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Trueblood, Amy
ISBN: 9781635830163
Grades: Grades 7-12
Debut author Amy Trueblood was inspired to research and write about ‘barnstorming (aerobatic tricks in air shows) with female wing…...
Galante, Cecilia
ISBN: 9781338043006
Grades: Grades 7 to 9
Trust, broken family, animal abuse, school bullying, and the trauma of foster care are themes and issues that are woven…
Lowery, Mark
ISBN: 9781499807561
Grades: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
As you begin this sensitive and poignant novel for middle school readers (Grade 4 – 7) several questions begin to…
Walters, Eric
ISBN: 9780735262812
Grades: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
Canadian author, Eric Walters’, 2018 novel, Elephant Secret, combines themes of conservation and cloning. This newest novel for an upper…
The Phantom Tower
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Grade K – 3 Book Reviews
Gay, Marie-Louise
ISBN: 9781773061382
Grades: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Kindergarten
Canadian author, Marie-Louise Gay, explores the immigrant experience through the eyes of a small child. It fosters the concept of…
Galat, Joan Marie
ISBN: 9781426329104
Grades: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Erupt! 100 fun Facts about Volcanoes is a recent non-fiction text from National Geographic Kids that is geared for fluent…
Galat, Joan Marie
ISBN: 9781426328831
Grades: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Cats is one of her recent non-fiction books for emergent readers by Edmonton author, Joan Marie Galat, and published by…
Zimmermann, Werner
ISBN: 9781443142878
Grades: Grade 1, Kindergarten
Awards: Finalist – 2018 Governor General’s Literary Awards – Young People’s Literature – Illustration In At the Pond exquisite full-page water colour…
Africville
Grade 4 – 6 Book Reviews
Lowery, Mark
ISBN: 9781499807561
Grades: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
As you begin this sensitive and poignant novel for middle school readers (Grade 4 – 7) several questions begin to…
Walters, Eric
ISBN: 9780735262812
Grades: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
Canadian author, Eric Walters’, 2018 novel, Elephant Secret, combines themes of conservation and cloning. This newest novel for an upper…
Graff, Keir
ISBN: 9781524739522
Grades: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
This novel, aimed at students in Grades 4 to 6, combines magic with a present day realistic story. After their…
Johnson, Jaleigh
ISBN: 9781101933169
Grades: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grades 7 to 9
The Door to the Lost is fantasy writer, Jaleigh Johnson’s, new book featuring lost worlds. In the fantasy world of…
I Am Still Alive
Grade 7 – 9 Book Reviews
Lowery, Mark
ISBN: 9781499807561
Grades: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
As you begin this sensitive and poignant novel for middle school readers (Grade 4 – 7) several questions begin to…
Walters, Eric
ISBN: 9780735262812
Grades: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
Canadian author, Eric Walters’, 2018 novel, Elephant Secret, combines themes of conservation and cloning. This newest novel for an upper…
Persons, Scott
ISBN: 9781550178210
Grades: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
…a tribute to one of the world’s greatest fossil regions. Written by and for Albertans, Dr. W. Scott Persons IV,…...
Petro-Roy, Jen
ISBN: 9781250123480
Grades: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Former teen librarian Jen Petro-Roy writes a powerful debut novel, using an epistolary format to accurately capture the voice of Evie,…...
A Possibility of Whales
Grade 10 – 12 Book Reviews
McManus, Karen M.
ISBN: 9781524714680
Grades: Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them. On a Monday afternoon,…...
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Grades: Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
What’s real and what’s not? Our society today is full of ‘fake news’, bogus websites and social media feeds that…...
Grandfield, Linda
ISBN: 9781443148504
Grades: Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
“A soldier, a handful of acorns – and a hundred-year legacy of hope, remembrance and renewal.” This narrative nonfiction story…...
The School of Music
Bowen, Meurig & Rachel
ISBN: 9781847808615
Grades: Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Bowen, Meurig & Rachel
ISBN: 9781847808615
Grades: Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
While this book is designed to be an instruction book about music, “The School of Music” can easily be read and…
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