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The first quarter of the moon
Par Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.The folks that live on the hill: a novel
Par Kingsley Amis. 1990
Mild-mannered Harry Caldecote, a retired librarian, is determined to protect his time and privacy, but his sense of responsibility for…
an assortment of extended family members and friends leads to a life of adventure. Some strong language. 1990.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 end of the alphabet
Par C. S Richardson. 2007
Given less than a month to live, Ambrose Zephyr, alphabet-obsessed since childhood, decides to live out his last days traveling…
around the globe from A to Z. Ambrose and his wife begin in Amsterdam, and continue on to Berlin, Chartres, and the Great Pyramids. After Istanbul, the course of their journey takes an unplanned turn when Ambrose seeks out the destination most fittingly called home. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2007.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 hatbox letters
Par Beth Powning. 2004
Fifty-two year-old Kate is about to face her second winter since the untimely death of her husband. Her children are…
all grown up and have moved away, leaving her alone in her New Brunswick home. When Kate's sister gives her a collection of hatboxes containing letters from her grandparents' home, she begins to dream of her childhood. But as she reads the letters, she learns a tragic truth about her family's past. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2004.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 color of blood (M&S paperbacks)
Par Brian Moore. 1987
In an Eastern European country, Cardinal Stephen Bem maintains a perilous balance between a totalitarian regime and a fanatical minority…
of church leaders. Short-listed for the 1987 Booker Prize. Strong language. Bestseller 1987. c1987.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 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 broken shore
Par Peter Temple. 2007
Detective Joe Cashin has returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the…
nightmares fade from his last case. His quiet life is interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent community member. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community but Cashin's not so sure, as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice. Strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 2007.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 baby project
Par Sarah Ellis. 1986
Eleven-year-old Jessica and her family are not prepared for the changes a new baby makes in their lives. Then tragedy…
strikes and the family must find new strengths. Grades 4-7. 1986.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.