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Series: The Never-Ending SweaterHardcover
Erin Welch9781459834736
$21.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5
May 16, 2023
A heartfelt story that celebrates the power of intergenerational love, connection and friendship, featuring the nostalgic imagery of a small East Coast village. When Peter was little, he asked his grandmother to knit him a VERY big sweater. So she made him a sweater with love knit into every stitch. Young Peter wore the sweater, with its drooping sleeves and oversized body, everywhere he went. Eventually, Peter outgrew his small seaside village and decided to see the world with his sweater providing comfort and a reminder of home on every adven... + Read More
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Series: Orca Currents en FrançaisVive le poulet!Paperback
Mahtab Narsimhan9781459833227
$10.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Aug 16, 2022
Shivani a quitté Mumbai il y a quelques mois à peine… Mais elle ne se sent plus vraiment comme une étrangère. Elle aime sa nouvelle école et elle a enfin une amie. Par contre, quand sa mère se propose pour cuisiner pour la fête-bénéfice annuelle de l’école, Shivani est sûre qu’elle deviendra la risée de tout le monde. Qu’est-ce qui arrivera si sa mère décide de préparer un de ses « plats qui puent » ? Shivani adore la cuisine indienne, mais pas question d’en manger devant ses amis. Dès son entrée dans le gymnase le jour de la fête de l’école,... + Read More
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Series: Journey of the Midnight SunHardcover
Shazia Afzal9781459827608
$19.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5
Mar 15, 2022
This is the true story of the journey of the Midnight Sun Mosque. In 2010 a Winnipeg-based charity raised funds to build and ship a mosque to Inuvik, one of the most northern towns in Canada’s Arctic. A small but growing Muslim community there had been using a cramped trailer for their services, but there just wasn't enough space. The mosque travelled over 4,000 kilometers on a journey fraught with poor weather, incomplete bridges, narrow roads, low traffic wires and a deadline to get on the last barge heading up the Mackenzie River before the ... + Read More
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Series: Orca ThinkFinding HomeThe Journey of Immigrants and RefugeesHardcover
Jen Sookfong Lee9781459818996
$24.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Mar 16, 2021
What drives people to search for new homes? From war zones to politics, there are many reasons why people have always searched for a place to call home. In Finding Home: The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees we discover how human migration has shaped our world. We explore its origins and the current issues facing immigrants and refugees today, and we hear the first-hand stories of people who have moved across the globe looking for safety, security and happiness. Author Jen Sookfong Lee shares her personal experience of growing up as the child ... + Read More
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Series: Y'a pas de place chez nousHardcover
Andrée Poulin9782764431740
$15.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8
Feb 23, 2021
Marwan et Tarek fuient leur pays en guerre. À bord d’un bateau surchargé, les deux frères affrontent l’inconnu et le danger. En compagnie d’autres sans-pays, les garçons cherchent une terre d’adoption. Mais partout on les repousse, on les ignore ou on les craint. Où trouver un pays pour vivre en paix, aux côtés de gens accueillants ? Dans quel port ? Sur quelle île ? Dans quels cœurs ?
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Series: Honey et KetchupPaperback
Jonathan Bécotte9782764442913
$17.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Jan 26, 2021
Le fils adopté d’un papa québécois fait la connaissance de la nouvelle amoureuse de son père et du fils de celle-ci. Tous deux ne parlent qu’anglais et arrivent d’Australie. Quand ils se rencontrent pour la première fois, l’autre garçon est timide alors sa mère lui demande d’approcher en l’appelant affectueusement “honey”. Aussitôt, pour être gentil, comprenant que sa mère le surnomme “miel’, l’autre garçon se présente comme “ketchup”. Le duo est formé et petit à petit, ils apprendront la langue de l’autre, finiront par emménager tous dans la m... + Read More
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Series: Orca CurrentsEmbrace the Chicken2nd editionPaperback
Mahtab Narsimhan9781459827431
$10.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Nov 17, 2020
Shivani only left Mumbai a few months ago. But she isn't feeling like such an outsider anymore. She likes her new school and she finally has a best friend. But when her mother volunteers for the school's annual fundraiser, Shivani is sure she will completely embarrass her. Especially if she cooks one of the "stinky" dishes that Shivani loves but is too ashamed to eat in front of her friends. On the day of the fair, the moment Shivani walks into the gym, she knows her worst fears have come true: the unmistakable scent of Indian spices is in the ... + Read More
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Series: Orca SoundingsThe Thing You're Good At2nd editionPaperback
Lesley Choyce9781459828421
$10.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12
Nov 17, 2020
After her parents are deported, Maria's life is not only upended, it's in danger. Jake's friend Maria is the daughter of undocumented immigrants who have been living and working in the country for a long time. But the new government has implemented a crackdown. Maria's parents are detained and quickly sent out of the country. Maria, who was born here, decides to hide out in Jake's basement rather than risk becoming a ward of the state. But when she returns to her old apartment to retrieve her hidden birth certificate, Maria is abducted by young... + Read More
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Series: A Grain of RiceHardcover
Nhung N. Tran-Davies9781926890333
$19.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12
Jan 15, 2019
Thirteen-year-old Yen and her family have survived a war, famine and persecution. When a powerful flood ruins their village in rural Vietnam, matters only get worse. With the help of neighbors and family, they decide to take the ultimate risk on a chance for a better life.
