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A teenage survival expert finds all his skills tested as he's pursued through the Canadian wilderness by men determined to silence him. On his way to teach at Camp Seven Generations, a Native outdoor school, Nick witnesses a murder and then is thrown off a train. Remembering and using the teachings of his Abenaki Elders will prove to be the difference between life and death for him. Although his pursuers have modern technology to help them, Nick has...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Susan is the new girl in her Canadian high school, striving to meet her parents' academic expectations, missing the friends she left behind in Saudi Arabia, dreaming of pursuing her passion for art, and secretly meeting with troublemaker Malcolm.
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Mighty Muskrats mystery volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"The Mighty Muskrats have a new case to solve: to find the whereabouts of their grandpa's long-lost sister. Once in the bright lights of the big city, the cousins get distracted, face off with bullies, meet some heroes and unlikely teachers, and experience many of the difficulties First Nations kids can face in the city. The Muskrats' search for their missing auntie takes them all the way to the government, and reveals hard truths about their country's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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When Nadia arrives in Canada in 1950 with Marusia, the woman she calls mother, she is glad to finally be out of the displaced persons camp where she has lived for five years, but troubled by confused memories of World War II; she speaks Ukrainian, but sheseems to remember living with a German Nazi family who called her by a different name--and as she tries to settle into the Canadian-Ukrainian community of Brantford she is haunted by one question:...
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Adventures of Salma volume 2
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Salma is going to be a big sister! She's determined to be the best sister ever, so she sets out to write the ultimate guidebook to siblinghood. But the more Salma learns about siblings, the more confused she gets, especially since her mama is fighting with her own brother, Khalou Dawood, about who he loves. Can Salma figure out what it means to be a good sister before the baby arrives?"--
8) The calling
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Darkness rising volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Maya and her friends--all of whom have supernatural powers--have been kidnapped after fleeing from a forest fire they suspect was deliberately set, and after a terrifying helicopter crash they find themselves pursued by evil-doers in the Vancouver Island wilderness.
9) Dog driven
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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McKenna, fourteen, is losing her vision to Stargardt's disease, but that will not stop her from competing in a rigorous new sled dog race through the Canadian wilderness.--
10) Something more
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Tundra Books of Northern New York, an imprint of Tundra Book Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical first kiss and landing a spot in the school play. Within the halls of Holy Trinity High, she finds a world where things are no longer black and white and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"Once upon a time, two couples with Jamaican, Mohawk, Indian, and Scottish ethnic roots won the lottery and bought a big house where all of them, four adults and seven adopted and biological children, could live together in harmony--but change is inevitable, especially when a disagreeable grandfather comes to stay." --
13) Scion of the Fox
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The Realms of Ancient volume 1
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English
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As the winter ice begins to thaw, the fury of a demon builds - all because one girl couldn't stay dead. Roan Harken considers herself a typical high school student - dead parents, an infected eyeball, and living in the house of her estranged, currently comatose grandmother (well, maybe not so typical) - but she's uncovering the depth of the secrets her family left behind. Saved from the grasp of Death itself by a powerful fox spirit named Sil, Roan...
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Annick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Heartbreakingly honest and quietly funny, this graphic novel from a debut creator is a refreshingly real exploration of mental health, cultural differences, and the trials of middle school.
Livy is already having trouble fitting in as the new girl at school—and then there's Viola. Viola is Livy's anxiety brought to life, a shadowy twin that only Livy can see or hear. Livy tries to push back against Viola's relentless
...15) Klutzhood
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Arlo is not happy when his mother takes a new job in a small town, especially when he finds out all of the local kids are crazy about hockey--a sport he has never played in his life.
16) Going places
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Twelve-year-old Jess and her friends are determined to start a girls' hockey team in Fort Desperation, Northwest Territories, but before they can get organized, they must first unmask the "Hockey Vandal" who is trying to stop them.
17) Never say die
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in the Canadian Arctic, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic
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Anna Hibiscus (Early chapter books) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Anna Hibiscus, who lives in Africa, is spending Christmas with her granny in Canada; she will see snow for the first time.
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Malaika stories volume 4
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English
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"Malaika learns about her father, who came to Canada as a migrant farm worker when she was a just a baby and who shared her love of carnival. Malaika dreams about a man with a basket of fruit and guesses that the dream is about her father. Mummy explains that her daddy passed away long ago, and Grandma decides it's time Malaika knew more about her father's life. The family drives to a far-off farm where they receive a warm welcome and visit the orchard...
20) Stealing home
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Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Sandy Saito looks back to his childhood in 1940s Vancouver, when he was eight years old. He's a happy kid: he goes to school, reads comic books and is obsessed with baseball -- especially the Asahi baseball team, the pride of the Japanese-Canadian community. Then the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor -- and everything changes. The kids Sandy used to play with every day now call him names and chase him from the playground. He and his family are no longer...