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41) Far North
Author
Language
English
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Description
From the window of the small floatplane, fifteen-year-old Gabe Rogers is getting his first look at Canada's magnificent Northwest Territories with Raymond Providence, his roommate from boarding school. Below is the spectacular Nahanni River--wall-to-wall whitewater racing between sheer cliffs and plunging over Virginia Falls. The pilot sets the plane down on the lake-like surface of the upper river for a closer look at the thundering falls. Suddenly...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Simon Pulse edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since his mom died, Cole feels stuck. He just wants to graduate and leave his small, suffocating town. And everything is going according to plan--until Cole discovers the one secret that could keep him there...forever"--
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume no. 4
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
There's no place on Earth a flat kid can't go! Join Stanley on his exciting fourth adventure in the renowned Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures series! Stanley Lambchop and his family are in British Columbia, Canada, for some skiing and winter fun. But when Stanley and his new friend Nick go snowboarding -- with Stanley as the snowboard, of course -- they take a midair tumble just as the wind picks up ... and find themselves floating in an amazing...
44) The calling
Author
Series
Darkness rising volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Bigfoot boy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Rufus, Penny and their squirrel friend, Sidney, are eager to recapture the magic totem they lost to the ravens in the previous book. But how? With Rufus no longer in possession of his powers, the trio seems destined to fail. Their luck turns, however, when they learn the local legend of Thunderbird. It seems the mighty bird had created the magic totem decades earlier to be used to ward off developers who wanted to destroy the precious Pacific Northwest...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
30th anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
An honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it - 30th anniversary edition.
Seepeetza loves living on Joyaska Ranch with her family. But when she is six years old, she is driven to the town of Kalamak, in the interior of British Columbia. Seepeetza will spend the next several years of her life at an Indian residential school. The nuns call her Martha and cut her hair. Worst of...
47) Brian's hunt
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Two years after surviving a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, Brian Robeson returns to the wild, where he befriends a wounded dog and is forced to hunt a rogue bear.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Ever since her mother left, Maia has struggled with depression, which has only gotten worse since her father remarried; so Maia decides run away to Canada to find her mother, together with Billy, a boy who now lives in a group home and has his own family tragedy--but when they finally arrive in Tadoussac, Quebec, Maia discovers that even her mother has been keeping secrets.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A young girl helps her dad navigate life in a new country where she understands the language more than he does, in an unforgettable story about communication and community. Angie is used to helping her dad. Ever since they moved to Canada, he relies on her to translate for him from English to Chinese. Angie is happy to help: when they go to restaurants, at the grocery store, and, one day, when her dad needs help writing some signs for his work. Building...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 27
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When a member of their group goes missing, the Thea sisters head to Niagara Falls to find him.
52) The uninvited
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After a disturbing freshman year at New York University, Mimi is happy to get away to her father's remote Canadian cottage only to discover a stranger living there who has never heard of her or her father and who is convinced that Mimi is responsible for leaving sinister tokens around the property.
54) North
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Language
English
Description
Tired of his mother's overprotectiveness and intrigued by the life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, twelve-year-old Alvin travels north and spends a season with a trapper near the Arctic Circle.
55) Migrant
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Anna, the daughter of migrant farm workers, feels like different animals as she follows her family as they travel looking for work.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1940 as war rages across Europe, ten-year-old Lindy, waves goodbye to England and makes the long journey to Saskatoon, Canada, along with her mother and her cousin Cameron. They may be far from the war but they are also far from home and everyone they know and love. Life in Canada is very different but it is also full of exciting new adventures.
57) Girl mans up
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In Ontario, Pen is a sixteen-year-old girl who looks like a boy. She's fine with it, but everyone else is uncomfortable--especially her Portuguese immigrant parents and her manipulative neighbor who doesn't want her to find a group of real friends"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Anna Hibiscus has never been away from her home in Africa, but now she is going to Canada to visit her grandmother for Christmas. And, although she misses her brothers and cousins, Anna soon makes lots of friends and has a wonderful time playing with them in the snow and celebrating Christmas with Granny.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"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." --
After her family moves from Saudi Arabia to Canada, Susan Thomas strives to meet her parents' expectations of excellence. Malcolm Vakil is the bad boy who started raising hell at age...
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