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The Blue Dragon
An evocative, beautifully illustrated tale of a Canadian expatriate in China from legendary theatre director and visionary Robert Lepage.
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{"id":7348967637051,"title":"Gangs","handle":"gangs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Booklist Editors’ Choice and a Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) Honor Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStreet gangs have exploded worldwide. Tattoos, baggy pants, tagging, gangsta style, the unspoken threat -- it's all just around the corner in most of the world's major cities. 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Gangs
Street gangs have exploded worldwide and this title in the Groundwork Guides series exposes the roots of the problem.
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Empire
This thoughtful Groundwork Guide compares the American Empire to those of the past, including the British, Roman, Chinese, Incan and Aztec empires.
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{"id":7325167910971,"title":"The Borrowed","handle":"the-borrowed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA propulsive crime drama featuring a legendary Hong Kong detective on a decades-long quest to expose the city’s dark underbelly.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCovering six cases that span Kwan Chun-dok’s impressive fifty-year career,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Borrowed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes readers on a tour of Hong Kong history from the Leftist Riot in 1967; the conflict between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; the Handover in 1997; to the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire, while Hong Kong increasingly resembles a police state. Along the way we meet Communist rioters, ultraviolent gangsters, stallholders at the city’s many covered markets, pop singers enmeshed in the high-stakes machinery of star-making, and a people always caught in the shifting balance of political power, whether in London or Beijing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gripping and brilliantly constructed novel from a talented new voice in crime fiction,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Borrowed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epaints a dynamic portrait of Hong Kong and reveals just how closely the past and present are connected in this fascinating city.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T12:49:51-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T12:49:51-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43237070176315,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781487000608","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Borrowed - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":600,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781487000608","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000608.jpg?v=1736444922"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000608.jpg?v=1736444922","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24980379598907,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000608.jpg?v=1736444922"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000608.jpg?v=1736444922","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA propulsive crime drama featuring a legendary Hong Kong detective on a decades-long quest to expose the city’s dark underbelly.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCovering six cases that span Kwan Chun-dok’s impressive fifty-year career,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Borrowed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes readers on a tour of Hong Kong history from the Leftist Riot in 1967; the conflict between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; the Handover in 1997; to the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire, while Hong Kong increasingly resembles a police state. Along the way we meet Communist rioters, ultraviolent gangsters, stallholders at the city’s many covered markets, pop singers enmeshed in the high-stakes machinery of star-making, and a people always caught in the shifting balance of political power, whether in London or Beijing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gripping and brilliantly constructed novel from a talented new voice in crime fiction,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Borrowed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epaints a dynamic portrait of Hong Kong and reveals just how closely the past and present are connected in this fascinating city.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325166796859,"title":"Me in the Middle","handle":"me-in-the-middle","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne day Isabel finds a box in her mother's closet and, inside, a photograph of a girl dressed in old-fashioned clothes. Ten-year-old Bel is enchanted to discover that the girl is her great-grandmother Beatrice, her Bisa Bea, and that she and her great-grandmother look very much alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBel convinces her mother to let her borrow the treasured photo promising to look after it carefully. To her dismay, by the time she returns home from school, the picture is missing. But something unusual has happened. Suddenly it is as if Bisa Bea is alive inside her, telling Bel what life was like when she was a girl. Bel loves hearing the stories about the old days -- until Bisa Bea starts to tell her how to behave. Bel learns that her great-grandmother lived in a very different time, when girls were expected to be proper young ladies.