Categories
Accessible ebooks
All of the ebooks in this collection meet Benetech's Global Certified Accessible standards and are accessible to anyone with print disabilities. Browse the collection here.
Quick View
{"id":6819003367483,"title":"Mary Ann Alice","handle":"mary-ann-alice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the IODE National Chapter Award, and a Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this brillant and poetic novel, Brian Doyle returns to the Gatineau River near Ottawa, the world of his novels \u003cem\u003eUp to Low\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUncle Ronald\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMary Ann Alice McCrank was named for the pretty church bell in the steeple of St. Martin's Church in the Martindale. She has the soul of a poet and Mickey McGuire Jr. is in love with her. Mary Ann Alice is passionately interested in many things, especially the geology of her part of the world. Her teacher, the wonderful Patchy Drizzle, shares her passion for rocks and fossils, many of which can be found along the river and in caves under the famous Paugan Falls.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut a new project to dam the river at Low places rocks, fossils, falls as well as many farms in danger. The dam must go ahead. And, as with much technological change, it brings both benefits and tragedies to the community.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T16:13:20-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T15:36:07-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 9 - 13","By (author) Doyle Brian","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Starred Reviews","Groundwood Books","Lexile measure 810L","pub date: 2001-09-01"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40249575047227,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780888995513","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mary Ann Alice - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":180,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780888995513","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249575637051,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980246","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mary Ann Alice - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980246","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249575702587,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986217","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mary Ann Alice - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986217","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_cb1f0bed-3d7b-4691-9dfe-8cb0b46e53ae.jpg?v=1649578398"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_cb1f0bed-3d7b-4691-9dfe-8cb0b46e53ae.jpg?v=1649578398","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21924551262267,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2250,"width":1500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_cb1f0bed-3d7b-4691-9dfe-8cb0b46e53ae.jpg?v=1649578398"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_cb1f0bed-3d7b-4691-9dfe-8cb0b46e53ae.jpg?v=1649578398","width":1500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the IODE National Chapter Award, and a Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this brillant and poetic novel, Brian Doyle returns to the Gatineau River near Ottawa, the world of his novels \u003cem\u003eUp to Low\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUncle Ronald\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMary Ann Alice McCrank was named for the pretty church bell in the steeple of St. Martin's Church in the Martindale. She has the soul of a poet and Mickey McGuire Jr. is in love with her. Mary Ann Alice is passionately interested in many things, especially the geology of her part of the world. Her teacher, the wonderful Patchy Drizzle, shares her passion for rocks and fossils, many of which can be found along the river and in caves under the famous Paugan Falls.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut a new project to dam the river at Low places rocks, fossils, falls as well as many farms in danger. The dam must go ahead. And, as with much technological change, it brings both benefits and tragedies to the community.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781554981885","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781773060477","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781773061047","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"9","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"4","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"13","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"8","BASICMainSubject":"JUV026000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Love \u0026 Romance","BiographicalNote":"Brian Doyle is the award-winning author of many beloved children's books. He lives in Chelsea, Quebec.","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Love \u0026amp; Romance","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Girls \u0026amp; Women","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Action \u0026amp; Adventure \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"JUV026000","BISACSubject_1":"JUV014000","BISACSubject_2":"JUV001000","ComplexityCode_0":"810L","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ContributorBio_0":"Brian Doyle is the award-winning author of many beloved children's books. He lives in Chelsea, Quebec.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Doyle, Brian (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the IODE National Chapter Award, and a Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this brillant and poetic novel, Brian Doyle returns to the Gatineau River near Ottawa, the world of his novels \u003cem\u003eUp to Low\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUncle Ronald\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMary Ann Alice McCrank was named for the pretty church bell in the steeple of St. Martin's Church in the Martindale. She has the soul of a poet and Mickey McGuire Jr. is in love with her. Mary Ann Alice is passionately interested in many things, especially the geology of her part of the world. Her teacher, the wonderful Patchy Drizzle, shares her passion for rocks and fossils, many of which can be found along the river and in caves under the famous Paugan Falls.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut a new project to dam the river at Low places rocks, fossils, falls as well as many farms in danger. The dam must go ahead. And, as with much technological change, it brings both benefits and tragedies to the community.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9780888995513","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9780888995513\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7.56","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"Action \u0026amp; Adventure; Love \u0026amp; Romance; Girls \u0026amp; Women; award winner","NumberOfPages":"168","OtherText_Review_0":"...the writing is pretty near perfect, spare and evocative. In Mary Ann Alice, Doyle has created a wonderful hero with an unforgettable voice.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_1":"...a most welcome return to familiar territory...It would never be too soon to have more about Mary Ann Alice.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_2":"...an affecting and entertaining story...","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Teacher Magazine","OtherText_Review_3":"Doyle at his best - which is very good indeed.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Horn Book, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_4":"Doyle is clearly in his element, enlivening a slice of regional history with his own tall tales.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Riverbank Review","OtherText_Review_5":"Doyle, a fearless and exhilarating writer, negotiates the novel's eddies and swirls with unerring control.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Horn Book","OtherText_Review_6":"The story's a small masterpiece, and Doyle...ranks right up there with the best of Canadian writers - for children or grownups.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"In this brilliant novel, Brian Doyle returns to the Gatineau River, where a dam project places rocks, fossils, falls as well as many farms in danger.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_2":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_3":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_4":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_5":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_6":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_7":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_8":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_9":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"01","PrizeCode_2":"04","PrizeCode_3":"01","PrizeCode_4":"04","PrizeCode_5":"05","PrizeCode_6":"05","PrizeCode_7":"05","PrizeCode_8":"03","PrizeCode_9":"03","PrizeName_0":"IODE National Chapter Award","PrizeName_1":"Leishman Prize","PrizeName_2":"Sask. Book Awards - Children's Literature","PrizeName_3":"Riverbank Review Children's Books w\/ Distinction","PrizeName_4":"Governor General's Literary Awards: Text","PrizeName_5":"Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People","PrizeName_6":"Mr. Christie's Silver Seal Award","PrizeName_7":"Ruth Schwartz Award","PrizeName_8":"Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List","PrizeName_9":"Focus Magazine's The \"Best 7 Books for April\"","PrizeYear_0":"2002","PrizeYear_1":"2002","PrizeYear_2":"2002","PrizeYear_3":"2003","PrizeYear_4":"2001","PrizeYear_5":"2002","PrizeYear_6":"2002","PrizeYear_7":"2002","PrizeYear_8":"2003","PrizeYear_9":"2004","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2001-09-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"In this brilliant novel, Brian Doyle returns to the Gatineau River, where a dam project places rocks, fossils, falls as well as many farms in danger.","Width":"5.06","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 9
to 13
/ grades 4
to 8
Mary Ann Alice
In this brilliant novel, Brian Doyle returns to the Gatineau River, where a dam project places rocks, fossils, falls as well as many farms in danger.
Quick View
{"id":6814262657083,"title":"Mary Anning's Curiosity","handle":"mary-annings-curiosity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe amazing story of how the world’s greatest fossilist found her first huge find at the age of twelve.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen her father injured himself and was unable to work, Mary quit school and took up fossil hunting full-time to help support her family, a task that became even more important when her father died, leaving the Annings in debt.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of twelve, Mary, with her older brother Joe, found what they believed to be the skeleton of a gigantic crocodile, the Great Croc of the legends. Between dodging her rival fossil hunter the Curiman, and the sheer work of carefully digging out the fossil, Mary took almost a year to excavate what would later be termed the \u003cem\u003eIchthyosaurus. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMary Anning was uneducated, poor and a woman, but her life’s work of fossil hunting led her to make many discoveries that influenced our understanding of prehistoric creatures and the age of the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this triumphant novel about scientific discovery, Monica Kulling brings Mary Anning and her world to life for young readers.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nauthor's note\u003cbr\u003e\r\nhistorical context\u003cbr\u003e\r\nresources\u003cbr\u003e\r\nfacts\u003cbr\u003e\r\nfurther reading\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T09:40:39-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-23T13:27:38-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 9 - 12","By (author) Kulling Monica","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Groundwood Books","Illustrated by Castrillon Melissa","pub date: 2017-05-01"],"price":1295,"price_min":1295,"price_max":1495,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40206694318139,"title":"hardcover jacket","option1":"hardcover jacket","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554988983","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mary Anning's Curiosity - hardcover jacket","public_title":"hardcover jacket","options":["hardcover jacket"],"price":1495,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554988983","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40206853046331,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554988990","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mary Anning's Curiosity - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554988990","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40206853668923,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554989003","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mary Anning's Curiosity - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554989003","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41023422496827,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773069906","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Mary Anning's Curiosity - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1299,"weight":122,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781773069906","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_eceefe3a-aa28-4edb-a99e-e455e170bac1.jpg?v=1694760368"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_eceefe3a-aa28-4edb-a99e-e455e170bac1.jpg?v=1694760368","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23790920958011,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.677,"height":2325,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_eceefe3a-aa28-4edb-a99e-e455e170bac1.jpg?v=1694760368"},"aspect_ratio":0.677,"height":2325,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_eceefe3a-aa28-4edb-a99e-e455e170bac1.jpg?v=1694760368","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe amazing story of how the world’s greatest fossilist found her first huge find at the age of twelve.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen her father injured himself and was unable to work, Mary quit school and took up fossil hunting full-time to help support her family, a task that became even more important when her father died, leaving the Annings in debt.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of twelve, Mary, with her older brother Joe, found what they believed to be the skeleton of a gigantic crocodile, the Great Croc of the legends. Between dodging her rival fossil hunter the Curiman, and the sheer work of carefully digging out the fossil, Mary took almost a year to excavate what would later be termed the \u003cem\u003eIchthyosaurus. