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How his new baby cousin will only stop screaming if Owen carries her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd he tells her about the most bewildering drama to hit the Skye household yet, when the boys' father quits his insurance job to write a novel, and all the Skyes have to cope with the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlan Cumyn has written an irresistible epistolary novel. Owen is a true writer in his head -- but getting the right words onto the page is another story. Young readers will easily identify as he wrestles with his spelling, with his writer's insecurity, and with his deep desire to tell Sylvia the truth about what is going on in his life, and in his heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T10:30:45-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T09:10:42-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 8 - 11","By (author) Cumyn Alan","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Award-Winning","Groundwood Books","pub date: 2008-04-01"],"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":40247942053947,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780888998484","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Dear Sylvia - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":191,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780888998484","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40247943954491,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554984619","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Dear Sylvia - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554984619","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40247944151099,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554987344","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Dear Sylvia - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554987344","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7bf51b07-308e-4cd8-9f0e-69aeb381c918.jpg?v=1731047082"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7bf51b07-308e-4cd8-9f0e-69aeb381c918.jpg?v=1731047082","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24903078281275,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.686,"height":1920,"width":1317,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7bf51b07-308e-4cd8-9f0e-69aeb381c918.jpg?v=1731047082"},"aspect_ratio":0.686,"height":1920,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7bf51b07-308e-4cd8-9f0e-69aeb381c918.jpg?v=1731047082","width":1317}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the OLA's Forest of Reading Silver Birch Express Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSylvia Tull -- the girl whose very glance turns Owen's face into a burning tomato -- has moved away from the small village where Owen lives with his parents and two brothers. But he still has the birthday gift she gave him -- a stationery set, complete with stamped envelopes -- because she wants him to keep sending her stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo Owen nervously begins to write Sylvia about all the things that are going on in his life. How his little brother, Leonard, got his head stuck in the bannister. The disastrous camping trip with his irritating girl cousins. How his new baby cousin will only stop screaming if Owen carries her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd he tells her about the most bewildering drama to hit the Skye household yet, when the boys' father quits his insurance job to write a novel, and all the Skyes have to cope with the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlan Cumyn has written an irresistible epistolary novel. Owen is a true writer in his head -- but getting the right words onto the page is another story. Young readers will easily identify as he wrestles with his spelling, with his writer's insecurity, and with his deep desire to tell Sylvia the truth about what is going on in his life, and in his heart.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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How his new baby cousin will only stop screaming if Owen carries her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd he tells her about the most bewildering drama to hit the Skye household yet, when the boys' father quits his insurance job to write a novel, and all the Skyes have to cope with the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlan Cumyn has written an irresistible epistolary novel. Owen is a true writer in his head -- but getting the right words onto the page is another story. 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Cumyn...is fast becoming one of today's leading Canadian writers for children.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Alan Cumyn again displays his superb writing chops and keen insights of children in a letter-writing tale that is eventful, funny, openhearted and wise...Cumyn's ear for the poetry of children's language...gives Owen's letters perfect comic timing...Dear Sylvia picks up on characters, feelings and images from its predecessors [The Secret Life of Owen Skye and After Sylvia]...in a way that's natural and illuminating.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Cumyn...delivers enough Skye family drama...and love-is-a-many-splendoured-thing moments to more than satisfy.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_quote,_res_0":"Sylvia Tull - the girl whose very glance turns Owen's face into a burning tomato - has moved away from the small village where Owen lives with his parents and two brothers. But he still has the birthday gift she gave him - a stationery set, complete with stamped envelopes - because she wants him to keep sending stories.\nSo Owen nervously begins to write Sylvia about all the things that are going on in his life. How his little brother, Leonard, got his head stuck in the banister. The disastrous camping trip with his irritating girl cousins. How his noew baby cousin will only stop screaming if Owen carries her.\nAnd he tells her about the most bewildering drama to hit the Skye household yet, when the boys' father quits his insurance job to write a novel, and all the Skyes have to cope with the consequences.\nReaders and writers of all ages will easily identify as Owen wrestles with his poor spelling, with his writer's insecurity, and with his deep desire to tell Sylvia the truth about what is going on in his life, and in his heart.\n\nAlan Cumyn is a highly acclaimed author of books for children and adults. His most recent novel, The Famished Lover, sequel to The Sojourn (named among the top Canadian novels of 2003 by the Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun, Maclean's and Quill \u0026 Quire), was long-listed for the Giller Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin literary award.\nAlan's two previous children's books, The Secret Life of Owen Skye and After Sylvia, received rave reviews and award recognition. The Secret Life of Owen Skye won the Mr. Christie Book Award and the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, and was nominated for the Governor General's Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Rocky Mountain Award and the Pacific Northwest Libraries Association Young Readers Choice Award. After Sylvia was nominated for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award as well as the prestigious TD Children's Literature Award. It has also been adapted for the stage.\nAlan is past chari of the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN Canada. 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ages 8
to 11
/ grades 3
to 6
Dear Sylvia
The third in the highly praised Owen Skye series following The Secret Life of Owen Skye and After Silvia.
