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1.
Series: Orca Currents
121 Express
Paperback
Monique Polak
9781551439761
$9.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 5 - 9
Mar 01, 2008
The students of the 121 Express are infamous for bad behavior and Lucas knows his role on the bus will determine his social standing at his new school. Lucas is tired of being one of the nerds. When he attracts the negative attention of the cool troublemakers, he saves himself by teasing another kid. His ploy works and soon Lucas is right in the center of the mayhem on the bus. He loves his new found popularity, but when the fun and games push the bus driver to a nervous collapse and hospitalizes an elderly lady, Lucas begins to question his ch...
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2.
Series:
90 Days of Different
Hardcover
Eric Walters
9781459816732
$19.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Aug 29, 2017
On the last day of high school, Sophie's boyfriend breaks up with her. It turns out he thinks she is too predictable, too responsible, too mature...too boring. When Sophie turns to her best friend, Ella, for comfort and reassurance, Ella just confirms what her boyfriend has said. And that hurts even more. Then Ella comes up with a plan to help Sophie find her wilder side. In the ninety days between the end of high school and the start of university, she is going to arrange for Sophie to do amazing, new, different and sometimes scary things. The...
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3.
Series: My Great Bear Rainforest
A Bear's Life
Hardcover
Ian McAllister
9781459812703
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3
Aug 22, 2017
Black bears, grizzly bears, and spirit bears all make their home in the Great Bear Rainforest. A Bear's Life uses Ian McAllister's stunning photographs to follow these beautiful animals through a year in the British Columbia wilderness—catching fish, eating berries, climbing trees and taking long naps. A Bear's Life is the second in the My Great Bear Rainforest series.
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4.
Series: Secrets
A Big Dose of Lucky
Paperback
Marthe Jocelyn
9781459806689
$14.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Sep 29, 2015
Malou has just turned sixteen—hardly old enough to be out in the world on her own—and all she knows for sure is that she’s of mixed race and that she was left at an orphanage as a newborn. When the orphanage burns to the ground, she finds out that she may have been born in a small town in Ontario’s cottage country. Much to her surprise, Parry Sound turns out to have quite a few young brown faces, but Malou can’t believe they might be related to her. After she finds work as a cleaner in the local hospital, an Aboriginal boy named Jimmy helps her...
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5.
Series: Orca Soundings
A Dark Truth
Paperback
Jeff Ross
9781459813274
$9.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Oct 25, 2016
Riley and Dashawn have been friends since they were three. They got into skateboarding together and have advanced to the point where it's time to create a Sponsor Me tape. They bring a third skater along, Natasha, and try to get some good clips around a new office development. Then the police storm into the lot. The three skaters quickly scatter, trying their best not to get busted. Riley and Natasha arrive at the meet-up spot. They wait and wait, but Dashawn never shows. The next day Riley visits Dashawn, only to discover that the police have ...
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6.
Series: Orca Young Readers
A Different Game
Paperback
Sylvia Olsen
9781554691692
$7.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 3 - 6
Apr 01, 2010
In this sequel to Murphy and Mousetrap, Murphy and his three friends, Danny, Jeff and Albert, are making the transition from the tribal elementary school to the community middle school. They are all trying out for the middle school's soccer team, and they're pretty confident that The Formidable Four will all make the team. But once the tryouts begin, Albert, the tribal-school superstar, plays like a second stringer. Murphy's new friend, Molly, is determined to help the boys find out what's wrong with Albert, but when they discover the truth, th...
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7.
Series: Orca Footprints
A Fair Deal
Shopping for Social Justice
Hardcover
Kari Jones
9781459810433
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7
Oct 03, 2017
Fair trade is not about spending more money or buying more stuff. It's about helping producers in developing countries get a fair price for their goods. In A Fair Deal: Shopping for Social Justice, Kari Jones provides a history of trade, explaining what makes trade systems unfair and what we can do about it. By examining ways in which our global trade systems value some people over others, the book illustrates areas in which fair trade practices can help families all around the world and suggests ways to get involved in making the world a more ...
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8.
Series: Orca Echoes
A Frog in My Throat
Paperback
Frieda Wishinsky
9781551436326
$6.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3
Apr 01, 2008
Kate and Jake have always been best friends; always, that is, until Jake's cousin, Lionel, moves nearby and Jake starts spending time with him instead. Kate struggles with his abandonment and her own loneliness as she seeks new friends that share her likes and dislikes. And, perhaps there is a place in her life for her old best friend after all.
