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(0)Melanie Florence
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English
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"In this middle-grade novel, Lo's best friend, Jazz, is leaving her behind for the popular crowd, makeup and boys. But when Lo finds new friends who share her love of comics and Doctor Who, she also discovers her voice--and the confidence to speak up for what's right."--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Juggling soccer, school, friends, and family leave John with little time for anything else. But one day at the local community center, following the sound of drums, he stumbles into an Indigenous dance class. Before he knows what's happening, John finds himself stumbling through beginner classes with a bunch of little girls, skipping a soccer practice, and letting his other responsibilities slide. When he attends a pow wow and witnesses a powerful...
5) Just Lucky
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English
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Lucky loves her grandparents, and they are all the family she really has. True, her grandma forgets things...like turning off the stove, or Lucky's name. But her grandpa takes such good care of them that Lucky doesn't realize how bad things are. That is until he's gone. When her grandma accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, Lucky can't hide what's happening any longer, and she is sent into foster care. She quickly learns that some foster families...
6) Stolen words
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A look at the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families and the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
Buddy wants to prove to his big brother that he is not a scared little kid anymore.
For as long as Buddy can remember, there has been a rumour that the local theme park is haunted. After a fight with his brother, he convinces his friends that they should sneak into the park and spend the night. That way, everyone will know how brave they are. But can Buddy and his friends avoid the guards and the cameras and whatever is haunting the theme park?...
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Language
English
Description
In this rainy-day story, a thunderstorm evokes a boy's family traditions.
Benjamin loves the rain. He loves splashing through puddles and watching a rainbow's colors as they ripple around his feet. But most of all, Benjamin loves thunder. To him, thunder - piyêsiwak - sounds like his grandfather's drum. It calls to him, like songs his grandfather plays while his father and other powwow dancers spin and step in time. Benjamin listens to the thunder...
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
"A Cree translation of Stolen Words. The book is in both Cree and English. Stolen Words is a picture book about a little girl who sets out to help her grandfather discover the Cree language that was stolen from him when he was sent away to residential school as a boy."--