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The body of Christopher Creed
Par Carol Plum-Ucci. 2000
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of…
the class outcast. As he searches for answers, he analyzes his own behaviour and discovers secrets in the victim's family. Some strong language. For Senior High readers. Michael L. Printz Honor. c2000.Subject to change
Par Karen Nesbitt. 2017
Declan's life in small-town Quebec is defined by his parents' divorce, his older brother's delinquency and his own lackluster performance…
at school, which lands him with a tutor he calls Little Miss Perfect. He likes his job at the local ice rink, and he has a couple of good buddies, but his father's five-year absence is a constant source of pain and anger. When he finds out the truth about his parents' divorce, he is forced to reconsider everything he has believed about his family and himself. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2017 QWF Prize for Children’s Literature. 2017.Stitches
Par Glen Huser. 2003
When Travis transfers to a new school, he becomes a big target for his old nemesis Shon and his thug…
friends. Maybe it's because Travis lives in a trailer park with his gentle aunt, his uncle Miserable Mike, and lots of little cousins while his country-and-western singer mother is on the road. Or maybe it's because he loves to sew, wants to be a professional puppeteer, and his best friend is a girl, Chantelle, who comes from an even stranger family than he does. Some strong language. For junior high readers. Winner of the 2003 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 2003.Skybreaker (Airborn Ser.)
Par Kenneth Oppel. 2005
16-year-old Matt Cruse is the only person who knows the coordinates of The Hyperion, a legendary ghost ship rumoured to…
be full of riches. Soon Matt and his sweetheart Kate are on a dangerous treasure hunt, along with pilot Hal and Nadira, a gypsy girl who claims to have the key to the Hyperion's booby-trapped booty.. Sequel to "Airborn" (DC25448). Descriptions of violence. For Junior high readers. Winner of the 2006 Red Maple Award. 2005.Silverwing
Par Kenneth Oppel. 1997
When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in…
ways that prepare him for even greater journeys. Prequel to "Sunwing" (DC19512). Winner of the 1999 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Winner of the 1998 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. 1997.Shattered
Par Eric Walters, Roméo A Dallaire. 2006
Fifteen-year-old Ian decides to work at "The Club" for his community service - but it turns out to be a…
soup kitchen in a bad part of town, and he is nearly mugged going there. He's saved by a pipe-wielding homeless man, a former soldier named Jacques who was stationed in Rwanda. Can Ian help Jacques, a man who has lost everything but his nightmarish memories? Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2007 White Pine Award. 2006.Safe as houses
Par Eric Walters. 2007
October 15, 1954. Thirteen-year-old Torontonian Elizabeth is a typical grade 8 girl, with a crush on a boy in her…
class and a baby-sitting job. Every day, she walks Suzie and her older brother David home after school, and then stays there until their mother gets home. On this particular evening, Hurricane Hazel roars down on Toronto, bringing torrential rains and flooding - and David and Suzie's house is on a street that will be practically wiped out. Grades 5-8 and older readers. Winner of the 2008 Red Maple Award. 2007.Run
Par Eric Walters. 2003
Winston is suspended from school and keeps running away from home, so his mother sends him to stay with his…
father, a well-known newspaper reporter who's covering the story of Terry Fox and his friend Doug Alward. Winston spends time with Terry and Doug, and their determination to achieve what seems like an impossible goal makes a big impression on him. But can Winston learn enough to deal with an article of his father's that characterizes Terry and Doug in an unflattering way, and with his own problems? Winner of the 2004 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Grades 5-8. 2003.Olive's ocean
Par Kevin Henkes. 2003
As her family prepares for the annual visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, 12-year-old Martha is given a…
journal entry from her classmate, Olive, who was killed in an automobile accident. Martha didn't really know Olive, but the journal entry makes Martha reflect on what might have been if Olive hadn't died. In her two weeks on Cape Cod, Martha learns to deal with the changing emotional landscape that comes with adolescence. For junior high readers. 2004 Newbery Honor book. 2003.Live to tell
Par Lisa Harrington. 2012
When Libby Thorne wakes up in the hospital, they tell her she was in a car accident, that it was…
her fault, that an innocent victim is clinging to life, and that criminal charges are being laid. Libby can't remember the accident, the party, the drinking, or the guy who keeps sending her flowers and acts like he's her boyfriend. With the help of her best friend, Kasey, Libby begins to realize that something is not right, and that what she's been told may not be what happened - but is she prepared for the truth? Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Winner of the 2014 White Pine Fiction Award. For senior high readers. 2012.Camille: roman
Par Patrick Isabelle. 2015
La jeune Camille grandit dans un univers de tensions, de craintes et de désirs. Témoin des disputes et des réconciliations…
de ses parents, elle devient la cible de son père. À l'école, elle doit cacher ce corps qui, lui, ne peut mentir. Couvrir ses jambes, ses bras. Souvent, elle voudrait s'effacer, confie-t-elle à son journal intime. Une nuit, sa mère s'introduit dans sa chambre pour la réveiller. On s'en va. S'amorce alors une fuite désespérée qui les conduit en Acadie, où Camille s'abandonne aux splendeurs du paysage, à la mer, à l'amour. Puis, du jour au lendemain, elle disparaît. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire et plus. Gagnant de Prix Jeunesse des Libraires du Québec 2017. 2015.Jeanne, fille du roy (Grandes Histories Ser.)
