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The ghost of the Stanley Cup (Screech Owls series. #11.)
Par Roy MacGregor. 2000
The spirit of former Governor General Lord Stanley seems to be haunting the festivities at the Little Stanley Cup Pee…
Wee Tournament in Ottawa -- literally! As the Screech Owls hockey team tour the nation's capital, they encounter his ghost everywhere. Then they start meeting some other ones, like Tom Thomson and Joe Hall, not to mention a former prime minister! But what are these historical figures trying to tell the players? Grades 4-7. (The Screech Owls series ; 11)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 horn of a lamb
Par Robert Sedlack. 2004
After Fred Pickle sustained a severe brain injury, he moved in with his Uncle Jack. Fred creates the perfect neighbourhood…
skating rink every year and the local NHL team means more to him than to the average fan. When the team's owner decides to move the team to the U.S., Fred contemplates an act of vengeance. Some strong language, and some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004.Terror in Florida (Screech Owls series. #6.)
Par Roy MacGregor. 1997
The Screech Owls hockey team is on a trip to Florida, hoping for sand, sun and lots of ice. Not…
only are they going to go swimming, fishing, and to Disney World, but they hope to qualify for a peewee tournament held in the Tampa Bay Lightning's Ice Palace arena. But then Nish, with his X-ray glasses, ends up uncovering a plot to terrorize all of America, and the Owl's spring break turns deadly. Grades 4-7. 1997. (The Screech Owls series ; 6)Roid rage
Par Lesley Choyce. 1999
When Craig makes first string on his high school football team, he is surprised to learn that his best friend…
Ray has also made the team and has become the best player on the field. Craig soon discovers Ray's secret, and begins taking steroids too. However, he begins to experience side effects, including periods of rage. Now he must come clean with his coach and family and convince Ray his health is in danger. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.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.Japanese baseball and other stories: And Other Stories
Par W. P Kinsella. 2000
A collection of baseball short stories that will delight all lovers of engaging storytelling and fans of the sport Kinsella…
chronicles in "Shoeless Joe," "Field of dreams," and "The thrill of the grass." Kinsella weaves his characters into the thrill of the game, be it in Japan, Central America, Canada or the U.S., with a variety of comic, tragic, and mystical results. 2000.Camp Ford: a western story (Five Star First Edition Western Ser.)
Par Johnny D Boggs. 2005
In 1946 Win McNaughton, baseball player, umpire, and manager, looks back on his years as a POW at Camp Ford.…
McNaughton helped organize a baseball game between the Union prisoners and their Confederate guards. The game soon became a mini-Civil War, as the Confederates, with their fortunes waning on the real battlefields, struggled to maintain dominance on the diamond. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.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.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.The complete Screech Owls, Volume I (Screech Owls series.)
Par Roy MacGregor. 2006
The first adventures of Travis, Nish, Sarah and the rest of the Screech Owls, a Canadian mystery-solving Peewee hockey team.…
Includes "Mystery at Lake Placid", The night they stole the Stanley Cup", "The screech Owls northern adventure", and "Murder at hockey camp". Grades 4-7. 2006.The secret mitzvah of Lucio Burke
Par Steven Hayward. 2005
Toronto, 1933. Lucio, age 17, falls in love with a gorgeous Jewish radical, Ruthie, but Dubie, Lucio's best friend, is…
also in love with Ruthie and accidentally cuts off his finger at the moment he realizes it. Add to the mix immigrants, five unmarried Italian brothers, swastika-waving anti-Semites, an entire baseball team, an Irish priest, a plaster saint, the riot at Christie Pits, as well as the second-best ballplayer Toronto would ever see. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2005.The shadow boxer: a novel
Par Steven Heighton. 2000
Sevigne Torrins, a prize fighter and sometime troubadour, leaves his home in Sault Ste. Marie on a quest. As he…
searches for his destiny, going as far away as Egypt, his journey teaches him about hope, love, fear and regret. Some strong language and descriptions of sex.Nice one Smithy!
Par Paul May. 2002
Fizz and her mates at Hillside Primary love playing football (soccer) - but the school team's first match is against…
the Church Street gang (mean, nasty and horrible - and that's how they play their football too). That's when their teacher decides Smithy gets the job of goalkeeper - a position Smithy hates. Grades 2-4. 2002.On guard
Par Donna Jo Napoli. 1999
When Mikey sees a demonstration in fencing, he decides it's the sport that will make him stand out in his…
family and qualify him for one of the weekly Olympic medals given out by his fourth grade teacher. Grades 4-7. 1999.Raging river (Take it to the extreme. #1.)
Par Pam Withers. 2003
When Jake gets the opportunity to be part of the crew for an eight-day whitewater rafting trip along the Cattibone…
River, he jumps at it, seeing a chance to be promoted to a river guide. When the trip starts to go horribly wrong, Jake must team up with his rival, Peter, to find help for the group. Grades 3-6. 2003.Triple threat (Basketball series ; #8)
Par Eric Walters, Jerome Williams. 2004
Nick and Kia get kicked off the court at the rec centre by a group of older bullies. But revenge…
is sweet when they find the perfect teammate for a tough game of three-on-three. Grades 3-6. 2004. (Basketball series ; 8)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.Maddie in goal (Formac First Novels Ser. #8)
Par Louise Leblanc. 1992