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1) White Fang
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Up in the frozen north, life is harsh and dangerous. But this is where White Fang, the wolf-dog, feels at home--in the wild. When White Fang lives among man-animals, he must learn to fend for himself. And when he finds himself with a man who is kind to him, he must learn to love.
3) 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 Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.
Author
Series
Return to the Canadian West volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After teaching in a 1920s mining town in western Canada, Beth Thatcher no longer feels at home among her wealthy family in the East, and her heart is torn between two very different worlds"--Provided by publisher.
5) Shattered
Author
Series
Alaskan courage volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Piper McKenna would be overjoyed at the sight of her estranged brother, except that he's covered in blood. She knows he's innocent, but can they prove it?"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
When Adele Delaney and her daughter, Violet, go missing, Jacques Rouleau is called upon to investigate. However, struggling with the impending death of his ill ex-wife, he sends Kala Stonechild and Paul Gundersund instead. On the second day of the investigation, Adele's body turns up, dumped on the shoulder of the highway with no sign of her daughter. As Stonechild and Gundersund juggle personal troubles and a complicated, dangerous case, they find...
Author
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The Trans-Canada, the world's longest national highway, comes to life in words and pictures. Russia has the Trans-Siberian Highway, Australia has Highway 1, and Canada has the Trans-Canada Highway, an iconic road that stretches almost 8,000 kilometres across six time zones. In the summer of 2012, on the highway's 50th birthday, Mark Richardson drove its entire length to find out how the road came to be and what it's now become. In his daily account...
8) The voyageur
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
The Voyageur is the authoritative account of a unique and colorful group of men whose exploits, songs, and customs comprise an enduring legacy. French Canadians who guided and paddled the canoes of explorers and fur traders, the voyageurs were experts at traversing the treacherous rapids and dangerous open waters of the canoe routes from Quebec and Montreal to the regions bordering the Great Lakes and on to the Mackenzie and Columbia Rivers. During...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jenna, an ardent vegetarian and environmentalist, is thrilled to be spending the summer communing with nature in rural Canada, until she discovers that not all of the rugged residents there share her beliefs.
10) Storm tide
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Simon and his sister Ellen have to solve the mystery of the hidden treasure if they want to save the island lighthouse they call home.
12) Love, Pamela
Author
Language
English
Description
"Pamela Anderson's blond bombshell image was ubiquitous in the 1990s. Discovered in the stands during a Canadian football game, she was immediately rocket launched into fame, becoming Playboy's favorite cover girl and an emblem of Hollywood glamour and sexuality. Yet the Pamela Anderson we think we know was created through happenstance rather than careful cultivation. Love, Pamela brings forth her true story, that of a small-town girl getting tangled...
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While acting as a snowboard, Stanley Lambchop gets carried away by a strong wind, sending him and his new friend Nick on a cross-country Canadian adventure.
14) The Boggart
Author
Publisher
M.K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.
15) Mermaid Inn
Author
Series
Matchmaker Bay volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Eve Abbott has a problem--actually, make that a lot of problems. And they're all going to get worse the moment her toes hit the sand in Matchmaker Bay. Once a blissful summer escape, now the tiny town just reminds Eve of loss. Inheriting her aunt's beloved Mermaid Inn is the only reason Eve is coming back. She's definitely not ready to handle nosy neighbors, extensive renovations, or the discovery that a certain heartbreaker still lives down the...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. "Can I kiss you?" It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans...
17) Canada
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Overview of the geography, natural resources, history and industry of Canada.
18) Those girls
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Language
English
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"Life has never been easy for the three Campbell sisters. Jess, Courtney, and Dani live on a remote ranch in Western Canada where they work hard and try to stay out of the way of their father's temper. One night, a fight gets out of hand and the sisters are forced to go on the run, only to get caught in an even worse nightmare when their truck breaks down in a small town. As events spiral out of control they find themselves in a horrifying situation...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush-part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime...
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