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9.
Series:
A Kind of Courage
Paperback
Colleen Heffernan
9781551433585
$14.00
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Sep 01, 2005
Everything changes when Hattie Tamblyn's much-adored older brother, Will, enlists in the Canadian army in 1916 and is sent to fight in France. Hattie lives for Will's letters from the front, but her mother retreats into depression, her younger brother, Johnny, becomes violent and her father despairs of running the family farm without Will's help. Tension mounts when Hattie's father hires a young conscientious objector to work on the farm. Although his wealthy Toronto family is mystified and disgusted by his decision not to fight, David Ross's f...
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10.
Series: Orca Echoes
A Noodle Up Your Nose
Paperback
Frieda Wishinsky
9781551432946
$6.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3
Apr 01, 2004
Kate has decided on a pirate theme for her party. She thinks that seven is going to be the best age to be. Her friend Jake is going to teach her to ride a two-wheeler. And her party is going to be fabulous. That is, until Violet starts spreading stories. Kate goes right on with her planning, but she is worried. When Violet is the only one to show up on the big day, Kate thinks that her worst fears have come true.
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11.
Series: Spanish Soundings
A punta de cuchillo
(Knifepoint)
Paperback
Alex Van Tol
9781554698639
$9.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
May 01, 2011
Jill tiene un trabajo de verano brutal en un rancho en las montañas, guiando a vaqueros aficionados en paseos a caballo por el campo. Durante una excursión con un guapo desconocido, Jill se encuentra de pronto en una lucha de vida o muerte, sin nadie que pueda ayudarla. Jill took a job which sounded perfect for the summer, guiding tourists on trail rides in the beautiful mountains. She didn't realize that the money was terrible, the hours long and the coworkers insufferable. After a blow-up with her boss, she takes a single man into the m...
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12.
Series: Spanish Soundings
A reventar
(Stuffed)
Paperback
Eric Walters
9781554698615
$9.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
May 01, 2011
Luego de ver un documental sobre los problemas de salud que provoca la comida rápida, Ian organiza un boicot para que la gente no coma en Frankie's, una cadena de restaurantes con un pésimo menú. Los abogados de la empresa tratan entonces de detenerlo. ¿Podrá Ian luchar por sus convicciones? ¿Será posible ganarle a una corporación gigantesca? When Ian and his classmates watch a documentary about the health concerns of eating fast food, Ian decides to start a boycott and stop everyone he can from eating at Frankie's, a huge fast-food chain wit...
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13.
Series:
A Sack Full of Feathers
Paperback
Debby Waldman
9781551438634
$9.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from P - 3
Sep 01, 2007
Yankel loves to tell stories, as long as they are someone else's. He does not see the hurt that his stories cause, the way they spread and change. Then the rabbi hands him a bag of feathers and tells him to place one on every doorstep in the village. Yankel is changed by what happens and finds himself with his best story yet, one of his very own.
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14.
Series:
A Thousand Shades of Blue
Paperback
Robin Stevenson
9781551439211
$12.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Oct 01, 2008
A sailing trip to the Caribbean might sound great, but sixteen-year-old Rachel can't stand being trapped on a small boat with her family. She misses her best friend and feels guilty about leaving her older sister Emma, who lives in a group home. Her father is driving her crazy with his schedules and rules, her brother is miserable, and there is never anyone her own age around. Worst of all, there is nowhere to go when her parents fight. While their boat is being repaired, the family spends a few weeks in a small Bahamian community, where Rachel...
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15.
Series:
A Time to Choose
Paperback
Martha Attema
9781551430454
$9.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Jan 01, 1999
The year is 1944. Sixteen-year-old Johannes van der Meer's homeland has been occupied by the Nazis for four long years. While enduring food shortages and nightly air raids, the people of the Netherlands wait patiently for the liberation they know will come. But for Johannes the struggle to endure is full of bitterness. The fact that his father is a Nazi collaborator has made outcasts of the van der Meer family. When the girl he loves joins the Dutch Resistance, Johannes sees a chance to redeem the family name. If only he can persuade the member...
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16.
