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The missing skull

Wilson, John (John Alexander), 1951-


A trip to a remote lake in northern Ontario with his grandfather doesn't thrill Steve, especially since his twin brother, DJ, was taken to Central America. Matters start to look up when his grandfather tells Steve about the mysterious death of the artist Tom Thomson and sets him the task of finding Thomson's missing skull. Steve loves mysteries, but when odd things begin happening and strange people start threatening him, Steve wonders whether this is part of his grandfather's plan. Is this still a simple puzzle, or is something far more sinister going on?
Date Published:2016

A trip to a remote lake in northern Ontario with his grandfather doesn't thrill Steve, especially since his twin brother, DJ, was taken to Central America. Matters start to look up when his grandfather tells Steve about the mysterious death of the artist Tom Thomson and sets him the task of finding Thomson's missing skull. Steve loves mysteries, but when odd things begin happening and strange people start threatening him, Steve wonders whether this is part of his grandfather's plan. Is this still a simple puzzle, or is something far more sinister going on?

Date Published:2016

O.K., K.O., O.K.


Description based on volume 1, issue 1, June 2022. O.K., K.O., O.K. is a magazine of work by writers and artists from secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The young people who contributed to this magazine were asked to submit work that is personally authentic; that challenges and disrupts past and present colonial narratives; and that inspires increasingly responsible relationships between Métis, Inuit, and First Nations Peoples and non-Indigenous communities now and into the future.
Date Published:2022

Description based on volume 1, issue 1, June 2022. O.K., K.O., O.K. is a magazine of work by writers and artists from secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The young people who contributed to this magazine were asked to submit work that is personally authentic; that challenges and disrupts past and present colonial narratives; and that inspires increasingly responsible relationships between Métis, Inuit, and First Nations Peoples and non-Indigenous communities now and into the future.

Date Published:2022

Japanese Canadian internment in the Second World War

Hickman, Pamela M.


An illustrated history of the wartime internment of Japanese Canadian residents of British Columbia. At the time when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese Canadians numbered well over 20,000. From the first arrivals in the late nineteenth century, they had taken up work in many parts of BC, established communities, and become part of the Canadian society even though they faced racism and prejudice in many forms. With war came wartime hysteria. Japanese Canadian residents of BC were rounded up, their homes and property seized, and forced to move to internment camps with inadequate housing, water, and food. Men and older boys went to road camps while some families ended up on farms where they were essentially slave labour. Eventually, after years of pressure, the Canadian government admitted that the internment was wrong and apologized for it. This book uses a wide range of historical photographs, documents, and images of museum artefacts to tell the story of the internment. The impact of these events is underscored by first-person narrative from five Japanese Canadians who were themselves youths at the time their families were forced to move to the camps.
Date Published:2011

An illustrated history of the wartime internment of Japanese Canadian residents of British Columbia. At the time when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese Canadians numbered well over 20,000. From the first arrivals in the late nineteenth century, they had taken up work in many parts of BC, established communities, and become part of the Canadian society even though they faced racism and prejudice in many forms. With war came wartime hysteria. Japanese Canadian residents of BC were rounded up, their homes and property seized, and forced to move to internment camps with inadequate housing, water, and food. Men and older boys went to road camps while some families ended up on farms where they were essentially slave labour. Eventually, after years of pressure, the Canadian government admitted that the internment was wrong and apologized for it. This book uses a wide range of historical photographs, documents, and images of museum artefacts to tell the story of the internment. The impact of these events is underscored by first-person narrative from five Japanese Canadians who were themselves youths at the time their families were forced to move to the camps.

