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{"id":6817704935483,"title":"Mai at the Predators' Ball","handle":"mai-at-the-predators-ball","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Governor General's Literary Award: Translation. Shortlisted for the Cole Foundation Prize for Translation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary legend and four-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award Marie-Claire Blais delivers the latest installment in her ongoing portrait of life in contemporary North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this swirling fresco, we meet unforgettable characters, some familiar from previous works, some new. This time, Blais lets us into the consciousness of fifteen-year-old Mai, an unusually perceptive young woman whose uncensored observations on femininity and youth, freedom and constraint belie her age. 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Mai at the Predators' Ball
The fifth in the ten-book "Soifs" novel cycle. In this vibrant novel, we enter the lives of unforgettable characters, some familiar from previous works and some new.
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{"id":6817704607803,"title":"People Park","handle":"people-park","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, and selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt's the Silver Jubilee of People Park, an urban experiment conceived by a radical mayor and zealously policed by the testosterone-powered New Fraternal League of Men. To celebrate, the insular island city has engaged the illustrationist Raven, who promises to deliver the most astonishing spectacle its residents have ever seen. As the entire island comes together for the event, we meet an unforgettable cross-section of its inhabitants, from activists to nihilists, art stars to athletes, families to inveterate loners. Soon, however, what has promised to be a triumph of civic harmony begins to reveal its shadow side. 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People Park
A tour de force of eerily prescient, grotesque, and hilarious observation and a narrative of gripping, unrelenting suspense.
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{"id":6817704509499,"title":"Un Barrilete \/ Barrilete","handle":"un-barrilete-barrilete","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Guatemala, there is a village called Santiago Sacatepéquez. It is a very small but famous place because once a year, on the Day of the Dead, the people of Santiago fly some of the biggest kites in the world. As large as seven meters (twenty-three feet) in diameter, they fill the sky over the cemetery with brilliant colors. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eJuan and his brothers always helped their grandfather build the kite for the Day of the Dead. But their grandfather has recently died, and the boys must carry on the tradition on their own. 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Un Barrilete / Barrilete
A beautifully photographed book about three Guatemalan brothers who, after their grandfather's death, lead their family's Day of the Dead celebration.
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and up
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and up
Nobody Knows
A powerful and moving novel inspired by actual events that took place in Tokyo, and based on the award-winning film by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
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Applesauce
A touching picture book about a boy's conflicted feelings for his father, from Belgium's illustrious children's book creator, Klaas Verplancke.
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The Emperor of Lies
Winner of the prestigious August Prize, The Emperor of Lies is a powerfully moving story set in World War II Poland.
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One Year in Coal Harbour
The long-awaited, ever-so-charming follow-up to the Newbery Honor Book Everything on a Waffle!
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Time Warped
"A fascinating and at times mind-boggling book that will change the way you think about time." — Financial Times
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She teaches in the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Martine lives in High River, Alberta.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Leavitt, Martine (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the CLA Young Adult Book Award, selected for the CCBC Choices List, selected for the Bankstreet College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year 2013, and honoured with the Horn Book Fanfare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt starts when Call sees sixteen-year-old Angel stealing shoes at the mall. He just buys her Chinese food at first, but before long Call is supplying her with \"candy\" and saying he loves her. Angel ends up living with him and walking the Kiddy Stroll in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside -- a neighbourhood with a reputation for being the poorest postal code in the country, with one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. When Angel's best friend Serena goes missing, Angel starts to pay attention to the stories of other girls who have disappeared, and a mysterious Mr. P. who drives a van with tinted windows. But Call tells her she's crazy to worry, and the police turn a blind eye. And Angel remains trapped in her street life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Call brings home another girl. Her name is Melli, and she is just eleven years old, and suddenly Angel realizes what she must do. Save Melli at any cost, and perhaps save herself at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a long-awaited new novel from Governor General's Award nominee and National Book Award finalist Martine Leavitt, who has created an unforgettable protagonist in the feisty and fragile Angel. Through her eyes, and in a haunting, startling verse narrative, we see Angel's life on the street and root for her as she tries to find a way out of violence and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeticulously researched, this is a beautifully written, harrowing but ultimately redemptive story told with grace, wit, compassion and deep respect for the missing women -- the \"Eastside angels\" to whom the book is dedicated.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781554981175","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554981175\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"Social Situations; Violence; Girls \u0026amp; Women; Social Situations; Sexual Abuse; award winner","NumberOfPages":"256","OtherText_Review_0":"... the triumph of this story is in Angel's painfully real voice. Her matter-of-fact descriptions of her time with the johns are searing, and the casual brutality of her life will haunt readers.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_1":"An astonishing, wrenching achievement.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_2":"In this novel in verse, Leavitt has created in Angel's voice a perfect mix of innocence and experience","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Michael Cart","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Booklist, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_3":"Leavitt deftly tackles a difficult subject without a hint of melodrama or voyeurism. Angel's story could belong to any teen on the streets, though her voice is wonderfully unique.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Miranda Doyle","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_4":"Leavitt probes an exceptionally difficult, raw topic without resorting to cliché or melodrama. The nuance, economy, and delicacy with which she renders both the uniqueness and universality of Angel's story is such that it's easy not to notice that the novel contains no graphic sex or even swearing. In trying to illustrate how good this book is, it's tempting to simply quote every line. Best just to read it and experience for yourself Leavitt's remarkably powerful achievement.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Emily Donaldson","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_5":"Mature, complex and relentlessly \"real\" in its subject matter, Leavitt's verse novel honours and quietly memorializes the women murdered by Robert Pickton.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Deirdre Baker","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_6":"The novel reads in a lyrical, unstructured style, which adds to the powerful harshness of the story it tells.","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Emily Abrahams","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Shameless","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A stunning verse novel about a sixteen-year-old sex worker trying to survive in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside during the time of the Pickton murders.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_4":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"01","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeCode_4":"04","PrizeName_0":"Horn Book Fanfare","PrizeName_1":"CLA Young Adult Book Award","PrizeName_2":"CCBC Choices","PrizeName_3":"The Bankstreet College of Education's Best Books of the Year 2013","PrizeName_4":"OLA White Pine Award","PrizeYear_0":"2012","PrizeYear_1":"2013","PrizeYear_2":"2013","PrizeYear_3":"2013","PrizeYear_4":"2014","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback with flaps","PublicationDate":"2012-08-22","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"A stunning verse novel about a sixteen-year-old sex worker trying to survive in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside during the time of the Pickton murders.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
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and up
/ grades 8
and up
My Book of Life by Angel
A stunning verse novel about a sixteen-year-old sex worker trying to survive in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside during the time of the Pickton murders.
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The Universe Within
Neil Turok's 2012 CBC Massey Lectures is a visionary look at the way the human mind can shape the future.
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Mister Roger and Me
A heartbreaking and hilarious story about the unlikely friendship between a spirited eight-year-old and her neighbour, a disgruntled old man.
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The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2012
An updated edition of the magisterial history of the Balkan region from the Misha Glenny, the bestselling author of McMafia and DarkMarket.