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMary Anning was uneducated, poor and a woman, but her life’s work of fossil hunting led her to make many discoveries that influenced our understanding of prehistoric creatures and the age of the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this triumphant novel about scientific discovery, Monica Kulling brings Mary Anning and her world to life for young readers.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nauthor's note\u003cbr\u003e\r\nhistorical context\u003cbr\u003e\r\nresources\u003cbr\u003e\r\nfacts\u003cbr\u003e\r\nfurther reading\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781773061047","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781773061245","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781773062402","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_2":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"26","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"11","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"4","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"9","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"4","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"7","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"12","AudienceRangeValue_2_2":"7","BASICMainSubject":"JUV014000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Girls \u0026 Women","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMONICA KULLING\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of more than sixty books for children, including \u003cem\u003eAunt Pearl\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher; and \u003cem\u003eRuby’s Hope: A Story of How the Famous “Migrant Mother” Photograph Became the Face of the Great Depression\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Sarah Dvojak. She has written the popular Great Idea series, and her work has been nominated for many awards, including numerous Silver Birch Express and Golden Oak awards and the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Girls \u0026amp; Women","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Historical \/ Exploration \u0026amp; Discovery","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Animals \/ Dinosaurs \u0026amp; Prehistoric Creatures","BISACSubject_0":"JUV014000","BISACSubject_1":"JUV016050","BISACSubject_2":"JUV002060","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMONICA KULLING\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of more than sixty books for children, including \u003cem\u003eAunt Pearl\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher; and \u003cem\u003eRuby’s Hope: A Story of How the Famous “Migrant Mother” Photograph Became the Face of the Great Depression\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Sarah Dvojak. She has written the popular Great Idea series, and her work has been nominated for many awards, including numerous Silver Birch Express and Golden Oak awards and the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMELISSA CASTRILLON\u003c\/strong\u003e has a first class honors degree in illustration and a master’s degree in children’s book illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. She is a freelance illustrator based in Cambridge, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Kulling, Monica (CA)","Contributor_1":"Castrillon, Melissa","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe amazing story of how the world’s greatest fossilist found her first huge find at the age of twelve.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen her father injured himself and was unable to work, Mary quit school and took up fossil hunting full-time to help support her family, a task that became even more important when her father died, leaving the Annings in debt.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of twelve, Mary, with her older brother Joe, found what they believed to be the skeleton of a gigantic crocodile, the Great Croc of the legends. Between dodging her rival fossil hunter the Curiman, and the sheer work of carefully digging out the fossil, Mary took almost a year to excavate what would later be termed the \u003cem\u003eIchthyosaurus. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMary Anning was uneducated, poor and a woman, but her life’s work of fossil hunting led her to make many discoveries that influenced our understanding of prehistoric creatures and the age of the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this triumphant novel about scientific discovery, Monica Kulling brings Mary Anning and her world to life for young readers.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nauthor's note\u003cbr\u003e\r\nhistorical context\u003cbr\u003e\r\nresources\u003cbr\u003e\r\nfacts\u003cbr\u003e\r\nfurther reading\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781554988983","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554988983\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"author's note;historical context;facts;further reading;resources","MetaKeywords":"women in science; girls in STEM; discovery; scientific history; female scientist; inspiring stories; overcoming adversity; fossils; fictional biography; nature and the natural world; work ethic; pride; responsibility; perseverance; dedication; independent spirit; social sciences; questioning; determining importance; middle grade fiction; historical fiction; author's note; historical context; facts; further reading; resources; illustrations","NumberOfPages":"120","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eNow in paperback.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eA delightful homage to a remarkable woman.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eOne of the first examples of the fantastic trend of feminist biographies for children (the original published in 2017).\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKulling brings Mary Anning and her world to life for young readers.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe adorable, fun, and engaging cover matches the hardcover edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eMary worked tirelessly, removing the surrounding shale. She placed her hammer at shallow angles, and flakes and small chunks of stone fell away. She must not crack the bones. It would be horrible to damage this magnificent creature. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe saucer eye grew larger. Its fierce look made Mary wonder if it had died wide-eyed. She shuddered at the thought. Was it possible that a creature like this had once roamed the seas? And how long ago was that? One thousand years? Millions of years? …\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe knowledge gave Mary even greater admiration for the creature that had once swum freely and was now being uncovered by a fossil hunter's hammer.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"Mary's story should inspire young readers to seek unconventional paths, to work hard and to never give up hope. STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Youth Services Book Review","OtherText_Review_1":"With this fictionalized look at Anning's childhood, Kulling provides context for readers and offers a fascinating glimpse at how those who came before us have shaped our comprehension of the world.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"Mary presents an admirable role model for her lively mind, independent spirit, and a continuing sense of wonder that drives her to chip away at nature's mysteries.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_3":"A stirring story made more inspirational by the reality of its protagonist.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_4":"Mary Anning's Curiosity packs much good material into a slim volume, introducing young readers to one of science's great characters at a pivotal point in her story.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Foreword Magazine","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"This novel imagines the childhood of Mary Anning, considered the world's greatest fossilist, who discovered her first big find at the age of twelve.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeName_0":"CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens","PrizeName_1":"Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year","PrizeName_2":"Cooperative Children's Book Center Best of the Year","PrizeYear_0":"2017","PrizeYear_1":"2018","PrizeYear_2":"2018","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2017-05-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"This novel imagines the childhood of Mary Anning, considered the world's greatest fossilist, who discovered her first big find at the age of twelve.","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Mary Anning's Curiosity
This novel imagines the childhood of Mary Anning, considered the world's greatest fossilist, who discovered her first big find at the age of twelve.
Quick View
{"id":6818955821115,"title":"Me and Luke","handle":"me-and-luke","description":"\u003cp\u003eAudrey O'Hearn has crafted an unforgettable story about a teenager becoming a man in this book for young adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt's girlfriend is having his baby and plans to give it up for adoption. And that seems like the best thing for everyone. Matt has dropped out of school, and he can't seem to find a job. His mom has moved to California, and his friends seem to have forgotten all about him. But then Luke is born, and Matt sees his newborn son, and suddenly things are very different…\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T14:15:30-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T13:34:54-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 0 - 12","By (author) O'Hearn Audrey","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Groundwood Books","pub date: 2005-05-01","Young Adult"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40249436536891,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780888990662","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Me and Luke - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780888990662","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249437028411,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980253","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Me and Luke - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980253","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249437192251,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986224","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Me and Luke - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986224","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3078852d-82f6-40a8-baa4-3ebab47375dc.jpg?v=1655700098"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3078852d-82f6-40a8-baa4-3ebab47375dc.jpg?v=1655700098","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22245188993083,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.608,"height":503,"width":306,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3078852d-82f6-40a8-baa4-3ebab47375dc.jpg?v=1655700098"},"aspect_ratio":0.608,"height":503,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3078852d-82f6-40a8-baa4-3ebab47375dc.jpg?v=1655700098","width":306}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eAudrey O'Hearn has crafted an unforgettable story about a teenager becoming a man in this book for young adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt's girlfriend is having his baby and plans to give it up for adoption. And that seems like the best thing for everyone. Matt has dropped out of school, and he can't seem to find a job. His mom has moved to California, and his friends seem to have forgotten all about him. But then Luke is born, and Matt sees his newborn son, and suddenly things are very different…\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781554981526","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781554989416","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781773060323","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"26","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"12","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"7","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"7","BASICMainSubject":"YAF018060","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Family \/ Parents","BiographicalNote":"Audrey O'Hearn was the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Two of Them and Me, Me and Luke, Rob Loves Stell,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFuture Thaw\u003c\/em\u003e.","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Family \/ Parents","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Pregnancy","BISACSubject_0":"YAF018060","BISACSubject_1":"YAF058180","ContributorBio_0":"Audrey O'Hearn was the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Two of Them and Me, Me and Luke, Rob Loves Stell,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFuture Thaw\u003c\/em\u003e.","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"O'Hearn, Audrey (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eAudrey O'Hearn has crafted an unforgettable story about a teenager becoming a man in this book for young adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt's girlfriend is having his baby and plans to give it up for adoption. And that seems like the best thing for everyone. Matt has dropped out of school, and he can't seem to find a job. His mom has moved to California, and his friends seem to have forgotten all about him. But then Luke is born, and Matt sees his newborn son, and suddenly things are very different…\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9780888990662","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9780888990662\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"174","OtherText_Review_0":"This book is an excellent look at the growth of an adolescent...the book's real strength lies in its depiction of Matt's love for his son and his struggle to do what he believes is best for Luke. The story reads like an adventure, quickly capturing and then maintaining our interest.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Child and Family Magazine","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Audrey O'Hearn has crafted an unforgettable story about a teenager becoming a man in this book for young adults.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2005-05-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Audrey O'Hearn has crafted an unforgettable story about a teenager becoming a man in this book for young adults.","Width":"4.1","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 12
and up
/ grades 7
and up
Me and Luke
Audrey O'Hearn has crafted an unforgettable story about a teenager becoming a man in this book for young adults.
