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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 corner garden
Par Lesley Krueger. 2003
Jessie Barfoot is 15, precocious, witty, and wounded, and has just moved to Toronto with her mother and new stepfather.…
She becomes curious about their cranky neighbour Martha, originally from the Netherlands, who is not only a superb gardener but someone who has been ferociously guarding a secret since she was Jessie's age. Once Jessie charms her way into the garden, Martha's past slowly becomes revealed, threatening both their futures. Strong language. 2003.The breadwinner (Breadwinner Ser. #1)
Par Deborah Ellis. 2000
A story about loyalty, survival, families and friendship, set against the backdrop of an intolerable existence in war-torn Afghanistan. Eleven-year-old…
Parvana lives in Taliban-controlled Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. Masquerading as a boy, Parvana goes to work in the streets so that her family can eat. Parvana becomes the breadwinner. Grades 5-8. 2000.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 boy in the striped pyjamas
Par John Boyne. 2006
Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted…
by his people. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2006.The blue helmet
Par William Bell. 2006
Lee wants to be a Tarantula - a member of the biggest, most powerful gang in his neighbourhood. But when…
his initiation goes wrong and the police catch him robbing an auto supply store, Lee's father sends him to live with his aunt. He initially resists Aunt Reena and the customers of her café, but slowly learns to open himself up to his new surroundings. When Lee strikes up an unlikely friendship he is suddenly confronted by the ravages of violence, and is forced to face the consequences of his own aggression. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2006.Seventeen tomatoes: tales from Kashmir
Par Jaspreet Singh. 2004
In a series of linked short stories, two Sikh boys, named Adi and Arjun, come of age in an Indian…
army camp in Kashmir. Each story builds upon a minor character from another story, creating a portrait of the border community. Some of the people the boys meet include a boatman's daughter, a captured officer, a celebrity cricket umpire, and Parachute Aunty. Some strong language. 2004.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.Sharpe's Trafalgar: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 (Richard Sharpe ; #4)
Par Bernard Cornwell. 2000
It is 1805 and Sharpe is on his way home to join the newly formed Green Jackets. His voyage home…
should be a period of rest, but his ship is riven with treachery and threatened by the Revenant, a French sea-raider that is terrorising British shipping in the Indian Ocean. Betrayed and defeated, Sharpe is imprisoned on the Ile de France, doomed to rot there until the war ends - until an unlikely ally secures his escape onto a British warship that is hunting the Revenant. Sequel to "Sharpe's fortress" (DC28409). 2000. (Richard Sharpe ; 4)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)Robbiestime
Par Donald Percy Dickinson. 2000
It is 1958 in the tourist outpost of Wasagam, Saskatchewan. Robbie Hendershot, the eleven-year-old son of a World War II…
rear gunner and his British war bride, is embarking on a summer that will change his outlook on life forever. When his British granddad takes his mother and younger brother back to England, he is left behind to uncover the mysteries of family, religion, friendship and the price of war. Strong language, some descriptions of violence and sex. c2000.PoW
Par Martin Booth. 2000
Fifteen-year-old Ted Foley, a ship's boy on the HMS Nomad, is captured by the Germans after his boat is sunk…
during World War I. No one escapes from his prisoner of war camp, deep in the heart of Germany. Ted watches prisoners freeze to death during the winters and get shot for trying to escape, and decides that he must get away somehow. He'll need maps, money, and luck - but he thinks he knows a way out. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.Nobody's child
Par Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. 2003
When the Armenians of Turkey are marched into the desert to die in 1915, Mariam is rescued by her Turkish…
friend Rustem, and lives with mixed acceptance as a guest in his father's harem. Kevork is shot and left for dead in a mass grave in the desert, but is rescued by nomadic Arabs and nurtured back to health. Both teens must choose between the security of an adopted home or the risk of death in search of family. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The Hunger". For senior high readers. 2003.Monkey beach
Par Eden Robinson. 2000
The Haisla community on the north west coast of British Columbia is devastated when the pride of their village, young…
Jimmy Hill, disappears at sea in a boating accident. Jimmy's sister Lisamarie reflects on the effect his death has on their community and on their family. She also reflects on their family, their culture, and Jimmy's life. Some strong language. 2000.Last child
Par Michael Spooner. 2005
Caught between the worlds of the her Scottish father and her Native Mandan mother in what is now North Dakota,…
Rosalie fights to survive both the 1837 smallpox epidemic and the actions of a vengeful trader. Some descriptions of violence. 2006 Spur Awards Finalist. For junior high readers. 2005.Kiss of the fur queen
Par Tomson Highway. 1998
Abraham Okimasis' native family lives happily in northern Manitoba until his two sons, Champion and Ooneemeetoo, are taken from them…
and sent to a Catholic residential school. There their names are changed, their culture and language are forbidden, and they are abused by the priests who run the school. Once the boys graduate from the school and attempt to live peacefully in Winnipeg they are constantly confronted by racism, and by the fact that they are no longer accepted by their own people. Through it all the shape-shifting spirit of the Fur Queen watches over the brothers to ensure that they fulfill their destinies. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language, descriptions of sex. 1998.Drums of change: the story of Running Fawn (Women of the West. #12.)
Par Janette Oke. 1996
A young Blackfoot girl comes of age in 19th century Alberta in this tortured love story. She is chosen along…
with the chief's son, Silver Fox, to attend a Catholic boarding school in Calgary, and runs up against loneliness and despair when Silver Fox shows more interest in white man's God than her. Sequel to "A gown of Spanish lace". 1996. (Women of the West ; 12)And in the morning
Par John Wilson. 2003
Jim Hay is 15, thinks war is a glorious adventure, and cannot wait for his turn to fight. But when…
he does at last join up, what he discovers in the trenches of France is enough to dispel any romantic view of war. While his longing for adventure is replaced by a basic need to survive, the final tragic outcome is one he never dreamed of. Descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2003.Hornet flight
Par Ken Follett. 2002
It is June 1941 and Denmark is under German occupation. On the rocky coast, two brothers, Harald and Arne Olufsen,…
starkly different in nature, are straining against the rigid confines imposed by their austere, elderly parents and trying to find their own way in life. 2002.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.