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The final unfinished voyage of Jack Aubrey (Aubrey-maturin Ser.)
Par Patrick O'Brian. 2005
An incomplete, final installment of the Aubrey/Maturin seafaring adventure series features three printed chapters and a facsimile of the manuscript,…
which includes details about Jack Aubrey's post-promotion mission to the South Africa station and a duel between Stephen Maturin and an impertinent officer. Some strong language. 2005.The farfarers: before the Norse
Par Farley Mowat. 1998
Mowat challenges the traditional belief that the Vikings were the first to reach northern Canada. He presents the argument that…
it was the Albans, the ancient people of Britain, who first made the journey across the North Atlantic to the northern regions of Canada. He blends fiction and fact to create the story of their journey across the ocean and into an unknown land. 1998.The fiend in human: a mystery
Par John Gray. 2003
It's 1852 in London, and Edmund Whitty, dissipated tabloid correspondent, has just come up with the name Chokee Bill for…
the fiend who has been choking prostitutes with a white silk scarf. With the arrest of William Ryan for the crime, the city can breathe again, but Whitty discovers that the murders are continuing. While fighting off his creditors and his addictions, he endeavours to find the real Chokee Bill, greeted with hostility on all sides. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2003.The Horus road (Lords of the two lands. #3.)
Par Pauline Gedge. 2000
By the middle of the Seventeenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, the country has been ruled by the foreign Setui, who…
only care to plunder it, for two hundred years. One family in Thebes, descendants of the last true Egyptian king, vow to overthrow the Setui. Ahmose, continuing the struggle that has claimed his father and brother, knows that he need a miracle to take the Setui capital and defeat his enemies. Sequel to "The oasis". 2000. (Lords of the two lands ; 3)The hero's walk: a novel
Par Anita Rau Badami. 2000
Sripathi Rao lives in his crumbling ancestral home in India with his extended family. His daughter left years earlier to…
study in America and remained in Canada after marrying a Canadian man. Then Sripathi receives the news that his daughter and her husband have been killed and that his seven-year-old granddaughter must now come to live with him and the family in India. Canada Reads 2016. Bestseller. 2000.The heart of Midlothian (The world's Classics Ser.)
Par Walter Scott, Claire Lamont. 1830
Jeanie Deans, a peasant girl, is the heroine of this eighteenth-century novel that revolves around a Scottish prison. Jeanie treks…
from Edinburgh to London to gain a pardon for her sister Effie, falsely accused of child-murder, but Effie escapes with her lover. Meanwhile, when John Porteous, a guard condemned for murder, is reprieved by the queen, a mob takes justice into its own hands. 1982, 1830.The girls they left behind
Par Bernice Thurman Hunter. 2005
Seventeen-year-old Beryl, living in Toronto in 1943, is sick of being left behind, sad and lonely, while the boys go…
off to exciting adventures in wartime Europe. Her friends have lost boyfriends overseas, some to war, some to British girlfriends. Then her favourite cousin goes missing during a bombing mission in Germany. Based on the author's own memories of teen life during World War II. For junior and senior high readers. 2005.The bluebird and the sparrow (Women of the West ; #10)
Par Janette Oke. 1995
Berta Berdette grows increasingly resentful and jealous of her vivacious, outgoing, younger sister Glenna. Berta struggles for her sense of…
self-identity and worth in the eyes of God and her family. Sequel to "Too long a stranger", followed by "A gown of Spanish lace". 1995. (Women of the West ; 10)The breadwinner (Breadwinner Ser. #1)
Par Deborah Ellis. 2000
A story about loyalty, survival, families and friendship, set against the backdrop of an intolerable existence in war-torn Afghanistan. Eleven-year-old…
Parvana lives in Taliban-controlled Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. Masquerading as a boy, Parvana goes to work in the streets so that her family can eat. Parvana becomes the breadwinner. Grades 5-8. 2000.The bully boys
Par Eric Walters. 2000
While the War of 1812 rages, Tom Roberts, fourteen, is left behind to look after the family farm. That all…
changes when he stops some American soldiers from robbing the local store. His quick thinking and bravery catch the eye of Lieutenant James FitzGibbon and lead to Tom joining the Bully Boys, FitzGibbon's unit. There Tom learns more about the fascination, and the horror, of war than he ever wanted to know. Junior high readers. 2000.The Boleyn inheritance
Par Philippa Gregory. 2006
The year is 1539 and the court of Henry VIII is increasingly fearful at the moods of the ageing sick…