Date Published:2011

Demon slayer : Kimetsu no yaiba. 21, Ancient memories /

Gotoge, Koyoharu, 1988-,


Pages ordered from right to left. Translation of: Kimetsu no yaiba. The fight with Kokushibo, the highest-ranking demon among Muzan's servants, is over. Although Himejima and Sanemi defeated Kokushibo and sent him to hell, the price the Demon Slayer Corps has paid is very high. Kiriya Ubuyashiki, the new leader of the Demon Slayers, struggles to recover from the losses. With the battle against Muzan far from over, the remaining fighters will need his help more than ever. Meanwhile, deep within Infinity Castle, Tanjiro and his friends come face-to-face with their nemesis at last.
Date Published:2021

Pages ordered from right to left. Translation of: Kimetsu no yaiba. The fight with Kokushibo, the highest-ranking demon among Muzan's servants, is over. Although Himejima and Sanemi defeated Kokushibo and sent him to hell, the price the Demon Slayer Corps has paid is very high. Kiriya Ubuyashiki, the new leader of the Demon Slayers, struggles to recover from the losses. With the battle against Muzan far from over, the remaining fighters will need his help more than ever. Meanwhile, deep within Infinity Castle, Tanjiro and his friends come face-to-face with their nemesis at last.

Date Published:2021

Residential schools : the devastating impact on Canada's Indigenous peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's findings and calls for action

Florence, Melanie


Canada's residential school system for aboriginal young people is now recognized as a grievous historic wrong committed against First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people who survived residential schools, this book offers an account of the injustice of this period in Canadian history. It documents how this official racism was confronted and finally acknowledged.
Date Published:2016

Canada's residential school system for aboriginal young people is now recognized as a grievous historic wrong committed against First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people who survived residential schools, this book offers an account of the injustice of this period in Canadian history. It documents how this official racism was confronted and finally acknowledged.

Date Published:2016

C'est mon corps!

Gravel, Elise,


Chaque corps est unique! Il y en a de différentes formes, tailles et couleurs, avec différents cheveux et qui peuvent faire différentes choses. Ces différences rendent le corps de tout un chacun spécial, et tous les corps doivent être respectés. Ton corps t'appartient, alors fais-lui un câli mais seulement si tu en as envie!
Date Published:2022

When the world fell silent

Alward, Donna.


Includes book club questions and further reading suggestions. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Nora Crowell wants more than her sister's life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corps. But trouble is looming and it won't be long before the truth comes to light. Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen, the joy and light of her life, who spurs her to dream of a better life. When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour, nothing for these two women will ever be the same again. Their paths will cross in the most unexpected way, trailing both heartbreak and joy its wake.
Date Published:2024

Includes book club questions and further reading suggestions. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Nora Crowell wants more than her sister's life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corps. But trouble is looming and it won't be long before the truth comes to light. Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen, the joy and light of her life, who spurs her to dream of a better life. When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour, nothing for these two women will ever be the same again. Their paths will cross in the most unexpected way, trailing both heartbreak and joy its wake.

Date Published:2024

Us against you : a novel

Backman, Fredrik, 1981-


Translation of: Vi mot er. After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local junior hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in Hed, take in that fact. As the tension between the two towns simmers, a surprising newcomer is handpicked to try to save the Beartown club. Soon a new team starts to take shape around Amat, the fastest player you'll ever see; Benji, the intense lone wolf; and Vidar, a born-to-be-bad troublemaker. But bringing this team together proves to be a challenge as old bonds are broken, new ones are formed, and the enmity with Hed grows more and more heated. As the big game between Beartown and Hed approaches, the not-so-innocent pranks and incidents between the communities pile up and their mutual contempt grows deeper. By the time the last game is finally played, a resident of Beartown will be dead, and the people of both towns will be forced to wonder if, after all they've been through, the game they love can ever return to something simple and innocent.
Date Published:2018

Translation of: Vi mot er. After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local junior hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in Hed, take in that fact. As the tension between the two towns simmers, a surprising newcomer is handpicked to try to save the Beartown club. Soon a new team starts to take shape around Amat, the fastest player you'll ever see; Benji, the intense lone wolf; and Vidar, a born-to-be-bad troublemaker. But bringing this team together proves to be a challenge as old bonds are broken, new ones are formed, and the enmity with Hed grows more and more heated. As the big game between Beartown and Hed approaches, the not-so-innocent pranks and incidents between the communities pile up and their mutual contempt grows deeper. By the time the last game is finally played, a resident of Beartown will be dead, and the people of both towns will be forced to wonder if, after all they've been through, the game they love can ever return to something simple and innocent.

