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After Jackie : pride, prejudice, and baseball's forgotten heroes : an oral history /

Fussman, Cal.


Examines the influence and legacy of Jackie Robinson, who, in 1947, broke the color barrier by being the first African-American to play in major league baseball.
Date Published:2007

Holes

Sachar, Louis, 1954-


"A Yearling book." As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Date Published:1998

Pigboy

Grant, Vicki.


Kliatt. Dan Hogg's school trip to a heritage farm--where taunts about his last name are funny to everyone but him--goes from miserable to dangerous when an escaped convict appears.
Date Published:2006

The fellowship of the ring : being the first part of The lord of the rings /

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.


Frodo the hobbit and a band of warriors from the different kingdoms set out to destroy the Ring of Power before the evil Sauron grasps control.
Date Published:1954

The hobbit, or, There and back again

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.


Prequel to The Lord of the Rings. Wilson's Senior High School. Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
Date Published:1999

Catching fire

Collins, Suzanne.


Sequel to: Hunger games. By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
Date Published:2009

Fire fight

Guest, Jacqueline,


After her grandmother dies, Kai Hunter, a sixteen-year-old girl, part Navajo and part Stoney Nakoda, avoids foster care by running away to Banff, Alberta. She changes her identity and thinks she's safe from the authorities, but the actions of her pyromaniac boyfriend force her to make a choice that could blow her cover.
Date Published:2015

The stripe and the star

Myers, Makenna J.,


Between her parents' divorce and having to help her grandpa clean out his house, fifteen-year-old Stella expects the worst of summer, but everything changes when she discovers roller derby and, with the help of her new crush, Quinn, she works to overcome her fears and succeed.
Date Published:2026

Teen guide : social anxiety /

Gerard, Mary,


What is social anxiety? -- Effects of social anxiety -- Finding support for social anxiety. Hi-Lo YA nonfiction. Social anxiety disorder is a mental health condition that many teens have. This book explores the causes and symptoms of social anxiety disorder, the effects of the condition on teens’ lives, and how teens with the condition can find support.
Date Published:2026

Inside the walls

Klein, Eddie, 1927-,


Includes index. Icchok (Eddie) Klein is born into a loving Jewish family in Sieradz, Poland, in 1927. He has two older brothers and parents who dote on him. When World War II breaks out in 1939, his family is separated, with his two older brothers fleeing to Soviet-occupied Poland. They eventually become partisans and die while fighting against the Nazi occupation. Eddie never sees them again. Eddie and his parents move to Lodz and are eventually incarcerated in the Lodz ghetto. When his father dies from hunger and his mother is deported in September 1942, Eddie becomes an orphan. Distraught and near-apathetic about his fate, Eddie is suddenly taken into the Lodz ghetto's inner, privileged administrative circle, housed and protected by controversial elder Mordechai Rumkowski. Under Rumkowski's wing, Eddie is safe--fed and warm--and he sees a whole different side to the workings of the ghetto. But when the ghetto is liquidated in August 1944, Eddie, too, is put in a cattle car and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Working in a kitchen and as a messenger, Eddie survives, and due to his connections is sent to the Sosnowiec labour camp, a "better" camp, at the end of 1944. When the camp is evacuated in January 1945, Eddie is sent on a death march and eventually ends up in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Barely surviving the harshness of Mauthausen, Eddie is forced on yet another death march in April 1945, this time to Gunskirchen. He is liberated at the beginning of May and recuperates in a hospital in Linz, Austria. With no surviving family, Eddie decides to try and get to British Mandate Palestine. He leaves from Salzburg in July 1945 with the help of the Jewish Brigade and gets to Italy, where he spends a few months. In November 1945, he boards a ship to pre-state Israel on the last legal ship to do so under the British government's White Paper. Eddie studies at Ben Shemen school and later becomes part of the Palmach, fighting in the War of Independence. While teaching agro-mechanics at Ben Shemen, Eddie meets Miriam; they marry in 1955 and immigrate to Canada, settling in Montreal, in 1956. In the late 1960s, Eddie opens his own factory for miniature automation and builds a variety of high-speed machines. He and Miriam start a family and build a new life together.
Date Published:2016