Quick View
{"id":6817706115131,"title":"Middle of Nowhere","handle":"middle-of-nowhere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, shortlisted for the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award and the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, and selected as an OLA Best Bet for 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt first Curtis isn't that worried when his mother doesn't come home from her all-night job at the local gas bar. She'll be back, he's ten out of ten positive. After all, she promised she would never leave him again.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBesides, Curtis is used to looking after himself and his five-year-old brother, Artie, and for a time he manages things on his own, keeping their mother's absence a secret. He knows exactly what will happen if any of the teachers find out the truth. He remembers his last horrible foster home all too clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCurtis gets pretty good at forging his mother's signature, but when the credit card maxes out and the landlord starts pressuring for the rent, it's more than a twelve-year-old can handle. Just in time, Curtis and Artie make friends with Mrs. Burt, the cranky, lonely old lady who lives across the street. And when the authorities start to investigate, the boys agree to go with Mrs. Burt to her remote cabin by the lake, and the three of them abscond in her 1957 Chevy Bel Air.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt the lake, the boys' days are filled with wood-chopping, outhouse-building, fishing, swimming and Mrs. Burt's wonderful cooking. But as the summer sails by, Curtis can't stop thinking about his mother's promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThen the weather grows colder, and Mrs. Burt seems to be preparing to spend the winter at the cabin, and Curtis starts to worry.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHave they really all just absconded to the lake for a summer holiday? Or have the two boys been kidnapped?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Vancouver and the B.C. wilderness (the trip to the cabin involves a hilarious white-knuckled road trip through Hope), this is a book that reflects Caroline Adderson's many writerly strengths -- her \"wit and a facility for dialogue, good pacing and a brisk, clean prose style\" (\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e), her \"close observation of telling details\" (\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/em\u003e) and her ability to \"celebrate a child’s imagination in a realistically humorous way\" (\u003cem\u003eCanadian Materials\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-28T16:54:52-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-28T14:27:08-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 9 - 12","By (author) Adderson Caroline","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Groundwood Books","Lexile measure 660L","pub date: 2012-03-01"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40220060188731,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554981328","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Middle of Nowhere - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":209,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554981328","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40220295135291,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554982028","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Middle of Nowhere - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554982028","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40220295921723,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986231","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Middle of Nowhere - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986231","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_48349ec5-3083-4dee-a555-201c260048ea.jpg?v=1648496758"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_48349ec5-3083-4dee-a555-201c260048ea.jpg?v=1648496758","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21836009308219,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.677,"height":2325,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_48349ec5-3083-4dee-a555-201c260048ea.jpg?v=1648496758"},"aspect_ratio":0.677,"height":2325,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_48349ec5-3083-4dee-a555-201c260048ea.jpg?v=1648496758","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, shortlisted for the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award and the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, and selected as an OLA Best Bet for 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt first Curtis isn't that worried when his mother doesn't come home from her all-night job at the local gas bar. She'll be back, he's ten out of ten positive. After all, she promised she would never leave him again.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBesides, Curtis is used to looking after himself and his five-year-old brother, Artie, and for a time he manages things on his own, keeping their mother's absence a secret. He knows exactly what will happen if any of the teachers find out the truth. He remembers his last horrible foster home all too clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCurtis gets pretty good at forging his mother's signature, but when the credit card maxes out and the landlord starts pressuring for the rent, it's more than a twelve-year-old can handle. Just in time, Curtis and Artie make friends with Mrs. Burt, the cranky, lonely old lady who lives across the street. And when the authorities start to investigate, the boys agree to go with Mrs. Burt to her remote cabin by the lake, and the three of them abscond in her 1957 Chevy Bel Air.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt the lake, the boys' days are filled with wood-chopping, outhouse-building, fishing, swimming and Mrs. Burt's wonderful cooking. But as the summer sails by, Curtis can't stop thinking about his mother's promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThen the weather grows colder, and Mrs. Burt seems to be preparing to spend the winter at the cabin, and Curtis starts to worry.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHave they really all just absconded to the lake for a summer holiday? Or have the two boys been kidnapped?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Vancouver and the B.C. wilderness (the trip to the cabin involves a hilarious white-knuckled road trip through Hope), this is a book that reflects Caroline Adderson's many writerly strengths -- her \"wit and a facility for dialogue, good pacing and a brisk, clean prose style\" (\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e), her \"close observation of telling details\" (\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/em\u003e) and her ability to \"celebrate a child’s imagination in a realistically humorous way\" (\u003cem\u003eCanadian Materials\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781554981175","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781554983766","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781554989331","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"11","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"17","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"4","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"9","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"7","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"12","BASICMainSubject":"JUV013070","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Family \/ Siblings","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCAROLINE ADDERSON\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning author of books for young readers and adults. She is the author of the picture books \u003cem\u003eNorman, Speak!\u003c\/em\u003e (illustrated by Qin Leng) and \u003cem\u003eI Love You One to Ten\u003c\/em\u003e (illustrated by Christina Leist), as well as the Jasper John Dooley and Izzy series. Her middle-grade books include \u003cem\u003eMiddle of Nowhere\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Simple Case of Angels\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat\u003c\/em\u003e. She has won the Sheila Egoff Award, the Chocolate Lily Book Award and the Diamond Willow Award, among many other honors. For more information, see carolineaddersonkids.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Family \/ Siblings","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Homelessness \u0026 Poverty","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Family \/ Orphans \u0026 Foster Homes","BISACSubject_0":"JUV013070","BISACSubject_1":"JUV039070","BISACSubject_2":"JUV013050","ComplexityCode_0":"660L","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCAROLINE ADDERSON\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning author of books for young readers and adults. She is the author of the picture books \u003cem\u003eNorman, Speak!\u003c\/em\u003e (illustrated by Qin Leng) and \u003cem\u003eI Love You One to Ten\u003c\/em\u003e (illustrated by Christina Leist), as well as the Jasper John Dooley and Izzy series. Her middle-grade books include \u003cem\u003eMiddle of Nowhere\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Simple Case of Angels\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat\u003c\/em\u003e. She has won the Sheila Egoff Award, the Chocolate Lily Book Award and the Diamond Willow Award, among many other honors. For more information, see carolineaddersonkids.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Adderson, Caroline (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, shortlisted for the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award and the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, and selected as an OLA Best Bet for 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt first Curtis isn't that worried when his mother doesn't come home from her all-night job at the local gas bar. She'll be back, he's ten out of ten positive. After all, she promised she would never leave him again.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBesides, Curtis is used to looking after himself and his five-year-old brother, Artie, and for a time he manages things on his own, keeping their mother's absence a secret. He knows exactly what will happen if any of the teachers find out the truth. He remembers his last horrible foster home all too clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCurtis gets pretty good at forging his mother's signature, but when the credit card maxes out and the landlord starts pressuring for the rent, it's more than a twelve-year-old can handle. Just in time, Curtis and Artie make friends with Mrs. Burt, the cranky, lonely old lady who lives across the street. And when the authorities start to investigate, the boys agree to go with Mrs. Burt to her remote cabin by the lake, and the three of them abscond in her 1957 Chevy Bel Air.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt the lake, the boys' days are filled with wood-chopping, outhouse-building, fishing, swimming and Mrs. Burt's wonderful cooking. But as the summer sails by, Curtis can't stop thinking about his mother's promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThen the weather grows colder, and Mrs. Burt seems to be preparing to spend the winter at the cabin, and Curtis starts to worry.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHave they really all just absconded to the lake for a summer holiday? Or have the two boys been kidnapped?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Vancouver and the B.C. wilderness (the trip to the cabin involves a hilarious white-knuckled road trip through Hope), this is a book that reflects Caroline Adderson's many writerly strengths -- her \"wit and a facility for dialogue, good pacing and a brisk, clean prose style\" (\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e), her \"close observation of telling details\" (\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e) and her ability to \"celebrate a child’s imagination in a realistically humorous way\" (\u003cem\u003eCanadian Materials\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781554981328","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554981328\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"216","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A middle-grade novel about two maybe-orphans and their unlikely friendship with a cranky old neighbor.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_3":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeCode_2":"01","PrizeCode_3":"04","PrizeName_0":"OLA Best Bet","PrizeName_1":"CLA Book of the Year for Children Award","PrizeName_2":"Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize","PrizeName_3":"Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award","PrizeYear_0":"2012","PrizeYear_1":"2013","PrizeYear_2":"2013","PrizeYear_3":"2014","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2012-03-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"A middle-grade novel about two maybe-orphans and their unlikely friendship with a cranky old neighbor.","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Middle of Nowhere
A middle-grade novel about two maybe-orphans and their unlikely friendship with a cranky old neighbor.
Quick View
{"id":6818885468219,"title":"Mistik Lake","handle":"mistik-lake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCanadian Library Association YA Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1981, sixteen-year-old Sally McLean is in a car full of teenagers when it plunges through the ice to the bottom of Mistik Lake. Sally is the only survivor.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMany years later, Sally's teenaged daughter, Odella, is left wondering whether the accident is to blame for her mother's life as a sad alcoholic who eventually abandons her family and flees to Iceland with another man. When Sally suddenly dies in an accident, Odella, her father and her two younger sisters are almost overwhelmed with grief and confusion, until three people provide help and healing in unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T11:56:00-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T10:46:13-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 0 - 14","By (author) Brooks Martha","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Starred Reviews","Groundwood Books","pub date: 2007-05-01","Young Adult"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":1495,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40248565465147,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780888997524","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mistik Lake - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":1495,"weight":191,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780888997524","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40248570314811,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980260","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mistik Lake - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980260","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40248571330619,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986248","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mistik Lake - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986248","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_07c21485-ed8f-4353-b69c-09c3cbfdfdee.jpg?v=1655624200"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_07c21485-ed8f-4353-b69c-09c3cbfdfdee.jpg?v=1655624200","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22243413983291,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_07c21485-ed8f-4353-b69c-09c3cbfdfdee.jpg?v=1655624200"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_07c21485-ed8f-4353-b69c-09c3cbfdfdee.jpg?v=1655624200","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCanadian Library Association YA Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1981, sixteen-year-old Sally McLean is in a car full of teenagers when it plunges through the ice to the bottom of Mistik Lake. Sally is the only survivor.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMany years later, Sally's teenaged daughter, Odella, is left wondering whether the accident is to blame for her mother's life as a sad alcoholic who eventually abandons her family and flees to Iceland with another man. When Sally suddenly dies in an accident, Odella, her father and her two younger sisters are almost overwhelmed with grief and confusion, until three people provide help and healing in unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780888996220","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9780888998606","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9780888998934","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"14","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"9","BASICMainSubject":"YAF052000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Romance \/ General","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARTHA BROOKS\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning novelist, playwright and jazz singer whose books have been published in Spain, Italy, Japan, Denmark, England, Germany and Australia, as well as in Canada and the United States. She is a three-time winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year, as well as the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Governor General’s Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta. \u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Romance \/ General","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Family \/ General","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"YAF052000","BISACSubject_1":"YAF018000","BISACSubject_2":"YAF058000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARTHA BROOKS\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning novelist, playwright and jazz singer whose books have been published in Spain, Italy, Japan, Denmark, England, Germany and Australia, as well as in Canada and the United States. She is a three-time winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year, as well as the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Governor General’s Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Brooks, Martha (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCanadian Library Association YA Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1981, sixteen-year-old Sally McLean is in a car full of teenagers when it plunges through the ice to the bottom of Mistik Lake. Sally is the only survivor.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMany years later, Sally's teenaged daughter, Odella, is left wondering whether the accident is to blame for her mother's life as a sad alcoholic who eventually abandons her family and flees to Iceland with another man. When Sally suddenly dies in an accident, Odella, her father and her two younger sisters are almost overwhelmed with grief and confusion, until three people provide help and healing in unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9780888997524","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9780888997524\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","NumberOfPages":"224","OtherText_Review_0":"...a seductive and emotional five-star novel.