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T12:40:48-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T12:40:48-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":695,"price_min":695,"price_max":695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249949671483,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888994677","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Me in the Middle - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":695,"weight":113,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888994677","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eOne day Isabel finds a box in her mother's closet and, inside, a photograph of a girl dressed in old-fashioned clothes. Ten-year-old Bel is enchanted to discover that the girl is her great-grandmother Beatrice, her Bisa Bea, and that she and her great-grandmother look very much alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBel convinces her mother to let her borrow the treasured photo promising to look after it carefully. To her dismay, by the time she returns home from school, the picture is missing. But something unusual has happened. Suddenly it is as if Bisa Bea is alive inside her, telling Bel what life was like when she was a girl. Bel loves hearing the stories about the old days -- until Bisa Bea starts to tell her how to behave. Bel learns that her great-grandmother lived in a very different time, when girls were expected to be proper young ladies.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003eAna Maria Machado is one of the world's most distinguished writers for children, with over one hundred books published in her native Brazil and in more than eighteen other countries. She has won the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the SM Iberoamerican Children's Literature Award, and she has been elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters — the first writer for children to be so honored. She has also been chosen for the honor list of the highly prestigious Dutch Prince Claus Award. Groundwood has published three of her novels, \u003cem\u003eMe in the Middle\u003c\/em\u003e (Américas Award Commended List), \u003cem\u003eFrom Another World\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUntil the Day Arrives\u003c\/em\u003e, and her picture books \u003cem\u003eWolf Wanted\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the FNLIJ Hors Concours, and \u003cem\u003eWhat a Party!\u003c\/em\u003e Ana Maria lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"Caroline Merola has a degree in fine arts from Concordia University. She worked as an illustrator for several publishing houses and her work has appeared across North America. Caroline Merola writes and illustrates children's books and has more than thirty titles to her credit. She was a finalist for the Mr. Christie Book Award, and, in both 2007 and 2008, was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;","ContributorBio_2":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Unger is an award-winning translator and author born in Guatemala. His work has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Chinese. He received Guatemala’s 2014 Miguel Angel Asturias National Prize in Literature for lifetime achievement, though he writes exclusively in English and lives in the US. His many translations include \u003cem\u003eThe Girl from Chimel\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Honey Jar\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePopul Vuh: A Sacred Book of the Maya\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","ContributorRole_2":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Machado, Ana Maria","Contributor_1":"Merola, Caroline","Contributor_2":"Unger, David","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"112","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325166043195,"title":"Brave Deeds","handle":"brave-deeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the winter of 1944-45 when Holland was under Nazi rule, life for the Dutch people was extremely harsh and the future bleak. Everyone was cold and hungry. Thousands of people, especially Jews who had managed to escape transport to the death camps, were in hiding. Resistance workers bravely tried to sabotage the Germans as they fought to free Holland. But some went to extraordinary lengths -- they harbored in their homes people who faced certain death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold through the eyes of a fictional child, this is the otherwise true story of the Braal family who, despite putting themselves and those they loved in great danger, saved many, many lives. Frans Braal, a resistance worker, and his wife, Mies, first took in an injured Canadian airman. He was just the beginning. The Braals moved to a larger place in the country, where they would be less visible, and took in anyone in need of help -- Jews, children, resistance fighters and people who were starving. The Braal family has made photographs and keepsakes from the time available for use in the book. An epilogue, historical notes and glossary are included.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T12:34:25-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T12:34:25-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249985454139,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888997913","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Brave Deeds - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":1795,"weight":236,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888997913","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn the winter of 1944-45 when Holland was under Nazi rule, life for the Dutch people was extremely harsh and the future bleak. Everyone was cold and hungry. Thousands of people, especially Jews who had managed to escape transport to the death camps, were in hiding. Resistance workers bravely tried to sabotage the Germans as they fought to free Holland. But some went to extraordinary lengths -- they harbored in their homes people who faced certain death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold through the eyes of a fictional child, this is the otherwise true story of the Braal family who, despite putting themselves and those they loved in great danger, saved many, many lives. Frans Braal, a resistance worker, and his wife, Mies, first took in an injured Canadian airman. He was just the beginning. The Braals moved to a larger place in the country, where they would be less visible, and took in anyone in need of help -- Jews, children, resistance fighters and people who were starving. The Braal family has made photographs and keepsakes from the time available for use in the book. An epilogue, historical notes and glossary are included.