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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damagethose events caused to the survivors.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
3) White Fang
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the adventures of a dog who is part wolf as he eventually makes his peace with man in the wilderness of northern Canada.
4) Shi-shi-etko
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shi-shi-etko, a Native American girl, spends the last four days before she goes to residential school learning valuable lessons from her mother, father, and grandmother, and creating precious memories of home.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[40] p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Shin-chi and his sister go off to his first year of Residential School in a cattle truck, she warns him of all the things he must not do. The days are long, he is very lonely and alwlays hungry, but he find solace down at the river with a gift from his father, a tiny cedar canoe. It seems like a very long time until the salmon swim upriver again and he can finally go home.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle Daniel. Adventurous, trail-blazing Wolf lives in a northern mining town and spends her days exploring the mountains and wilderness with her three best friends: Penny, Ann, and Brandi. The girls' secret refuge is their treehouse hideaway, Birchwood, Wolf's favourite place on earth. After her beloved grandmother tells her that she is the great-granddaughter of a tree talker,...
Author
Series
Darkness rising volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Maya suspects there may be a relationship between her paw-print birthmark, her connection with wild animals, and strange events occurring in her tiny Vancouver Island community, where a medical research facility harbors big secrets.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 140
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Aldens are on a special vacation up north to see the Calgary Stampede--a cowboy celebration of Canada's frontier spirit! There's a parade through the streets of Calgary, a spectacular stage show, and plenty of fun things to do. But behind the scenes at the festival, an important piece of jewelry goes missing. Can the Boxcar Children find the thief before the big show is ruined?"--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Métis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person-and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth.
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can't take any more, Gong Gong surprises her with a gift that reveals...
13) Hatchet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Author
Series
Across the Steel River volume 1
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
222 p. : 1 ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Chronicles of Faerie volume 4
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 23
Physical Desc
xx, 698 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Now thirteen and depressed, Dana has been living with her father and his new wife in Canada for two years, and when she finds that her gateway to the land of Faerie has been mysteriously shattered, she must travel the length and breadth of Canada to findthe secret that will re-open the Faerie world.
16) A dirty deed
Author
Series
Across the Steel River volume 2
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
186 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1952 Alberta, Canada, best friends Will and Arthur witness a young Indian being hunted down by old man Howe. When they investigate, they discover secrets hidden for generations. A companion to Across the Steel River.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Given a camera that takes and prints tiny pictures just before leaving for the family farm in Canada, a young girl records a vacation that gets off to a slow start, but winds up being a family reunion filled with good memories.
18) Camp X
Author
Series
Camp X volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Canada
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
233 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's 1943, and nearly-12-year-old George and his older brother Jack are spending a restless wartime summer in Whitby, Ontario, where their mom is working at a munitions plant while their dad is off fighting the Germans. One afternoon, the boys stumble across Canada's top-secret spy camp-and so begins an exciting and terrifying adventure as George and Jack get caught up in the covert activities of Camp X.
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