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Runnalls, Rachel
ISBN: 9781523460663
Grades: 9 to 12
Every scar has a story…but Cary Douglas isn’t talking. This coming-of-age story of two teens, Jon, a pastor’s son, and…...
Lippincott, Rachael with Daughty, Mikki and Iaconis, Tobias
ISBN: 9781534437333
Grades: Grades 9 to 12
Rachael Lippincott presents a novelization of Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis’s script for the 2019 movie, “Five Feet Apart,” told…...
Draper, Sharon M.
ISBN: 9781442495005
Grades: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Accomplished novelist and teacher, Sharon M. Draper, candidly addresses timely issues of divorce, blended families, and racism in a touching…...
van Dam, Katrin
ISBN: 9781338268423
Grades: Grades 7 to 12
Debut novelist Katrin van Dam offers an intriguing premise with a realistic plot while incorporating dystopian elements in this contemporary…...
Better You Than Me
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Grade K – 3 Book Reviews
Hesselberth, Joyce
ISBN: 9780062741226
Grades: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Sam loves to explore. Where does she go? And how would a mapmaker show Sam’s expedition? When Sam’s family goes…...
Browne, Anthony
ISBN: 9781536202601
Grades: Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten
When their dog goes missing, Cy and Poppy play hide-and-seek in the woods to distract themselves from feeling sad. In…...
McBeth, T.L.
ISBN: 9781250185938
Grades: Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten
When a shiny, beautiful stranger catches Robot’s eye, he knows she’s the one. Robot is going about his normal day,…...
ISBN: 9781772780505
Grades: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Kindergarten
Are you kind? Through thoughtful rhetorical questions, young readers are invited to examine their own behaviour and remember simple ways…...
La mocassin:The Moccasin: M’g’sn
Grade 4 – 6 Book Reviews
Draper, Sharon M.
ISBN: 9781442495005
Grades: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Accomplished novelist and teacher, Sharon M. Draper, candidly addresses timely issues of divorce, blended families, and racism in a touching…...
Brody, Jessica
ISBN: 9781524769710
Grades: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Prolific author Jessica Brody has penned a light-hearted take on the movie “Freaky Friday,” with two personable teens exchanging places,…...
Jackson, Tom et al
ISBN: 500 JAC
Grades: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grades 7-12
Do you know your amino acid from your zygote? Fear Not! Basher is here to teach you the A to…...
Ho, Van & Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk
ISBN: 9781772780666
Grades: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
One day, (Van Ho’s) parents will send for her, but will that day ever arrive? Following the take-over of South…...
Sing a Song of Seasons: A Nature Poem for Each Day of the Year
Grade 7 – 9 Book Reviews
Draper, Sharon M.
ISBN: 9781442495005
Grades: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Accomplished novelist and teacher, Sharon M. Draper, candidly addresses timely issues of divorce, blended families, and racism in a touching…...
Brody, Jessica
ISBN: 9781524769710
Grades: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Prolific author Jessica Brody has penned a light-hearted take on the movie “Freaky Friday,” with two personable teens exchanging places,…...
Toalson, R.L.
ISBN: 9781499807172
Grades: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Debut poet and author R.L. Toalson captures a piece of Civil Rights history with strong emotional undertones in a lyrical…...
Kephart, Beth
ISBN: 9781481491532
Grades: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
National Book Award finalist, Beth Kephart, has written another descriptive novel with compelling characters, and has used the beautiful Adirondacks as…...
The Three Rules of Everyday Magic
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,…...
ISBN:
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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