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The Great Poochini
A very funny story full of adventure and punning for dog and opera lovers alike. Winner of the Governor General’s Award for illustration.
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Why does he heave his hard-won medal through the front window of a liquor store? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does a teenaged boy decide life is not worth living?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArrested by police and detained in a jail cell, Jomon is jolted out of his suicidal thoughts by the sudden appearance of another teenaged boy — who claims to be his great-great-grandfather ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, across town, the pride of Guyana, the life-sized exhibit of a giant prehistoric sloth named Gather, disappears overnight from the Guyana National Museum. While museum officials argue over who is responsible for the disappearance and who is in charge of getting the sloth back, only Mrs. Simson, a museum cleaner, seems to understand what needs to be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so begins a strange and marvelous journey, as Jomon is sentenced to a youth detention facility, and a succession of his dead grandfathers appears, each one of them having died by suicide. 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Gather, the giant prehistoric sloth, represents the unexpected moments of wonder and beauty that can sustain us through dark times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes a list of child help lines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurriculum connections include mental health, heritage and identity, family and community.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guyana night breeze, fresh from the ocean and rich from the jungle, slips into the exhibit hall through the gaps in the plastic sheeting. It inches around — exploring, discovering new territory, taking up new space.\u003c\\\/em\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt winds its way around Gather’s tree-trunk legs, then swirls over her strong belly and shoulders. It breathes a thousand scents into her nostrils. A thousand tastes dance on her tongue.\u003c\\\/em\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt whispers in her ears, “Come out!”\u003c\\\/em\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cem\u003eGather smells and tastes and hears.\u003c\\\/em\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd wakes up.\u003c\\\/em\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003eJomon feels a flutter of hope in his chest. There is a way out, after all.\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003eHe looks around the cell for an escape route.\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003eThere is a place where the bars in the door meet the bars in the wall. A crossbar, a place to tie something. He has no rope, but his school uniform shirt might do, especially if he tears it and twists it so it is like a rope. He could also, maybe, use his trousers, but he doesn’t want to be found in just his underwear.\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003eJomon takes off his shirt. He bites into the threads that hold the hem together, then rips the shirt right up the back.\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003eNow he has something he can use.\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003e“It won’t be that easy,” says a voice.\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003eJomon is startled. He looks in the direction of the voice.\u003cbr \\\/\u003e\u003cbr \\\/\u003eIt is coming from a boy, about his age, sitting in the cell across the hall from him.\u003c\\\/p\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAll royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to Mental Health without Borders http:\\\/\\\/mhwb.ca, formerly known as Guyana’s Mental Health System: A Canadian Initiative — healthcare professionals working in different countries and communities to develop mental health services.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Greats\u003c\\\/em\u003e reflects the author’s well-known commitment to social justice issues and the welfare of children. Jomon’s experiences at a youth facility are based on Deb’s research at Guyana’s Sophia Juvenile Detention Facility, where she met many kids, including some as young as ten, incarcerated for the crime of wandering.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003eSince Thirteen Reasons Why, health professionals and reviewers are more cautious about how child suicide is presented, and Deb has addressed these concerns beautifully, in a poignant, nuanced story that inspires empathy and thought in the reader. Jomon’s grandfathers, all dealing with a legacy of depression and oppression, come back from the dead for their grandson. Gather, the giant prehistoric sloth, represents the unexpected moments of wonder and beauty that can sustain us through dark times.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes a list of child help lines.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003eCurriculum connections include mental health, heritage and identity, family and community.\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003c\\\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e[An] impactful story.\u003c\\\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"With the unexpected help of a giant prehistoric sloth, ghostly grandfathers return to help a suicidal teenager.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2020-09-29","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"With the unexpected help of a giant prehistoric sloth, ghostly grandfathers return to help a suicidal teenager.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
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The Greats
With the unexpected help of a giant prehistoric sloth, ghostly grandfathers return to help a suicidal teenager.
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The Guardian of Amsterdam Street
Roma meets A Gentleman in Moscow in this vivid portrait of the twentieth century, witnessed by one boy from his self-imposed refuge in Mexico City.
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The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex
The Guy is planning a house party. The Girl is adjusting to life in a new country. The Artist and his Ex are trying to make ends meet for their baby.
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The Hand of Iman
In this award-winning debut novel, dreaming is a luxury that few can afford. And yet, however inadvisedly, Iman dreams.
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The Heart of Hell
The third installment in Alen Mattich's highly addictive Marko della Torre series.
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The Hockey Sweater and Other Stories
The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring Canadian classic.
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The Hollow under the Tree
An escaped lion is hiding in the middle of the city, and it is up to Sadie and Theo to save him!
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The Homesick Club
A story about making new friends and missing home, wherever home may be.
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The Honey Jar
In this companion volume to The Girl From Chimel, Rigoberta Menchu returns to the world of her childhood and the ancient stories of her grandparents.
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The Honeyman Festival
A night in the life of a woman in her mid-thirties who is torn between her family and the need for a life in which impulse can once again find play.
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The House Next Door
Alone on his lot, a little house has stood for as long as anyone can remember, stoically weathering the storms. But one day, the wind brings change.