Par Suzanne Martel. 1999
Élevée par un grand-père braconnier, puis par des religieuses, Jeanne Chatel quitte la France pour faire partie du premier contingent…
de jeunes filles à marier qui font la traversée vers le Nouveau Monde. En échange d'un droit de passage et d'une dot, les «filles du Roy» ont une seule mission : peupler la Nouvelle-France. A Ville-Marie, Jeanne épouse, sans même avoir remarqué la couleur de ses yeux, le seigneur Simon de Rouville. C'est dans une cabane en bois rond, en pleine forêt, que Jeanne découvre, en même temps que l'amour, les rigueurs de l'hiver et les défis des grands espaces canadiens. Années 5-8. 1999.Graffiti knight
Par Karen Bass. 2013
After a childhood cut short by war and the harsh strictures of Nazi Germany, sixteen-year-old Wilm is finally tasting freedom.…
In spite of the scars World War II has left on his hometown, Leipzig, and in spite of the oppressive new Soviet regime, Wilm is finding his own voice. It's dangerous, of course, to be sneaking out at night to leave messages on police buildings. But it's exciting, too, and Wilm feels justified, considering his family's suffering. Until one mission goes too far, and Wilm finds he's endangered the very people he most wants to protect. CLA’s 2014 Young Adult Book of the Year Award. For senior high readers. 2013.Kit's law
Par Donna Morrissey. 2000
Fourteen-year-old Kit Pitman lives in 1950's Newfoundland with her mentally handicapped mother, Josie. Both of them are cared for by…
Kit's grandmother, the indomitable Lizzie. But when Lizzie dies suddenly, Kit and her childlike mother are left vulnerable to life's harsh realities. Senior high school readers and older. Descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2000.Joey Pigza loses control (Joey Pigza Ser. #2)
Par Jack Gantos. 2000
Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the…
hard-drinking father he has never known, and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship. Sequel to "Joey Pigza swallowed the key" (DC24895). Followed by "What would Joey do?" (DC24897). Grades 4-7. 2001 Newbery Honor book. 2000.Janey's girl
Par Gayle Friesen. 1998
As fourteen-year-old Claire and her mother drive across the country, Claire tries to unravel some of the mysteries about her…
family. But families have more secrets than Claire realizes, and real-life relationships are more complicated than a young girl's dreams. Winner of the 1999 Red Maple Award. For Junior high readers. 1998.Catching the light
Par Susan Sinnott. 2018
The kids call her Lighthouse: no lights on up there. In a small town, everyone knows when you can't read.…
But Cathy is just distracted by the light and lines and artistry of everyday life. She is a talented artist growing up in tiny Mariners Cove and yearns for acceptance. She dreams of enrolling in art school, but getting there will be a struggle. Hutch Parsons is everything Cathy is not: charismatic, popular, smart. Overflowing with energy, he is confident in his plans for the future. But one icy evening his world is upended and those plans are swept away. Now he must face a different life and his own struggle. Winner of the 2014 Percy Janes First Novel Award for an unpublished manuscript. 2018.Calvin: Just Because You See Something Doesn't Mean It's Really There
Par Martine Leavitt. 2015
Born on the day the last Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published, seventeen-year-old Calvin, a schizophrenic, sees and has…
conversations with the tiger, Hobbes, and believes that if he can persuade the strip's creator, Bill Watterson, to do one more strip, he will make Calvin well. For junior and senior high readers. Winner of the 2016 Governor General’s Award for Young People's literature. 2015.Fishtailing
Par Wendy Phillips. 2010
When Natalie moves to a new high school, she drags three unwitting victims into her spider-web of manipulations, lies and…
deceit. Their lives are revealed through the poetry and assignments of an English class: Natalie, whose alcoholic parents, years of neglect and ultimate rape by her father's friend has shaped her into a cruel and manipulative teen; Tricia, dealing with her blended family while being drawn into Natalie's forbidden world of partying and rebellion; Kyle, a would-be musician in love with Tricia; Miguel, who lusts for Natalie while hiding the secrets of his family. Senior High. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for 2010. 2010.How I live now
Par Meg Rosoff. 2004
To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her…
aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land. Some strong language. Grades 5-8. 2004.