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Sarah's Stars","OtherText_Review_1":"...absolutely perfect summer reading...Mistik Lake is magical, an absorbing, surprising story...An intriguing plot and characters that seem to have walked straight out of real life make this novel immensely readable; Brooks's poetic language and wise understanding of the heart make it superb.","OtherText_Review_10":"I believe [Mistik Lake] should win every prize in Canada this year; it richly deserves it...A rich, delicious read...Perfect for summer reading...","OtherText_Review_10_Auth":"Michele Landsberg","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"CBC Radio Children's Panel","OtherText_Review_11":"It is the rare young adult novel that so perfectly combines teen sensibilities and edginess and lust and dreams with an elegance of language and an unforgettable sense of place. Mistik Lake is truly a unique gem of a book.","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Richie's Picks","OtherText_Review_12":"Mistik Lake is such a wonderfully absorbing read you want to spend more time with even the minor characters, and the prose is so pure, the dialogue so sharp and funny, you're carried along in perpetual pleasure. Like Barbara Kingsolver and Ursula LeGuin, Martha Brooks makes us emerge from her novels a little more in love with the world, a little more rueful about its follies, a little more hopeful about the possibilities of redemption. It will be astonishing, and deeply wrong, if Mistik Lake doesn't win huge numbers of readers as well as its own swath of prizes and honours.","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_13":"Mistik Lake reminds us of what it is that makes Brooks the writer she is. Here, again in luminescent prose, Brooks digs deep into love, death and loss, and here, again, she offers both her protagonist and her readers the resolution and solace possible after great pain.","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_14":"The progression of the plot, as it moves from loss and anger through gradual understanding to an incandescent moment of reconciliation in the very last line, is silky smooth. The various pieces click together at last to make a surprising and deeply satistfying pattern...a wonderfully absorbing read.","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_Review_15":"This is a beautifully written tale of grief, love, and family secrets.","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_16":"Writing stories about finding hope in difficult circumstances is what Martha Brooks does best.","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"Prairie Books NOW","OtherText_Review_17":"...a book that many upper junior high\/lower senior high readers, particularly girls, will enjoy.","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"Resource Links","OtherText_Review_18":"Smooth writing contributes much to a story that will enable readers to care about...coming of age.","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_2":"...beautifully crafted...An exceptional writer, Brooks once again immerses readers in a fully realized fictional world and leaves them potentially wiser for the experience.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_3":"...elegaic...Brooks doesn't judge the failings of her characters harshly. Rather she lovingly reveals the hidden forces that drive them. This title...demonstrate[s] how we are all shaped by complex motivations that often take us years to understand.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"City Parent (Toronto)","OtherText_Review_4":"...expands its exceedingly well-told tale of teenage romance with equally absorbing stories of adults who have played the tricky game of love.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Horn Book, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_5":"A master storyteller, Brooks has spun a heart-warming and thought provoking tale with characters that we care about. Not only will this novel strike a familiar chord with many readers, but it will also linger in their minds long after they finish the book.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_6":"Brooks' affecting novel explores the weighty legacy of family secrets and cultural heritage...Readers will connect strongly with the teenager's astonished, powerful feelings of first love and her shocked realization that painful family burdens can also be life-changing gifts.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Booklist, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_7":"Brooks captures perfectly the excruciating pain of divorce for children, the ache of older adolescence, the loss of childhood, and the centrality of family love. A must-read on its way to many awards. Highly Recommended.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_8":"Brooks knows the adolescent mind and heart. She also knows the strength and restorative power of family and community. In Mistik Lake, she gives us both - and treats sensitive issues with unblinking forthrightness.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_9":"Everyone suffers, but the momentum remains steady and, in the end, it is the author's ability to convey the characters' love for one another, as complicated as it often is, that floats to the top.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A stunning novel about what happens when you don't follow your heart, and the lies and secret suffering that can continue to haunt you.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_4":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_5":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_6":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_7":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_8":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeCode_4":"03","PrizeCode_5":"03","PrizeCode_6":"03","PrizeCode_7":"03","PrizeCode_8":"03","PrizeName_0":"CLA Young Adult Book of the Year Award","PrizeName_1":"McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award","PrizeName_2":"NYPL Books for the Teenage List","PrizeName_3":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire Books of the Year 2007 List","PrizeName_4":"Publishers Weekly Best Books 2007","PrizeName_5":"OLA Best Bets - Reading for Young Adults (Fiction)","PrizeName_6":"CCBC Choices 2008","PrizeName_7":"CCBC Best Books for Kids \u0026amp; Teens 2008","PrizeName_8":"Booklist Top 10 Romance Fiction for Youth","PrizeYear_0":"2007","PrizeYear_1":"2007","PrizeYear_2":"2008","PrizeYear_3":"2007","PrizeYear_4":"2007","PrizeYear_5":"2007","PrizeYear_6":"2008","PrizeYear_7":"2008","PrizeYear_8":"2008","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback with flaps","PublicationDate":"2007-05-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"A stunning novel about what happens when you don't follow your heart, and the lies and secret suffering that can continue to haunt you.","Width":"5.13","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 14
and up
/ grades 9
and up
Mistik Lake
A stunning novel about what happens when you don't follow your heart, and the lies and secret suffering that can continue to haunt you.
Quick View
{"id":6582696116283,"title":"Money Boy","handle":"money-boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn American Library Association Youth Media Award Stonewall Honor Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRay Liu knows he should be happy. He lives in a big suburban house with all the latest electronic gadgets, and even finds plenty of time to indulge in his love of gaming. He needs the escape. It’s tough getting grades that will please his army veteran father, when speaking English is still a struggle. And he can’t quite connect with his peers at high school -- Chinese immigrants like himself but who seem to have adjusted to North American life more easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThen comes the fateful day when his father accesses Ray’s internet account, and discovers Ray has been cruising gay websites. Before Ray knows what has hit him, his belongings have been thrown on the front lawn, and he has been kicked out. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAngry,defiant, Ray heads to downtown Toronto. In short order he is robbed, beaten up and seduced, and he learns the hard realities of life on the street. Could he really sell himself for sex? Lots of people use their bodies to make money -- athletes, actors, models, pop singers. If no one gets hurt, why should anyone care?\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-13T13:00:47-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-13T13:00:47-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 14 - 0","By (author) Yee Paul","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Groundwood Books","Lexile measure HL610L","pub date: 2011-08-03","Young Adult"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39403362484283,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554981755","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Money Boy - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554981755","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39411582042171,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986255","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Money Boy - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986255","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_f1f1528d-6098-4260-8864-9d989a548f2d.jpg?v=1648374871"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_f1f1528d-6098-4260-8864-9d989a548f2d.jpg?v=1648374871","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21823179096123,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.724,"height":2176,"width":1576,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_f1f1528d-6098-4260-8864-9d989a548f2d.jpg?v=1648374871"},"aspect_ratio":0.724,"height":2176,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_f1f1528d-6098-4260-8864-9d989a548f2d.jpg?v=1648374871","width":1576}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn American Library Association Youth Media Award Stonewall Honor Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRay Liu knows he should be happy. He lives in a big suburban house with all the latest electronic gadgets, and even finds plenty of time to indulge in his love of gaming. He needs the escape. It’s tough getting grades that will please his army veteran father, when speaking English is still a struggle. And he can’t quite connect with his peers at high school -- Chinese immigrants like himself but who seem to have adjusted to North American life more easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThen comes the fateful day when his father accesses Ray’s internet account, and discovers Ray has been cruising gay websites. Before Ray knows what has hit him, his belongings have been thrown on the front lawn, and he has been kicked out. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAngry,defiant, Ray heads to downtown Toronto. In short order he is robbed, beaten up and seduced, and he learns the hard realities of life on the street. Could he really sell himself for sex? Lots of people use their bodies to make money -- athletes, actors, models, pop singers. If no one gets hurt, why should anyone care?\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781554981175","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781770899087","AlsoRecommendedISBN_5":"9781773061214","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"14","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"9","BASICMainSubject":"YAF058210","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Runaways","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePAUL YEE\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Spalding, Saskatchewan, and grew up in Vancouver's Chinatown. A former archivist, he now writes full time. His books have won many awards and honors, including the Governor General's Award (\u003cem\u003eGhost Train\u003c\/em\u003e), the Ruth Schwartz Award (\u003cem\u003eGhost Train\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRoses Sing on New Snow\u003c\/em\u003e), and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award (\u003cem\u003eTales from Gold Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e). He has won the Vancouver Book Award and been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize, and his books have been named to several lists, including NYPL Books for the Teen Age (\u003cem\u003eDead Man’s Gold\u003c\/em\u003e), ALA Notables and Booklist's Top Ten Historical Fiction. Most recently, Paul’s young adult novel Money Boy was named a Stonewall Honor Book and he won the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work. Paul lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Runaways","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Emigration \u0026amp; Immigration","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ LGBT","BISACSubject_0":"YAF058210","BISACSubject_1":"YAF058100","BISACSubject_2":"YAF031000","ComplexityCode_0":"HL610L","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePAUL YEE\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Spalding, Saskatchewan, and grew up in Vancouver's Chinatown. A former archivist, he now writes full time. His books have won many awards and honors, including the Governor General's Award (\u003cem\u003eGhost Train\u003c\/em\u003e), the Ruth Schwartz Award (\u003cem\u003eGhost Train\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRoses Sing on New Snow\u003c\/em\u003e), and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award (\u003cem\u003eTales from Gold Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e). He has won the Vancouver Book Award and been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize, and his books have been named to several lists, including NYPL Books for the Teen Age (\u003cem\u003eDead Man’s Gold\u003c\/em\u003e), ALA Notables and Booklist's Top Ten Historical Fiction. Most recently, Paul’s young adult novel Money Boy was named a Stonewall Honor Book and he won the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work. Paul lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Yee, Paul (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn American Library Association Youth Media Award Stonewall Honor Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRay Liu knows he should be happy. He lives in a big suburban house with all the latest electronic gadgets, and even finds plenty of time to indulge in his love of gaming. He needs the escape. It’s tough getting grades that will please his army veteran father, when speaking English is still a struggle. And he can’t quite connect with his peers at high school -- Chinese immigrants like himself but who seem to have adjusted to North American life more easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThen comes the fateful day when his father accesses Ray’s internet account, and discovers Ray has been cruising gay websites. Before Ray knows what has hit him, his belongings have been thrown on the front lawn, and he has been kicked out. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAngry,defiant, Ray heads to downtown Toronto. In short order he is robbed, beaten up and seduced, and he learns the hard realities of life on the street. Could he really sell himself for sex? Lots of people use their bodies to make money -- athletes, actors, models, pop singers. If no one gets hurt, why should anyone care?\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781554981755","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554981755\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"Homophobia; Canada; immigrant; LGBT; sexuality; immigrant life; gay; gay teens; coming out to your parents; coming out; Chinese; Asian; homelessness; parents; running away; Canadian; acceptance; accepting yourself; how to be yourself; dealing with disapproval","NumberOfPages":"184","OtherText_Quote_from_review_0":"Teens venturing into gritty new-adult writing will be both fascinated by his tumble from grace and relieved that there’s a safety net to break his fall.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_0_":"Huai-Yang Lim","OtherText_Quote_from_review_1":"Money Boy is a poignant tale about immigrant life and life as a homosexual teen.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_1_":"Charla Hollingsworth","OtherText_Quote_from_review_2":"...Money Boy is nothing less than astonishing.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_2_":"Chris DeVito","OtherText_Quote_from_review_3":"Yee’s latest offers insight into the city’s immigrant-Chinese and gay communities...sure to invite both thought and discussion.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_3_":"Michael Cart","OtherText_Quote_from_review_4":"Yee’s sophisticated juxtaposition of immigrant narratives with questions of sexual identity is compelling and poignant.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_4_":"Lalitha Nataraj","OtherText_Review_0":"Paul Yee's novel is a valuable intervention into the representation of gay and lesbian experience in the young adult genre.","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Huai-Yang Lim","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_1":"Money Boy is a poignant tale about immigrant life and life as a homosexual teen.","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Charla Hollingsworth","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"VOYA","OtherText_Review_2":"...Money Boy is nothing less than astonishing.","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Chris DeVito","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Facepuller","OtherText_Review_3":"Yee’s latest offers insight into the city’s immigrant-Chinese and gay communities...sure to invite both thought and discussion.","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Michael Cart","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_4":"Teens venturing into gritty new-adult writing will be both fascinated by his tumble from grace and relieved that there’s a safety net to break his fall.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Bulliten for the Children's Center for Books","OtherText_Review_5":"Yee’s sophisticated juxtaposition of immigrant narratives with questions of sexual identity is compelling and poignant.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Lalitha Nataraj","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Ray is a sixteen-year-old Chinese immigrant who is just trying to fit in, but is forced to live on the streets when his father learns he is gay.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeName_0":"Stonewall Honor Book","PrizeYear_0":"2012","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2011-08-03","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Ray is a sixteen-year-old Chinese immigrant who is just trying to fit in, but is forced to live on the streets when his father learns he is gay."}
ages 14
and up
/ grades 9
and up
Money Boy
Ray is a sixteen-year-old Chinese immigrant who is just trying to fit in, but is forced to live on the streets when his father learns he is gay.