Includes index. Icchok (Eddie) Klein is born into a loving Jewish family in Sieradz, Poland, in 1927. He has two older brothers and parents who dote on him. When World War II breaks out in 1939, his family is separated, with his two older brothers fleeing to Soviet-occupied Poland. They eventually become partisans and die while fighting against the Nazi occupation. Eddie never sees them again. Eddie and his parents move to Lodz and are eventually incarcerated in the Lodz ghetto. When his father dies from hunger and his mother is deported in September 1942, Eddie becomes an orphan. Distraught and near-apathetic about his fate, Eddie is suddenly taken into the Lodz ghetto's inner, privileged administrative circle, housed and protected by controversial elder Mordechai Rumkowski. Under Rumkowski's wing, Eddie is safe--fed and warm--and he sees a whole different side to the workings of the ghetto. But when the ghetto is liquidated in August 1944, Eddie, too, is put in a cattle car and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Working in a kitchen and as a messenger, Eddie survives, and due to his connections is sent to the Sosnowiec labour camp, a "better" camp, at the end of 1944. When the camp is evacuated in January 1945, Eddie is sent on a death march and eventually ends up in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Barely surviving the harshness of Mauthausen, Eddie is forced on yet another death march in April 1945, this time to Gunskirchen. He is liberated at the beginning of May and recuperates in a hospital in Linz, Austria. With no surviving family, Eddie decides to try and get to British Mandate Palestine. He leaves from Salzburg in July 1945 with the help of the Jewish Brigade and gets to Italy, where he spends a few months. In November 1945, he boards a ship to pre-state Israel on the last legal ship to do so under the British government's White Paper. Eddie studies at Ben Shemen school and later becomes part of the Palmach, fighting in the War of Independence. While teaching agro-mechanics at Ben Shemen, Eddie meets Miriam; they marry in 1955 and immigrate to Canada, settling in Montreal, in 1956. In the late 1960s, Eddie opens his own factory for miniature automation and builds a variety of high-speed machines. He and Miriam start a family and build a new life together.

Date Published:2016

Bark & Buds Deciduous Trees in Winter : Needles & Cones Coniferous Trees in Winter.

AMDSB Indigenous Education Team.


To help our students learn about Deciduous and Coniferous Trees in Winter, the Indigenous Education Team has developed 15 placemats.
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The Emptiness

Travis, Anna,


As the temperature continues to drop on the world of Milana, Nani and her friends form a desperate plan to sneak into the Province of Kafar, where they hope to find the broken Pillar of Emptiness. Determined to end the cold and set things right in Kafar, Nani and her friends declare war on the Tarn. The Tarn have gone to great and terrible lengths to control Kafar, and Nani has yet to learn who her enemy truly is. Can she discover what secret has kept the Tarn in power, or will it cost the B'nli their lives?
Date Published:2020

As the temperature continues to drop on the world of Milana, Nani and her friends form a desperate plan to sneak into the Province of Kafar, where they hope to find the broken Pillar of Emptiness. Determined to end the cold and set things right in Kafar, Nani and her friends declare war on the Tarn. The Tarn have gone to great and terrible lengths to control Kafar, and Nani has yet to learn who her enemy truly is. Can she discover what secret has kept the Tarn in power, or will it cost the B'nli their lives?

Date Published:2020

Shadow of the bird

Probert, Tim,


Chielfy illustrated. After a battle that nearly cost them their lives, Bea and Cad awaken in the hidden settlement of the Arsai, mysterious creatures who can glimpse into the future. The Arsai's vision paints a dire picture for their planet, as the bird Kest Ke Belenus--now awoken from a restless slumber--threatens to destroy all the Lights of Irpa. Desperate for a solution, Bea and Cad seek out the help of a water spirit known as Lorgon, whose ancient wisdom may help them find a way to take down Kest and save Irpa from utter destruction.
Date Published:2022

Chielfy illustrated. After a battle that nearly cost them their lives, Bea and Cad awaken in the hidden settlement of the Arsai, mysterious creatures who can glimpse into the future. The Arsai's vision paints a dire picture for their planet, as the bird Kest Ke Belenus--now awoken from a restless slumber--threatens to destroy all the Lights of Irpa. Desperate for a solution, Bea and Cad seek out the help of a water spirit known as Lorgon, whose ancient wisdom may help them find a way to take down Kest and save Irpa from utter destruction.

Date Published:2022

Keeper of Light

Holmberg, D.K.


In the aftermath of the recent attack, Eris wants nothing but peace and the chance to enjoy her life with Terran as she learns what it means to be a keeper of both trees and flowers. But when she finds a message with a strange and powerful flower, she learns a threat greater than the magi has reappeared. Understanding this threat takes her on another quest, this time to convince the only remaining keeper of trees to teach her. She travels to the one place her magic cannot, dragging Terran and her mysterious guardian Shadow with her. If she fails, much more than her life will be lost, but all of Light will be lost.Eris must rebuild the lost Gardens of Elaysia to stop the coming darkness, but doing so risks the life she desperately wants with Terran.
Date Published:2017

In the aftermath of the recent attack, Eris wants nothing but peace and the chance to enjoy her life with Terran as she learns what it means to be a keeper of both trees and flowers. But when she finds a message with a strange and powerful flower, she learns a threat greater than the magi has reappeared. Understanding this threat takes her on another quest, this time to convince the only remaining keeper of trees to teach her. She travels to the one place her magic cannot, dragging Terran and her mysterious guardian Shadow with her. If she fails, much more than her life will be lost, but all of Light will be lost.Eris must rebuild the lost Gardens of Elaysia to stop the coming darkness, but doing so risks the life she desperately wants with Terran.

