City Kids
Funny poems to capture the hearts of boys and girls, teachers and parents by the winner of the NCTE Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry.
When the Spirits Dance
When Lawrence's father goes overseas with the Canadian Army during the Second World War, the young Cree boy struggles to grow up while wrestling with the meaning of war.
Knocking on Every Door
"There was a feeling of imminent danger. . . . we were all subject to the mad and ever-changing rules of Hitler's Germany. We were desperate to find a safe haven."
The Shadows Behind Me
"I was surprised that Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist, would talk to me not as a Jew but as a normal person . . . I thought that I must be having a nice dream."
From Generation to Generation
"The mountains were almost 3,000 metres high . . . We had to climb to the peaks, where it was frozen and slippery. One single misstep could mean certain death."
Fleeing from the Hunter
"I asked myself, Am I a criminal doomed for execution? I was determined to run away . . . that thought never left my mind."
Restitution
The true story of a Jewish family who faced down Nazis, Communists, and corruption to recover four stolen paintings.
Fearless Female Journalists
Biographies of ten international female journalists who changed the world by reporting on it. Part of the Women's Hall of Fame Series.
The Second Trial
What do you do when your father becomes the enemy of your family? Thirteen-year-old Danny must decide after his father abuses his mother.
Broken
With purple hair and '90s retro clothes, Ash Perrault is a modern-day Cinderella, but she has a problem Cinderella didn't have—a dangerous problem that keeps getting worse.
On My Walk
Young children will love this simple rhyming story. Come along on a rollicking rainy-day walk!
Lacey and the African Grandmothers
A young First Nations girl from the Prairie touches lives in Africa after she decides to reach out and help grandmothers who are raising their grandchildren orphaned by AIDS.
The Doomsday Mask
Mythology, adventure
Violet
A wonderfully original story about acceptance and the beauty of being different, with illustrations that beautifully capture Violet’s off-kilter and colorful world.
Rough Magic
A magical island fights back against the humans who exploit it in this fantasy novel inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. "Enthralling" - Booklist.
Racin' Jason
An uplifting tale of one orphan boy's unwavering faith in the abandoned Appaloosa colt that he raises and transforms into a racehorse.
A Part of Me
A Holocaust memoir about the lengths a mother will go to in order to keep herself and her child alive.
Memories From the Abyss/But I Had A Happy Childhood
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This gripping volume offers the reader the rare opportunity to read survival stories from two members of the same family.
A Drastic Turn of Destiny
"n Germany I was 'Jewboy'; in Brussels I was 'boche'; in France I was 'undesirable'; in Portugal I was a 'refugee'; and in Jamaica I was simply a non-entity . . . I was a pariah in an exploding world."
