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Peanut Butter and Chaos
by Anita Daher
When twelve-year-old Sam is struck by a bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky, he suddenly sees everything in pixels. His life is further upended by Flum, a non-binary being from a parallel world, a missing neighbour, and astonishing powers that may not last long. Science and magic collide as Sam races to solve a mystery and help Flum return home. But what happens when solving one mystery sparks another?
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Apartment 713 : a novel
by Kevin Sylvester
The Regency is nothing more than floor after floor of peeling wallpaper and faded glory. Jake misses his old life. Loneliness (and a trail of kittens) leads Jake to the apartment of an elderly lady, then to the bowels of the building and then to a part-time job assisting Larry the custodian. With each passing day, the building reveals more of its mysteries to Jake. The occupants grow on him too. Unfortunately, Jake's feeling of belonging is short-lived: the city plans to demolish the Regency. Jake feels powerless. And then fate throws him a curveball. He's summoned to apartment 713. An apartment he's been told is off-limits. But when he opens the door...he travels to the past! Alongside Beth, his new friend and guide, Jake begins searching for any clue that might help him save the Regency.
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Beatrice and Croc Harry
by Lawrence Hill
One of Canada’s most celebrated author’s debut novel for children Beatrice, a young girl of uncertain age, wakes up all alone in a forest tree-house. How did she arrive in this cozy dwelling, stocked carefully with bookshelves and oatmeal accoutrements? And who has been leaving a trail of clues, composed in delicate purple handwriting? So begins the adventure of a brave and resilient young Black girl and her search for identity and healing in bestselling author Lawrence Hill’s middle-grade debut. Though Beatrice cannot recall how or why she arrived in the magical forest of Argilia—where every conceivable fish, bird, mammal and reptile coexist, and any creature with a beating heart can communicate with any other—something within her knows that beyond this forest she has a family who are waiting anxiously for her return. Just outside her treehouse door lives Beatrice’s most unlikely ally, the enormous and mercurial King Crocodile Croc Harry, who just may have a secret of his own. But as they form an unusual truce and work towards their common goal, Beatrice and Croc Harry will learn more about their forest home than they ever could have imagined. And what they learn about themselves may destroy Beatrice’s chances of returning home forever.
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Autumn Bird and the Runaway
by Melanie Florence
Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody’s home life is a messy, too-often terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Cody himself is a smart kid, a survivor with a wicked sense of humour that helps him see past his circumstances and begin to try to get himself out. Autumn is, quite literally, on the other side of the tracks from him. Her home life is loving and secure, and she is “in” with the popular girls at school, even if she has a secret life as a glasses-wearing, self-professed comic book nerd at home. And even if the pressure to fit in at school requires hours of time spent making herself look “perfect.” Returning home from a movie one evening, Autumn comes across Cody, face down in the laneway behind her house. All Cody knows is that he can’t take another beating from his father like the one he just narrowly escaped. He can’t go home, but he doesn’t have anywhere else to go either. Autumn won’t turn her back on him, even if they never really were friends at school. She agrees to let him hide out in her dad’s art studio at night. Over the next couple of days of Autumn sneaking Cody food and bandages, his story comes out. And so does hers. Told in alternating narratives, Autumn Bird and the Runaway is a breathtaking collaboration by two of Canada’s finest writers of books for young readers. Infused with themes of identity, belonging and compassion, it’s a story that reminds us that we are all more than our circumstances, and we are all more connected than we think.
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Double O Stephen and the Ghostly Realm
by Angela Ahn
Stephen Oh-O'Driscoll, who loves the adventurous parts of piracy (but not the stealing parts), gets more than he bargained for when a visit to the museum transports him to a ghostly world, where he must help Captain Sapperton and his crew cross to the other side.
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Forever Birchwood
by 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 tree-house hideaway, Birchwood, Wolf's favourite place on earth.
