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Racing for Diamonds

Racing for Diamonds

by Anita Daher
edition:eBook
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : polar regions, friendship, survival stories

Jaz lives in the small northern community of Destiny and is a new member of the Junior Canadian Rangers. Her divorced parents argue a lot, and Jaz hopes if she wins a dog-mushing derby, they will be so proud of her they will stop arguing. But the derby would be a lot more fun if she wasn't paired with Colly, an older boy who is a more experienced J …

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Mirror Image

Mirror Image

by K.L. Denman, read by Iambik Productions
edition:Audiobook
also available: Hardcover Paperback
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : friendship, art & architecture, non-classifiable

Sable wears only black and has always felt that doom is near. Lacey wears pink and seeks beauty everywhere.

A sadistic art teacher pairs Sable and Lacey together for their final project. The girls have to get to know one another and select a suitable poem for the back of each other's decorative mirror. Sable is less than thrilled at having to spend …

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Kicker

Kicker

by Bossley, Michele Martin
edition:Paperback
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 8
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : soccer, friendship, mysteries & detective stories

Izzy and Julia have been on the same team for years. Izzy is frustrated that Julia spends too much time cherry-picking and getting all the credit when they score. But when someone starts threatening the team and their home field is sabotaged, the friends must work together to find the answers. Why would someone threaten their star player? And what …

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Boot Camp

Boot Camp

by Eric Walters; Jerome Williams & Johnnie Williams III
edition:eBook
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : basketball, self-esteem & self-reliance, friendship

When Nick and Kia are invited to former Toronto Raptor Jerome "Junk Yard Dog" Williams' basketball camp in Washington, DC, they quickly discover that this is no ordinary summer hoop camp. This is a basketball boot camp that focuses on discipline and hard work. Jerome and Johnnie's father, "Sergeant Push-up" to the campers, is the no-nonsense camp d …

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Cobra Strike

Cobra Strike

by Sigmund Brouwer
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : football, law & crime, friendship

After discovering tainted water in the creek near his grandmother's cabin in the Kentucky hills, senior Roy Linden slowly uncovers a connection between his high school team's new star quarterback, his own football future, and the source of the pollution. Roy Linden should be thrilled. His high school football team, the Johnstown Striking Cobras, ju …

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Bang

Bang

by Norah McClintock
edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : law & crime, friendship, violence

Quentin and JD have been friends forever. Even after JD gets in trouble Quentin stands by him. Hanging out together Quentin learns JD has a gun and when they are caught in a robbery JD uses the gun—with deadly results. Trying to cover up the crime and escape detection, Quentin gets in even deeper than he expected and learns that the only person h …

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The Darwin Expedition

The Darwin Expedition

by Diane Tullson
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : survival stories, friendship

Tej and Liam are going snowboarding. When they take a shortcut over a treacherous logging road and have an accident, their adventure becomes more about survival than fresh powder. Tracked by a hungry bear, while trying to outrun the weather without any food, Tej and Liam learn about their friendship and what it will take to survive. When Tej is hur …

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Timberwolf Hunt

Timberwolf Hunt

by Sigmund Brouwer, illustrated by Dean Griffiths
edition:eBook
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : hockey, humorous stories, friendship

When the Timberwolves get a new coach, they also get the coach's son. The only problem is that Eldridge Elwell is a terrible hockey player. The team is on the hunt to make the playoffs, and every time Eldridge plays a shift, it hurts the team more. Johnny Maverick is just as angry about it as anyone on the team, until he learns something important …

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George the Best of All

George the Best of All

by Ingrid Lee, illustrated by Stephane Denis
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : toys, dolls, puppets, friendship

George stood up in the saddle and waved his hand in the air. He went up and down, up and down. The lights of the night sky glittered in his eyes. He would get himself a hat. He would get himself a pair of silver spurs to match his silver saddle. He would blaze a new trail clear across the country! George is back, more popular than ever. And Katie a …

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George, the Best of All!

George, the Best of All!

by Ingrid Lee, illustrated by Stephane Denis
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : toys, dolls, puppets, friendship

George stood up in the saddle and waved his hand in the air. He went up and down, up and down. The lights of the night sky glittered in his eyes.

He would get himself a hat. He would get himself a pair of silver spurs to match his silver saddle. He would blaze a new trail clear across the country!

