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The Acacia Gardens
The seventh in the ten-book "Soifs" novel cycle. In The Acacia Gardens, memorable characters are confronted by an evil that lives among them and that has taken root.
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The Ambitious City
In the second installment of the MacNeice Mysteries series, Det. MacNeice faces off against a gang of violent bikers and a bloodthirsty serial killer.
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African Icons
Meet ten remarkable African kings, queens, inventors, scholars and visionaries who changed the world.
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Rebecca, Born in the Maelstrom
The fourth in the ten-book "Soifs" novel cycle. The tone of the portrait of contemporary North America is different in this novel and Blais' prose has now acquired a buoyant, electrifying rhythm.
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When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew
Three delightful folktales about Ti-Jean, the New World’s Everyman, written and illustrated by a renowned storyteller and illustrator.
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Nothing for You Here, Young Man
The sixth in the ten-book "Soifs" novel cycle. This novel is a dazzling, complex portrait of life that shows us how creativity and hope and suffering and exclusion intersect.
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The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Karen Solie's collection The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out is limited to 50 copies.
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Two White Rabbits
In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.
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Heroes in My Head
The incredible story of renowned feminist activist Judy Rebick’s struggle with depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder.
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Avis Dolphin
Inspired by the story of actual passengers on the ill-fated Lusitania, this is a novel of great adventure and suspense.
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We Are Lions!
A tender story, punctuated by moments of humor, about the illness of a sibling, the love between brothers and the healing power of imagination.
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
The Return
Coming home from her independent city life, a young woman rediscovers childlike wonder and comfort at her grandmother’s house.
