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Showoff (Swindle series. #4.)
Par Gordon Korman. 2012
Accused of ruining a champion dog's career after an unfortunate incident at a mall show, Luthor is sent to the…
pound, prompting a skeptical Griffin to hatch a daring plan involving a sinister saboteur, a reclusive trainer, and large supply of red dye. Grades 4-7. Sequel to "Framed", followed by "Hideout". 2012.Shot in the dark (Lorimer Sports Stories Ser.)
Par Janet M Whyte. 2015
Eighth-grader Micah is psyched to have made the BC junior goalball team -- even though he gets the news while…
dealing with a flare-up of his degenerative eye condition. What he's not happy about is his parents' decision to get him a guide dog, and the possibility of losing his independence. When Liam, a new, first-rate player, joins the goalball team, Micah's frustration with his vision spills onto the court. He is rude to Liam and starts a fight with another teammate, Sebastian, after practice. It's only with the help of Cam, his Orientation and Mobility Specialist, that Micah starts to get a handle on his aggression and trust people enough to communicate how he feels. But with the team's big junior tournament quickly approaching, Micah has to reconcile his differences with Liam and Sebastian so as to become a real team player and help his team win the championship. Grades 5-8. 2015.Short for Chameleon: a novel
Par Vicki Grant. 2017
Embarrassed by your brother? Estranged from your uncle? Then you might need some help from Almost Family Surrogate Agency. Cam…
Redden and his dad are rent-a-relatives, available for hire to anyone looking to upgrade. Cam’s job is all about being whoever other people want him to be. Then two new clients come along. Albertina is an old lady with a big mouth, a bigger wig and a serious mission. Raylene is a beautiful girl with a nose ring, a wonky eye and a painful secret. Now to get to the bottom of the tragic mysteries that fuel them both, Cam may finally have to be himself. For senior high readers. 2017.Shooter
Par Caroline Pignat. 2016
A lockdown catches five grade 12 students by surprise and throws them together in the only nearby unlocked room: the…
boys' washroom. There's Alice: an introverted writer, trapped in the role of big sister to her older autistic brother, Noah; Isabelle: the popular, high-achieving, student council president, whose greatest performance is her everyday life; Hogan: an ex-football player with a troubled past and a hopeless future; Xander: that socially awkward guy hiding behind the camera, whose candid pictures of school life, especially those of Isabelle, have brought him more trouble than answers. When Isabelle gets a text that says NOT A DRILL!! Shooter in the school!, suddenly, the bathroom doesn't seem so safe anymore. Especially when they learn that one of them knows more about the shooter than they realized. For junior and senior high readers. Winner of the 2017 Red Maple Fiction Award, the 2018 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award and the 2017 John Spray Mystery Award. 2016.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.Sea change: a Toon graphic
Par Frank Viva. 2016
Follows a young boy who is reluctantly sent to spend the summer in a remote part of Nova Scotia. As…
the summer wears on, the hero forges solid friendships with other kids in the small fishing community and is changed forever by the experience. Grades 5-8. 2016.Shantymen of Cache Lake (The bains Ser. #Vol. 1)
Par Bill Freeman. 1975
In the late 1800s, 14-year old John Bains and his sister, Meg, spend the winter working in an Ottawa Valley…
lumber camp. Though hired as cook's helpers, they spend most of the time in the field with the workers cutting down trees or squaring the timbers. Soon, however, their adventures lead them to a treacherous log drive down the Ottawa River to Ottawa. Followed by "The last voyage of the Scotian." Grades 4-7. 1975.Sharla
Par Budge Wilson. 1997
Sharla is angry at everyone--her parents for moving to Churchill, Manitoba, her new teachers, tourists who flock to see the…
local polar bears, even her two new friends. Then Sharla meets Jake, attractive, older, and looking for someone to help on a photo shoot. Sharla agrees without telling her parents, but during the session, a polar bear threatens Sharla's and Jake's lives, and she is faced with new realities in a matter of seconds. For junior and senior high readers. 1997.Seven for a secret
Par Mary C Sheppard. 2001
Goody-goody Rebecca, studious Kate, and outspoken Melinda have spent every summer together in Cook's Cove, Newfoundland, for as long as…
they can remember. When a stranger comes to town and invites Rebecca to go to Boston to develop her artistic talent, the girls are exposed to the outside world and a chance to fulfill dreams. Strict and formidable Grace, Rebecca's mother, forbids her to go, and Melinda, in finding out why, comes face to face with difficult choices. For junior and senior high readers. 2001.Search of the moon king's daughter: a novel
