidating uncle and strange auntie -- and secretly caring for an orphaned baby eagle. To save her brother and keep her family from having to leave their nomadic life behind forever, Aisulu must earn her eagle's trust and fight for her right to soar. Along the way, she discovers that family are people who choose each other, home is a place you build, and hope is a thing with feathers. Erin Bow's lyrical middle grade debut is perfect for fans of original animal-friendship stories like Pax and Because of Winn Dixie.Broken Strings
Par Eric Walters, Kathy Kacer. 2019
A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo.…
For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase.It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother -- Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. The best singer in her junior high, she auditions for the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof, but is crushed to learn that she's been given the part of the old Jewish mother in the musical rather than the coveted part of the sister. But there is an upside: her "husband" is none other than Ben Morgan, the cutest and most popular boy in the school. Deciding to throw herself into the role, she rummages in her grandfather's attic for some props. There, she discovers an old violin in the corner -- strange, since her Zayde has never seemed to like music, never even going to any of her recitals. Showing it to her grandfather unleashes an anger in him she has never seen before, and while she is frightened of what it might mean, Shirli keeps trying to connect with her Zayde and discover the awful reason behind his anger. A long-kept family secret spills out, and Shirli learns the true power of music, both terrible and wonderful.Thicker Than Water (Orca Soundings)
Par Natasha Deen. 2019
Zack Bernard has a thing for crime shows, especially the forensic-investigation kind. So when his friend Ella goes missing, Zack…
can't help piecing together what he thinks is concrete evidence that could lead to her whereabouts. The problem is, it's all pointing toward his dad. He knows his dad is lying about not having seen Ella because Zack saw them together at the mall the day she disappeared. What he doesn't know is why. With the help of his friend Ayo, Zack tries to solve the mystery himself to avoid having to make the terrible choice between losing someone close to him and betraying his family.Safe Harbour
Par Christina Kilbourne. 2019
As crazy as her father’s plan sounds, sticking to it is easy for Harbour — until it isn’t. Fourteen-year-old Harbour…
is living in a tent in a Toronto ravine with her dog, a two-month supply of canned tuna, and an unconventional reading list. She’s not homeless, she tells herself. She’s merely waiting for her home — a thirty-six-foot sailboat — to arrive with her father at the helm. Why should she worry when the clouds give her signs that assure her that she’s safe and protected? When her credit card gets declined, phone contact from her father stops, and summer slips into a frosty fall, Harbour is forced to face reality and accept the help of a homeless teen named Lise to survive on the streets. Lise shows Harbour how to panhandle and navigate the shelter system while trying to unravel Harbour's mysterious past. But if Harbour tells her anything, the consequences could be catastrophic.Pine Island Home
Par Polly Horvath. 2020
From Newbery Honor-- and National Book Award--winning author Polly Horvath comes a story of four sisters searching for home.Fiona, Marlin,…
Natasha, and Charlie McCready are left on their own when their missionary parents are washed away in a tsunami. Fortunately, their great aunt Martha volunteers to have them live with her on her farm in British Columbia. But while they are traveling there, Martha dies unexpectedly, forcing Fiona, the eldest, to come up with a scheme to keep social services from separating the girls - a scheme that will only work if no one knows they are living on their own. Fiona approaches their grouchy and indifferent neighbor Al and asks if he will pretend to be their live-in legal guardian should papers need to be signed or if anyone comes snooping around. He reluctantly agrees, under the condition that they bring him dinner every night. As weeks pass, Fiona takes on more and more adult responsibilities, while each of the younger girls finds their own special role in their atypical family. But even if things seem to be falling into place, Fiona can't help but worry that it is only a matter of time before they are caught. What she needs to do is find them a real guardian.Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer
Par Leslie Gentile. 2021
Winner of the 2021 City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize It’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis…
Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleven-year-old Truly Bateman – because she knows Elvis is alive and well and living in the Eagle Shores Trailer Park. Maybe no one ever thought to look for him at on the Eagle Shores First Nation on Vancouver Island. It’s a busy summer for Truly. Though her mother is less of a mother than she ought to be, and spends her time drinking and smoking and working her way through new boyfriends, Truly is determined to raise as much money for herself as she can through her lemonade stand … and to prove that her cool new neighbour is the one and only King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. And when she can’t find motherly support in her own home, she finds sanctuary with Andy El, the Salish woman who runs the trailer park.