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003eAnn Alma was born and raised in the Netherlands and was a teacher for many years. Her novel \u003cem\u003eSummer of Changes\u003c\/em\u003e won a Silver Birch Regional Award. Her latest book of non-fiction, \u003cem\u003eKids Who Grow Their Own Food\u003c\/em\u003e, has been well received by teachers and librarians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eShe now spends her time writing at her home in the Kootenay mountains of British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Alma, Ann","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325165223995,"title":"I dreamt...","handle":"i-dreamt","description":"\u003cp\u003eChildren whose daily lives are afflicted by violence dream of a different world in this powerful book created by Mexican artists as a fundraiser for the IBBY Fund for Children in Crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many parts of the world, including North America, children are living with violence. Wars, gangs, guns, crime, bullying, harassment and fear keep many kids from living the full, free lives that every child should enjoy. This book was created in Mexico, where for the past six years a vicious war against drugs has brought fear and insecurity into every child’s life. Many children’s dreams have become nightmares. Some of Mexico’s best illustrators have donated their art to create this book, which gives children a way to talk about their fears, a reason to hope and the inspiration to resist falling into grief and depression. Like some city trees they have the possibility to grow strong and, despite everything, to try and make the world a better place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI dreamt...\u003c\/em\u003e is being published in North America for the same reasons. Royalties from sales will be donated to IBBY’s Fund for Children in Crisis, which supports bibliotherapy projects that use books and reading to help children who have lived through wars, civil conflicts and natural disasters to think and talk about their experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T12:27:41-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T12:27:41-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43250014879803,"title":"hard cover jacket","option1":"hard cover jacket","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781554983308","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"I dreamt... - hard cover jacket","public_title":"hard cover jacket","options":["hard cover jacket"],"price":1895,"weight":526,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781554983308","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eChildren whose daily lives are afflicted by violence dream of a different world in this powerful book created by Mexican artists as a fundraiser for the IBBY Fund for Children in Crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many parts of the world, including North America, children are living with violence. Wars, gangs, guns, crime, bullying, harassment and fear keep many kids from living the full, free lives that every child should enjoy. This book was created in Mexico, where for the past six years a vicious war against drugs has brought fear and insecurity into every child’s life. Many children’s dreams have become nightmares. Some of Mexico’s best illustrators have donated their art to create this book, which gives children a way to talk about their fears, a reason to hope and the inspiration to resist falling into grief and depression. Like some city trees they have the possibility to grow strong and, despite everything, to try and make the world a better place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI dreamt...\u003c\/em\u003e is being published in North America for the same reasons. Royalties from sales will be donated to IBBY’s Fund for Children in Crisis, which supports bibliotherapy projects that use books and reading to help children who have lived through wars, civil conflicts and natural disasters to think and talk about their experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003eGabriela Olmos is a writer and editor. She has worked at the prestigious publishing house Artes de México for fourteen years and is currently the deputy publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong her most distinguished books are \u003ci\u003eEl juego de las piedras antiguas, Pintores mexicanos de la A a la Z, El juego de las miradas, Cómo bailan los monstruos, El zopilote y la chirimía y Con los ojos cerrados\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2009 she was nominated by the Mexican government for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the most important children’s literature prizes in the world. She lives in Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003eElisa Amado is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written \u003cem\u003eMy Friend (Mi amiga)\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; \u003cem\u003eUn Barrilete para el D\u0026iacute;a de los Muertos \/ Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Cousins (Primas)\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Luis Garay; \u003cem\u003eTricycle (El triciclo)\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Am\u0026eacute;ricas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book; and \u003cem\u003eWhat Are You Doing? \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhy Are You Doing That?\u003c\/em\u003e, both illustrated by Manuel Monroy. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Olmos, Gabriela","Contributor_1":"Amado, Elisa","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"40","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325163978811,"title":"Climate Change 1st ed.","handle":"climate-change-1st-ed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClimate change has been called the single greatest threat facing the planet, but there is little consensus about how to deal with it. The problem is vast, the science complex, and the economic, political, and social implications of taking action are immense. It is an issue of particular importance to young adults, who will inherit the consequences created by today’s policy makers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the key questions surrounding this issue: What is the basic science behind climate change? Why is it difficult for people to accept what is going on? What is going to happen in the future, and what can be done about it? Perhaps most importantly, the book acknowledges that the issue involves much more than agreeing on the underlying science. Climate change is an emotionally charged