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{"id":6818978857019,"title":"Easy Avenue","handle":"easy-avenue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his first year in high school, Hubbo O'Driscoll is torn between his poor but fun friends and the shallow but rich kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this novel based on Great Expectations, Brian Doyle does a brilliant job of dealing with the issue of class and all its implications. Poverty, social climbing and the connotations of each are presented through the classic Doyle blend of humor and gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T15:33:46-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T14:20:27-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 11 - 0","By (author) Doyle Brian","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Award-Winning","Groundwood Books","Middle Grade","pub date: 1998-10-01"],"price":795,"price_min":795,"price_max":795,"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":40249494077499,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780888996053","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Easy Avenue - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":795,"weight":154,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780888996053","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40249496207419,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980147","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Easy Avenue - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":795,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980147","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40249496469563,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986897","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Easy Avenue - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":795,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986897","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_37b3e2b5-32d0-4ae8-8142-342a6a80956d.jpg?v=1731047369"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_37b3e2b5-32d0-4ae8-8142-342a6a80956d.jpg?v=1731047369","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24903079362619,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2249,"width":1501,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_37b3e2b5-32d0-4ae8-8142-342a6a80956d.jpg?v=1731047369"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2249,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_37b3e2b5-32d0-4ae8-8142-342a6a80956d.jpg?v=1731047369","width":1501}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his first year in high school, Hubbo O'Driscoll is torn between his poor but fun friends and the shallow but rich kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this novel based on Great Expectations, Brian Doyle does a brilliant job of dealing with the issue of class and all its implications. Poverty, social climbing and the connotations of each are presented through the classic Doyle blend of humor and gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781773060323","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781773060729","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781773060323","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781773060477","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781773060477","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_2":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"11","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"26","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"6","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"11","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"6","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"14","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"9","AudienceRangeValue_2_2":"9","BASICMainSubject":"JUV019000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION\/Humorous Stories","BiographicalNote":"Brian Doyle is the award-winning author of many beloved children's books. He lives in Chelsea, Quebec.","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Humorous Stories","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Adolescence \u0026amp; Coming of Age","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Peer Pressure","BISACSubject_0":"JUV019000","BISACSubject_1":"JUV039020","BISACSubject_2":"JUV039100","ContributorBio_0":"Brian Doyle is the award-winning author of many beloved children's books. He lives in Chelsea, Quebec.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Doyle, Brian (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his first year in high school, Hubbo O'Driscoll is torn between his poor but fun friends and the shallow but rich kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this novel based on Great Expectations, Brian Doyle does a brilliant job of dealing with the issue of class and all its implications. Poverty, social climbing and the connotations of each are presented through the classic Doyle blend of humor and gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781554986897","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554986897\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"Social Situations; Peer Pressure; Humorous Stories; Social Situations; Adolescence; award winner","NumberOfPages":"144","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“an absolute delight” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Spectator","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Doyle writes a tight narrative with wit and verve.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooks in Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Books in Canada","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Doyle...zeroes in on adolescent feelings and dialogue with complete accuracy. His blend of sophisticated satire, realism and empathy with the human condition creates an atmosphere with which the reader easily identifies.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewing Librarian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Reviewing Librarian","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Doyle's characters have the universal quality of ancient folk tale characters...Thanks to writers like Doyle, Canada...has developed a literature for young adults that is as unique as it is universal.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"In this novel based on Great Expectations, Brian Doyle does a brilliant job of dealing with the issue of class and all its implications.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeName_0":"CLA Book of the Year for Children Award","PrizeName_1":"Governor General's Literary Awards: Text","PrizeName_2":"Books for the Teenage from the New York Public Library","PrizeYear_0":"1989","PrizeYear_1":"1988","PrizeYear_2":"1999","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"1998-10-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"In this novel based on Great Expectations, Brian Doyle does a brilliant job of dealing with the issue of class and all its implications.","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 11
to 9
/ grades 6
to 14
Easy Avenue
In this novel based on Great Expectations, Brian Doyle does a brilliant job of dealing with the issue of class and all its implications.