Series: Rapid Reads
A Winter Kill
Paperback
Vicki Delany
9781554699568
$9.95
FICTION
Apr 01, 2012
Nicole Patterson is a young probationary constable with the Ontario Provincial Police. Although she spends much of her time breaking up bar fights, giving out traffic tickets and finding lost kids, she dreams of one day becoming a detective. Late one cold winter night, she comes across the body of a young woman lying on the edge of a snow-covered field on the outskirts of town. The girl appears to have been strangled. Nicole recognizes the victim as a local high school student and daughter of the town drunk. Though both under-qu...
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17.
Series: Rapid Reads
A Woman Scorned
A Sebastian Casey Mystery
Paperback
James Heneghan
9781459804067
$9.95
FICTION
Oct 01, 2013
Vancouver city councilor George Hamilton Nash has left his wife of twenty years and moved into a posh West End condo. A wealthy man about town, Nash appears to be enjoying all the pleasures the city has to offer—until he turns up dead. The note left behind indicates suicide, and the police are satisfied with this. But Sebastian Casey, a reporter for the West End Clarion who knew something of Nash's reputation as a lady's man, is not so sure. He doesn't buy suicide and sets out to prove otherwise, amidst trouble in his own relationship, and with...
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18.
Series:
About That Night
Paperback
Norah McClintock
9781459805941
$12.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Sep 01, 2014
In the depths of winter, a woman wanders off in the snow. She is a popular former teacher and wife of a local policeman. A full-blown search begins. Meanwhile, Derek is staying with his new girlfriend and her parents while his family is out of town. He can’t believe his luck—Jordie is the hottest girl in school, and he’s going out with her. When Ronan, school bad boy and Jordie’s ex-boyfriend, shows up, Jordie decides that maybe Derek isn’t the one after all. But before she can end it with him, Derek disappears. Did he ...
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19.
Series: Orca Sports
Absolute Pressure
Paperback
Sigmund Brouwer
9781554691302
$9.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 6 - 10
Apr 01, 2009
Ian has been going to Key West every summer for years, helping his Uncle Gord at his dive shop and spending as much time as he can underwater. When he's not diving, he's admiring Sherri, the girl who works at the dive shop, and wondering how she would feel if he told her that he tastes blackberries whenever he sees her. A series of accidents leads Ian to believe that his uncle is in grave danger, but the truth is more complicated and terrifying than he could ever have imagined.
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20.
Series: Orca Limelights
Across the Floor
Paperback
Natasha Deen
9781459809208
$9.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 6 - 9
Aug 30, 2016
Luc Waldon always figured he knew what his passion was: football. He lives it, he breathes it—and he thinks he has what it takes to go all the way to the NFL. So when his football coach orders him to sign up for contemporary-dance classes to improve his game, Luc's less than thrilled. When he realizes that dance might actually be his true passion, he faces a tough decision. Is he willing to leave behind the field and a real shot at professional sports, and disappoint his parents, his coach and his teammates, in order to pursue a new dream?
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21.
Series: Orca Young Readers
Addison Addley and the Things That Aren't There
Paperback
Melody DeFields McMillan
9781551439495
$7.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 3 - 6
Mar 01, 2008
Addison Addley hates math. He hates public speaking too. Actually, he hates anything that involves work, but he only has a couple of weeks to write and memorize his grade five speech. The problem is, he can't think of a single topic. When he finally comes up with an excellent idea for a speech, it almost writes itself, but it's his poor math skills that make speech day unforgettable.
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22.
Series: Orca Young Readers
Addison Addley and the Trick of the Eye
Paperback
Melody DeFields McMillan
9781554691890
$7.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 3 - 6
Oct 01, 2009
Addison's mother wants to sell their comfortable old house and move into a townhouse in a new development across town#&8212;a shoe box near a shoe factory, Addison calls it. As usual, Addison's brain goes into overdrive as he tries to solve two problems: first he must get his mother to see their old house in a new light, and then he must figure out who is responsible for a rash of neighborhood break-ins that make his mother feel unsafe. With the help of his friend Sam, he puts his own unique spin on optical illusions (and home decor) and ends u...
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23.