George is back, more popular than ever. And Ka …

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See No Evil

See No Evil

by Diane Young
edition:eBook
also available: Hardcover Audiobook
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : violence, friendship, law & crime

When Shawn and Daniel witness a gang beating behind the local mall they flee the scene, terrified that they've been seen. They recognize one of the attackers as a locally infamous gang member. When they learn that the kid who was attacked is in critical condition, Shawn wants to go to the police, but Daniel convinces him that they are in more dange …

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Over the Rainbow with Googol and Googolplex

Over the Rainbow with Googol and Googolplex

by (artist) Nelly Kazenbroot
edition:eBook
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : science fiction, friendship, robots

Googol and Googolplex are back from space, ready to continue their scavenger hunt.

Pippa and Troy are eager to help, but runaway bulls and disappearing rainbows make their task difficult. And dangerous!

Over the Rainbow with Googol and Googolplex is the third book in the Googol and Googolplex series.

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Out and About with the Big Tree Gang

Out and About with the Big Tree Gang

by Jo Ellen Bogart, illustrated by Dean Griffiths
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : friendship, siblings, mammals

Reg and Keely and Burt and Shawna are back, and ready for new adventures from hunting for treasure to sledding together and building fearsome creatures in the snow.

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What Happened this Summer

What Happened this Summer

by Paul Yee
edition:Paperback
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : short stories, friendship, assimilation

This new collection of short stories by Governor General's Award winning author Paul Yee confronts the secret lives of Chinese-Canadian teenagers as they battle with their parents over schooling, carreers, sexuality, religion and integration into North American culture. Once again Paul Yee offers a rare glimpse into the conflicted world of Chinese …

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Timberwolf Chase

Timberwolf Chase

by Sigmund Brouwer, illustrated by Dean Griffiths
edition:eBook
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : hockey, bullying, friendship

The Howling Timberwolves series of Orca Echoes early chapter books offer lots of sports action and humour that will appeal to young boys.

Johnny Maverick and his friends play for the Timberwolves peewee hockey team in the small town of Howling. Tom Morgan has just moved from Toronto and is a talented player. Tom is also very competitive and seems de …

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Timberwolf Revenge

Timberwolf Revenge

by Sigmund Brouwer, illustrated by Dean Griffiths
edition:Paperback
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : hockey, friendship, humorous stories

There's plenty of action both on and off the ice.

At a big tournament in Calgary, teammate Tom Morgan plays a practical joke on Johnny Maverick, so naturally Johnny feels he has to pay him back. The rivalry escalates. After he scores a hat trick, Johnny is given a hockey stick signed by all the members of the Calgary Flames. He worries that Tom will …

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Camp Wild

Camp Wild

by Pam Withers
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook Paperback
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : survival stories, camping & outdoor activities, friendship

Wilf is convinced his parents want nothing to do with him. When he isn't in school, he is left to his own devices or shipped away to camp. But at fifteen, Wilf is adamant that he is too old for summer camp. When his parents ignore his protests and ship him off anyway, he knows how he will get their attention: He will escape from camp by canoe and s …

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Sewer Rats

Sewer Rats

by Sigmund Brouwer
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also available: Hardcover
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : friendship

Jim, Mickey and Lisa belong to a secret club called the Sewer Rats. Every Saturday the Sewer Rats reign supreme in paintball wars held in the city's storm drain system. The new kid, Carter, wants to join, but Lisa doesn't want him in the club. When Carter is hurt in his first paintball war, Jim and Mickey suspect that Lisa planned the accident. The …

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High and Inside

High and Inside

by Jeff Rud
edition:eBook
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : friendship, self-esteem & self-reliance, basketball

Fresh from a thrilling basketball season playing for the varsity team, Matt is looking forward to a new challenge: baseball. The South Side team seems to be strong this year—if only Matt can control his fear of being hit by an errant pitch. But when Matt's friend, Jake, the team's star, falls in with the wrong crowd, the entire season—not to me …

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TJ and the Sports Fanatic

TJ and the Sports Fanatic

by Hazel Hutchins
edition:Paperback
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : football, friendship, cats

TJ Barnes is back, playing with his crazy cats, T-Rex and Alaska, helping out in his parents' hardware store and goofing around with his best friend, Seymour.

