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Amelia and Me by Heather Stemp
It is predawn, on an August morning, in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, 1931. Twelve-year-old Ginny Ross quietly slips out of bed, dresses and manages to sneak out of her home through the basement without...
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A Struggle For Hope by Carol Matas
Ruth Mendenberg is safe now - at least from the Nazis. She survived the Holocaust and after leaving the displaced persons camp in Germany, returned to Poland. When she went to her Uncle Moishe's home,...
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Out Of My Heart by Sharon M. Draper
Eleven-year-old Melody Brooks is on summer vacation which means she and her four-year-old sister Penny spend most of their days at their neighbour, Mrs. V's, short for Violet Valencia. At the end of...
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A Terrible Tide by Suzanne Meade
It is early in the evening of Monday, November 18, 1929 on the Burin Peninsula, located on the southern tip of Newfoundland. Celia Rose's family are preparing to celebrate her thirteenth birthday with...
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Stealing Home by J. Torres
In the summer of 1941, the Asahi baseball team were the pride of Powell Street, the champions of the Japanese community in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Asahi helped the Japanese cope with life a...
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As Long As The Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie
One day ten-year-old Lawrence's papa returns from checking his trapline with a surprise - a baby owl - and owlet he has found beneath a tree. Unable to find its mother, Papa has brought it home and...
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The Queen's Wardrobe by Julia Golding
The Queen's Wardrobe presents the life story of Queen Elizabeth II, ruling monarch of Great Britain while also providing an interesting history of the clothing she has worn throughout her reign....
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Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand by Jennifer Bradbury
Nek Chand lived in the busy city of Chandigarh, India. Ned was homesick. He was one of millions of Indians who had been displaced due to the partition of India into two countries: India for Hindus and...
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Rescuing Titanic: A true story of quiet bravery in the North Atlantic by...
In this new picture book about the sinking of the Titanic, Flora Delargy focuses on the Carpathia, the ship that came to the rescue in the hours after the disaster.The story begins with a pictorial of...
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Under Amelia's Wing by Heather Stemp
Under Amelia's Wing is the second book in the Ginny Ross series. Ginny arrives in Lafayette, Indiana, in August 1936, after a six day journey, to attend Purdue University. She is enrolled in the...
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We Must Not Forget by Deborah Hopkinson
We Must Not Forget is a compilation of the stories of Holocaust survivors for young readers. It is the story of the persecution of Jewish youth in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Poland and their...
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Just Being Dali: The Story of Artist Salvador Dali by Amy Guglielmo
In this picture book, the unusual life of Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech is presented. He was born in a seaside town in northern Spain.Salvador liked to dream. When he was six years...
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Torpedoed! The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's...
On September 9, 1940, Nazi Germany commenced bombing London. World War II had been going on for almost one year, but the United States was not yet involved. At first the Germans bombed military targets...
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June Almeida, Virus Detective! by Suzanne Slade
June lived in Glasgow, Scotland with her parents and her younger brother, Harry who was just a baby. June loved school because she loved learning. Science was her favourite subject and she loved to...
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Fallout: Spies, Superbombs and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin
World War II has ended with the United States and Russia emerging as the two dominant world powers. For the United States, that domination is partly due to the dropping of the atomic bomb on the...
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Aggie & Mudgy: The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children by Wendy Proverbs
Eight-year-old Maddy lives with her mother (Cherrie) and her grandmother whom she calls Nan. Maddy's parents are separated and her father is not around. The three of them, along with their dog,...
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Bluebird by Sharon Cameron
Bluebird is a historical fiction novel based on a secret program code named Project Bluebird. The author has imagined a story that might have happened at the end of World War II as the Soviets and...
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Maryam's Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Megan Reid
This colourful picture book tells the story of mathematician extraordinaire, Maryam Mirzakhani. Maryam loved to tell stories. She would tell her younger sister bedtime stories every night. Maryam and...
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As Glenn As Can Be by Sarah Ellis
Glenn likes boats, and raring round the lake in his boat, singing. He doesn't like fishing. Glenn also likes doing pranks, funny hats, singing to cows in a field and elephants in a zoo. He does not...
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God King by Joanne Williamson
God King is set in 701 B.C. when Egypt was ruled by Kushite princes.Lord Taharka, a young boy, only twelve years old stands in the black mud of the River Nile. He is one of the many sons of Shabaka,...
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