Series: Orca Young Readers
Addy's Race
Paperback
Debby Waldman
9781554699247
$7.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 3 - 6
Oct 01, 2011
Addy has worn hearing aids for as long as she can remember. Her mother tells her this makes her special, but now that Addy's in grade six, she wants to be special for what she's done. When Addy joins the school running club to keep her best friend, Lucy, company, she discovers she is a gifted runner. Lucy isn't, which is problematic. Further troubles surface when Addy gets paired on a school project with Sierra, a smart, self-assured new classmate who wears a cochlear implant. Addy is surprised to discover hearing loss is all they have in commo...
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24.
Series: Orca Echoes
Adventures at Camp Lots-o-Fun
Paperback
Marilyn Helmer
9781554693474
$6.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3
Nov 01, 2010
Bad weather, bugs and boredom--DJ and the boys in Camp Lots-o-Fun's cabin six are starting to call it Camp Not-so-Fun. To make matters worse, one of the boys has it in for DJ. But DJ isn't about to let that bother him. His lively imagination and wit ensure there's never a dull moment. A bear in the woods, monsters in the lake and a hermit's ghost make for a week at summer camp that none of the boys in cabin six will soon forget.
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25.
Series: Orca Young Readers
After Peaches
Paperback
Michelle Mulder
9781554691760
$7.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 3 - 6
Oct 01, 2009
Ten-year-old Rosario Ramirez and her family are political refugees from Mexico, trying to make a new life in Canada. After being teased at school, Rosario vows not to speak English again until she can speak with an accent that's one hundred percent Canadian. Since she and her parents plan to spend the whole summer working on BC fruit farms, she will be surrounded by Spanish speakers again. But when her family's closest friend Jose gets terribly sick, Rosario's plans start to unravel. Neither Jose nor Rosario's parents speak English well enough ...
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26.
Series:
After the Fire
Paperback
Becky Citra
9781554692460
$10.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7
Apr 01, 2010
Melissa is waiting for the "new life" that her mother Sharlene has promised her since a fire devastated their family. But nothing ever seems to change. Melissa has difficulty making friends at school, they never have enough money and her little brother Cody is a brat. When Sharlene announces that they will be spending the month of August at a remote cabin on a wilderness lake, Melissa is less than thrilled. But there is more to do at the lake than she expected, and she is surprised to learn that her mother knows how to paddle a canoe, fish and ...
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27.
Series: Orca Currents
Agent Angus
Paperback
K. L. Denman
9781459801035
$9.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 5 - 9
Apr 01, 2012
Angus and his best buddy, Shahid, share a love of science and their robot, Gordon. But recently, the artistic Ella Eckles has had a peculiar effect on Angus. When a stink bomb at the school provides a chance for him to talk to her, he claims to share her interest in reading facial expressions and declares his ambition to become a crime-solving mentalist. He impresses Ella by identifying the stink bomber, but fails to mention he witnessed a scrawny kid setting off the bomb. When Ella's treasured sketchbook is stolen, she asks Angus to find the t...
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28.
Series:
Alberta Alibi
Paperback
Dayle Campbell Gaetz
9781551434049
$8.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 3 - 7
Sep 01, 2005
Sheila, Rusty and Katie are on the road again. Fresh from their adventures in Barkerville, the trio is now in southern Alberta. Sheila has been anxiously anticipating her reunion with her father and is worried about how they will get along. Her fears are confirmed when they arrive at the Triple W Ranch and he is not there to greet them. When the police arrive, Sheila finds that her father is in big trouble. Developers want to take over his land to build new housing and a golf course and when the night watchman at the development is shot, all th...
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29.
Series:
All Good Children
Paperback
Catherine Austen
9781459813878
$14.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Sep 27, 2016
This best-selling book is now available in paperback. It's the middle of the twenty-first century and the elite children of New Middletown are lined up to receive a treatment that turns them into obedient, well-mannered citizens. Maxwell Connors, a fifteen-year-old prankster, misfit and graffiti artist, observes the changes with growing concern, especially when his younger sister, Ally, is targeted. Max and his best friend, Dallas, escape the treatment, but must pretend to be "zombies" while they watch their freedoms and hopes decay. When Max's...
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30.
