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Ayamicikiwikamik Public Library Class Sets
The outsiders
—Hinton, S. E., author.
Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parents' death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves "outsiders."
The Hunger Games
—Collins, Suzanne, author.
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through a televised survival competition pitting young people against one another, Katniss's skills are put to the test when she takes her younger sis...
Hatchet
—Paulsen, Gary, author.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divor...
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
—Alexie, Sherman, 1966- author.
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Catching fire
—Collins, Suzanne, author.
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwi...
To kill a mockingbird
—Lee, Harper, author.
The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Charlotte's web
—White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
The giver
—Lowry, Lois, author.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Touching Spirit Bear
—Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952- author.
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island wher...
Dinosaurs before dark
—Osborne, Mary Pope, author.
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.
Brian's winter
—Paulsen, Gary.
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and...
Number the stars
—Lowry, Lois, author.
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
A thousand splendid suns
—Hosseini, Khaled.
Chronicles the lives of two Afghan women who struggle to survive, raise a family, and find happiness in war-torn Afghanistan.
Matilda
—Dahl, Roald, author.
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
As long as the rivers flow
—Loyie, Larry, 1933-2016 author.
Includes an epilogue detailing how native Canadians were taken from their families and placed in residential schools, or "Indian boarding schools", and how the bad memories still linger.
Of mice and men
—Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a ...
Brave new world
—Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
Far into the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs, all of its members are happy consumers. Except for Bernar...
The Rez sisters : a play in two acts
—Highway, Tomson, 1951- author.
Portrays the attempts of seven Indian women from a northern Ontario reserve to beat the odds and win the world's largest bingo in Ontario.
The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
—DiCamillo, Kate, author.
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
Owls in the family
—Mowat, Farley.
The story of two owls named Wol and Weeps who live with a family in Canada.
My side of the mountain
—George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012, author, illustrator.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he ...
The night wanderer : a native gothic novel
—Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962- author.
A troubled teenager's life on a reservation is complicated when her father rents her room to an ancient vampire, newly returned to his tribal home from Europe. A blending of Gothic romance and modern coming-of-age, this ...
As long as the rivers flow
—Loyie, Larry, 1933-2016 author.
Includes an epilogue detailing how native Canadians were taken from their families and placed in residential schools, or "Indian boarding schools", and how the bad memories still linger.
Beryl : a pig's tale
—Simmons, Jane.
Tired of being mistreated and cooped up, Beryl the piglet escapes her farm and meets a group of wild pigs, whose settlement splits up over the decision of whether to let her stay, and with her new "family" she sets out t...
Brave new world
—Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
Far into the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs, all of its members are happy consumers. Except for Bernar...
Catching fire
—Collins, Suzanne, author.
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwi...
Dinosaurs before dark
—Osborne, Mary Pope, author.
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.
Dry lips oughta move to Kapuskasing : a play
—Highway, Tomson, 1951- author
"Tells another story of the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve, also the setting for Tomson Highway's award winning play The Rez Sisters. Where in The Rez Sisters the focus was on seven "Wasy" women and the game of...
Hatchet
—Paulsen, Gary, author.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divor...
The Hunger Games
—Collins, Suzanne, author.
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through a televised survival competition pitting young people against one another, Katniss's skills are put to the test when she takes her younger sis...
Macbeth the graphic novel
—Sanders, Joe Sutliff.
Contains a graphic adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy in which Macbeth and his ambitious wife plot to kill their king and his heirs, clearing the way for Macbeth to seize the crown of Scotland for himself, and includes ...
A midsummer night's dream
—Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
This is the full Shakespeare play adapted into simplified plain English (aimed at a 10 year-old reading age), and brought to life as a vivid and engaging full-color graphic novel. With its mix of real people who stumble...
The night wanderer : a native gothic novel
—Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962- author.
A troubled teenager's life on a reservation is complicated when her father rents her room to an ancient vampire, newly returned to his tribal home from Europe. A blending of Gothic romance and modern coming-of-age, this ...
Number the stars
—Lowry, Lois, author.
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Of mice and men
—Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a ...
The old man and the sea
—Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
Tells the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.
Socks
—Cleary, Beverly, author.
The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the household.
The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
—DiCamillo, Kate, author.
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
To kill a mockingbird
—Lee, Harper, author.
The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Touching Spirit Bear
—Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952- author.
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island wher...
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Beauval Public Library Class Sets
The hobbit, or, There and back again
—Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, author.
Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - ...
Mockingjay
—Collins, Suzanne, author.
Katniss Everdeen has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. Katniss Everdeen's having survived the Hunger games twice makes her a target of ...
The giver
—Lowry, Lois, author.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Touching Spirit Bear
—Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952- author.
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island wher...
Macbeth
—Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and produced in an attractive new design.
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Ile a la Crosse Public Library Class Sets
The outsiders
—Hinton, S. E., author.
Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parents' death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves "outsiders."
Hatchet
—Paulsen, Gary, author.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divor...
Indian Horse : a novel
—Wagamese, Richard, author.
"Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he's a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he's sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace,...
The hobbit, or, There and back again
—Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, author.
Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - ...
To kill a mockingbird
—Lee, Harper, author.
The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Mockingjay
—Collins, Suzanne, author.