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Series: A Grain of RicePaperback
Nhung N. Tran-Davies9781926890258
$12.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12
Jan 15, 2019
Thirteen-year-old Yen and her family have survived a war, famine and persecution. When a powerful flood ruins their village in rural Vietnam, matters only get worse. With the help of neighbors and family, they decide to take the ultimate risk on a chance for a better life.
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Series: Orca EchoesThe Great GoogliniPaperback
Sara Cassidy9781459817036
$7.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8
Oct 02, 2018
Filip, the ten-year-old son of Croatian immigrants, lives in a boring suburb of the big city, where he passes his time either at school or in his cozy kitchen, googling everything from dinosaurs to the Hubble Space Telescope. When his favorite uncle gets sick, Filip turns to Google for answers. Instead he receives a visit from the Great Googlini, a tiny woman in Converse sneakers who swirls out of the computer vents. She's not really a genie, she explains: "I'm more of an archivist." Her visit is a little bit of magic that lets Filip see the ma... + Read More
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Series: Seeking RefugePaperback
Irene N. Watts9781926890029
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Mar 01, 2017
In this follow-up to the successful Goodbye Marianne, Irene Watts explores what it is like for a young refugee girl to flee Nazi-occupied Austria alone. The poignant story is relatable to the terrible situation facing refugees in Europe and around the world today.
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Series: Stepping Stones / حَصى الطُرُقاتA Refugee Family's Journey / رحلة عائلة لاجئةDual language (English & Arabic)Hardcover
Margriet Ruurs9781459814905
$20.00JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8
Oct 18, 2016
Rama and her family, are forced to flee their once-peaceful village to escape the ravages of the civil war raging ever closer to their home With only what they can carry on their backs, Rama and her mother, father, grandfather and brother, Sami, set out to walk to freedom in Europe. This unique picture book was inspired by the stone artwork of Syrian artist Nizar Ali Badr, discovered by chance by Canadian children’s writer Margriet Ruurs. The author was immediately impressed by the strong narrative quality of Mr. Badr’s work, and, using many of... + Read More
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Series: The Gnome's EyePaperback
Anna Kerz9781554691951
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Apr 01, 2010
In the spring of 1954, when her father announces that the family has a chance to immigrate to Canada, Theresa's life changes forever. She and her family are wartime refugees from Yugoslavia, so it shouldn't be hard to leave Austria. But the weathered barracks of Lager Lichtenstein are the only home she knows, and they are filled with family and friends she doesn't want to leave behind. As she says her good-byes, Theresa's friend Martin gives her two gifts: a package of postcards and a stone he calls the Gnome's Eye, which he says will "protect ... + Read More
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Series: Orca SoundingsLearning to FlyPaperback
Paul Yee9781551439532
$9.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12
Oct 01, 2008
Jason is an outsider. A recent immigrant from China, he lives in a close-minded town with his mother and younger brother. Falling in with the wrong crowd, trying to fit in, Jason takes chances and ends up in trouble with the police. Holding on to his friendship with an Indigenous boy, also an outsider, Jason finds he needs to fight to belong and to find a new home.
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Series: The WhirlwindPaperback
Carol Matas9781551437033
$9.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) exact 12
Mar 01, 2007
It is 1941. Fourteen-year-old Ben Friedman flees the horrors of Nazi Germany with his parents and his sister, leaving behind his grandparents, his friends, his home. They make a difficult journey over land and sea all the way to Japan and then to America. In Seattle, Ben dares to hope that he will finally be safe. He finds a friend in John, a Japanese-American boy, but then comes the attack on Pearl Harbor and everything changes. Fear begins to grow in Ben, fear that it is all happening again. Where can he be safe? What should he do? He dreams ... + Read More
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Series: Orca Young ReadersJesse's StarPaperback
Ellen Schwartz9781551431437
$7.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Jan 01, 2000
Jesse's project about his immigrant ancestors is due tomorrow and he hasn't started. In a last-ditch effort to find some information about his great-great grandfather, Yossi, Jesse rummages through the mess in the attic until he finds a little battered travel case, full of pictures, and something else—a Star of David. At first it looks plain and unimportant, but as he holds it in his hand, the star begins to glow. Jesse is in for the surprise, and adventure, of his life as he finds himself becoming the star's first owner, his own great-great gr... + Read More
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