Series:
All Sleek and Skimming
Stories
Paperback
Lisa Heggum
9781551434476
$19.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Mar 01, 2006
“If any proof were needed that literature for young adults has come of age, Lisa Heggum has provided it in this extraordinary anthology, which demonstrates—once and for all—the inextricable connection between young adult and adult literature. Older teens and adults will recognize the commonalities of their interests and experiences in these superbly realized and selected short stories. Bravo!” —Michael Cart, Booklist columnist and Founding Editor of Rush Hour "Dark, tender, and funny, this is the book I wanted when I was a teen." —Maggie MacDo...
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31.
Series:
All-Season Edie
Paperback
Annabel Lyon
9781551437132
$14.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 5 - 10
Apr 01, 2008
Eleven-year-old Edie Jasmine Snow has a "perfect" thirteen-year-old sister, two loving parents, and a cat named Dusty. She also has a grandmother she suspects is a witch and a grandfather who insists on calling her Albert. Framed by family summer vacations at the lake, All-Season Edie follows Edie through a tumultuous year in which her beloved grandfather becomes ill. In the face of family tragedy, Edie tries to practice witchcraft, learns to dance the flamenco, meets the Greek god Zeus doing his Christmas shopping at the mall, ruins the most i...
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32.
Series: Orca Sports
All-Star Pride
Paperback
Sigmund Brouwer
9781551436357
$9.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 6 - 10
Sep 01, 2006
It's the All-Star team, made up of the WHL's young hockey players, just one short step away from the NHL. Their goal is to beat the Russian All-Stars in a best-of-seven series to be shown as a television special. Hog Burnell, one of the biggest and toughest players in the league, is happy to be part of it. He could use the money that would come with a series win by the WHL All-Stars. At the very worst, it's a free vacation to Russia. It doesn't take Hog long to discover there's plenty more money to be made along the way...if he's willing to pay...
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33.
Series:
Allegra
Paperback
Shelley Hrdlitschka
9781459801974
$12.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Apr 01, 2013
Allegra thinks being at a performing-arts high school will change her life and make her a better dancer. But high school is still high school, complete with cliques, competition and cruelty. Allegra's refuge comes in the form of a class she doesn't want to take—music theory, taught by a very young, very attractive male teacher. Soon all Allegra can think about is music composition—and Mr. Rochelli. But has she misunderstood his attention, or is he really her soul mate?
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34.
Series:
Alligator, Bear, Crab
Paperback
Lesley Wynne Pechter
9781459815070
$6.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from P - K
Feb 28, 2017
Alligator, Bear, Crab is an ABC book for babies and toddlers alike that introduces the shapes and sounds of the alphabet amid a colorful collection of critters. The bright colors and playful images make for a unique picture book, the perfect size for a child's small hands.
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35.
Series:
Alligator, Bear, Crab
A Baby's ABC
Board book
Lesley Wynne Pechter
9781554693603
$9.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from P - P
Apr 01, 2011
Alligator, Bear, Crab is an ABC book for babies and toddlers alike that introduces the shapes and sounds of the alphabet amid a colorful collection of critters. The bright colors and playful images make for a unique board book, the perfect size for a child's small hands.
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36.
Series:
Alone at Ninety Foot
Paperback
Katherine Holubitsky
9781551432045
$14.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Jan 01, 2001
Fourteen year old Pamela Collins is struggling to come to terms with her mother's death. Somewhat shy, Pamela is thoughtful, full of passion, often funny and sometimes tearful as she learns to cope with the emotional overload the tragedy has brought to her life. Her favourite things include walking alone in Lynn Canyon Park, the art of Emily Carr, and a certain boy with a "wicked grin." At the moment she dislikes her English teacher, shopping and being singled out for special treatment because of her motherís death. Pamela is tall and slim and ...
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37.
Series:
Alphabetter
Paperback
Dan Bar-el
9781551438610
$9.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from P - 3
Sep 01, 2007
Did you ever try to use an egg in place of a football? Or dress up a live quail in doll's clothes when you didn't have a doll? Or strap rag-dolls onto your feet in place of slippers? In Alphabetter, twenty-six boys and girls find themselves in twenty-six different predicaments when the alphabet refuses to cooperate with them. In the end, the solution turns out to be right on the next page, if only they can find it...
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38.
Series:
An African Alphabet
Board book
Eric Walters
9781459810709
$9.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from P - P
Mar 14, 2017
An African Alphabet is a vibrant ABC book that introduces babies and toddlers to the unique variety of animals found in Africa. An alphabet for all ages, the stunning linocut-influenced artwork brings an uncommon selection of critters to life in this lively concept book. From aardvark to zebra and all that's in between, little ones will love learning their alphabet with these colorful creatures.
