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Bestselling author Frances Itani's second novel is a beautifully written, moving tale of the staying power of family through time and memory, and the extent to which individual lives can influence and resonate in the world around them. Born on the exact same day as Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Canadian Georgina Witley is invited to an eightieth birthday lunch at Buckingham Palace. All she has to do is drive to the airport and board the plane for...
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(Lucy Maud),Anne of Green Gables volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
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Anne's children make friends with the unusual Meredith children. Their minister father is looking for a wife and the town bubbles with interest at his efforts.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
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Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American South in 1859, 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.
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"A remarkable first novel, full of verve, beautifully written, and with all the panache of a great adventure."
-Michael Ondaatje
In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At 19, Mary Boulton has just become a widow-and her husband's killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit,...
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Since when are vacations ever relaxing? All Chicago police Detective Paul Turner is hoping for on his annual retreat from the city and his job is a little peace and quiet. This time he's headed to the Canadian Great North Woods for a couple of weeks with family and friends - his two teenaged sons, his lover Ben, neighborhood pals, and his long-term police partner, Detective Buck Fenwick, along with his wife.
But, hopes of tranquility are soon crushed...
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Bognor braves the frost to discover who has murdered Canada's richest man In his lavish private train car, Sir Roderick Farquhar draws a bath. When it has been filled to his satisfaction, the portly captain of industry tips in three drops of bath oil and lowers himself into the steam. Within seconds, the poison in the oil has stopped his heart and ruined Simon Bognor's winter. A special investigator for Britain's Board of Trade, Bognor makes the...
11) The calling
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Darkness rising volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Maya and her friends--all of whom have supernatural powers--have been kidnapped after fleeing from a forest fire they suspect was deliberately set, and after a terrifying helicopter crash they find themselves pursued by evildoers in the Vancouver Island wilderness.
12) The rising
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Darkness rising volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"The race for survival comes to a thrilling conclusion when Maya and her friends--who all have supernatural powers--find help against the Cabals from unexpected places"--
13) The Wendigo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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In this graphic retelling of a story by Algernon Blackwood, a group of hunters in 1910 Canada encounter a mysterious and deadly creature called the Wendigo.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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Ever since her mother left, Maia has struggled with depression, which has only gotten worse since her father remarried; so Maia decides run away to Canada to find her mother, together with Billy, a boy who now lives in a group home and has his own family tragedy--but when they finally arrive in Tadoussac, Quebec, Maia discovers that even her mother has been keeping secrets.
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Milkweed Editions
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"A First Nations former hockey star looks back on his life as he undergoes treatment for alcoholism in this novel from the author of Dream Wheels. Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibway youth. But when winter approaches, Saul loses everything: his brother, his parents,...
16) Canada
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In 1956, Dell Parsons' family came to a stop in Great Falls, Montana, the way many military families did after the war. His father, Bev, was a talkative airman from Alabama with an optimistic and easy-scheming nature. Their mother Neeva - shy, artistic - was alienated from their father's small-town world. It was more bad instincts and bad luck that Dell's parents decided to rob the bank. They weren't reckless people. In the days following the arrest,...
18) Border Breach
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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In this inspirational romantic suspense, a Canadian border patrol officer and a cop join forces against drug trafficking and fall in love.
When drugs are smuggled across the border it's their duty to stop the culprits . . . at any cost.
Forming a joint task force, Canada border officer Kaylin Poirier and police constable Hudson Steeves have one objective: take down a drug-smuggling ring trying to sell a new lethal product. But when the smugglers...
19) Greetings, Leroy
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"The first day at a new school is nerve-wracking enough, never mind when it's in a new country! In this lively picture book from award-winning storyteller Itah Sadu, Roy realizes he may come to love his new home in Canada as much as he loves his old home in Jamaica."--Provided by publisher.
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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He's walked back into her life-- After half a lifetime… It's been years since Rohan Khan promised Dr. Elise van Hagen that he would be back for Christmas. But he never returned and Elise raised their son alone. So when the veterinarian reappears during a rescue in snowy Banff, Elise can't believe her eyes! But Rohan has no memory of their past. Can these long-ago lovers make up for all the Christmases they have missed? From Harlequin Medical: Life...
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