When Seymour announces that he has signed them both up for a football team, TJ fears the worst. Neither of them is huge or mean or able to tackle, catch, throw, run or kick a ball down a field …

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The Raspberry Room

The Raspberry Room

by Alison Lohans, illustrated by Gillian Newland
edition:eBook
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : friendship, new experience, imagination & play

In behind the raspberry bushes is a special place, a place Abby doesn't trust to just anyone. Then she looks through a knothole in the fence and right into a blue, blue eye. A toy tractor appears on her side of the fence and she pokes her little brother's stuffed blue monkey into the hole. The next morning she finds it with its tail ripped off. Who …

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Sea Dog

Sea Dog

by Dayle Campbell Gaetz, illustrated by Amy Meissner
edition:Paperback
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : dogs, boats, ships & underwater craft, friendship

When Kyle finds a young dog almost drowned in a heap of seaweed on the beach, he claims the dog as his own and is happy for the first time in a while. He knows that his dog loves him, but whenever they walk on the beach, the dog swims out to sea and doesn't come back until Kyle calls and calls. Then one day, they run into an old man and it turns ou …

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Kelly's Cabin

Kelly's Cabin

by Linda Smith, illustrated by Zorica Krasulja
edition:Paperback
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : friendship, dogs, imagination & play

Kelly loves the cabin she has made from a refrigerator box. It has a window with curtains, pictures on the walls, a cabin-sized table and a wonderful view. It sits in the vacant lot next door, transformed into the rugged farm of a pioneer family. Now if only Kelly can find the right person to share it with.

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Dragon Tide

Dragon Tide

by Ingrid Lee, illustrated by Soizick Meister
edition:eBook
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
tagged : imagination & play, friendship, fantasy & magic
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George Most Wanted

George Most Wanted

by Ingrid Lee, illustrated by Stephane Denis
edition:Paperback
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : toys, dolls, puppets, friendship

George Most Wanted is the second of three books in the George series

At the end of The True Story of George, George, a small plastic man, went for a ride on a rocket and flew apart. Now, with Katie and Mackenzie’s help, all his parts must find each other. But his head has been frozen deep in a bag of blackberries. Will he ever be whole again?

The …

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Forward, Shakespeare!

Forward, Shakespeare!

by Jean Little
edition:Paperback
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : dogs, friendship, diseases, illnesses & injuries

Seeing-eye pup, Shakespeare, conquered many fears in Rescue Pup. Now he is back, about to be matched up with a blind boy, ready to begin his working life. Tim is enraged by his blindness and wants nothing to do with a guide dog. But he is no match for Shakespeare.

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Peggy's Letters

Peggy's Letters

by Jacqueline Halsey
edition:eBook
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : europe, military & wars, friendship

In the final months of World War II, ten-year-old Peggy shelters with her mother and baby brother in a London butcher's shop during an air raid. They survive, but their home and everything in it are lost, including Peggyís most treasured possession, a biscuit tin of letters from her father. Their lives change dramatically and Peggy makes friends w …

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The Big Tree Gang

The Big Tree Gang

by Jo Ellen Bogart, illustrated by Dean Griffiths
edition:Paperback
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : friendship, siblings, mammals

Reg and Keely are twins. Keely loves painting and bugs. Reg loves rocks. Keely sings crazy rhymes. Reg plays softball. Shawna and Burt are their friends. In this series of linked stories, the childrenís deep involvement with their daily activities never falters, from a bug walk, through incidents flying a kite and dividing labor at clean up time, …

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Puppies on Board

Puppies on Board

by Sarah N. Harvey, illustrated by Rose Cowles
edition:eBook
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
tagged : dogs, friendship, boats, ships & underwater craft
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Rooster

Rooster

by Don Trembath
edition:eBook
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age: 12
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12
tagged : friendship, disabilities & special needs, coming of age

Rooster Cobb is in trouble--with his school, with his mother, with his girlfriend. He smokes too much and he hates his stepfather. In fact, he might not graduate from high school. But he just doesn't seem to care. That is until the guidance counselor and the principal come up with a plan to get Rooster through grade twelve, out of their lives forev …

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The Mountain That Walked

The Mountain That Walked

by Katherine Holubitsky
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : orphans & foster homes, post-confederation (1867-), friendship

The year is 1903, and Charlie Sutherland, a sixteen-year-old orphan, is on the run. Three years earlier, he was sent by Dr. Barnardo’s Home in England to work on the remote Alberta homestead of Albert and Buck Brooks. Charlie has been treated poorly by the two brothers, but he has endured. However, when Albert dies under curious circumstances, an …

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Under the Sea with Googol and Googolplex

Under the Sea with Googol and Googolplex

by (artist) Nelly Kazenbroot
edition:Paperback
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : science fiction, robots, friendship

Googol and Googolplex have come back to earth to continue their scavenger hunt. Tutus, sand dollars and peacock feathers are on their list.

Luckily Troy and Pippa are ready to help, and the ocean is nearby, but so is Martin Kelly, the boy next door, who will ruin everything if he gets a chance.

Under the Sea with Googol and Googoplex is the second of …

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