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39.
Series:
Are You Seeing Me?
Paperback
Darren Groth
9781459815087
$14.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Mar 07, 2017
Twins Justine and Perry have left their home in Australia and embarked on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest. It's been a year since their dad lost his battle with cancer and Justine became the sole caregiver for her autistic brother, Perry. Now Perry has been accepted into an assisted-living residence in their hometown, Brisbane, Australia, but before he takes up residence, they're seeking to create the perfect memory. For Perry, the trip is a glorious celebration of some of his favorite things: Ogopogo, Jackie Chan mov...
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40.
Series:
Are You Seeing Me?
Hardcover
Darren Groth
9781459810792
$19.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Aug 18, 2015
Twins Justine and Perry have left their home in Australia and embarked on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been a year since their dad lost his battle with cancer and Justine became the sole caregiver for her autistic brother, Perry. Now Perry has been accepted into an assisted-living residence in their hometown, Brisbane, Australia, but before he takes up residence, they’re seeking to create the perfect memory. For Perry, the trip is a glorious celebration of some of his favorite thin...
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41.
Series: Orca Limelights
At Ease
Paperback
Jeff Ross
9781459808003
$9.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 6 - 9
Nov 03, 2015
At fifteen, Will already knows he wants to spend his life playing classical violin. And when he is invited to take part in a summer program for young musicians, he realizes it is a chance to make his dream a reality. But years of playing only for Mr. Jorgensen, his elderly neighbor and mentor, haven’t prepared Will for what will happen when he steps onto the stage. He never expected the self-doubt that takes over his thoughts, or the fear of failure that makes his hands shake and his heart race. What happens when the one thing you need to achie...
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42.
Series:
At the Edge of the World
Paperback
Kari Jones
9781459810624
$14.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Oct 11, 2016
Maddie and Ivan have been friends forever. They go to school together, surf, party, and hang out all the time. Ivan eats at Maddie's house almost every day. But all is not well in Ivan's world, and as control of his life slips farther away from him, Maddie agonises over her role in his life. Ivan fears the fallout if the people in his community discover what he's been hiding, but Maddie thinks telling his secret will help him. As Maddie struggles to figure out her own post-high-school path, she worries about how to deal with the things she know...
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43.
Series: Orca Limelights
Attitude
Paperback
Robin Stevenson
9781459803824
$9.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 6 - 9
Oct 01, 2013
When Cassie comes to Vancouver from Australia for an intensive summer program at a prestigious ballet school, she finds it hard to fit in. A clique of girls who have been at the school a long time don't want the newcomers to get any attention. At first Cassie tries to go along to get along, but when she realizes that some of the visiting summer students are being bullied and threatened, and that she herself is being sabotaged, she finally speaks out—and finds out how far some girls will go to succeed.
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44.
Series:
Audacious
Paperback
Gabrielle Prendergast
9781459802643
$12.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Apr 01, 2015
Sixteen-year-old Raphaelle says the wrong thing, antagonizes the wrong people and has the wrong attitude. She can't do anything right except draw, but she draws the wrong pictures. When her father moves the family to a small prairie city, Raphaelle wants to make a new start. Reborn as "Ella," she tries to fit in at her new school. She's drawn to Samir, a Muslim boy in her art class, and expresses her confused feelings in explicit art. When a classmate texts a photo of Ella's art to a younger friend, the fallout spreads throughout Ella's life, t...
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45.
Series:
Audacious
Hardcover
Gabrielle Prendergast
9781459805309
$19.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Oct 01, 2013
Sixteen-year-old Raphaelle says the wrong thing, antagonizes the wrong people and has the wrong attitude. She can't do anything right except draw, but she draws the wrong pictures. When her father moves the family to a small prairie city, Raphaelle wants to make a new start. Reborn as "Ella," she tries to fit in at her new school. She's drawn to Samir, a Muslim boy in her art class, and expresses her confused feelings in explicit art. When a classmate texts a photo of Ella's art to a younger friend, the fallout spreads throughout Ella's life, t...
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46.
