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Brown girl in the ring

Hopkinson, Nalo


A fantasy novel of urban decay whose heroine turns to Afro-Caribbean magic to help a boyfriend escape gangs. The gangs are enforcing a contract to produce a human heart for transplant, even if the boyfriend has to kill for it. The setting is a futuristic Toronto.
Date Published:1998

One step at a time : a Vietnamese child finds her way

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk, 1954-


Includes index. Vietnamese-born Tuyet has escaped her war-torn homeland and found a loving family in Canada, but her dreams of running and playing with her adopted siblings are hampered by her clubfoot and leg weakened by polio.
Date Published:2012

Haudenosaunee farm


From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Rights expire on May 1, 2028. Gabby visits her friend Terry Lynn's farm in the Six Nations of the Grand River. She learns about the traditions of Terry Lynn's role as Seedkeeper and together they gather food from the land.
Date Published:2021

What's inside? : Fire extinguisher


Ever wonder what's inside a fan? A cell phone? What about a stapler? WHAT'S INSIDE? answers those very questions! From winter coats to bicycles, each interstitial explores what's inside the objects we use every day. Using stop-motion animation and fast-paced music, WHAT'S INSIDE? unveils the many different parts of an item by breaking them down piece-by piece - until every last screw has been pulled, and spring has been released, captivating early engineering curiosity in young children.
Date Published:2017

Ever wonder what's inside a fan? A cell phone? What about a stapler? WHAT'S INSIDE? answers those very questions! From winter coats to bicycles, each interstitial explores what's inside the objects we use every day. Using stop-motion animation and fast-paced music, WHAT'S INSIDE? unveils the many different parts of an item by breaking them down piece-by piece - until every last screw has been pulled, and spring has been released, captivating early engineering curiosity in young children.

Date Published:2017

The short second life of Bree Tanner : an eclipse novella

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-


Megan Tingley books. Bree Tanner is a newborn vampire who lives in the darker side of the world. Chronicles the journey of members of the newborn vampire army from their preparations to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullen family to its unforgettable conclusion.
Date Published:2022

In the skin of a lion : a novel

Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-


It is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home. Immersed in the lives of the people who surround him - the immigrants building the city, as well as those who dreamed it into being - Patrick begins to learn, from their stories, the history of the city itself. And he has his own adventures: searching for a missing millionaire, tunnelling beneath Lake Ontario, falling in love.
Date Published:2012

It is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home. Immersed in the lives of the people who surround him - the immigrants building the city, as well as those who dreamed it into being - Patrick begins to learn, from their stories, the history of the city itself. And he has his own adventures: searching for a missing millionaire, tunnelling beneath Lake Ontario, falling in love.

Date Published:2012

Me and the Blondes

Toten, Teresa, 1955-


Sophie Kandinsky starts attending a new school and sets out to make friends with the popular girls while at the same time concealing the fact that her father is in prison for murder.
Date Published:2006

Better than blonde

Toten, Teresa, 1955-



Date Published:2007

Once, in a town called Moth

Kent, Trilby.,


A Mennonite teen from Bolivia flees from her tight-knit colony with her father to Toronto, where they search for her missing mother and she struggles to survive in an isolated, big-city environment with no understanding of the local culture.
Date Published:2016

Ink me

Scrimger, Richard, 1957-


Bunny doesn't understand why his late grandfather wants him to get a tattoo. Actually, Bunny doesn't understand a lot of things, so it's good that his older brother, Spencer, is happy to explain things to him. But this is a task Bunny is supposed to do on his own, and nobody is more surprised than Bunny when, after he gets tattooed, he is befriended by a kid named Jaden and adopted into Jaden's gang.
Date Published:2012

Bunny doesn't understand why his late grandfather wants him to get a tattoo. Actually, Bunny doesn't understand a lot of things, so it's good that his older brother, Spencer, is happy to explain things to him. But this is a task Bunny is supposed to do on his own, and nobody is more surprised than Bunny when, after he gets tattooed, he is befriended by a kid named Jaden and adopted into Jaden's gang.

Date Published:2012

Unexpected super spy

Mian, Zanib.


Title proper from title frame. "Omar and his friends team up to raise money to save his family's favorite mosque, and when the money goes missing, they find the most unlikely culprit"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

Shadow and bone

Bardugo, Leigh


Includes Shadow and bone bonus materials. Map by Keith Thompson. Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
Date Published:2021

Kitaskînaw 2350 (Episode 1)


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. The year is 2350 and the future is Indigenous. 15-year-old Wâpanacâhkos, a knowledge-keeper in training, is sent back in time by the Council of Elders to the 21st century. Her journey will shape Indigenous-settler relations on kitaskînaw - our Earth - for generations to come.
Date Published:2021

Twilight

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-


Megan Tingley books. When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
Date Published:2022

The high cost of expansion


What are the environmental impacts of infrastructure and housing projects in wetland areas? Tania Arosemena, an environmental lawyer, is working to ensure that development projects in Panama are complying with environmental regulations. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date Published:2018

The great Gatsby

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.


Jay Gatsby is still in love with Daisy, whom he met when he was penniless. Now rich, he is determined to win her as his mistress, even though she has married another man for his money. When Daisy causes a fatal accident and Gatsby covers for her, a disaster results which reveals the failure of money to buy love or happiness.
Date Published:2021

New moon

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-


Megan Tingley books. When her beloved Edward and his family leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob, until he starts changing in terrible ways.
Date Published:2022

Breaking dawn

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-


Although eighteen-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful werewolf Jacob remains unsevered.
Date Published:2008

The beach

Garland, Alex.



Date Published:1997

Firefighter

Abraham, Philip, 1970-


Introduces the type of work, dangers, and requirements for the job of firefighter.
Date Published:2003