From Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' and Side Effects May Vary, comes another fearless heroine, Ramona Blue, in a gorgeously evocative novel about family, friendship, and how sometimes love can be...
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- Author:Murphy, JulieSummary:
- Author:Segall, AlexanderSummary:
- Author:Smith, Michael V.Summary:
In a small working-class town, the building of a new dam uproots everyone and everything including the graveyard and those who rest beneath it.
- Author:Benjamin, Ali, Rawl, PaigeSummary:
Paige Rawl has been HIV positive since birth but never felt like her illness defined her. One day in middle school, she disclosed her secret to a friend and the bullying began. One night, desperate for escape, Paige swallowed fifteen...
- Author:Atwood, MargaretSummary:
Legendary poet, novelist, and essayist Margaret Atwood gives us a surprising look at the topic of debt -- a timely subject during our current period of economic upheaval, caused by the collapse of a system of interlocking debts. Atwood...
- Author:Grady, WayneSummary:
This exploration of the many new terms of the Covid-19 pandemic provides insight into the ways an ever-evolving vocabulary helped us cope with our anxiety and adapt to a new reality. When the pandemic struck in early 2020, Wayne Grady...
- Author:Banning, GailSummary:
Rosie and her familys financial problems find them living in the most unexpected of places a treehouse, on the estate of Great-Great-Aunt Lydia. Not that Rosie minds, at first. The treehouse is awesome bigger than some apartments, with...
- Author:Brands, H. W.Summary:
“Americans tend to forget that we have always been at war with one another—even in the beginning - . Brands tells the story of the American Revolution as it really unfolded—as a civil war between colonial patriots and those loyal to the...
- Author:Borrows, Lindsay KeegitahSummary:
Otter's Journey employs the Anishinaabe tradition of storytelling to explore how Indigenous language revitalization can inform the emerging field of Indigenous legal revitalization. Indigenous languages and laws need bodies to live in....
- Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book. Deborah Ellis has been widely praised for her gripping books portraying the plight of children in war-torn countries. Now she turns her attention closer to home, to the children...
- Author:Tennyson, Brian DouglasSummary:
When the First World War ended in 1918, its profound impact did not. The war continued to haunt a nation. Nova Scotia at War, 1915-1919 is an in-depth study of Nova Scotia's role that was, at the time, the most traumatic collective...
- Author:Malkin, StacySummary:
Lead in lipstick? 1,4 dioxane in baby soap? Coal tar in shampoo? How is this possible? Simple. The
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This book is the handbook for the emerging youth climate movement, providing concise explanations of the features and causes of climate change as well as pieces urging an intersectional approach to environmental justice.
- Author:Lowe, LezlieSummary:
This book is Number One in addressing the politics of where we're allowed to "go" in public. Adults don't talk about the business of doing our business. We work on one assumption: the world of public bathrooms is...
- Author:Loo, TinaSummary:
From the 1950s to the 1970s, the Canadian government relocated people living in rural and urban communities, often against their will, in order to alleviate the all-too-common lack of social services and economic opportunities. Moved by...
- Author:Kleege, GeorginaSummary:
More Than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art explores the ways blindness and visual art are linked in many facets of the culture. The author writes from her position as the blind daughter of two visual artists. Due to this...
- Author:Souvaliotis, AndreasSummary:
An inspiring memoir by one of Canada's most unusual, successful and socially conscious businesspeople. Was he gifted or a hopeless misfit? That was the defining dilemma of Andreas Souvaliotis's childhood, adolescence and young life....
- Author:Kallio, WayneSummary:
Tells the true story of this middle-class couple's face-to-face battle with schizophrenia.
- Author:Davies Cordova, Sarah, Magona, SindiweSummary:
Traduit pour la première fois en français, Mère à Mère, est l'un des plus grands livres sud-africains. Traduit de l'anglais par Sarah Davies Cordova Résumé Grand roman de l'apartheid où violence et beauté demeurent l'héritage...
- Author:Croteau, DavidSummary:
Providing a framework for understanding the relationship between media and society, this updated Sixth Edition of Media/Society helps students develop the skills they need to critically evaluate both conventional wisdom and their own...