Quick View
{"id":6815470354491,"title":"Mud City","handle":"mud-city","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe third book in the internationally bestselling series that includes \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParvana’s Journey\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMy Name Is Parvana.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eParvana’s best friend, Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. But she still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France.This is the dream that has sustained her through the terrible years in Kabul. It is the dream for which she has forsaken family and friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut it is hard to imagine herself in a field of purple lavender when she is living in the Widows’ Compound of a muddy, crowded refugee camp outside Peshawar. Even worse, the compound is run by Mrs. Weera, Shauzia’s bossy phys ed teacher from Kabul, who insists that Shauzia be useful and make the best of a dismal situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShauzia finally decides to leave the camp and try her luck on the streets. She is determined to earn money to buy her passage out of the country. Peshawar is dangerous and full of desperately poor and wandering children like herself, but she has Jasper, the dog who followed her down from a shepherds’ camp in the mountains. And she knows how to masquerade as a boy and comb the streets for jobs. She figures she knows how to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut life as a street kid is dangerous and terrifying, and even with the advantages of a strong will, brave spirit and good luck, Shauzia soon discovers that the old choices are not so easy any more. This is a powerful and very human story of a feisty, driven girl who tries to take control of her own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe reissue includes a new cover and map, and an updated author’s note and glossary to provide young readers with background and context. Royalties from the sale of this book will go to Street Kids International. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T17:43:51-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-24T14:37:45-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 10 - 14","Breadwinner Series","By (author) Ellis Deborah","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Starred Reviews","Dealing with Loss","Free Study Guides","Groundwood Books","Human Rights and Activism","Lexile measure 740L","pub date: 2015-05-01"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":1099,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40209994874939,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554987733","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mud City - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1099,"weight":299,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554987733","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40210044616763,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980277","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mud City - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980277","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40210044944443,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986903","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mud City - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986903","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_15e33f41-ad84-49c7-9be9-a9013028ebf0.jpg?v=1692508319"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_15e33f41-ad84-49c7-9be9-a9013028ebf0.jpg?v=1692508319","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23721228697659,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2133,"width":1400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_15e33f41-ad84-49c7-9be9-a9013028ebf0.jpg?v=1692508319"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2133,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_15e33f41-ad84-49c7-9be9-a9013028ebf0.jpg?v=1692508319","width":1400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe third book in the internationally bestselling series that includes \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParvana’s Journey\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMy Name Is Parvana.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eParvana’s best friend, Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. But she still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France.This is the dream that has sustained her through the terrible years in Kabul. It is the dream for which she has forsaken family and friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut it is hard to imagine herself in a field of purple lavender when she is living in the Widows’ Compound of a muddy, crowded refugee camp outside Peshawar. Even worse, the compound is run by Mrs. Weera, Shauzia’s bossy phys ed teacher from Kabul, who insists that Shauzia be useful and make the best of a dismal situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShauzia finally decides to leave the camp and try her luck on the streets. She is determined to earn money to buy her passage out of the country. Peshawar is dangerous and full of desperately poor and wandering children like herself, but she has Jasper, the dog who followed her down from a shepherds’ camp in the mountains. And she knows how to masquerade as a boy and comb the streets for jobs. She figures she knows how to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut life as a street kid is dangerous and terrifying, and even with the advantages of a strong will, brave spirit and good luck, Shauzia soon discovers that the old choices are not so easy any more. This is a powerful and very human story of a feisty, driven girl who tries to take control of her own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe reissue includes a new cover and map, and an updated author’s note and glossary to provide young readers with background and context. Royalties from the sale of this book will go to Street Kids International. \u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780888998934","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9780888999498","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781773062600","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"10","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"5","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"14","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"9","BASICMainSubject":"JUV030110","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ People \u0026 Places \/ Middle East","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEBORAH ELLIS\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, which has been published in twenty-five languages. She has won the Governor General’s Award, the Middle East Book Award, the Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Deborah has donated $2 million in royalties to organizations such as Women for Women in Afghanistan, UNICEF and Street Kids International. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ People \u0026amp; Places \/ Middle East","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Self-Esteem \u0026amp; Self-Reliance","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Girls \u0026amp; Women","BISACSubject_0":"JUV030110","BISACSubject_1":"JUV039140","BISACSubject_2":"JUV014000","ComplexityCode_0":"740L","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEBORAH ELLIS\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, which has been published in twenty-five languages. She has won the Governor General’s Award, the Middle East Book Award, the Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Deborah has donated $2 million in royalties to organizations such as Women for Women in Afghanistan, UNICEF and Street Kids International. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Ellis, Deborah (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe third book in the internationally bestselling series that includes \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParvana’s Journey\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMy Name Is Parvana.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eParvana’s best friend, Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. But she still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France.This is the dream that has sustained her through the terrible years in Kabul. It is the dream for which she has forsaken family and friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut it is hard to imagine herself in a field of purple lavender when she is living in the Widows’ Compound of a muddy, crowded refugee camp outside Peshawar. Even worse, the compound is run by Mrs. Weera, Shauzia’s bossy phys ed teacher from Kabul, who insists that Shauzia be useful and make the best of a dismal situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShauzia finally decides to leave the camp and try her luck on the streets. She is determined to earn money to buy her passage out of the country. Peshawar is dangerous and full of desperately poor and wandering children like herself, but she has Jasper, the dog who followed her down from a shepherds’ camp in the mountains. And she knows how to masquerade as a boy and comb the streets for jobs. She figures she knows how to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut life as a street kid is dangerous and terrifying, and even with the advantages of a strong will, brave spirit and good luck, Shauzia soon discovers that the old choices are not so easy any more. This is a powerful and very human story of a feisty, driven girl who tries to take control of her own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe reissue includes a new cover and map, and an updated author’s note and glossary to provide young readers with background and context. Royalties from the sale of this book will go to Street Kids International. \u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781554987733","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554987733\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"maps;author's note;glossary","MetaKeywords":"grade 5; grade 6; Ontario Library Association Best Bets; Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award; New York Public Library Best Books for Kids; middle grade fiction; historical fiction; maps; author's note; glossary; I am Malala Yousafzai; inspiring; adventure","NumberOfPages":"152","OtherText_Review_0":"...a stunning portrait of a totally devastated world where children are forced to fend for themselves...","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A re-issue of Mud City, the third book in the bestselling Breadwinner series by Deborah Ellis. Includes a new cover and map, and an updated author's note.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_2":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_4":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_5":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_6":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeCode_2":"01","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeCode_4":"03","PrizeCode_5":"05","PrizeCode_6":"04","PrizeName_0":"CCBC Our Choice","PrizeName_1":"Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice","PrizeName_2":"Hackmatack Award","PrizeName_3":"Lamplighter Award","PrizeName_4":"NYPL Books for the Teenage List","PrizeName_5":"Red Cedar Book Award","PrizeName_6":"Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award","PrizeYear_0":"2004","PrizeYear_1":"2004","PrizeYear_2":"2005","PrizeYear_3":"2005","PrizeYear_4":"2004","PrizeYear_5":"2005","PrizeYear_6":"2004","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2015-05-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","Series":"Breadwinner Series","ShortDescription":"A re-issue of Mud City, the third book in the bestselling Breadwinner series by Deborah Ellis. Includes a new cover and map, and an updated author's note.","teachersguide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554987733\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=teachersguide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 10
to 14
/ grades 5
to 9
Mud City
A re-issue of Mud City, the third book in the bestselling Breadwinner series by Deborah Ellis. Includes a new cover and map, and an updated author's note.
Quick View
{"id":6817703788603,"title":"My Book of Life by Angel","handle":"my-book-of-life-by-angel","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\r\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\r\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\r\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\r\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","published_at":"2022-03-28T16:54:35-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-28T14:22:26-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 0 - 14","By (author) Leavitt Martine","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Starred Reviews","Groundwood Books","pub date: 2012-08-22","Young Adult"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":1495,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40220028928059,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554981175","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Book of Life by Angel - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":1495,"weight":308,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554981175","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40220031844411,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554983179","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Book of Life by Angel - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554983179","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40220032827451,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986279","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Book of Life by Angel - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986279","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4200dd8c-21b7-4f93-beee-446b82826ac0.jpg?v=1657432793"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4200dd8c-21b7-4f93-beee-446b82826ac0.jpg?v=1657432793","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22340338745403,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":2550,"width":1669,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4200dd8c-21b7-4f93-beee-446b82826ac0.jpg?v=1657432793"},"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4200dd8c-21b7-4f93-beee-446b82826ac0.jpg?v=1657432793","width":1669}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\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\r\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\r\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\r\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\r\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"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781554981755","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781773060781","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781773061214","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"26","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"14","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"8","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"8","BASICMainSubject":"YAF022000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Girls \u0026 Women","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARTINE LEAVITT\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of several award-winning books for young readers, including \u003cem\u003eCalvin\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Governor General’s Award), \u003cem\u003eMy Book of Life by Angel\u003c\/em\u003e (finalist for the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year) and \u003cem\u003eKeturah and Lord Death\u003c\/em\u003e (finalist for the National Book Award). 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","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Girls \u0026 Women","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Sexual Abuse","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"YOUNG ADULT FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Violence","BISACSubject_0":"YAF022000","BISACSubject_1":"YAF058240","BISACSubject_2":"YAF058270","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARTINE LEAVITT\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of several award-winning books for young readers, including \u003cem\u003eCalvin\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Governor General’s Award), \u003cem\u003eMy Book of Life by Angel\u003c\/em\u003e (finalist for the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year) and \u003cem\u003eKeturah and Lord Death\u003c\/em\u003e (finalist for the National Book Award). 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\r\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\r\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\r\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\r\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","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 and 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"}
ages 14
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.