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{"id":7319099113531,"title":"Everybelly","handle":"everybelly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2025 Kirkus Prize! A joyful celebration of an oft-maligned body part — the belly!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaddie and her mom spend a sunny day at the local public pool where she meets and greets friends and neighbors. Maddie is waist-high on most of them, and she knows there’s an interesting person behind every belly she passes — like Jackie, the artist with a splatter of ice cream across their belly. Maddie’s splatter painting often leaves Mama speechless, too!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poolside belly parade keeps Maddie musing: How bellies can make excellent tables, how hard some people work to keep their bellies flat when Maddie prefers her belly full, and how you should never, ever stick your hands in other people’s bellies, no matter how soft and doughy they might look. 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Everybelly
From acclaimed picture-book artist Thao Lam comes a joyful celebration of an oft-maligned body part — the belly!
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His books have won many awards and honors, including the Governor General's Award (\u003cem\u003eGhost Train\u003c\/em\u003e), the Ruth Schwartz Award (\u003cem\u003eGhost Train\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRoses Sing on New Snow\u003c\/em\u003e), and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award (\u003cem\u003eTales from Gold Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e). He has won the Vancouver Book Award and been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize, and his books have been named to several lists, including NYPL Books for the Teen Age (\u003cem\u003eDead Man’s Gold\u003c\/em\u003e), ALA Notables and Booklist's Top Ten Historical Fiction. Most recently, Paul’s young adult novel Money Boy was named a Stonewall Honor Book and he won the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work. Paul lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHARVEY CHAN\u003c\/strong\u003e immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong as a teenager. He has won the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award three times - with Paul Yee for \u003cem\u003eRoses Sing on New Snow\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGhost Train\u003c\/em\u003e, and with Celia Barker Lottridge for \u003cem\u003eMusic for the Tsar of the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e by Celia Barker Lottridge. Harvey is currently living in Hong Kong. \u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","ContributorRole_2":"Read by","Contributor_0":"Yee, Paul (CA)","Contributor_1":"Chan, Harvey (CA)","Contributor_2":"Johnson, Molly (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of a young Chinese girl who arrives in North America only to discover that her father has died building the railway.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis powerful, unforgettable and multi-award-winning tale is based on the lives of the Chinese who settled on the west coast of North America in the early 1900s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeft behind in China by her father, who has gone to North America to find work, Choon-yi has made her living by selling her paintings in the market. When her father writes one day and asks her to join him, she joyously sets off, only to discover that he has been killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChoon-yi sees the railway and the giant train engines that her father died for, and she is filled with an urge to paint them. But her work disappoints her until a ghostly presence beckons her to board a train where she meets the ghosts of the men who died building the railway. She is able to give them peace by returning their bones to China where they were born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGhostly, magical and yet redeeming, this tale by Paul Yee is superbly illustrated by Harvey Chan.\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.3.7\u003cbr\u003e\nExplain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773065809","Height":"10.75","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"picture book","NumberOfPages":"32","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The story of a young Chinese girl who arrives in North America only to discover that her father has died building the railway.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_2":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_3":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_4":"Winner","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"01","PrizeCode_2":"01","PrizeCode_3":"01","PrizeCode_4":"01","PrizeName_0":"CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award","PrizeName_1":"Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award","PrizeName_2":"Governor General's Literary Awards: Text","PrizeName_3":"Prix Enfantaisie","PrizeName_4":"Ruth Schwartz Award","PrizeYear_0":"1997","PrizeYear_1":"1996","PrizeYear_2":"1996","PrizeYear_3":"1996","PrizeYear_4":"1996","ProductFormDescription":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","PublicationDate":"2013-10-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"The story of a young Chinese girl who arrives in North America only to discover that her father has died building the railway.","Width":"8.0625","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 6
to 10
/ grades 1
to 5
Ghost Train
The story of a young Chinese girl who arrives in North America only to discover that her father has died building the railway.
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ages 12
and up
/ grades 7
and up
Go Home
In a small New Hampshire town, two teenagers from vastly different backgrounds find their future dreams challenged by family trauma and racism.
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Good for Nothing
Kicked out of residential school, a Metis teenager must try to rediscover his people's old ways and learn the truth about his father's death.
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/ grades 7
to 10
Hold Fast
The widely acclaimed story of a young boy's struggle to survive in a new environment and stand up for himself.
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Hopscotch
When her family must move once more, Ophelia uses her imagination to make magic out of a scary situation.
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I Am a Taxi
Deep in the jungle, working in a cocaine operation, twelve-year-old Diego must take a terrible risk if he ever wants to see his family again.
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ages 3
to 2
/ grades P
to 7
I Found Hope in a Cherry Tree
Jean E. Pendziwol’s newest picture book is a lyrical meditation on nature and hope.
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades P
to 2
I Know Here
A simple yet deeply felt and vibrantly illustrated story about a little girl who knows and loves the place she lives but has to move away.
