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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.Par David Cruise, Alison Griffiths. 2003
The story begins during the Ice Age and moves through history, revealing a fascinating cast of characters. A young girl…
faces the prospect of marriage into a faraway tribe; a Russian cartographer nearly meets his end at the hands of her descendants. And in modern times, a native girl struggles to escape Vancouver's impoverished downtown eastside. 2003.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)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)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)Par Aaron Shepard. 2014
Paul Rasmussen is a young ethnographer and academic recovering from prostate cancer. He retreats to the remote forests and towns…
of the Immitoin Valley in British Columbia. As an outsider, he discovers how difficult it is to know a place, let alone become a part of it. Then a drowned man and a series of encounters with the locals force him to confront the valley's troubled past and his own uncertain future. As Paul turns his attention to the families displaced forty years earlier by the flooding of the valley to create a hydroelectric dam, his desire to reinvent himself runs up against the bitter emotions and mysterious connections that linger in the community in the aftermath of the flood. 2014.Par Karen Rivers. 2011
Dex Pratt's life has been turned upside down: his parents have divorced, his mother has remarried, and his father attempts…
suicide and fails. Dex returns to their small town to care for him, but he's not prepared for his father’s grow-op or his rotting rented house. Unable to cope, Dex begins smoking himself into a state of surrealism. He begins to lose touch with what is real and what he is imagining - and then there are the aliens and the girl-of-his-dreams and the crop circle. Strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. For senior high and older readers. c2011.Par Daniel Griffin. 2017
Vancouver Island, 1993. A group of idealistic young activists, determined to do whatever it takes to protect the environment, turn…
to sabotage. But in a single moment everything they've worked for goes horribly wrong, when a night watchman at a logging company warehouse is killed in an explosion that they set. Follows these activists as their lives-- and their cause-- spiral out of control. Griffin reimagines history: what if, instead of the legendarily peaceful and successful Clayoquot Sound protests of the 1990s, things had gone too far? How far is too far, when it comes to protesting what one sees as injustice? And what happens when that line is crossed? 2017.Par Aritha Van Herk. 1981
Par Gail Anderson-Dargatz. 2016
On one side of the river are Hannah and Brandon Robertson, teenagers who have been raised by their grandfather after…
they lost their mother. On the other is a Shuswap community that has its own tangled history with the river--and the whites. But the river is dying, and Hannah is carrying salmon past the choke point to the spawning grounds while her childhood best friend, Alex, leads a Native protest against the development further threatening the river. When drowning nearly claims the lives of both Hannah's grandfather and her brother, their world is thrown into chaos. Hannah, Alex, and most especially Brandon come to doubt their own reality as they are pulled deep into Brandon's numinous visions, which summon the myths of Shuswap culture and tragic family stories of the past. 2016.Par Anne Giardini. 2006
Maggie is in her early thirties, gainfully employed, between relationships and ready for change. When a quiz predicts that her…
death will occur before her next birthday, it seems that becoming happy will prevent the prediction from coming true. Maggie's life becomes considerably more complicated as she embarks on a quest for happiness - especially when she finds herself on the run with her sister's newborn son. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2006.Par Amanda Leduc. 2013
Sam wakes to discover that he's growing wings on his back. Elsewhere, Lilah undergoes her own transformation as she seeks…
sexual penance from her boss. Approaching the same mysterious fate, Sam and Lilah begin to see the world differently - and to find light in the most unlikely places. 2013.Par Wayson Choy. 1995
Three young Chinese immigrants to Canada share their stories about growing up as new Canadians. They discuss their family and…
the relationships among its members, as well as their own childhoods which vary depending on their gender and age. Canada Reads 2010. 1995.Par Catherine Anthony Clark. 1963
The setting is British Columbia, at the end of the 19th century. The novel tells the story of a race…
to stake a mining claim in the West Kootenay region. Textbook format. 1967, c1963.Par Martyn Godfrey. 1984
When Marc sees an empty police car sitting at the side of the road, he knows that something is very…
wrong. For junior and senior high readers. Reading level, grade 4. Grade I braille.Par Christopher Florentz. 1977
Set during the American Revolution. General Cornwallis questions Beth Ferguson about the Southbridge Spy. If she gives his name, she…
will lose the man she loves. If she does not give his name, the British will hang her. Grade I braille. For junior high readers. 1977.Par Lisa Eisenberg. 1980
When the Sky Ride at the Superama Park collapses, Laura Brewster, an investigator for the Atco Insurance Company, is called.…
Within hours, there is a murder directly linked to the accident. 1980. (Laura Brewster book)Par Lorraine Devorski. 1986
Pauline Johnson, born in 1862, was a Mohawk Indian who became a famous poet. The focus of her work was…
Indian legends and traditions. (Operation literacy series II ; reading level C)Par Jeff Richards. 1986
Par Jeff Richards. 1986
McGee moved from Ireland to Canada in 1857. He became a Member of Parliament and supported Confederation. He was murdered…
in 1868 because of his opposition to the Fenians. 1986. (Operation literacy series ; reading level C)