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Weird rules to follow
by Kim Spencer
In this novel for middle readers told in vignettes, Mia and her best friend, Lara, have very different experiences growing up in a northern fishing community in the 1980s.
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Mortimer : rat race to space
by Joan Marie Galat
Mortimer T. Flightdeck, Future YouTube Sensation, has big plans for ratkind: he'll join the International Space Station (ISS) and document his experiments on the human astronauts to prove rats are much better than humans when it comes to colonizing Mars. But when his schemes go awry, he is forced to face new truths about dreams and friendship.
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Rabbit chase
by Elizabeth LaPensâee
Aimâee, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts to Paayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the land being taken over for development, Aimâee zones out, distracting themselves from the bullying and isolation they've experienced since expressing their non-binary identity. When Aimâee accidentally wanders off, they are transported to an alternate dimension populated by traditional Anishinaabe figures in a story inspired by Alice in Wonderland. To gain the way back home, Aimâee is called on to help Trickster by hunting down dark water spirits with guidance from Paayehnsag. On their journey, Aimâee faces off with the land-grabbing Queen and her robotic guards and fights the dark water spirits against increasingly stacked odds.
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My Left Skate : The Extraordinary Story of Eliezer Sherbatov
by Anna Rosner
Based on extensive interviews, My Left Skate: The Extraordinary Story of Eliezer Sherbatov is a first-person biography of a teenager who had it all on the hockey rink: guts, drive, and exceptional talent. When a freak accident leaves him with a permanent disability and no feeling below his left knee, everyone believes Eliezer's career is over - everyone except his mother, a professional power skating coach. She teaches Eliezer to skate using the muscles in his upper leg, and after two and half years of operations and rehabilitation, he returns to the rink to become one of Quebec's elite junior players. Still undrafted at age nineteen, Eliezer embarks on a professional career in Europe in the hopes of one day returning to the NHL. His travels lead him to France, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, and eventually to Poland, where he lives and plays hockey just a few kilometres from the Auschwitz death camp, haunted by memories of the past. In its stunning conclusion, My Left Skate describes Eliezer's life in the Ukraine and his struggle to escape from war after Russia invades the very region in which he lives and plays.
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Superpower? : the wearable-tech revolution
by Elaine Kachala
Exploring the history, development, applications and ethics of wearable technology, as well as introducing the people navigating the next tech frontier, this eye-opening nonfiction book reveals how technological innovation can help people survive and thrive, but should it? 10,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Salmon : swimming for survival
by Rowena Rae
This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers explores the iconic life cycle of the salmon, their contributions to the ecosystem and their struggle for survival. Illustrated with photos throughout.
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Arab Fairy Tale Feasts : A Literary Cookbook
by Karim Alrawi
Award-winning writer and master storyteller Karim Alrawi draws on his deep knowledge of Arab culture in creating these enchanting tales that are a feast for young imaginations. These stories take readers of every age on a delightful literary, cultural and culinary odyssey. A profusion of unforgettable characters--fishermen and date merchants, child cooks and squabbling animals, beggars and thieves, genies and ghouls, sultans and princesses--appears in the stories presented here. Each tale features some aspect of food, feasting or cooking, and is followed by a recipe for a classic Arab dish. Alrawi also provides a wealth of scholarly anecdotes, illuminating many aspects of Arab culture and culinary history. Nahib Kazemi's luminous illustrations capture the magic of each tale.
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Canada Wild : Animals Found Nowhere Else on Earth
by Maria Birmingham
Canada is home to over 308 endemic species of plants and animals--meaning they're found nowhere else on Earth. . . . Author Maria Birmingham introduces young readers to twelve uniquely Canadian animals--many of which are threatened or endangered.
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Secret schools : true stories of the determination to learn
by Heather Camlot
From covert classrooms created by enslaved Africans in the U.S. to academic schools disguised as“sewing lessons” for women in Afghanistan, this riveting book features 15 true stories of resilience and courage in the pursuit of education.
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