Quick View
{"id":6815470452795,"title":"My Name Is Parvana","handle":"my-name-is-parvana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fourth book in the internationally bestselling series that includes \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParvana’s Journey\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMud City.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning sequel, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOn a military base in Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan — and Parvana.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this long-awaited sequel, Parvana is now fifteen years old. As she waits for foreign military forces to determine her fate, she remembers the past four years of her life. Reunited with her mother and sisters, she has been living in a village where her mother has finally managed to open a school for girls. But even though the Taliban has been driven from the government, the country is still at war, and many continue to view the education and freedom of girls and women with suspicion and fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs her family settles into the routine of running the school, Parvana, a bit to her surprise, finds herself restless and bored. She even thinks of running away. But when local men threaten the school and her family, she must draw on every ounce of bravery and resilience she possesses to survive the disaster that kills her mother, destroys the school, and puts her own life in jeopardy. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA riveting page-turner, Deborah Ellis’s final novel in the series is at once harrowing, inspiring and thought-provoking. And, yes, in the end, Parvana is reunited with her childhood friend, Shauzia.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe paperback edition includes a new cover and map, and an author’s note to provide background and context. Royalties from the sale of this book will go to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Parvana’s Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCompare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDescribe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCompare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T17:43:52-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-24T14:37:54-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 10 - 14","Breadwinner Series","By (author) Ellis Deborah","CC Literature - Grade 6","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Starred Reviews","Free Study Guides","Groundwood Books","Human Rights and Activism","Lexile measure 670L","Middle Grade","pub date: 2015-05-01"],"price":1099,"price_min":1099,"price_max":1099,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40209995202619,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554982981","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Name Is Parvana - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1099,"weight":299,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554982981","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40210075058235,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554982998","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Name Is Parvana - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1099,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554982998","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40210075844667,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986286","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Name Is Parvana - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1099,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986286","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_64e682f1-b474-4ded-b6d6-4f768c6c774f.jpg?v=1692509010"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_64e682f1-b474-4ded-b6d6-4f768c6c774f.jpg?v=1692509010","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23721233973307,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_64e682f1-b474-4ded-b6d6-4f768c6c774f.jpg?v=1692509010"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_64e682f1-b474-4ded-b6d6-4f768c6c774f.jpg?v=1692509010","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fourth book in the internationally bestselling series that includes \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParvana’s Journey\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMud City.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning sequel, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOn a military base in Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan — and Parvana.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this long-awaited sequel, Parvana is now fifteen years old. As she waits for foreign military forces to determine her fate, she remembers the past four years of her life. Reunited with her mother and sisters, she has been living in a village where her mother has finally managed to open a school for girls. But even though the Taliban has been driven from the government, the country is still at war, and many continue to view the education and freedom of girls and women with suspicion and fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs her family settles into the routine of running the school, Parvana, a bit to her surprise, finds herself restless and bored. She even thinks of running away. But when local men threaten the school and her family, she must draw on every ounce of bravery and resilience she possesses to survive the disaster that kills her mother, destroys the school, and puts her own life in jeopardy. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA riveting page-turner, Deborah Ellis’s final novel in the series is at once harrowing, inspiring and thought-provoking. And, yes, in the end, Parvana is reunited with her childhood friend, Shauzia.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe paperback edition includes a new cover and map, and an author’s note to provide background and context. Royalties from the sale of this book will go to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Parvana’s Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCompare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDescribe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCompare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780888998620","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781554981458","AlsoRecommendedISBN_5":"9781773061955","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_2":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"26","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"17","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"5","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"5","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"10","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"9","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"9","AudienceRangeValue_2_2":"14","BASICMainSubject":"JUV030110","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ People \u0026 Places \/ Middle East","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEBORAH ELLIS\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, which has been published in twenty-five languages. She has won the Governor General’s Award, the Middle East Book Award, the Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Deborah has donated $2 million in royalties to organizations such as Women for Women in Afghanistan, UNICEF and Street Kids International. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ People \u0026amp; Places \/ Middle East","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Girls \u0026amp; Women","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Violence","BISACSubject_0":"JUV030110","BISACSubject_1":"JUV014000","BISACSubject_2":"JUV039180","CommonCore":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9","CommonCore_1":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3","CommonCore_2":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3","ComplexityCode_0":"670L","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEBORAH ELLIS\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, which has been published in twenty-five languages. She has won the Governor General’s Award, the Middle East Book Award, the Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Deborah has donated $2 million in royalties to organizations such as Women for Women in Afghanistan, UNICEF and Street Kids International. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Ellis, Deborah (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fourth book in the internationally bestselling series that includes \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParvana’s Journey\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMud City.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning sequel, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOn a military base in Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan — and Parvana.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this long-awaited sequel, Parvana is now fifteen years old. As she waits for foreign military forces to determine her fate, she remembers the past four years of her life. Reunited with her mother and sisters, she has been living in a village where her mother has finally managed to open a school for girls. But even though the Taliban has been driven from the government, the country is still at war, and many continue to view the education and freedom of girls and women with suspicion and fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs her family settles into the routine of running the school, Parvana, a bit to her surprise, finds herself restless and bored. She even thinks of running away. But when local men threaten the school and her family, she must draw on every ounce of bravery and resilience she possesses to survive the disaster that kills her mother, destroys the school, and puts her own life in jeopardy. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA riveting page-turner, Deborah Ellis’s final novel in the series is at once harrowing, inspiring and thought-provoking. And, yes, in the end, Parvana is reunited with her childhood friend, Shauzia.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe paperback edition includes a new cover and map, and an author’s note to provide background and context. Royalties from the sale of this book will go to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Parvana’s Fund supports education projects for Afghan women and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCompare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDescribe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCompare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781554982981","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554982981\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"maps;author's note","MetaKeywords":"strong female characters; conflict; human rights; survival; gender roles; educating girls; home; feminism; family and family issues; friends and friendship issues; oppression; poverty; breadwinner; courage; dedication; perseverance; responsibility; cooperation; third person narration; figurative language; imagery; Canadian curriculum; social justice; novel studies; connecting; predicting; synthesizing; Common Core aligned; CC Literature Key Ideas and Details; Craft and Structure","NumberOfPages":"216","OtherText_Review_0":"This passionate volume stands on its own, though readers new to the series and to Ellis' overall body of work will want to read every one of her fine, important novels. Readers will learn much about the war in Afghanistan even as they cheer on this feisty protagonist.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_1":"This sequel to the series is not merely an important book about the difficulty of girls' lives in war-torn, U.S.-occupied Afghanistan. It is also an example of vivid storytelling with a visceral sense of place, loss, distrust, and hope.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"In this stunning sequel to The Breadwinner Trilogy, Parvana, now fifteen, is held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_4":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_5":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_6":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_7":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_8":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeCode_4":"04","PrizeCode_5":"04","PrizeCode_6":"04","PrizeCode_7":"03","PrizeCode_8":"03","PrizeName_0":"An Indie Next List Selection","PrizeName_1":"Bank Street College of Education's Book of the Month","PrizeName_2":"Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children's and Teens List","PrizeName_3":"CCBC Choices","PrizeName_4":"IODE Violet Downey Book Award","PrizeName_5":"Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award","PrizeName_6":"Rocky Mountain Book Award","PrizeName_7":"The Bankstreet College of Education Best Books of the Year","PrizeName_8":"USBBY Outstanding International Book List","PrizeYear_0":"2013","PrizeYear_1":"2013","PrizeYear_2":"2013","PrizeYear_3":"2013","PrizeYear_4":"2013","PrizeYear_5":"2014","PrizeYear_6":"2014","PrizeYear_7":"2013","PrizeYear_8":"2013","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2015-05-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","Series":"Breadwinner Series","ShortDescription":"In this stunning sequel to The Breadwinner Trilogy, Parvana, now fifteen, is held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.","teachersguide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554982981\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=teachersguide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 10
to 14
/ grades 5
to 9
My Name Is Parvana
In this stunning sequel to The Breadwinner Trilogy, Parvana, now fifteen, is held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.
Quick View
{"id":6860171411515,"title":"My Name Is Seepeetza","handle":"my-name-is-seepeetza-1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt six years old, Seepeetza is taken from her happy family life on Joyaska Ranch to live as a boarder at the Kalamak Indian Residential School. Life at the school is not easy, but Seepeetza still manages to find some bright spots. Always, thoughts of home make her school life bearable.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2\t\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDetermine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1\t\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eQuote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6\t\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDetermine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","published_at":"2022-05-17T15:37:19-04:00","created_at":"2022-05-17T14:04:55-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 9 - 12","By (author) Sterling Shirley","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Course Adoption","Free Study Guides","Groundwood Books","Indigenous Voices","Lexile measure 760L","Mental Health","pub date: 1992-11-01","Stories of Resilience"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":1095,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40379336491067,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780888991652","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Name Is Seepeetza - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1095,"weight":127,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780888991652","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40379337211963,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980543","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Name Is Seepeetza - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980543","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40379337310267,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986293","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Name Is Seepeetza - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986293","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40379337637947,"title":"Web PDF","option1":"Web PDF","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773066028","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Name Is Seepeetza - Web PDF","public_title":"Web PDF","options":["Web PDF"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773066028","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_459c1ba6-91f1-49db-ba27-4eb9e6bf34d0.jpg?v=1652810993"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_459c1ba6-91f1-49db-ba27-4eb9e6bf34d0.jpg?v=1652810993","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"My Name Is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling. This image features beadwork by Spepl—l Tanya Zilinski. A tattered and worn black-and-white photograph is in the middle of the image. In the photograph is a girl with light skin tone and brown hair pulled back. She wears a white shirt with a black vest on top. She smiles at the camera. Behind this photograph is a background of small colored beads that form a tapestry. The section behind the photograph is light pink and creamy white in a geometric pattern.","id":22076048932923,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.665,"height":2251,"width":1498,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_459c1ba6-91f1-49db-ba27-4eb9e6bf34d0.jpg?v=1652810993"},"aspect_ratio":0.665,"height":2251,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_459c1ba6-91f1-49db-ba27-4eb9e6bf34d0.jpg?v=1652810993","width":1498}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt six years old, Seepeetza is taken from her happy family life on Joyaska Ranch to live as a boarder at the Kalamak Indian Residential School. Life at the school is not easy, but Seepeetza still manages to find some bright spots. Always, thoughts of home make her school life bearable.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2\t\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDetermine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1\t\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eQuote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6\t\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDetermine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780888996169","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9780888998620","AlsoRecommendedISBN_4":"9781773061955","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_2":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"26","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"9","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"4","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"4","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"12","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"7","AudienceRangeValue_2_2":"7","BASICMainSubject":"JUV039120","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Prejudice \u0026 Racism","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHIRLEY STERLING\u003c\/strong\u003e (1948–2005) was Nlaka’pamux. She twice received the Native Indian Teacher Education Alumni Award and held a PhD in Education from the University of British Columbia. \u003cem\u003eMy Name Is Seepeetza\u003c\/em\u003e is based on her childhood experiences at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Acclaimed in Canada and the United States, the book won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Shirley also won the Laura Steinman Award for Children’s Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Prejudice \u0026 Racism","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Historical \/ Canada \/ Post-Confederation (1867-)","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ People \u0026 Places \/ Canada \/ Indigenous","BISACSubject_0":"JUV039120","BISACSubject_1":"JUV016180","BISACSubject_2":"JUV030090","ComplexityCode_0":"760L","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHIRLEY STERLING\u003c\/strong\u003e (1948–2005) was Nlaka’pamux. She twice received the Native Indian Teacher Education Alumni Award and held a PhD in Education from the University of British Columbia. \u003cem\u003eMy Name Is Seepeetza\u003c\/em\u003e is based on her childhood experiences at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Acclaimed in Canada and the United States, the book won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Shirley also won the Laura Steinman Award for Children’s Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Sterling, Shirley (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAt six years old, Seepeetza is taken from her happy family life on Joyaska Ranch to live as a boarder at the Kalamak Indian Residential School. Life at the school is not easy, but Seepeetza still manages to find some bright spots. Always, thoughts of home make her school life bearable.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2\t\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDetermine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1\t\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eQuote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6\t\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDetermine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","EAN":"9780888991652","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9780888991652\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"7.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"map","NumberOfPages":"128","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"An honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeName_0":"Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize","PrizeName_1":"Governor General's Literary Awards: Text","PrizeYear_0":"1992","PrizeYear_1":"1993","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"1992-11-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"An honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.","teachersguide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9780888991652\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=teachersguide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Width":"5.1","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
My Name Is Seepeetza
An honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it.