Series:
Away Running
Paperback
David Wright
9781459810464
$14.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Apr 12, 2016
Matt, a white quarterback from Montreal, Quebec, flies to France (without his parents’ permission) to play football and escape family pressure. Freeman, a black football player from San Antonio, Texas, is in Paris on a school trip when he hears about a team playing American football in a rough, low-income suburb called Villeneuve-La-Grande. Matt and Free join the Diables Rouges and make friends with the other players, who come from many different ethnic groups. Racial tension erupts into riots in Villeneuve when some of their Muslim teammates g...
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47.
Series: Orca Soundings
B Negative
Paperback
Vicki Grant
9781554698417
$9.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Apr 01, 2011
Paddy loves his family, all except for his annoying stepfather Anthony. When they have a discussion about his future, Paddy overreacts and threatens to join the army. Unable to back down, he finds he is alienating everyone around him. And when he takes the physical exam and learns his blood type, his world starts to crumble and he starts to question everything he thought he knew.
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48.
Series: Orca Soundings
Back
Paperback
Norah McClintock
9781551439891
$9.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Apr 01, 2009
Jojo's back, released from jail, and people are tense and afraid all over again. They wonder if his friends will start showing up again. They wonder if they'll be walking down the street one day and they'll run into Jojo and Jojo will give them attitude or shove them around, just for fun. Jojo's friends have a way of making it hard--really hard--on people who decide to press charges against Jojo. Those people just wish Jojo would go away and never come back. Then there are the people who have hate in their hearts. These people wish something ba...
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49.
Series: Orca Currents
Bad Business
Paperback
Diane Dakers
9781459809697
$9.95 USD
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 5 - 9
Oct 06, 2015
Lindy has been working hard cleaning and doing odd jobs around the neighborhood to earn money for a trip to the Arctic. When Mrs. Naulty, an elderly client, mistakenly pays her a huge amount of money, Lindy keeps it to pay the early-bird rate for her trip. It’s only when a schoolmate learns what she did and starts blackmailing her that Lindy starts to suffer for her actions.
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50.
Series: Orca Echoes
Bagels Come Home
Paperback
Joan Betty Stuchner
9781459803466
$6.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3
May 01, 2014
When eight-year-old Josh and his family adopt an energetic puppy with a big personality and a talent for escaping, everyone is sure that obedience school will teach him good manners. But Bagels turns out to be a bigger handful than anyone predicted. He gets into the laundry, the groceries and the neighbor’s koi pond. He even gets expelled from obedience school. Josh and his little sister, Becky, are worried that if Bagels doesn’t shape up, their parents will send him back to the shelter. Can Bagels redeem himself before it’s too late?
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51.
Series: Orca Echoes
Bagels on Board
Paperback
Joan Betty Stuchner
9781459806955
$6.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 1 - 3
Oct 06, 2015
All aboard! The Bernsteins are heading off on a cruise, and Aunt Sharon offers to take care of the family pets, Lox (the fish), Creamcheese (the cat) and Bagels, an energetic puppy with a talent for escaping. Trouble is, Bagels is up to his usual disappearing act. When he turns up unexpectedly on the cruise ship, Josh and his little sister, Becky, must keep Bagels hidden. But when an onboard mystery begins to unfold involving two potential spies and a mysterious woman with a secret envelope, Bagels just might be able to help crack the case! Bag...
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52.
Series: Orca Soundings
Bang
Paperback
Norah McClintock
9781551436548
$9.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12
Mar 01, 2007
Quentin and JD have been friends forever. Even after JD gets in trouble Quentin stands by him. Hanging out together Quentin learns JD has a gun and when they are caught in a robbery JD uses the gun—with deadly results. Trying to cover up the crime and escape detection, Quentin gets in even deeper than he expected and learns that the only person he can trust is himself. Especially when his freedom—and his future—is at stake.
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53.
Series:
Bank Job
Paperback
James Heneghan
9781551438559
$14.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7
Apr 01, 2009
Nell has been in foster homes all her life—most of them have been horrible. She finally gets moved to a home she likes, and the ministry threatens to close it down unless an expensive renovation is made to the house. Nell and the two boys in the home, Billy and Tom, decide to raise the funds themselves. How do kids get large amounts of money quickly? By robbing banks, of course. Their first few heists are successful, but when they almost get caught on their sixth robbery, the friends start to fight about whether they should continue. The bank j...
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