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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.Star gazing
Par Linda Gillard. 2008
Blind since birth, widowed in her twenties, now lonely in her forties, Marianne's passionate nature finds solace and expression in…
music, a love she finds she shares with Keir, a man she encounters on her doorstep one winter's night. Can Marianne trust her feelings for this reclusive stranger who wants to take a blind woman to his island home on Skye, to 'show' her the stars? 2008.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.Next episode (New Canadian library)
Par Sheila Fischman, Hubert Aquin. 2001
As he awaits trial, a young separatist writes an espionage story in the psychiatric ward of the Montreal prison where…
he has been detained. He also reflects on his dissent and distress, and on the political realities of Quebec of the 1960's. First published in 1965. Winner of Canada Reads 2003. 2001. Uniform title: Prochain épisode.Deaf sentence
Par David Lodge. 2008
When the university merged his Department of Linguistics with English, Professor Desmond Bates took early retirement, but he is not…
enjoying it. His wife Winifred's late-flowering career goes from strength to strength, reducing his role to that of escort and househusband. The monotony of his days is relieved only by wearisome journeys to London to check on the welfare of his eighty-nine-year-old father. But these discontents are nothing compared to the affliction of hearing loss. 2008.Gambler's fallacy
Par Judith Elaine Cowan. 2001
A collection of seven stories set in Trois-Rivières, Québec. They feature an erratic cast of ordinarily forgotten folks who have…
fallen through the cracks. These include a woman called Raymonde, who is anxiously awaiting guests to her lover's book launching, and Jacques, a man of simplicity, observing the often unnoticed and underappreciated aspects of daily life. 2001.Hero of lesser causes
Par Julie Johnston. 1992
Twelve-year-old Keely Connor loves a challenge and is carefree and adventurous in her daily life in 1946 Canada. She faces…
a bigger challenge than she could have ever imagined, however, when her gifted older brother, Patrick, is paralyzed with polio and loses interest in living. Keely takes on the cause of healing Patrick's broken spirit and renewing his zest for life. Grades 5-8 and older readers. Winner of the 1992 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 1992.Coming to terms (Cover-to-cover Books)
Par Rose Bevins. 2004
Gina isn't looking forward to the weekend - instead of spending it at her best friend's house, her mother's friends…
are visiting with their son, Ricky, who's blind. She'll be stuck in the house with him while the adults go to a high school reunion. How is she supposed to act around Ricky when she's never even met a blind person before? Grades 4-7. 2004.Black bird: a novel
Par Michel Basilières. 2003
Holed up in a shambling house at the base of Mount Royal is the family Desouche: three generations of English-…
and French-Canadians caught in the gears of a national crisis. When one of the eldest, an Anglo Montrealer, dies at the hand of one of the youngest, a militant separatist, so begins a transformative year of misfortune. 2003.Alone in an untamed land: the filles du Roi diary of Hélène St. Onge (Dear Canada)
Par Maxine Trottier. 2002
Hélène St. Onge is a recently orphaned thirteen-year-old girl from France, who sets off for Quebec, or Nouvelle France, in…
1666 as a companion to her older sister Catherine. When Catherine dies on the way, Hélène goes to live at her aunt's tavern, where she learns important skills like how to skin a muskrat, while meeting many of the famous people of the new colony. She hopes the friendships she has made, like with her half-Mohawk friend Kateri, will help her to survive the harsh life and bitter winters of seventeenth century Montreal. Grades 5-8. 2003.A different kind of Beauty
Par Sylvia McNicoll. 2004
Elizabeth's at it again - she's raising a puppy for the guide dog program. But this time, for sure, she…
won't fall in love. She's too busy, for one thing: it's her first year at high school, she's going to be an aunt, and she's engaged to be married - sort of, maybe, in sixteen years or so, if Scott's still around. Sequel to: "Bringing Up Beauty". For junior and senior high readers. 2004.A friend like Zilla
Par Rachna Gilmore. 1995
On holiday with her family, Nobby, short for Zenobia, meets Zilla, who is older than Zenobia but still lots of…
fun. Zilla is developmentally disabled but that doesn't matter to Nobby, because Zilla is a great friend and knows everything about birds and animals. Uncle Chad, however, doesn't seem to like Zilla. When he gets into trouble, will Nobby and Zilla help him out of danger? Grades 4-7. c1995.From the corner of his eye
Par Dean R Koontz. 2000
At the age of three, to stop a fast-spreading cancer, Bartholomew Lampion was blinded by eye surgery. Barty grows up…
a prodigy, and at the age of 13, he regains his sight and sets out to transform the lives of everyone around him.Silent to the bone
Par E. L Konigsburg. 2000
When he is wrongly accused of gravely injuring his baby half-sister, thirteen-year-old Branwell loses his power of speech. Only his…
friend Connor is able to reach him and uncover the truth about what really happened. Grades 5-8. 2000.A cageful of butterflies
Par Lesley Beake. 1995
Mponyane can't hear or speak. He lives with the Saunderson family and is deeply troubled by the way the family…
is ostracized. He can only feel their unhappiness and fear, and he has to keep his thoughts locked up like a cageful of butterflies. Junior high readers.Freak the Mighty (Point Signature Ser.)
Par W. R Philbrick. 1993
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his…
body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team. Junior and Senior High.1993.The bell jar
Par Sylvia Plath. 1963
This autobiographical novel traces the mental breakdown of Esther Greenwood, a brilliant 19-year-old college student who spends a month in…
New York City as a contest-winning junior editor on a fashion magazine. c1963.French toast, a white cane and memories
Par Laura Fay Robbie. 2006
A heart-warming account about laughter, tears, and the importance of facing life's obstacles with courage. A true story about a…
memorable vacation, one big brother who daydreams, an important epiphany, and a hilarious little boy named Chase. 2006.The Immaculate Conception
Par Lazer Lederhendler, Gaétan Soucy. 2005
In 1920s Montreal, 75 parishioners die one terrible night at the hands of an arsonist. Among the survivors are Remouald,…
whose nightmarish, repressed childhood memories cause him constant turmoil; Séraphon, his invalid father who holds a self-destructive secret; and schoolteacher Clémentine Clément, who obsesses in solitude over past tragedies, unrequited passions, and the grim suspicion that something is woefully amiss with a group of young boys in her class. Some descriptions of sex and strong language. Descriptions of violence. 2005. Uniform title: Immaculée Conception.The flying canoe
Par Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier. 2004
Retelling of the classic Quebec folklore "La chasse-galerie". On New Year's Eve, 1846, 11-year-old Baptiste finds himself far from his…
friends and family and has come to the woods of Ottawa Valley to live and work among some lumberjacks. As the New Year approaches, they grow more and more homesick. Grades 3-6. 2004. Uniform title: Chasse-galerie.