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{"id":6819080929339,"title":"The Triumph of Narrative","handle":"the-triumph-of-narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003eNarrative has been central to human life for millennia, and the twentieth century has been preeminently the age of the story. Mass culture and mass leisure have enabled us to spend far more time absorbing stories, real and imaginary, than any of our ancestors. Whether or not this has been to our benefit is one of the questions raised by journalist and 1999 CBC Massey lecturer Robert Fulford. Narrative, Fulford points out, is how we explain, how we teach, how we entertain ourselves - often all at once. It is the bundle in which we wrap truth, hope, and dread. It is crucial to civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFulford writes engagingly and energetically about narrative history, narrative in news coverage, the rise of electronic narrative, and narrative as it flourishes in the form of gossip, \"the folk-art version of literature,\" revealing to us the mystery, power, and importance of story in all our lives. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T17:46:41-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T16:25:34-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Fulford Robert","House of Anansi Press","Massey Lectures","pub date: 1999-11-01","The CBC Massey Lectures"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40249714671675,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887846458","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Triumph of Narrative - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":181,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887846458","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249716310075,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887848940","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Triumph of Narrative - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887848940","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249717063739,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897847","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Triumph of Narrative - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897847","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4b84e580-daff-4049-9553-a7f7f14661e9.jpg?v=1653801659"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4b84e580-daff-4049-9553-a7f7f14661e9.jpg?v=1653801659","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22137917308987,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":2400,"width":1500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4b84e580-daff-4049-9553-a7f7f14661e9.jpg?v=1653801659"},"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4b84e580-daff-4049-9553-a7f7f14661e9.jpg?v=1653801659","width":1500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eNarrative has been central to human life for millennia, and the twentieth century has been preeminently the age of the story. Mass culture and mass leisure have enabled us to spend far more time absorbing stories, real and imaginary, than any of our ancestors. Whether or not this has been to our benefit is one of the questions raised by journalist and 1999 CBC Massey lecturer Robert Fulford. Narrative, Fulford points out, is how we explain, how we teach, how we entertain ourselves - often all at once. It is the bundle in which we wrap truth, hope, and dread. It is crucial to civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFulford writes engagingly and energetically about narrative history, narrative in news coverage, the rise of electronic narrative, and narrative as it flourishes in the form of gossip, \"the folk-art version of literature,\" revealing to us the mystery, power, and importance of story in all our lives. \u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Triumph of Narrative
In his 1999 CBC Massey Lectures, Robert Fulford reveals to us the mystery, power, and importance of story in all our lives.
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{"id":6819088957499,"title":"Necessary Illusions","handle":"necessary-illusions","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his national bestselling 1988 CBC Massey Lectures, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media in a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Specific cases are illustrated in detail, using the U.S. media primarily but also media in other societies.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eChomsky considers how the media might be democratized (as part of the general problem of developing more democratic institutions) in order to offer citizens broader and more meaningful participation in social and political life.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T17:46:51-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T16:27:35-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Chomsky Noam","House of Anansi Press","Massey Lectures","pub date: 1995-09-02","Technology \u0026 Politics","The CBC Massey Lectures"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40249725386811,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887845741","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Necessary Illusions - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":508,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887845741","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249729613883,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887848681","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Necessary Illusions - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887848681","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249732137019,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897052","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Necessary Illusions - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897052","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4826f1ef-4fd8-483d-87d4-99bcdeba8240.jpg?v=1653883295"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4826f1ef-4fd8-483d-87d4-99bcdeba8240.jpg?v=1653883295","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22140967518267,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2547,"width":1649,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4826f1ef-4fd8-483d-87d4-99bcdeba8240.jpg?v=1653883295"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2547,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4826f1ef-4fd8-483d-87d4-99bcdeba8240.jpg?v=1653883295","width":1649}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn his national bestselling 1988 CBC Massey Lectures, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media in a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Specific cases are illustrated in detail, using the U.S. media primarily but also media in other societies.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eChomsky considers how the media might be democratized (as part of the general problem of developing more democratic institutions) in order to offer citizens broader and more meaningful participation in social and political life.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Necessary Illusions
Noam Chomsky considers how a democratized media could give us more meaningful participation in social and political life.
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{"id":6819073097787,"title":"The Cult of Efficiency","handle":"the-cult-of-efficiency","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe live in an age dominated by the cult of efficiency. Efficiency in the raging debate about public goods is often used as a code word to advance political agendas. When it is used correctly, efficiency is important: it must always be part of the conversation when resources are scarce and citizens and governments have important choices to make among competing priorities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEven when the language of efficiency is used carefully, that language alone is not enough. Unilingualism will not do. We need to go beyond the cult of efficiency to talk about accountability. 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The Cult of Efficiency
Janice Gross Stein illuminates public education and universal health care, locally and globally, as flashpoints in the debate about their efficiency.
