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{"id":6818925674555,"title":"The Crazy Man","handle":"the-crazy-man","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1965, and twelve-year-old Emaline lives on a wheat farm in southern Saskatchewan. Her family has fallen apart. When her beloved dog, Prince, chased a hare into the path of the tractor, she chased after him, and her dad accidentally ran over her leg with the discer, leaving her with a long convalescence and a permanent disability. But perhaps the worst thing from Emaline's point of view is that in his grief and guilt, her father shot Prince and then left Emaline and her mother on their own. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the neighbors' disapproval, Emaline's mother hires Angus, a patient from the local mental hospital, to work their fields. Angus is a red-haired giant whom the local kids tease and call the gorilla. 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Her family has fallen apart. When her beloved dog, Prince, chased a hare into the path of the tractor, she chased after him, and her dad accidentally ran over her leg with the discer, leaving her with a long convalescence and a permanent disability. But perhaps the worst thing from Emaline's point of view is that in his grief and guilt, her father shot Prince and then left Emaline and her mother on their own. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the neighbors' disapproval, Emaline's mother hires Angus, a patient from the local mental hospital, to work their fields. Angus is a red-haired giant whom the local kids tease and call the gorilla. 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It was also named a Jane Addams Foundation Honor Book and won the Texas Institute of Letters, Friends of the Austin Public Library Award for Best Young Adult Book. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePamela lives near Sidney, B.C., with her husband, children and a menagerie of rescued horses, dogs and cats. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Porter, Pamela (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1965, and twelve-year-old Emaline lives on a wheat farm in southern Saskatchewan. Her family has fallen apart. When her beloved dog, Prince, chased a hare into the path of the tractor, she chased after him, and her dad accidentally ran over her leg with the discer, leaving her with a long convalescence and a permanent disability. But perhaps the worst thing from Emaline's point of view is that in his grief and guilt, her father shot Prince and then left Emaline and her mother on their own. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the neighbors' disapproval, Emaline's mother hires Angus, a patient from the local mental hospital, to work their fields. Angus is a red-haired giant whom the local kids tease and call the gorilla. 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It is amazing how much emotion and character Porter manages to convey with so few words.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)","OtherText_Review_3":"...a rich, full story of growth and questioning...","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_4":"...a touching portrait of a real-seeming girl, set in a well-delineated time and place.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Horn Book","OtherText_Review_5":"A richly written character study containing echoes of To Kill a Mocking Bird's Scout Finch and Boo Radley and Of Mice and Men's Lennie, The Crazy Man, which explores prejudices in many forms, is a quick read meriting several rereadings. 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Winner of the Governor General's Award, The Crazy Man is a moving and unforgettable story of a period of crisis in a young girl's life.
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Odd Man Out is a multifaceted story of imagination, suspense, family, fun, and even fear...without a doubt, Odd Man Out deserves a spot on every library and classroom shelf. Highly recommended.","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_Review_2":"Ellis...offers an insightful character study in this novel....the themes of growing up, accepting change, and finding out where one belongs make it a universally appealing work that teens will enjoy...","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)","OtherText_Review_3":"Ellis's language is restrained but rich, and she brings readers directly into Kip's world, never wavering from his sensitive point of view; and Kip's gradual understanding of his father's mental illness is affecting. The characterization is vivid...","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Horn Book","OtherText_Review_4":"Ellis's restrained but rich language and vivid characterizations bring readers directly into Kip's world.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Horn Book","OtherText_Review_5":"Kip...is an engaging protagonist, and his search for the truth is suspenseful enough to hold readers' attention.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_6":"Odd Man Out is a mystery novel full of thoughtfulness and humour.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Teaching Tolerance","OtherText_Review_7":"Odd Man Out is beautifully written: clever, funny, and hauntingly sad. Ellis has a sure hand at dialogue, bringing to life each cousin's eccentricity and Gran's warmth.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Vancouver Sun","OtherText_Review_8":"The strength of this novel rests not only in the intriguing plot, but also with Ellis's amazing ability to bring her characters to life....all of the characters stay alive in the readers mind far after the book is finished.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Resource Links","OtherText_Review_9":"This is a thoughtful and often funny book of a boy on the verge of adolescence challenged to think...in a different way.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"When Kip is spending the summer with his grandmother and his five eccentric girl cousins, he discovers a very puzzling binder his late father kept.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_10":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_11":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_12":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_2":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_3":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_4":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_5":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_6":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_7":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_8":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_9":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeCode_10":"03","PrizeCode_11":"03","PrizeCode_12":"03","PrizeCode_2":"01","PrizeCode_3":"01","PrizeCode_4":"04","PrizeCode_5":"04","PrizeCode_6":"05","PrizeCode_7":"05","PrizeCode_8":"03","PrizeCode_9":"03","PrizeName_0":"CLA Book of the Year for Children Award","PrizeName_1":"Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award","PrizeName_10":"Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award","PrizeName_11":"Maine State Library Cream of the Crop List","PrizeName_12":"OLA Best Bets - Top 10 Fiction for Children","PrizeName_2":"Sheila A. 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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Odd Man Out
When Kip is spending the summer with his grandmother and his five eccentric girl cousins, he discovers a very puzzling binder his late father kept.