Par Linda Holeman. 2002
Emmaline's idyllic village life in 1830's Industrial England comes to an abrupt end when her father dies of cholera and…
the family is forced to move to a mill town. Her opiate-addicted mother sells her deaf bother Tommy into virtual slavery as a chimney sweep. Despite having no money, work, or prospects, Emmaline goes to London to save him. For junior and senior high readers. 2002.Shadow in Hawthorn Bay
Par Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn. 1986
In 1815, in the highlands of Scotland, 15-year-old Mary hears her beloved cousin, Duncan, calling her to join him in…
Upper Canada. She braves the long journey only to discover that tragedy has struck. Winner of the 1987 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award. Grades 5-8. 1986.Shaken
Par Eric Walters. 2010
Fifteen-year-old Joshua has travelled from Toronto to Port-au-Prince, Haiti in order to help with a charity mission. In confronting the…
poverty and injustice that surrounds him, Joshua struggles to find meaning in the cruelty of the world. And then devastation hits - and Joshua finds himself at the very centre of a catastrophic earthquake. Will he be able to save himself? And, if he does, how will he find the faith and hope he needs to go on? For senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2010.Shadows on a sword: the second book of the Crusades (The Crusades ; #2)
Par Karleen Bradford. 1996
Theo, a passionate young knight, can't wait to embark on the Holy Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. Along with his friend…
Amalric, a fellow knight, and Emma, a servant girl, he is ready to fight. But for all their conviction, none of these young people is prepared for the realities of war - for its brutality, the ways it will divide them, and the life and death choices it offers. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "There will be wolves" (DC14007), followed by "Lionheart's scribe" (DC19721). 1996. (The Crusades ; 2)Seule au Nouveau Monde: Hélène Saint-Onge, fille du Roy (Cher journal)
Par Maxine Trottier, Martine Faubert. 2003
Au XVIIe siècle, Hélène St-Onge doit, à treize ans, quitter la France et voyager jusqu'au Nouveau Monde avec sa soeur,…
une Fille du Roy. Mais celle-ci ne survit pas au voyage et Hélène se retrouve seule. La vie en Nouvelle-France est difficile; les hivers y sont rigoureux et les attaques iroquoises, fréquentes. Que lui réserve le destin? Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2003. (Cher journal)Samuel: 360° (Planches d'enfer. #2.)
Par Chloé Varin. 2012
Il s'en est fallu de peu pour que la compétition "Planches denfer" n'ait pas lieu. Mais ça y est, les…
équipes ont enfin été formées et la première épreuve, Slopestyle Snowboarding, approche désormais à vitesse grand V. Le grand jour arrivé, Sam est plus nerveux que de coutume. Le niveau promet d'être élevé. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2012.Sara-Anne (Ailes d'Alexanne. #4.)
Par Anne Robillard. 2013
Se voyant confier une très ancienne pierre noire par une petite Amérindienne effrayée de ce qu'elle entend dans cet objet,…
Alexanne voudra à tout prix percer son mystère. Sa quête la ramènera à Montréal, la ville de son enfance, où une autre fée lui viendra en aide. Toutefois, seul un groupe de gens possédant des talents hors du commun pourra contrer les plans des terroristes révélés par la pierre qui les épie. Malgré lui, Christian Pelletier se verra mêlé à cette conspiration visant à réduire de moitié la population de la Terre. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. Suite de "Le faucheur", suivi de "Spirales". 2013.Sauve qui peut l'amour (Roman + ; #R+20)
Par Marie-Francine Hébert. 1992
Depuis plusieurs semaines, Léa est amoureuse de Bruno, le plus beau gars de l'école. Quel bonheur! Et elle croit que…
Bruno l'aime aussi. C'est le paradis! Au point où avec lui, elle se sent prête à tout. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 1992.Saltwater summer
Par Roderick Haig-Brown. 2000
Seventeen-year-old Don Morgan has bought himself a 32-foot west coast salmon troller. Now he is free to fish the entire…
length of the BC coast. With his friend Tubby Miller, he sets off on his adventure, but things don't unfold quite as he had hoped. Don soon realizes that he has a lot to learn, not just about commercial fishing, but about growing up. For senior high readers. 1948. c2000.Salmonberry wine
Par Mary Razzell. 1987
Sheila Brary's spirit is nearly crushed by the rigours of nursing school, the demands of intimidating instructors, the deceit of…
a senior surgeon, and the death of one of her patients. For junior and senior high readers. Sequel to "Snow apples" (DC06983). 1987.Samantha's secret room
Par Lyn Cook. 1963
Sam hates her name, even though there has been a Samantha in her family for over one hundred years. But…
when she hears about the first Samantha's secret room, she's determined to find it. Along the way, she learns something special about the second Samantha, and about herself. Grades 4-7. 1963.