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The gravesavers
Par Sheree Fitch. 2005
When 12-year-old Minn has to spend a summer with her sour grandmother, she soon gets caught up in an old…
mystery of a tragic shipwreck, and plans to preserve the graves of the victims. While discovering romance and some intriguing information about her grandmother, Minn's plan for the graves unleashes some shocking events. And much depends on her finding the courage to face a terrible secret of her own. For junior high readers. 2005.The green library
Par Janice Kulyk Keefer. 1996
Eva has carefully constructed her world in a bid to make herself invisible. The structure falls to pieces when a…
stranger gives her a photograph of a boy identical to her own son, but who lived in the 1930s in another place. The photograph sets Eva on a journey to trace her family's unknown history. 1996.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.The assassins of Tamurin
Par S. D Tower. 2003
Orphan Lale grows up abused, unloved, and resented - until, at age 11, she enters Three Springs, a place where…
the wards of Mother Midnight are trained to become perfect spies and cold-blooded, ruthlessly efficient killers. At age 20, Lale stands poised to play her role and claim vengeance, but she falls in love with the man she must destroy. 2003.Ten thousand lovers: a novel (Tel Aviv trilogy ; #1)
Par Edeet Ravel. 2003
In 1970's Israel, Lily, a young emigrant student, finds the man of her dreams - Ami, a former actor. Though…
handsome and intelligent, Ami has a terrible profession: he is an army interrogator. As Ami and Lily's unexpected passion grows, so too does the shadow that hangs over them. Followed by "Look for me" (DC26404). Some descriptions of violence and some strong language, descriptions of sex. 2003. (Tel Aviv trilogy ; 1)Sweetness in the belly
Par Camilla Gibb. 2005
White, English, and orphaned at eight, Lilly grows up in Morocco as a Muslim, moves to Harar, Ethiopia, for five…
years and settles in London after political upheaval makes her vulnerable. She agonizes over the uprootings that famine, corruption, and political instability caused in Ethiopia in the 1970s and '80s. Also painful is not knowing whether Aziz, her Ethiopian lover, is alive or dead, putting Lilly in a 17-year limbo between grief and desperate hope. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2005.Sister to the wolf (KCP fiction)
Par Maxine Trottier. 2004
In Québec in the early 1700's, Cécile defies convention when she buys Lesharo, a young Pawnee slave boy. Sworn to…
protect her, Lesharo accompanies Cécile and her father on a perilous journey to the new fort at Détroit. Cécile hates life in the fort, where Lesahro is treated badly, and both yearn for freedom - until the terrible night when Cécile is forced to make a dreadful choice. Some violence. Grades 4-7. 2004.Scarlet feather
Par Maeve Binchy. 2000
Cooking-school friends Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather have created the Scarlet Feather catering company in Dublin. During their first year,…
as they get off to a good start professionally, they struggle in their personal lives with troubled family members. Then they must recover from a devastating break-in, while amidst all the complications, an unexpected love blossoms. 2000.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.Significant things: a novel
Par Helen McLean. 2003
Previous experiences of betrayals and unhappiness have led Edward, an art dealer and collector, to form almost fetishistic attachments to…
beautiful objects, substitutes for human relationships. In his late forties, he falls deeply in love with a young artist, but he has not yet learned that there is a difference between loving and possessing. 2003.Some old lover's ghost
Par Judith Lennox. 1999
British biographer Rebecca Bennett, following a miscarriage and romantic breakup, is hired to write the life story of elderly dame…
Tilda Franklin--a popular social activist. Rebecca falls for Tilda's grandson. Their relationship is threatened when she uncovers many family secrets--including a murder. 1999.Sparrow nights: a novel
Par David Gilmour. 2001
When Darius, a mild-mannered professor of French literature, is abandoned by the colourful Emma, he begins by staying optimistic and…
copes by means of dalliances with other women. But gradually his sleepless nights increase, and he turns increasingly to violence, irrational behaviour - and worse. Strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. 2001.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)