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Author
Series
Return to the Canadian West volume 2
Language
English
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
After following his father's footsteps to become a Canadian Mountie, Henry discovers that his job comes at a high emotional cost, while his sister, Christine, leaves their family home to seek a new life in Edmonton.
5) Shattered
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Piper McKenna would normally be overjoyed at the sight of her estranged brother, Reef, except that he's covered in blood, and although he claims he is innocent of the murder of a fellow snowboarder, the evidence suggests otherwise.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
211 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in the Canadian Arctic, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic magazine.
Author
Series
Return to the Canadian West volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
Beth Thatcher's excitement over her return to Coal Valley, her anticipated engagement, and the expansion of her school is mitigated by the arrival of a new teacher whose philosophy of education clashes with Beth's beliefs.
Author
Series
Canadian West volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
223 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
12) Elijah of Buxton
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American South, 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.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Given a camera that takes and prints tiny pictures just before leaving for the family farm in Canada, a young girl records a vacation that gets off to a slow start, but winds up being a family reunion filled with good memories.
15) The Boggart
Author
Publisher
Margaret 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.
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Berkley trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 329 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Navigating a series of disastrous dates, Raina Anand attempts to balance her Indian-immigrant community's expectations with her personal idea of modern romance.
20) The calling
Author
Series
Darkness rising volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.