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The lost highway
Par David Adams Richards. 2007
Alex Chapman's lifelong feud with his tyrannical great-uncle James, and the ironic twists of his life, drive him to desperation.…
He blames his uncle for an old humiliation that prevented him from admitting his feelings for Minnie, the girl who loved him. He begins a treacherous intrigue against James, aligning himself with Leo Bourque, not realizing that their twinned descent will become deadly. Some descriptions of sex, strong language and explicit descriptions of violence. 2007.Sweetland
Par Michael Crummey. 2014
For twelve generations, the inhabitants of this remote island in Newfoundland have lived and died together. Now they are facing…
resettlement, and each has been offered a generous compensation package to leave. But the money is offered with a proviso: everyone has to go; the government won't be responsible for one crazy coot who chooses to stay on alone. That coot is Moses Sweetland, who refuses to leave. But in the face of determined opposition from his family and friends, Sweetland is eventually swayed to sign on to the government's plan. Then a tragic accident prompts him to fake his own death and stay on the deserted island. As he manages a desperately diminishing food supply, and battles against the ravages of weather, Sweetland finds himself in the company of the vibrant ghosts of the former islanders, whose porch lights still seem to turn on at night. Bestseller. 2014.The wreckage: a novel
Par Michael Crummey. 2005
Newfoundland, 1940. Mercedes Parsons is only 16 when she begins an intense relationship with traveling projectionist Wish Furey. Wish enlists…
in the British Army, only to be captured by the Japanese, and Sadie settles in St. John's to wait for his return. Fifty years later, Sadie returns to Newfoundland to scatter the ashes of her dead husband and collides with Wish, whom she believed dead. Descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2005.The rainbow quilt (Livewire youth fiction)
Par Iris Howden. 2003
Amy and Aneeta are best friends in their Design course. When they are asked to sew squares for a quilt…
to hang in the town hall, they think it will be boring. But after local riots break out, the quilt takes on a new meaning. This book is part of the Livewire youth fiction series. Livewire youth fiction is a series of exciting stories about the issues, dramas and challenges of being young. They provide teenagers/adult interest level fiction and non-fiction for those with reading ages below 10, or adult students learning English as a second language. This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 7+ and interest age of 11+. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2003.The money pit mystery
Par Eric Walters. 1999
Sam and Beth accompany their mother on a visit to their grandfather's home on Oak Island. Something strange seems to…
be happening to grand-dad. Apart from losing his memory, he's also spending a lot of time on a hunt for a 200-year-old treasure. Sam is bitten by the treasure bug too, and he and the whole family set out to solve the mystery. Grades 4-7. 1999.Runaway (Series Canada)
Par Paul Kropp. 1980
Kathy's father beats her, her best friend drives her crazy, and her boyfriend is getting too serious. For junior and…
senior high readers. High interest, low vocabulary book. Reading level, grade 4. Grade I braille. 1980. (Series Canada)Take off (Series Canada)
Par Sandra Gulland, Paul Kropp, Greg Ruhl. 1985
Dan knows that life is not easy for a runaway on his own, so there is no way that he…
will let his friend, Jimmy, go off alone. For junior and senior high readers. Reading level, grade 4. Grade I braille. (Series Canada)Nine lives (Series Canada)
Par Prem Omkaro. 1988
Cat has always been curious and her summer job at the resort makes it easy to snoop. But this time,…
Cat's snooping gets her in real trouble. Grades 5-8. High interest, low vocabulary book. Reading level, grade 3. Uncontracted braille. 1988. (Series Canada)Will ye let the mummers in?: stories
Par Alden Nowlan. 1984
Waiting for time
Par Bernice Morgan. 1995
This sequel to "Random passage" continues the saga of the inhabitants of Cape Random. It also tells the story of…
today's Newfoundland, a place where the past overshadows the present and shapes the future. Lave Andrews, a young professional sent from Ottawa to assess the fisheries crisis, discovers her roots as she explores the province. 1995.Various persons named Kevin O'Brien: a fictional memoir
Par Alden Nowlan. 1973
Kevin O'Brien returns to the isolated Maritime village of his childhood. In the confusing rural atmosphere which he had once…
sought to escape, he relives the loneliness and desperate shyness of his introspective youth. 1973.Tranter's tree (The International fiction list ; #36)
Par H. R Percy. 1987
Two hundred years of Nova Scotian history, told through the lives of Ned Tranter who sided with the French in…
the expulsion of the Acadians, politician Joseph Howe, and a pair of witches who live two centuries apart. 1987.Tide Road
Par Valerie Compton. 2011
When Stella disappears, leaving her toddler and husband behind, her mother Sonia struggles with the possibility that her daughter may…
not have slipped through the ice but was pushed. Confronted with her own history of choices and failures, Sonia must revise her perception of her daughter's life and dramatically change the way she lives her own. Some strong language, and some descriptions of violence. c2011.There you are
Par JoAnne Taylor. 2004
World War II is not long past and life is returning to normal in Cape Breton's lovely Margaree Valley, home…
to just 12 families. But Jeannie Shaw is achingly lonely. When the Parker family moves back to the Valley, Jeannie is thrilled - perhaps among the children is a girl her age. All these thoughts are put aside, however, when a near tragedy strikes Jeannie's family. Grades 4-7. 2004.The wise and foolish virgins
Par Don Hannah. 1998
In a sedate New Brunswick town, the lives of twelve people collide unexpectedly, and the results will change their lives…
forever. This is a story of family relationships, thwarted love, and past secrets. 1998.The town that drowned
Par Bethany Gibson, Riel Nason. 2011
1960’s. Living with a weird brother in a small town can be tough, falling through the ice at a skating…
party and nearly drowning is embarrassing, but having a vision and telling everyone just solidifies your status as an outcast. What Ruby Carson saw that day was her entire town floating underwater. Then the residents of Haverton discover that a massive dam is being constructed and that most of their homes will be swallowed by the rising water, and suspicions mount, tempers flare, and secrets are revealed. For junior high readers. c2011.The strangers' gallery
Par Paul Bowdring. 2013
St. John’s archivist Michael Lowe’s life is turned on its head when a Dutch acquaintance, Anton Aalders, arrives on his…
doorstep in 1995. Anton is searching for a father he never met, ostensibly a Newfoundland soldier who was part of the Allied forces that liberated the Netherlands at the end of the WWII. Anton’s visit drags on as he is reluctant to go in search of his father, but keen to learn as much as he can about Newfoundland, its history, and its people. Rabble-rouser and ardent Newfoundland patriot Brendan “Miles” Harnett, Michael’s friend, is obsessed with his own search for the lost “fatherland” of Newfoundland, which relinquished its political independence in 1934. Miles is only too eager to teach Anton - and Michael - the shameful, forgotten history of the lost country of Newfoundland. 2013.The summer the whales sang (A Time of our lives book)
Par Gloria Montero. 1985
The terrible tide
Par Alisa Craig. 1983
The second season of Jonas MacPherson
Par Lesley Choyce. 1989
The life of reclusive Jonas MacPherson, an Eastern Shore Nova Scotian, is interwoven with mystical Joe Allen Joe, fisherman John…
Kincaid, Muriel Cree and the mulatto Baptist preacher. For Jonas, the sea has always been a force that lures him, although he knows that it can destroy him. Some strong language.