Quick View
{"id":6983021920315,"title":"My Name Is Seepeetza","handle":"my-name-is-seepeetza","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSeepeetza 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 all, she is forbidden to “talk Indian,” even with her sisters and cousins.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStill, Seepeetza looks for bright spots — the cookie she receives at Halloween, the dance practices. Most of all, there are her memories of holidays back at the ranch — camping trips, horseback riding, picking berries and cleaning fish with her mother, aunt and grandmother. Always, thoughts of home make school life bearable.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBased on her own experiences at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, this powerful novel by Nlaka’pamux author Shirley Sterling is a moving account of one of the most blatant expressions of racism in the history of Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes a new afterword by acclaimed Cree author Tomson Highway of the Barren Lands First Nation in northern Manitoba.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eafterword\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003edialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ejournal entries\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003emaps\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDetermine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1\u003cbr\u003e\r\nQuote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6\u003cbr\u003e\r\nExplain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-09-13T12:02:16-04:00","created_at":"2022-09-13T10:45:49-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["Afterword by Highway Tomson","age range 9 - 12","By (author) Sterling Shirley","CC Literature - Grade 5","CC Literature - Grade 6","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1","CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Course Adoption","Diversity","Free Study Guides","Groundwood Books","Human Rights and Activism","Indigenous Voices","Lexile measure 760L","Mental Health","Middle Grade","Nonfiction","pub date: 1992-11-01","Stories from Canada","Stories of Resilience"],"price":999,"price_min":999,"price_max":1299,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40779643945019,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773068565","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Name Is Seepeetza - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1299,"weight":127,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773068565","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40779645190203,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773068848","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Name Is Seepeetza - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773068848","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_449f4998-6126-4fb4-9de9-6c20dabcdd5a.jpg?v=1687690990"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_449f4998-6126-4fb4-9de9-6c20dabcdd5a.jpg?v=1687690990","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"My Name Is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling. This image features beadwork by Spepl—l Tanya Zilinski. A tattered and worn black-and-white photograph is in the middle of the image. In the photograph is a girl with light skin tone and brown hair pulled back. She wears a white shirt with a black vest on top. She smiles at the camera. Behind this photograph is a background of small colored beads that form a tapestry. The section behind the photograph is light pink and creamy white in a geometric pattern.","id":23553579548731,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_449f4998-6126-4fb4-9de9-6c20dabcdd5a.jpg?v=1687690990"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_449f4998-6126-4fb4-9de9-6c20dabcdd5a.jpg?v=1687690990","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSeepeetza 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 all, she is forbidden to “talk Indian,” even with her sisters and cousins.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStill, Seepeetza looks for bright spots — the cookie she receives at Halloween, the dance practices. Most of all, there are her memories of holidays back at the ranch — camping trips, horseback riding, picking berries and cleaning fish with her mother, aunt and grandmother. Always, thoughts of home make school life bearable.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBased on her own experiences at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, this powerful novel by Nlaka’pamux author Shirley Sterling is a moving account of one of the most blatant expressions of racism in the history of Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes a new afterword by acclaimed Cree author Tomson Highway of the Barren Lands First Nation in northern Manitoba.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eafterword\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003edialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ejournal entries\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003emaps\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDetermine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1\u003cbr\u003e\r\nQuote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6\u003cbr\u003e\r\nExplain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780888996169","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9780888996596","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9780888996961","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_2_0":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_1":"04","AudienceRangePrecision_2_2":"04","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"17","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"26","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"11","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"9","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"4","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"4","AudienceRangeValue_2_0":"12","AudienceRangeValue_2_1":"7","AudienceRangeValue_2_2":"7","BASICMainSubject":"JUV016180","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Historical \/ Canada \/ Post-Confederation (1867-)","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHIRLEY STERLING\u003c\/strong\u003e (1948–2005) was Nlaka’pamux. She twice received the Native Indian Teacher Education Alumni Award and held a PhD in Education from the University of British Columbia. \u003cem\u003eMy Name Is Seepeetza\u003c\/em\u003e is based on her childhood experiences at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Acclaimed in Canada and the United States, the book won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Shirley also won the Laura Steinman Award for Children’s Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Historical \/ Canada \/ Post-Confederation (1867-)","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ People \u0026amp; Places \/ Canada \/ Indigenous","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE FICTION \/ Social Themes \/ Prejudice \u0026amp; Racism","BISACSubject_0":"JUV016180","BISACSubject_1":"JUV030090","BISACSubject_2":"JUV039120","CommonCore":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2","CommonCore_1":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1","CommonCore_2":"CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6","ComplexityCode_0":"760L","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHIRLEY STERLING\u003c\/strong\u003e (1948–2005) was Nlaka’pamux. She twice received the Native Indian Teacher Education Alumni Award and held a PhD in Education from the University of British Columbia. \u003cem\u003eMy Name Is Seepeetza\u003c\/em\u003e is based on her childhood experiences at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Acclaimed in Canada and the United States, the book won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Shirley also won the Laura Steinman Award for Children’s Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTOMSON HIGHWAY\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Cree author, playwright, and musician. His memoir, \u003cem\u003ePermanent Astonishment\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ewon the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. He also wrote the plays \u003cem\u003eThe Rez Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing\u003c\/em\u003e, and the bestselling novel \u003cem\u003eKiss of the Fur Queen\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a member of the Barren Lands First Nation and lives in Gatineau, Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Afterword by","Contributor_0":"Sterling, Shirley (CA)","Contributor_1":"Highway, Tomson (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSeepeetza 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 all, she is forbidden to “talk Indian,” even with her sisters and cousins.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStill, Seepeetza looks for bright spots — the cookie she receives at Halloween, the dance practices. Most of all, there are her memories of holidays back at the ranch — camping trips, horseback riding, picking berries and cleaning fish with her mother, aunt and grandmother. Always, thoughts of home make school life bearable.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBased on her own experiences at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, this powerful novel by Nlaka’pamux author Shirley Sterling is a moving account of one of the most blatant expressions of racism in the history of Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes a new afterword by acclaimed Cree author Tomson Highway of the Barren Lands First Nation in northern Manitoba.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eafterword\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003edialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ejournal entries\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003emaps\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDetermine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1\u003cbr\u003e\r\nQuote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6\u003cbr\u003e\r\nExplain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773068565","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"\u003cp\u003eafterword;dialogue;journal entries;maps\u003c\/p\u003e","MetaKeywords":"First Nations children;child abuse;bullying;Indigenous heritage and culture;cultural genocide;child as narrator;first person narration;own voice;20th century history;point of view;Canadian history;social justice;afterword;dialogue;journal entries","NumberOfPages":"144","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis book has been in demand since it was first published thirty years ago.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe novel is based on the author’s own experience at Kamloops Indian Residential School, where — tragically — the remains of 215 children in unmarked graves were found in 2021.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThis edition will be published with a new cover, a fresh interior design and a new afterword by acclaimed author, playwright and musician Tomson Highway, who is Cree and a member of the Barren Lands First Nation in northern Manitoba, just south of Nunavut.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe new cover features beadwork by Speplól Tanya Zilinski, an Anishinaabe artist. The image was inspired by the end of the story where Seepeetza thinks about asking her grandmother to bead fireweed flowers on a buckskin cover for her journal. The background (pink and cream beads) was inspired by pre-contact Nlaka’pamux basket design.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Name is Seepeetza\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent book … as an introduction to, or indeed, to learn more about the Indian residential schools and those courageous students who attended them. \u003cem\u003eMy Name is Seepeetza\u003c\/em\u003e is as valid a book today as it was when it was first published, and it is well worth in-depth study.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eSterling’s writing is simple yet powerful. … Even more, her words act as a catalyst for deep reflection and necessary conversation about Canada’s dark past regarding the residential school system. … This moving book is a must read for any Canadian.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Cloud Lake Literary","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eSterling’s experiences as a residential school student and her courageous spirit shine through in this autobiographical novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"CM: Canadian Review of Materials","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeName_0":"Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize","PrizeName_1":"Governor General's Literary Awards: Text","PrizeYear_0":"1992","PrizeYear_1":"1993","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"1992-11-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"30th Anniversary Edition","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
My Name Is Seepeetza
An honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.