political and philosophical issue as well – one that affects how governments and industry form policy, the choices people make in their daily lives, and the kind of world that awaits future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T12:12:29-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T12:12:29-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1100,"price_min":1100,"price_max":1895,"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":41930433790011,"title":"paperback 1st ed.","option1":"paperback 1st ed.","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888997845","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Climate Change 1st ed. - paperback 1st ed.","public_title":"paperback 1st ed.","options":["paperback 1st ed."],"price":1100,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888997845","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41930433822779,"title":"Flick Off ed.","option1":"Flick Off ed.","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"X00043","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Climate Change 1st ed. - Flick Off ed.","public_title":"Flick Off ed.","options":["Flick Off ed."],"price":1100,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"X00043","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":43135808864315,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888997838","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Climate Change 1st ed. - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":1895,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888997838","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClimate change has been called the single greatest threat facing the planet, but there is little consensus about how to deal with it. The problem is vast, the science complex, and the economic, political, and social implications of taking action are immense. It is an issue of particular importance to young adults, who will inherit the consequences created by today’s policy makers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the key questions surrounding this issue: What is the basic science behind climate change? Why is it difficult for people to accept what is going on? What is going to happen in the future, and what can be done about it? Perhaps most importantly, the book acknowledges that the issue involves much more than agreeing on the underlying science. Climate change is an emotionally charged political and philosophical issue as well – one that affects how governments and industry form policy, the choices people make in their daily lives, and the kind of world that awaits future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003eShelley Tanaka is an award-winning author, translator and editor. She has written more than twenty books for children and young adults, winning the Orbis Pictus Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Science in Society Book Award and the Information Book Award, and she has twice been nominated for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis. Other honors include Texas Blue Bonnet runner-up, School Library Journal Best Books, ALA Notables and IRA Young Adults’ Choice. Her translation of Michel Noel’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood for Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and was on the IBBY Honor List (Commended). Shelley teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"Jane Springer is the author of \u003cem\u003eGenocide\u003c\/em\u003e, part of the Groundwork Guides series for which she is also the series editor. She is a consultant in international development and has lived and worked in Mozambique and India. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eListen to Us: The World's Working Children\u003c\/em\u003e and translator of the Portuguese-language books \u003cem\u003eNest Egg\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTales from the Amazon\u003c\/em\u003e. Jane Springer lives in Toronto.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Edited by","Contributor_0":"Tanaka, Shelley","Contributor_1":"Springer, Jane","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325162799163,"title":"A Troublesome Boy","handle":"a-troublesome-boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Book About the Past, and selected as an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeddy can't believe how fast his life has changed in just two years. When he was twelve, his father took off, and then his mother married Henry, a man Teddy despises. But Teddy has no control over his life, and adults make all the decisions, especially in 1959. Henry decides that Teddy should be sent to St. Ignatius Academy for Boys, an isolated boarding school run by the Catholic church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Iggy's, Teddy learns, is a cold, unforgiving place — something between a juvenile detention center and reform school. The other boys are mostly a cast of misfits and eccentrics, but Teddy quickly becomes best friends with Cooper, a wise-cracking, Wordsworth-loving kid with a history of neglect. Despite the priests' ruthless efforts to crack down on the slightest hint of defiance or attitude, the boys get by for a while on their wits, humor and dreams of escape. But the beatings, humiliation and hours spent in the school's infamous \"time-out\" rooms, and the institutionalized system of power and abuse that protects the priests' authority, eventually take their toll, especially on the increasingly fragile Cooper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen one of the new priests, Father Prince, starts to summon Cooper to his room at night, and Teddy watches helplessly as his friend withdraws into his own private nightmare, even as Prince targets Teddy himself as his next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeddy and Cooper's only reprieve comes on Saturdays, when the school janitor, Rozey, takes the boys to his run-down farmhouse outside of town, the only place where the boys can feel normal -- fishing, playing cribbage, watching the bears at the local dump. But even this can't stop Cooper's downward spiral and eventual suicide. And just when Teddy thinks something good might come out of his friend's tragedy, he finds himself dealing with the ultimate betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T11:59:55-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T11:59:55-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43237136990267,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781554981557","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Troublesome Boy - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":209,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781554981557","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981557.jpg?v=1736441949"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981557.jpg?v=1736441949","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24980364001339,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.724,"height":2175,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981557.jpg?v=1736441949"},"aspect_ratio":0.724,"height":2175,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781554981557.jpg?v=1736441949","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Book About the Past, and selected as an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeddy can't believe how fast his life has changed in just two years. When he was twelve, his father took off, and then his mother married Henry, a man Teddy despises. But Teddy has no control over his life, and adults make all the decisions, especially in 1959. Henry decides that Teddy should be sent to St. Ignatius Academy for Boys, an isolated boarding school run by the Catholic church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Iggy's, Teddy learns, is a cold, unforgiving place — something between a juvenile detention center and reform school. The other boys are mostly a cast of misfits and eccentrics, but Teddy quickly becomes best friends with Cooper, a wise-cracking, Wordsworth-loving kid with a history of neglect. Despite the priests' ruthless efforts to crack down on the slightest hint of defiance or attitude, the boys get by for a while on their wits, humor and dreams of escape. But the beatings, humiliation and hours spent in the school's infamous \"time-out\" rooms, and the institutionalized system of power and abuse that protects the priests' authority, eventually take their toll, especially on the increasingly fragile Cooper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen one of the new priests, Father Prince, starts to summon Cooper to his room at night, and Teddy watches helplessly as his friend withdraws into his own private nightmare, even as Prince targets Teddy himself as his next victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeddy and Cooper's only reprieve comes on Saturdays, when the school janitor, Rozey, takes the boys to his run-down farmhouse outside of town, the only place where the boys can feel normal -- fishing, playing cribbage, watching the bears at the local dump. But even this can't stop Cooper's downward spiral and eventual suicide. And just when Teddy thinks something good might come out of his friend's tragedy, he finds himself dealing with the ultimate betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ePaul Vasey has worked with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Windsor Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, Canadian Press, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hamilton Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and the CBC, and he has been awarded a Southam Fellowship for Journalists. He is also a board member of a mental-health treatment center for children and adolescents. He lives in Windsor, Ontario. Visit Paul Vasey's website: http:\/\/www.paulvasey.ca\/ Visit Paul Vasey's blog: http:\/\/www.paulvasey.ca\/blog\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Vasey, Paul","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"232","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
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{"id":7325161750587,"title":"Flood","handle":"flood","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a flood kills eleven-year-old Andy Flynn's mother and stepfather, the only world he has ever known is gone and he is alone. Aunt Mona, whom he has never met, takes him to live with her in Halifax, on the opposite side of the country. During the flight, Aunt Mona tells him harshly that his father was not a war hero killed in battle, as Andy's mother led him to believe, but a no-good thief and drunk who is very much alive in Halifax. Andy is stunned, and as soon as they reach their destination, he runs away from his aunt to find his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Heneghan's remarkable gift for storytelling shines as strongly as ever in this moving and funny tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-09T11:54:44-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-09T11:54:44-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1295,"price_min":1295,"price_max":1295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43250080120891,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780888994660","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Flood - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1295,"weight":174,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780888994660","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a flood kills eleven-year-old Andy Flynn's mother and stepfather, the only world he has ever known is gone and he is alone. Aunt Mona, whom he has never met, takes him to live with her in Halifax, on the opposite side of the country. During the flight, Aunt Mona tells him harshly that his father was not a war hero killed in battle, as Andy's mother led him to believe, but a no-good thief and drunk who is very much alive in Halifax. Andy is stunned, and as soon as they reach their destination, he runs away from his aunt to find his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Heneghan's remarkable gift for storytelling shines as strongly as ever in this moving and funny tale.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"James Heneghan was raised in Ireland and in Liverpool, England, where he worked as a policeman. After coming to Canada, he was a police fingerprint specialist before becoming a teacher. He has won the Arthur Ellis Award for Juvenile Crime Fiction and is a three-time winner of the Sheila A. Egoff Book Prize for Children's Literature. He lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Heneghan, James","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"192","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd"}
