During the Toronto Dressmakers’ Strike of 1931, young Jewish sisters Sophie and Rose must stand together in their fight for better working conditions, decent wages, and for their union – the ILGWU. Faced with unexpected – and sometimes violent – barriers, they quickly find that a strike is more than just a march.
On her eleventh birthday, Hope is shocked to learn that the imaginary friend she’s been writing letters to for years is real. Hope decides that by finding Grace, she will find the missing piece that will bind her family together.
When her baby brother is born with Down syndrome, Shannon's beliefs are shaken and she is sent to Camp Outlook, where she is confronted by the difference of several campers and comes to appreciate the specialness of her new brother.
Tory has been bumped from foster home to foster home for most of her nine years. Living with yet another new family, this time on a horse ranch for the summer, she falls in love with Lucky, the friendly pony she is allowed to ride. This junior novel explores the importance of individual courage as well as the joy of belonging.
Thirteen-year-old Rabia and her family have fled Afghanistan and are on their way to America on the morning of 9/11, and when their plane is diverted to Newfoundland, their future is called into question.
A finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award!
Growing up in the 1960s, twelve-year-old Lee Mets fights against expectations by wanting to be a writer. Her summer begins in the most exciting way when a real-life orphan, Cassandra Jovanovich, moves in across the street. Lee thinks all the best stories are about orphans.
Zilla, a developmentally disabled girl, breaks down prejudices and she saves the day.