Date Published:2017

The Desolate Bond

Holmberg, D.K.


Following the events in Keeper of the Forest:Newly named keeper of the forest, Eris Taeresin struggles to understand what her new role – and new powers – mean for her. A keeper can use the energy stored within the forest, can learn from ancient lessons woven into deeply buried roots, but Eris doesn’t fully control it. As she fails to use that power, she begins to wonder if she really is a keeper of trees. With the Conclave of Magi attacking along the southern border, Eris must learn the key to her abilities or everything she knows will be lost.To help, she decides to return home to learn from the Lira, the Mistress of Flowers, knowing it will put a strain on her growing relationship with Terran. There she discovers her mother is dying and Lira cannot save her. As Eris works to learn whether her connection to the forest can save her mother, she discovers a mysterious message hidden in flowers around the palace. Before she can decipher its meaning, she is betrayed and taken from the palace.Eris must discover the key to her abilities in order to save herself, help her mother, stop the magi, all without losing Terran, but can she do so in time?
Date Published:2014

Following the events in Keeper of the Forest:Newly named keeper of the forest, Eris Taeresin struggles to understand what her new role – and new powers – mean for her. A keeper can use the energy stored within the forest, can learn from ancient lessons woven into deeply buried roots, but Eris doesn’t fully control it. As she fails to use that power, she begins to wonder if she really is a keeper of trees. With the Conclave of Magi attacking along the southern border, Eris must learn the key to her abilities or everything she knows will be lost.To help, she decides to return home to learn from the Lira, the Mistress of Flowers, knowing it will put a strain on her growing relationship with Terran. There she discovers her mother is dying and Lira cannot save her. As Eris works to learn whether her connection to the forest can save her mother, she discovers a mysterious message hidden in flowers around the palace. Before she can decipher its meaning, she is betrayed and taken from the palace.Eris must discover the key to her abilities in order to save herself, help her mother, stop the magi, all without losing Terran, but can she do so in time?

Date Published:2014

The mask falling : author's preferred text /

Shannon, Samantha, 1991-,


From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Priory of the Orange Tree, the stunning fourth novel set in the world of Scion. Dreamwalker Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion's downfall and those who would kill to protect the Rephaim's puppet empire. The mysterious Domino Program has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus Mesarthim-her former enemy-at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles. Her risks promise high reward: the Parisian underworld could yield the means to escalate her rebellion to outright war. As Scion widens its bounds and the free world trembles in its shadow, Paige must fight her own memories after her ordeal at the hands of Scion. Meanwhile, she strives to understand her bond with Arcturus, which grows stronger by the day. But there are those who know the revolution began with them-and could end with them . . . The Mask Falling is a gripping, fantastical new addition to this "intoxicating urban-fantasy series" (NPR.org) that will leave readers begging for more.
Date Published:2024

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Priory of the Orange Tree, the stunning fourth novel set in the world of Scion. Dreamwalker Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion's downfall and those who would kill to protect the Rephaim's puppet empire. The mysterious Domino Program has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus Mesarthim-her former enemy-at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles. Her risks promise high reward: the Parisian underworld could yield the means to escalate her rebellion to outright war. As Scion widens its bounds and the free world trembles in its shadow, Paige must fight her own memories after her ordeal at the hands of Scion. Meanwhile, she strives to understand her bond with Arcturus, which grows stronger by the day. But there are those who know the revolution began with them-and could end with them . . . The Mask Falling is a gripping, fantastical new addition to this "intoxicating urban-fantasy series" (NPR.org) that will leave readers begging for more.

Date Published:2024

The song rising

Shannon, Samantha, 1991-,


Following a fierce battle for the Rose Crown, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over the clairvoyant syndicate of London. But with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilizing the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging.
Date Published:2024

A forgery of fate

Lim, Elizabeth,


A girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception, pair up in a plot to bring down the gods.
Date Published:2025

We will be crashing shortly

Gillespie, Hollis,


Sequel to: Unaccompanied minor. A young airplane pilot with an affinity for crashing finds herself stranded on a disabled plane in the middle of the ocean.
Date Published:2015

The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson : an introduction /

Newlands, Anne.


Emergency Librarian. A look into the lives and work of the artists who symbolize the Canadian spirit: Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, F.H. Varley, and Tom Thomson.
Date Published:1995