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{"id":7390775541819,"title":"Words Matter","handle":"words-matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWords are powerful. Words spread truth. Words turn to action. Words matter in this lyrical account of the White Rose Resistance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe White Rose Resistance was the German student movement that used the power of the written word to speak out against the Nazis during World War II. 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to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Words Matter
A lyrical, illustrated account of the student-led White Rose Resistance, and the enduring power of words and personal sacrifice.
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A shy young child talks about situations when shyness takes over and what helps them engage more fully. A companion to Angry Me and Peaceful Me.
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Moritz’s twenty-second volume of poetry, in visionary terms forwards the assertion that poetry, a primordial reality, is in the current moment both the equal of, and the antidote to, the rest of present-day civilization and its suicidal nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book unfolds in seven short sections that probe such topics as the crucial value of childhood; a human person’s development through maturity and age; the perennially avant-garde nature of great poetry no matter what time and place; and poetry’s inherent involvement with hope and creativity, life and feeling, freedom and love. \u003cem\u003eGreat Silent Ballad\u003c\/em\u003e also reprises Moritz’s longstanding celebration of common human conversation, the apex of which (he argues convincingly) is what we call “poetry”—meaning not just the art of verse, but our total access to the goodness of natural existence.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Great Silent Ballad
Beloved lyric poet A.F. Moritz’s twenty-second volume asserts poetry's spirit, equal and antidotal to the suicidal nature of present-day civilization.
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Lukas and Denys soon realize they are being watched, too, and when the secret police promise them information about their father if they help throw a game against a visiting Soviet team, Lukas must make some difficult decisions that may endanger his family and his friends, as he faces some tough questions about what loyalty really means.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eK\u003cstrong\u003eey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eauthor’s note\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ebiographical information\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003echapters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eglossary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehistorical note\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they \"see\" and \"hear\" when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773067384","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781773067384\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"\u003cp\u003eauthor’s note;biographical information;chapters;dialogue;glossary;historical note\u003c\/p\u003e","MetaKeywords":"propaganda;political prisoners;injustice;incarceration;surveillance;censorship;human and civil rights;social justice;oppression;abuse of power;overcoming adversity;standing up and speaking out;following your dreams;making decisions;feeling anxious","NumberOfPages":"200","OtherText_Accolades_0":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eEyes on the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e is a great story for young readers. It teaches about honoring family and standing up for what you believe to be right while sharing the excitement of sport and doing something you love.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJamie Leach, NHL Stanley Cup Champion and NHL Indigenous Alumni\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Jamie Leach, NHL Stanley Cup Champion and NHL Indigenous Alumni","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e“A well-written and engaging hockey novel. Rosner's hockey overlay will appeal to reluctant readers and her Cold War intrigue may hook them into branching out.\u003cbr\u003e” — \u003cstrong\u003eMarsha Skrypuch, author of 'Making Bombs for Hitler'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Marsha Skrypuch, author of 'Making Bombs for Hitler'","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003e“With skilled pacing and characters that are fully developed, \u003cem\u003eEyes on the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful story of family loyalty. Rosner has used the sport of hockey as a vehicle to tell her story, but the family dynamics, angst, and tension are so skillfully written that the gripping story of the three brothers will appeal to any middle grade reader. This is a book that should be in every public and school library.” — \u003cstrong\u003eLorna Schultz Nicholson, author of the Amazing Hockey Stories series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Lorna Schultz Nicholson, author of the Amazing Hockey Stories series","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eEyes on the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e is engaging historical fiction. Its timely themes of politics, standing up to a repressive regime and hockey will keep readers turning the page and cheering for brothers Lukas and Denys and their family.” — \u003cstrong\u003eFrieda Wishinsky, international award-winning author of over eighty books, including 'We Belong Here'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Frieda Wishinsky, international award-winning author of over eighty books, including 'We Belong Here'","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\u003cp\u003e“A splendid read and amazing page-turner. I could not put it down. ... Five stars!” — \u003cstrong\u003eMarty Klinkenberg, Globe and Mail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Marty Klinkenberg, Globe and Mail","OtherText_Accolades_5":"\u003cp\u003e“In her latest book \u003cem\u003eEyes on the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e, Anna Rosner brings a fresh, new perspective to the introduction of hockey to a pair of young brothers. Lukas and Denys are growing up in the former Communist country of Czechoslovakia in the early 1960s. Besides detailing the barriers the youngsters encounter just to play the sport, Rosner cleverly weaves in a story of how they face a difficult decision early on in their careers and how their infinite love for a family member cements their choice.” — \u003cstrong\u003eSam Laskaris, Toronto sports writer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Sam Laskaris, Toronto sports writer","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA work of historical fiction that provides young readers with some historical context for today’s conflict in Eastern Europe — describing life in a Russia-annexed country under the brutal regime of a Soviet police state. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToday’s readers will connect with the kid’s-eye view of playing hockey at its most unencumbered and joyful — shinny on a lumpy outdoor rink, second-hand skates, no helmets or pads, and two rubber boots as goalposts. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe novel has been carefully researched and draws on the real-life experiences of individuals who lived in Communist Prague and Soviet Russia. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe incredible escape by train is based on a true incident that took place in 1951, when a Czech engineer rammed a train through the Czechoslovakia\/Germany border, allowing many passengers to flee the Soviet regime.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eFor one month, we skate twice a week in the dim light from the street, though on clear nights we play by moonlight. I can feel where Denys and Andrej are in the shadows, hear the movement of the puck and know how fast it’s going and how far it will travel. Sometimes I even pass the puck to them blind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\tFor one long month, this is our only hockey life. And for one long month, Alex asks every day where our father is and when he’s coming home.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA work of historical fiction that provides young readers with some historical context for today’s conflict in Eastern Europe — describing life in a Russia-annexed country under the brutal regime of a Soviet police state. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToday’s readers will connect with the kid’s-eye view of playing hockey at its most unencumbered and joyful — shinny on a lumpy outdoor rink, second-hand skates, no helmets or pads, and two rubber boots as goalposts. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe novel has been carefully researched and draws on the real-life experiences of individuals who lived in Communist Prague and Soviet Russia. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe incredible escape by train is based on a true incident that took place in 1951, when a Czech engineer rammed a train through the Czechoslovakia\/Germany border, allowing many passengers to flee the Soviet regime.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Rosner strikes just the right balance ... She maintains suspense through strategic pacing as Lukas encounters peril.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn absorbing window into recent history.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Readers will cheer for Lukas and Denys, fear for their safety, and rejoice when the siblings get to play hockey. A book sure to delight sports and historical fiction fans.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“This riveting story about sorting truth from lies and when to blur the lines between, will appeal to young sports fans and historians alike.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistorical Novels Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Historical Novels Review","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“This excellent book for young readers provides much historical information about the time of Soviet rule in Eastern Europe, as well as fun descriptions of hockey skills.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChildren's Literature Comprehensive Database\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Children's Literature Comprehensive Database","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“[Rosner] seamlessly integrates facts into the narrative ... giving the basic information needed to understand the historical context without losing the thread of the story.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCM: Canadian Review of Materials\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"CM: Canadian Review of Materials","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“Hockey fans and any reader who enjoys a good adventure story will like this historical fiction ... An exciting read.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1963, under the brutal Communist regime, two hockey-loving brothers must throw a game in a Soviet-Czech tournament to help their imprisoned father.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Nominated","PrizeCodeText_3":"Nominated","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeCode_2":"07","PrizeCode_3":"07","PrizeName_0":"Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People","PrizeName_1":"Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards, Diamond Willow Award","PrizeName_2":"Red Cedar Book Award","PrizeName_3":"Langley Book of the Year","PrizeYear_0":"2025","PrizeYear_1":"2025","PrizeYear_2":"2026","PrizeYear_3":"2025","ProductFormDescription":"EPUB, reflowable","PublicationDate":"2024-09-03","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1963, under the brutal Communist regime, two hockey-loving brothers must throw a game in a Soviet-Czech tournament to help their imprisoned father.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
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Eyes on the Ice
In 1963, under the brutal Communist regime, two hockey-loving brothers must throw a game in a Soviet-Czech tournament to help their imprisoned father.
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ages 8
to 7
/ grades 3
to 12
Birds on the Brain
This sequel to the award-winning Book Uncle and Me features bird lover Reeni and her quest to save her city’s bird count event.
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Walking Trees
Lily wants a tree for her birthday. She promises to water him every day. But even Lily can't imagine how their daily walks will change the street!
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Game Face
Jonah is determined to prove that anxiety won’t stop him from succeeding as his hockey team’s goalie in this dynamic novel in verse.
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Silver Repetition
A young Asian immigrant mends her fractured sense of self in this exquisite coming-of-age debut novel about family, grief, and identity.
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ages 8
to 12
/ grades 3
to 6
City of Neighbors
The fourth book in the ThinkCities series explores how people all over the world are working together to make their neighborhoods great.