king. With only a baby in the cradle for an heir, Henry has to take another wife. The stories of three young women, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Jane Boleyn are told against the backdrop of the most volatile court in Europe. 2006.The Black Canary
Par Jane Louise Curry. 2005
James Parrett resents his musician parents' focused lifestyle and constant performing. While visiting London, he discovers a time portal that…
takes him to the year 1600, where he joins a group that sings and performs for Queen Elizabeth. James, now nicknamed the "Black Canary," discovers his love for music, but is also forced to decide whether he will remain in his new life or return to his home and family. Grades 5-8. 2005.The birth house
Par Ami McKay. 2006
Young Dora Rare befriends Marie Babineau, the local midwife, who wants Dora as her successor. After initial reluctance and intensive…
training, Dora is left the practice on the eve of her marriage to Archer Bigelow. When Dr. Gilbert Thomas arrives with the promise of fast, painless childbirth, Dora is determined, despite fierce opposition, to protect the birthing traditions and women's wisdom that have been passed down to her. Some descriptions of violence and strong language. Descriptions of sex. Winner of the 2007 OLA Evergreen Award. Canada Reads 2011. 2006.The Beothuk saga: a novel
Par Wayne Grady, Bernard Assiniwi. 2000
A portrait of three periods in the history of the Beothuk, from the spirit quest of the legendary leader Anin…
in the early ninth century, to the defense of their territory against European explorers and conquerors in the early days of colonization, to the tragic end of the Beothuk as English settlers capture and destroy the tribe. Uniform title: Saga des Béothuks.The assassin's song
Par M. G Vassanji. 2007
Like his father before him, Karsan is designated the guardian of the Indian shrine of Nur Fazal, but he just…
wants to live an ordinary life. It's the 1960s, and, curious about the world beyond his Gujarati village, Karsan sends an application to Harvard and is astonished to be accepted. Revelling in his studies and America, he finds happiness as a professor and family man, but there is no escaping "perfect, terrible Karmic symmetry." Some descriptions of sex. 2007.Testament
Par Nino Ricci. 2002
Set in a remote corner of the Roman Empire at a time of political unrest and spiritual uncertainty, Testament is…
the story of how one extraordinary man, a man of enormous charisma and passionate belief, alters forever the lives of those around him. It is told from four distinct points of view: Yihuda, a dedicated freedom fighter; Yeshua, a holy man; Yeshua's mother Miryam; and Miryam of Migdal, who travels with Yeshua through Galilee. 2002.Summer gone: a novel
Par David Macfarlane. 1999
A divorced father and his young son spend a summer in cottage country in an attempt to overcome the silence…
that has grown between them during a difficult divorce. The stories of the lost summers of an impenetrable and doomed camp counsellor, a girl in a blue bathing suit, and a wife who comes alive to the rhythms of the cottage. Some strong language. 1999.Sweetness in the belly
Par Camilla Gibb. 2005
White, English, and orphaned at eight, Lilly grows up in Morocco as a Muslim, moves to Harar, Ethiopia, for five…
years and settles in London after political upheaval makes her vulnerable. She agonizes over the uprootings that famine, corruption, and political instability caused in Ethiopia in the 1970s and '80s. Also painful is not knowing whether Aziz, her Ethiopian lover, is alive or dead, putting Lilly in a 17-year limbo between grief and desperate hope. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2005.Sister to the wolf (KCP fiction)
Par Maxine Trottier. 2004
In Québec in the early 1700's, Cécile defies convention when she buys Lesharo, a young Pawnee slave boy. Sworn to…
protect her, Lesharo accompanies Cécile and her father on a perilous journey to the new fort at Détroit. Cécile hates life in the fort, where Lesahro is treated badly, and both yearn for freedom - until the terrible night when Cécile is forced to make a dreadful choice. Some violence. Grades 4-7. 2004.Strange neighbors (Sam, dog detective. #3)
Par Mary Labatt. 2000
When three odd women move in next door, Sam, the sheepdog, is convinced that they're witches. They've arrived with all…
sorts of caged animals, all of which look sickly and miserable. Sam is sure the critters are under a spell, and suddenly she feels sick too. Her neighbour Jennie, the only person who can understand her, has the opportunity to observe the women up close when she stays with them while her mother works late. Can Sam, Jennie, and their friend Beth, discover the truth before it's too late? Grades 4-7. Sequel to "Spying on Dracula", followed by "Aliens in Woodford". 2000.