Date Published:2018

Catching fire

Collins, Suzanne


By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
Date Published:2009

Five nights at Freddy's : Fazbear frights graphic novel collection. 2 /

Hastings, Chris, 1983-,


Presents three novella-length tales of horror set in the world of Five nights at Freddy's.
Date Published:2023

How to be a (young) antiracist

Kendi, Ibram X.


"Adapted from How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, published in 2019 by One World"--Title page verso. A brief word before we begin... -- Definitions : why they matter (just like Black lives do) -- Of two minds : dueling consciousness -- Power (aka : the thing that makes race a thing) -- Biology -- Behavior -- Black (aka : the chapter where we start talking about the n-word) -- White -- Color -- Ethnicity -- Body -- Gender -- Orientation -- Class -- Culture -- Space -- Failure -> success -- The four C's of change making : cogency, compassion, creativity, collaboration -- Survival. The #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now a book for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist will serve as a guide for teens seeking a way forward in acknowledging, identifying, and dismantling racism and injustice.
Date Published:2022

"Adapted from How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, published in 2019 by One World"--Title page verso. A brief word before we begin... -- Definitions : why they matter (just like Black lives do) -- Of two minds : dueling consciousness -- Power (aka : the thing that makes race a thing) -- Biology -- Behavior -- Black (aka : the chapter where we start talking about the n-word) -- White -- Color -- Ethnicity -- Body -- Gender -- Orientation -- Class -- Culture -- Space -- Failure -> success -- The four C's of change making : cogency, compassion, creativity, collaboration -- Survival. The #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now a book for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist will serve as a guide for teens seeking a way forward in acknowledging, identifying, and dismantling racism and injustice.

Date Published:2022

Seven fallen feathers : racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city

Talaga, Tanya,


"Over the span of ten years, seven high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The seven were hundreds of miles away from their families, forced to leave their reserve because there was no high school there for them to attend. Award-winning journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest, and struggle with, human rights violations past and present against aboriginal communities."--
Date Published:2017

"Over the span of ten years, seven high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The seven were hundreds of miles away from their families, forced to leave their reserve because there was no high school there for them to attend. Award-winning journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest, and struggle with, human rights violations past and present against aboriginal communities."--

Date Published:2017

Paper towns

Green, John, 1977-


Originally published: New York : Dutton Books, 2008. One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
Date Published:2008

Ada Twist, scientist

Beaty, Andrea.


Title proper from title frame. Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
Date Published:2016

The boy in the striped pajamas : a fable

Boyne, John, 1971-


Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Date Published:2006

Pax

Pennypacker, Sara, 1951-,


After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back.
Date Published:2016

The girl who figured it out

Dentler, Minda,


The story of wheelchair athlete Minda Dentler becoming an Ironman World champion.
Date Published:2024

Dans les souliers d'Amédée

Lambert, Véronique,


Durée : environ 00:08:00 hr. Amédée est un cordonnier pas comme les autres. Chaque jour, il répare des tonnes de souliers. Mais une certaine magie opère pendant la nuit. Il lui suffit d’enfiler une paire de chaussures pour être transporté et, à travers ses voyages, découvrir différentes réalités. Un récit qui encourage les enfants à se mettre à la place des gens.
Date Published:2023

Scarewaves

Henderson, Trevor,


The small town of Beacon Point has always been plagued by eerie local phenomena. It's a town where disappearances are common, strange creatures have been sighted with unnerving frequency, and a ghastly secret lurks in the woods. A group of kids will come face to face with the horrors hiding within their sleepy town. They must follow the clues to a terrifying secret before it eats them alive.
Date Published:2023

A good girl's guide to murder

Jackson, Holly, 1992-,


Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can’t shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn’t want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.
Date Published:2025

Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can’t shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn’t want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.

Date Published:2025