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Children of war : voices of Iraqi refugees

Ellis, Deborah, 1960-


Provides interviews with twenty-three young Iraqi children who have moved away from their homeland and tells of their fears, challenges, and struggles to rebuild their lives in foreign lands as refugees of war.
Date Published:2008

La LNH

Davidson, B. Keith,


Traduction de : NHL. Comprend un index. Apprenez tout sur la Ligue nationale de hockey. Découvrez des faits fascinants -- des stars qui battent des records, aux équipes gagnantes, et aux positions importantes
Date Published:2022

Percy Jackson & the Olympians. 1, The lightning thief /

Venditti, Robert,


After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Date Published:2023

Brave

Chmakova, Svetlana, 1979-,


In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social experiment projects, and behind-the-scenes club drama. Jensen's always played the middle school game one level at a time, but suddenly, someone's cranked up the difficulty setting. Will those daring daydreams of his finally work in his favor, or will he have to find real solutions to his real life problems?
Date Published:2017

In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social experiment projects, and behind-the-scenes club drama. Jensen's always played the middle school game one level at a time, but suddenly, someone's cranked up the difficulty setting. Will those daring daydreams of his finally work in his favor, or will he have to find real solutions to his real life problems?

Date Published:2017

My hero academia. 11, End of the beginning, beginning of the end /

Horikoshi, Kohei, 1986-


Translation of: Boku no hiro akademia. Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. Bakugo's abduction by the League of Villains was a carefully calculated move designed to draw out the heroes-- All Might in particular-- and destroy them. Midoriya and his friends set out on a rescue mission that eventually pulls in not only All Might but also several other heroes! The casualties mount, until at last the mastermind of the plot appears-- All For One, the only villain powerful enough to take on All Might head-to-head and possibly win!
Date Published:2018

Translation of: Boku no hiro akademia. Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. Bakugo's abduction by the League of Villains was a carefully calculated move designed to draw out the heroes-- All Might in particular-- and destroy them. Midoriya and his friends set out on a rescue mission that eventually pulls in not only All Might but also several other heroes! The casualties mount, until at last the mastermind of the plot appears-- All For One, the only villain powerful enough to take on All Might head-to-head and possibly win!

Date Published:2018

My hero academia. 15, Fighting fate /

Horikoshi, Kohei, 1986-


Translation of: Boku no hiro akademia. Reads from right to left. Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world's greatest hero, but greatness won't come easy. A new and sinister enemy appears in the form of Chisaki Kai, the young leader of the Hassaikai yakuza gang. Looking to fill the power vacuum left by All For One, Chisaki makes contact with the League of Villains to gain possible support. When a chance run-in with a scared little girl brings Midoriya and his mentor Mirio face-to-face with Chisaki, none of them have any idea how much their lives are about to change...
Date Published:2018

Translation of: Boku no hiro akademia. Reads from right to left. Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world's greatest hero, but greatness won't come easy. A new and sinister enemy appears in the form of Chisaki Kai, the young leader of the Hassaikai yakuza gang. Looking to fill the power vacuum left by All For One, Chisaki makes contact with the League of Villains to gain possible support. When a chance run-in with a scared little girl brings Midoriya and his mentor Mirio face-to-face with Chisaki, none of them have any idea how much their lives are about to change...

Date Published:2018

Devil's pass

Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959-


Webb, a young street musician, faces grizzly bears and a madman on the Canol Trail when he tries to fulfill a request in his late grandfather's will.
Date Published:2012

Ten marks and a train ticket : Benno's escape to freedom

Goldstein, Susy, 1955-


This is the true story of a Canadian, whose journey reaches out to all our hearts. Benno and Heinz, two brothers who are nine and thirteen, respectively, were put on a train departing Nazi Germany, in January 1939. Their parents were in a desperate bid to relocate them to a safe location. From Berlin to Amsterdam to London and, finally, to Toronto, Benno recalls his traumatic journey, as he makes his way across the continent during the war.
Date Published:2008

This is the true story of a Canadian, whose journey reaches out to all our hearts. Benno and Heinz, two brothers who are nine and thirteen, respectively, were put on a train departing Nazi Germany, in January 1939. Their parents were in a desperate bid to relocate them to a safe location. From Berlin to Amsterdam to London and, finally, to Toronto, Benno recalls his traumatic journey, as he makes his way across the continent during the war.