Quick View
{"id":6899077152827,"title":"My Story Starts Here","handle":"my-story-starts-here","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeborah Ellis, activist and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Breadwinner \u003c\/i\u003einterviews young people involved in the criminal justice system and lets them tell their own stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamar found refuge in a gang after leaving an abusive home where his mother stole from him. Fred was arrested for assault with a weapon, public intoxication and attacking his mother while on drugs. Jeremy first went to court at age fourteen (“Court gives you the feeling that you can never make up for what you did, that you’re just bad forever”) but now wears a Native Rights hat to remind him of his strong Métis heritage. Kate, charged with petty theft and assault, finally found a counselor who treated her like a person for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany readers will recognize themselves, or someone they know, somewhere in these stories. Being lucky or unlucky after making a mistake. The encounter with a mean cop or a good one. Couch-surfing, or being shunted from one foster home to another. The kids in this book represent a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations and ethnicities. Every story is different, but there are common threads — loss of parenting, dislocation, poverty, truancy, addiction, discrimination. The book also includes the points of view of family members as well as “voices of experience” — adults looking back at their own experiences as young offenders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of all, this book leaves readers asking the most pressing questions of all. Does it make sense to put kids in jail? Can’t we do better? Have we forgotten that we were once teens ourselves, feeling powerless to change our lives, confused about who we were and what we wanted, and quick to make a move without a thought for the consequences?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eillustrations\u003cbr\u003ephotographs\u003cbr\u003efurther reading\u003cbr\u003eglossary\u003cbr\u003eresources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2\u003cbr\u003eDetermine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6\u003cbr\u003eDetermine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.8\u003cbr\u003eTrace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-06-27T18:16:54-04:00","created_at":"2022-06-27T17:26:31-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 12 - 0","By (author) Ellis Deborah","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Dealing with Loss","Fountas \u0026 Pinnell Text Level Gradient Z+","Groundwood Books","Guided Reading Level Z+","Lexile measure 800L","Mental Health","Middle Grade","Nonfiction","pub date: 2019-09-01"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40499147079739,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773061214","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Story Starts Here - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":380,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773061214","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40499150815291,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773061344","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Story Starts Here - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773061344","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40499151077435,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781773061351","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"My Story Starts Here - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781773061351","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e48a6b59-e06d-4db2-9621-173f480dc5ad.jpg?v=1692508420"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e48a6b59-e06d-4db2-9621-173f480dc5ad.jpg?v=1692508420","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The background resembles a concrete wall. The title is made to look like it is spray painted on the wall in purple paint. Text: My Story Starts Here. Voices of Young Offenders. Deborah Ellis.","id":23721229353019,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.71,"height":2254,"width":1600,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e48a6b59-e06d-4db2-9621-173f480dc5ad.jpg?v=1692508420"},"aspect_ratio":0.71,"height":2254,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e48a6b59-e06d-4db2-9621-173f480dc5ad.jpg?v=1692508420","width":1600}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeborah Ellis, activist and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Breadwinner \u003c\/i\u003einterviews young people involved in the criminal justice system and lets them tell their own stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamar found refuge in a gang after leaving an abusive home where his mother stole from him. Fred was arrested for assault with a weapon, public intoxication and attacking his mother while on drugs. Jeremy first went to court at age fourteen (“Court gives you the feeling that you can never make up for what you did, that you’re just bad forever”) but now wears a Native Rights hat to remind him of his strong Métis heritage. Kate, charged with petty theft and assault, finally found a counselor who treated her like a person for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany readers will recognize themselves, or someone they know, somewhere in these stories. Being lucky or unlucky after making a mistake. The encounter with a mean cop or a good one. Couch-surfing, or being shunted from one foster home to another. The kids in this book represent a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations and ethnicities. Every story is different, but there are common threads — loss of parenting, dislocation, poverty, truancy, addiction, discrimination. The book also includes the points of view of family members as well as “voices of experience” — adults looking back at their own experiences as young offenders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of all, this book leaves readers asking the most pressing questions of all. Does it make sense to put kids in jail? Can’t we do better? Have we forgotten that we were once teens ourselves, feeling powerless to change our lives, confused about who we were and what we wanted, and quick to make a move without a thought for the consequences?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eillustrations\u003cbr\u003ephotographs\u003cbr\u003efurther reading\u003cbr\u003eglossary\u003cbr\u003eresources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2\u003cbr\u003eDetermine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6\u003cbr\u003eDetermine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.8\u003cbr\u003eTrace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9780888994660","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781554981755","AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781773060781","AudienceRangePrecision_1_0":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_1":"03","AudienceRangePrecision_1_2":"03","AudienceRangeQualifier_0":"26","AudienceRangeQualifier_1":"11","AudienceRangeQualifier_2":"17","AudienceRangeValue_1_0":"7","AudienceRangeValue_1_1":"7","AudienceRangeValue_1_2":"12","BASICMainSubject":"JNF019050","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"JUVENILE NONFICTION \/ Family \/ Orphans \u0026 Foster Homes","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEBORAH ELLIS\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, which has been published in twenty-five languages. She has won the Governor General’s Award, the Middle East Book Award, the Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Deborah has donated $2 million in royalties to organizations such as Women for Women in Afghanistan, UNICEF and Street Kids International. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"JUVENILE NONFICTION \/ Family \/ Orphans \u0026amp; Foster Homes","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"JUVENILE NONFICTION \/ Social Topics \/ Adolescence","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"JUVENILE NONFICTION \/ Law \u0026amp; Crime","BISACSubject_0":"JNF019050","BISACSubject_1":"JNF053010","BISACSubject_2":"JNF030000","ComplexityCode_0":"800L","ComplexityCode_1":"Z+","ComplexityCode_2":"Z+","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_0":"06","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_1":"09","ComplexitySchemeIdentifier_2":"05","ComplexitySchemeIdName_0":"Lexile measure","ComplexitySchemeIdName_1":"Guided Reading Level","ComplexitySchemeIdName_2":"Fountas \u0026amp; Pinnell Text Level Gradient","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEBORAH ELLIS\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Breadwinner\u003c\/em\u003e, which has been published in twenty-five languages. She has won the Governor General’s Award, the Middle East Book Award, the Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Deborah has donated $2 million in royalties to organizations such as Women for Women in Afghanistan, UNICEF and Street Kids International. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Ellis, Deborah (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeborah Ellis, activist and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Breadwinner \u003c\/i\u003einterviews young people involved in the criminal justice system and lets them tell their own stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamar found refuge in a gang after leaving an abusive home where his mother stole from him. Fred was arrested for assault with a weapon, public intoxication and attacking his mother while on drugs. Jeremy first went to court at age fourteen (“Court gives you the feeling that you can never make up for what you did, that you’re just bad forever”) but now wears a Native Rights hat to remind him of his strong Métis heritage. Kate, charged with petty theft and assault, finally found a counselor who treated her like a person for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany readers will recognize themselves, or someone they know, somewhere in these stories. Being lucky or unlucky after making a mistake. The encounter with a mean cop or a good one. Couch-surfing, or being shunted from one foster home to another. The kids in this book represent a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations and ethnicities. Every story is different, but there are common threads — loss of parenting, dislocation, poverty, truancy, addiction, discrimination. The book also includes the points of view of family members as well as “voices of experience” — adults looking back at their own experiences as young offenders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of all, this book leaves readers asking the most pressing questions of all. Does it make sense to put kids in jail? Can’t we do better? Have we forgotten that we were once teens ourselves, feeling powerless to change our lives, confused about who we were and what we wanted, and quick to make a move without a thought for the consequences?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eillustrations\u003cbr \/\u003ephotographs\u003cbr \/\u003efurther reading\u003cbr \/\u003eglossary\u003cbr \/\u003eresources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2\u003cbr \/\u003eDetermine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6\u003cbr \/\u003eDetermine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.8\u003cbr \/\u003eTrace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781773061214","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781773061214\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"10.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","KeyTextFeatures":"illustrations;photographs;further reading;glossary;resources","MetaKeywords":"resources","NumberOfPages":"224","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eBoxed features provide context and background on the Youth Criminal Justice Act, foster care, mental health issues, homelessness, gangs, solitary confinement, the teen brain, restorative justice, etc.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e“Take Action” graphics encourage the reader to ask thoughtful questions about the causes of youth crime, and society’s responses to it.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eAn open magazine-style format, supplementary black-and-white illustrations by Eric Chow and spot photos make the text accessible and browsing-friendly.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBackmatter includes further reading, a glossary and links to professional resources.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe quantity and range of interviews avoids the danger of a single story that plagues many novels, memoirs and nonfiction books about youth crime.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eDeb is a dynamic speaker who is invited all over the world to speak about her books. She would be an excellent conference presenter to teachers, family support workers, law enforcement, community organizations, parent groups and adults dealing with the youth justice system.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eCurriculum connections include development of communities, inequalities, economic development and quality of life, goals of politics, law and economics, responsibility, fairness and justice, citizenship education, substance use, addictions and related behavior, personal safety.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eIan, 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy trouble with the law started in grade four. Me and some friends started fires in our town. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were some caves in the areas I was living. We liked to explore the caves and we thought it would be great to have campfires there. We gathered up some branches off dead trees and made a fire and it was fine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe might have been okay if we’d left it there. I mean, we should have known more about fire safety, but I don’t think we were bothering anybody. But we decided to keep building fires and to build bigger ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s against the law to start fires like that. People caught on that it was us because we needed paper to build these fires. We would go to those free-newspaper and free-magazine stands and empty these out and run down the street with armloads of these things. It was a small town. People knew us, got to wondering what we were doing, put two and two together and called the police…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI got into more serious trouble in grade nine. I didn’t like school and skipped it all the time. This one day we skipped classes the whole day then came back into the school at the end of the day to catch the school bus home. We were walking through the halls, goofing around, and we walked right into the principal. We were high. The principal searched us, found our joints and rolling papers.…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat principal never liked me. The police didn’t charge us but the principal suspended us — two months! — for just that little bit of drugs. After the suspension was over, he said he didn’t want us back in his school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e My parents split up when I was young. It was not a good break-up. Lots of yelling and fighting. It was bad. I went with Mom but she had a breakdown so I couldn’t stay with her. Dad couldn’t take me. He was breaking too under the strain of everything. He didn’t know how to care for me, or maybe he knew how but knew that he couldn’t, or maybe he just didn’t want to….\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I was sixteen I got charged with B and E. I got put on probation for a year and I had to spend a week in Open Custody. Open Custody was not really open because I couldn’t leave. They set the bedtime, and it was very early. You couldn’t use knives. They had very specific rules and if you broke one of those rules they wouldn’t let you play video games or go outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI did a lot more B and E’s than the one I was charged with. They were all about getting me money for weed. Me and my friends would walk around town looking for easy places to get into, going into cars that weren’t locked or shops or houses or whatever. I never thought I would get caught…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI’ve been in five foster homes. My foster mom, the one I have now, says I can stay with her even after I turn eighteen. I have a job now at a place that replaces car windshields and I like doing that. Maybe they’ll keep me on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have this thing in my head that tells me that as soon as something good happens, it’s all going to get ruined. It’s hard not to give up on myself. I feel like there’s something deep inside me that won’t let me do anything good…\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"Young people of different genders, sexual orientations, and ethnicities share powerful stories of being incarcerated or homeless … poignant, hopeful, and rage-inducing.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_1":"A worthy addition to a middle or high school library…","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"The stories are compelling and dark … A powerful collection.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Deborah Ellis, activist and award-winning author of The Breadwinner, interviews young people involved in the criminal justice system.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeName_0":"The List, Toronto Public Library","PrizeName_1":"In the Margins Recommended Nonfiction List","PrizeYear_0":"2020","PrizeYear_1":"2020","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2019-09-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"Deborah Ellis, activist and award-winning author of The Breadwinner, interviews young people involved in the criminal justice system.","Subtitle":"Voices of Young Offenders","teachersguide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781773061214\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=teachersguide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Width":"7.25","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 12
and up
/ grades 7
and up
My Story Starts Here
Deborah Ellis, activist and award-winning author of The Breadwinner, interviews young people involved in the criminal justice system.