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ages 10
to 14
/ grades 5
to 9
I Am a Taxi
Deep in the jungle, working in a cocaine operation, twelve-year-old Diego must take a terrible risk if he ever wants to see his family again.
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Vaudeville! is an enchanted tale on the scale of New York itself, overflowing with puzzles and horrors.
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{"id":6818795585595,"title":"Revolver","handle":"revolver","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning poetry collection \u003cem\u003eDrift\u003c\/em\u003e, Kevin Connolly's \u003cem\u003eRevolver\u003c\/em\u003e is a daring marriage of brilliant technical skill and explosive imagination. Each of the poems in this extraordinary collection is written in a different vocal register -- revolving through poetic voices with precise control and sharp wit. Connolly reveals himself to be one of the few poets in Canada who can pull off such a high wire act, and make it both thrilling and meaningful.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T10:30:45-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T09:10:54-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) Connolly Kevin","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2008-04-01"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"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":40247942774843,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887847950","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Revolver - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887847950","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40247944118331,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887849350","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Revolver - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887849350","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40247944773691,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897441","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Revolver - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897441","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_811118b5-f8f9-4f35-992a-8233293db9b2.jpg?v=1678600516"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_811118b5-f8f9-4f35-992a-8233293db9b2.jpg?v=1678600516","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324555214907,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_811118b5-f8f9-4f35-992a-8233293db9b2.jpg?v=1678600516"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_811118b5-f8f9-4f35-992a-8233293db9b2.jpg?v=1678600516","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning poetry collection \u003cem\u003eDrift\u003c\/em\u003e, Kevin Connolly's \u003cem\u003eRevolver\u003c\/em\u003e is a daring marriage of brilliant technical skill and explosive imagination. Each of the poems in this extraordinary collection is written in a different vocal register -- revolving through poetic voices with precise control and sharp wit. Connolly reveals himself to be one of the few poets in Canada who can pull off such a high wire act, and make it both thrilling and meaningful.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The poems of Revolver are a daring marriage of brilliant technical skill and explosive imagination.
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{"id":6818431238203,"title":"The Baby Project","handle":"the-baby-project","description":"\u003cp\u003eJessica knew that the family meeting Dad had called for that evening probably wouldn't be good news. Family meetings usually meant Mum talking a lot and then the whole family getting involved in some project that left everything in a mess until they gradually forgot about it. But at school that day, Jessica forgot about the meeting. A teacher announced a new class project: They were to choose partners, pick an animal to study and present a paper. Jessica's partner would be her best friend, Margaret. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd so it was Margaret whom Jessica called with the tremendous news from the family meeting: Mum was pregnant. Margaret was nearly as excited as Jessica, and very quickly the two of them decided that instead of studying the duck-billed platypus for the school project, they would study babies. But all their reading, discussions and research did not prepare Jessica or her family for the drastic changes baby Lucie would bring to their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T09:06:29-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-29T16:19:17-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 8 - 12","By (author) Ellis Sarah","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Groundwood Books","pub date: 1994-08-01"],"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":40234021781563,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780888999184","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Baby Project - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":145,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780888999184","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40234029416507,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980598","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Baby Project - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980598","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40234033381435,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554985678","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Baby Project - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554985678","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_86ebe3ce-b3ae-439c-9ace-a64ffeb43bcf.jpg?v=1731046570"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_86ebe3ce-b3ae-439c-9ace-a64ffeb43bcf.jpg?v=1731046570","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24903075856443,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2250,"width":1500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_86ebe3ce-b3ae-439c-9ace-a64ffeb43bcf.jpg?v=1731046570"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_86ebe3ce-b3ae-439c-9ace-a64ffeb43bcf.jpg?v=1731046570","width":1500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eJessica knew that the family meeting Dad had called for that evening probably wouldn't be good news. Family meetings usually meant Mum talking a lot and then the whole family getting involved in some project that left everything in a mess until they gradually forgot about it. But at school that day, Jessica forgot about the meeting. A teacher announced a new class project: They were to choose partners, pick an animal to study and present a paper. Jessica's partner would be her best friend, Margaret. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd so it was Margaret whom Jessica called with the tremendous news from the family meeting: Mum was pregnant. Margaret was nearly as excited as Jessica, and very quickly the two of them decided that instead of studying the duck-billed platypus for the school project, they would study babies. But all their reading, discussions and research did not prepare Jessica or her family for the drastic changes baby Lucie would bring to their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Wanting Mor
Young Afghan Jameela is finally brought together again with her father, who abandoned her in a Kabul marketplace.
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Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately, and Salt-Water Moon
This special one-volume edition contains the three major Mercer plays by David French: Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately and Salt-Water Moon.
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Broken Memory
Moments of grace and tenderness undercut the terror and pain of this powerful story of the genocidal war in Rwanda.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Home Is Beyond the Mountains
Samira is only nine years old when the Turkish army invades Persia in 1918, and her family must flee into the mountains. Will she ever see home again?
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ages 14
and up
/ grades 9
and up
The News
This Groundwork Guide takes a critical look at the state of the news worldwide. Television, radio, newspaper and internet — who owns these sources?
