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The first time: true stories
Par Charles Montpetit. 1995
A collection of true stories, written by some of Canada's best writers, about "the first time" -- their first sexual…
encounter. The writers include Brian Doyle, W.P. Kinsella, and Julie Lawson. Descriptions of sex. Junior high and older. 1995.Tales from Shakespeare
Par Tina Packer. 2004
Ten of Shakespeare's best-known plays retold as stories: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Much Ado about Nothing, Macbeth, The Tempest,…
Othello, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and King Lear. Includes a brief introduction to Shakespeare's life and times. Grades 5-8. 2004.Shadow child: an apprenticeship in love and loss
Par Beth Powning. 2005
Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. At age twenty-four she…
became pregnant, but eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this exploration of motherhood and loss, we're taken on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal. National Bestseller. 2005.Les belles soeurs
Par Michel Tremblay. 1974
The period book: everything you don't want to ask (but need to know) (Youth project)
Par Karen Gravelle, Jennifer Gravelle. 1997
Karen Gravelle and her 15-year-old niece, Jennifer, look at physical, emotional and social changes, as well as other issues associated…
with menstruation. The book seeks to ease the confusion many teenage girls might feel, and celebrates the new sense of maturity their period can bring.The men they will become: the nature and nurture of male character
Par Eli H Newberger. 2000
Written by a distinguished pediatrician, this text delves to the roots of the male character. A baby boy, says the…
author, has traits but no character. At each stage, characteristics such as self-control are either nurtured or thwarted. He suggests a way to bring up a new generation of men. 2000.Seven plays: Seven Plays
Par Sam Shepard, Joseph Chaikin. 1981
The colour of justice: based on the transcripts of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry (Modern Plays Ser.)
Par Richard Norton-Taylor. 1999
A dramatised reconstruction of the events in the six month inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The case has…
gone from being a black family tragedy to a British tragedy, with the public identifying with his parents' loss and subsequent sense of outrage.When a crocodile eats the sun: a memoir
Par Peter Godwin. 2006
An unforgettable story of one man's struggle to discover his past and come to terms with his present. The author…
writes with pathos and intimacy about Zimbabwe's spiral into chaos and, along with it, his family's steady collapse. 2006.A craft book that also includes a brief history of trash that shows how the invention of disposable products and…
packaging has created increasing waste. Organized into sections based on recyclable materials (paper, plastic, metal, fabric), the easy-to-follow projects include a "Fancy Foil Fish" aluminum mobile, paper jewellery, and milk-carton castles. Also includes tips for "living lightly" (or, producing less garbage) on Earth. Grades 3-6. 2004.Two teenagers in 20: writings by gay and lesbian youth
Par Ann Heron. 1995
Young people between the ages of twelve and twenty-four describe how they came to realize that they were gay, how…
they explained their sexual orientation to their families and friends, and how their lives have been affected by their sexuality. Adults who work with young people in any capacity, as well as heterosexual young adults, will benefit from reading the book. For senior high and older readers. 1994, 1995.Dry lips oughta move to Kapuskasing: a play
Par Tomson Highway. 1989
Sequel to "The rez sisters" (EB64360), this play tells another story of the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve. Focuses on…
seven "Wasy" men and the game of hockey. Some strong language. 1989.The rez sisters: a play in two acts
Par Tomson Highway. 1988
Seven women attempt to beat the odds by winning the biggest bingo in the world and escaping their tortured lives.…
Winner of the 1986 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play and nominated for the Governor General's Award. 1988.Adventures of a black girl in search of God
Par Djanet Sears. 2003
Set in present-day Negro Creek, a 200-year-old Black community, Rainey Baldwin-Johnson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with…
the loss of her daughter, the disintergration of her marriage and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade. 2003.Cat on a hot tin roof
Par Tennessee Williams. 1986
Maggie the Cat fights for the lives of her damaged and drinking husband Brick, herself, and their unborn children in…
the revised version of the dramatization of Big Daddy's birthday and deathday party and family gathering. Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for drama.Home truths: a play
Par David Lodge. 1999
Adrian Ludlow, a novelist with a distinguished reputation, is now seeking obscurity in a cottage beneath the Gatwick flight path.…
His university friend Sam Sharp, a successful screenwriter, drops in on the way to Los Angeles, fuming over a dreadful profile of him in a Sunday newspaper. Together they decide to take revenge on the interviewer, though Adrian is risking what he values most - his privacy. 1999.Divorce & separation (Wise Guides Ser.)
Par Matthew Whyman. 1999
Provides down-to-earth and reassuring advice to help you through your parents' divorce. Drawing on letters and interviews with teenagers who…
have experienced their parents' divorcing, this guide offers advice on how to cope, from the first realization that things are seriously wrong, to dealing with the upheaval of the split and life in a divided family. Junior High. 1999.The life stories of twenty sons and daughters of lesbian or gay men are told with a combination of humour…
and serious reflection. They discuss the effects of their upbringing on their adult lives and place the sexuality of their parents in perspective. Some of the interviewees are themselves lesbian, gay or bisexual, most are heterosexual. They are aged from eleven to sixty-six and vary in class and race. 1996.Things no longer there: a memoir of losing sight and finding vision
Par Susan Krieger. 2005
Krieger, a sociologist and writer who is also losing her vision to a rare eye disease, goes bird watching in…
New Mexico, learns to use a white cane, revisits an old love, and returns to the summer camp of her youth, while reflecting on the nature of blindness and sight. She explains that that while outer landscapes may change, the inner visions persist, giving meaning and jarring the senses with a very different picture from what appears before the eyes. Some descriptions of sex. 2005.The hollow: a play : from The mousetrap and selected plays
Par Agatha Christie. 1993