Date Published:2008

The magic fish

Trung, Le Nguyen


Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?
Date Published:2020

Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?

Date Published:2020

Water resource management



Date Published:2008

Aldous Huxley's Brave new world


"A contemporary literary views book."
Date Published:1996

Prophet song

Lynch, Paul, 1977-


On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what--or who--is she willing to leave behind? Exhilarating, terrifying and surprisingly intimate, Prophet Song offers a shocking vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together.
Date Published:2023

On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what--or who--is she willing to leave behind? Exhilarating, terrifying and surprisingly intimate, Prophet Song offers a shocking vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together.

Date Published:2023

The midnight library

Haig, Matt, 1975-


Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?
Date Published:2020

Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?

Date Published:2020

Something, someday

Gorman, Amanda, 1998-


Shows how even the smallest gesture can have a lasting impact.
Date Published:2023

Teepee goes to the doctor


Teepee's Storytime: Magic Medicine Wheel -- Teepee Tocs: Doctor and Bush. Today in Teepeeville, Teepee goes to the doctor for the very first time. When he gets home, Teepee dances to a song about a doctor with a bad cold before getting ready to hear the story about the magic medicine wheel before naptime. Stick around for TEEPEE TOCS, where Teepee learns to say the words doctor and bush in Mi'kmaq!
Date Published:2019

Teepee's Storytime: Magic Medicine Wheel -- Teepee Tocs: Doctor and Bush. Today in Teepeeville, Teepee goes to the doctor for the very first time. When he gets home, Teepee dances to a song about a doctor with a bad cold before getting ready to hear the story about the magic medicine wheel before naptime. Stick around for TEEPEE TOCS, where Teepee learns to say the words doctor and bush in Mi'kmaq!

Date Published:2019

You don't know what war is : the diary of a young girl from Ukraine

Skalietska, Yeva.


Title proper from title frame. A memoir about the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war as told through the diary entries of a young Ukrainian girl.
Date Published:2022

Frizzy

Ortega, Claribel A.


Title proper from title frame. "Tired of going to the salon to have her curls straightened every weekend, Marlene slowly learns to embrace her natural curly hair with the help of her best friend and favorite aunt"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

The secret of your name : proud to be Métis = Kiimooch ka shinikashooyen : aen kischitaymook aen li michif iwik

Bouchard, David, 1952-


Includes a bilingual audio CD in Michif and English. Music by John Arcand.
Date Published:2010

Ali the Great and the market mishap

Faruqi, Saadia,


Ali, his grandfather, and little brother Fateh head to the South Asian market to stock up on snacks. So much to see! But what Ali can't see is Fateh. Where did he go? Will Ali's quick thinking save the day?
Date Published:2024

Body insecurity


From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Rights expire on November 15, 2026. In the How do you feel? series Akin discusses a problem with an expert, asks his young friends what they think and shares positive mental health coping strategies. Akin has a friend who is being bullied because of her body, and it's making her feel upset and insecure. Akin meets up with Duane and some pals to talk through these difficult emotions, and he explains how we can focus on the positive by avoiding comparisons.
Date Published:2020

From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Rights expire on November 15, 2026. In the How do you feel? series Akin discusses a problem with an expert, asks his young friends what they think and shares positive mental health coping strategies. Akin has a friend who is being bullied because of her body, and it's making her feel upset and insecure. Akin meets up with Duane and some pals to talk through these difficult emotions, and he explains how we can focus on the positive by avoiding comparisons.

Date Published:2020