Katniss Everdeen has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. Katniss Everdeen's having survived the Hunger games twice makes her a target of ...
The giver
—Lowry, Lois, author.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Touching Spirit Bear
—Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952- author.
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island wher...
Halfbreed
—Campbell, Maria, 1940- author.
"A new, fully restored edition of the essential Canadian classic. An unflinchingly honest memoir of her experience as a Métis woman in Canada, Maria Campbell's Halfbreed depicts the realities that she endured and, above...
Of mice and men
—Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a ...
The river
—Paulsen, Gary.
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more abo...
The grapes of wrath
—Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homes...
Keeper'n me
—Wagamese, Richard, author.
When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to ...
Watership Down
—Adams, Richard, 1920-2016
Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren - he felt sure of it. So did his brother Hazel, for Fiver's sixth sense was never wrong. They had to leave immediately, and they had to persu...
Lost in the barrens
—Mowat, Farley, 1921-
Awasin, a Cree boy, and Jamie, a Canadian orphan living with his uncle, the trapper Angus Macnair, are enchanted by the magic of the great Arctic wastes. They set out on an adventure that proves longer and more dangerous...
Siddhartha
—Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.
With parallels to the enlightenment of the Buddha, Hesse's Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin's quest for the ultimate reality. Steeped in the tenets of both psychoanalysis and Eastern mysticism, Siddhartha prese...
Treasure Island
—Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of an inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.
The grapes of wrath
—Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homes...
Hatchet
—Paulsen, Gary, author.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divor...
Indian Horse : a novel
—Wagamese, Richard, author.
"Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he's a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he's sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace,...
Mockingjay
—Collins, Suzanne, author.
Katniss Everdeen has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. Katniss Everdeen's having survived the Hunger games twice makes her a target of ...
Of mice and men
—Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a ...
To kill a mockingbird
—Lee, Harper, author.
The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Touching Spirit Bear
—Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952- author.
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island wher...
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Keethanow Public Library Class Sets
Hatchet
—Paulsen, Gary, author.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divor...
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
—Alexie, Sherman, 1966- author.
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
The boy in the striped pajamas : a fable
—Boyne, John, 1971- author.
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
The giver
—Lowry, Lois, author.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Halfbreed
—Campbell, Maria, 1940- author.
"A new, fully restored edition of the essential Canadian classic. An unflinchingly honest memoir of her experience as a Métis woman in Canada, Maria Campbell's Halfbreed depicts the realities that she endured and, above...
Holes
—Sachar, Louis, 1954- author.
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a tr...
A wrinkle in time
—L'Engle, Madeleine, author.
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
The Rez sisters : a play in two acts
—Highway, Tomson, 1951- author.
Portrays the attempts of seven Indian women from a northern Ontario reserve to beat the odds and win the world's largest bingo in Ontario.
The breadwinner
—Ellis, Deborah, 1960- author.
Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest...
The river
—Paulsen, Gary.
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more abo...
Call of the wild.
—London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Buck is living the good life in the soft South when he is snatched and transported to the savagery of the Northland. There, the Klondike gold rush has brought out rough basic instincts of survival in men and dogs. He adj...
Parvana's journey
—Ellis, Deborah, 1960-
Parvana masquerades as a boy and then travels with a group of children across war torn Afghanistan in the hopes of finding her family.
Silverwing
—Oppel, Kenneth, 1967- author.
When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.
Sadako and the thousand paper cranes
—Coerr, Eleanor, 1922-
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Skylark
—MacLachlan, Patricia.
When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her step-children hope they will be able to remain a family.
Sunwing
—Oppel, Kenneth, 1967- author.
Continues the adventures of Shade, a young bat, as he searches for his father and struggles to prevent the evil jungle bat Goth from wiping out the sun.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
—O'Dell, Scott, 1898-1989, author.
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary ...
Julie of the wolves
—George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012.
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
Dinosaur hideout
—Silverthorne, Judith, 1953-
Daniel loves nothing more than fossil hunting. He even dreams about dinosaurs. Then, at his secret hideout, a hollowed-out cave in a hillside, Daniel makes an exciting find. A fossil never before seen in the area.
The secret of the stone house
—Silverthorne, Judith, 1953-
As Emily struggles to accept the breakup of her parents' marriage, her beloved grandmother dies and her mother, Kate, says they can no longer afford to keep her beautiful stone farmhouse built when the family first came ...
Dinosaur blackout
—Silverthorne, Judith, 1953-
In the fourth book of the "Dinosaur Adventure series," Daniel finds himself back in the one place he vowed never to return to the Cretaceous Period 65 million years ago). At the start of the book, the Paleontological tou...
Dogsong
—Paulsen, Gary.
A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
The secret of Sentinel Rock
—Silverthorne, Judith, 1953-
Twelve-year-old Emily is facing not only the loss of her grandmother but her grandmother's farm, as well. She retreats to her favourite spot, a rock ledge overlooking the prairie, where, to her surprise, she finds a girl...
Dinosaur stakeout
—Silverthorne, Judith, 1953-
Daniel Bingham once again travels back to the time of dinosaurs to learn more about the prehistoric creatures he loves.
The summer of the swans
—Byars, Betsy
A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost.
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Montreal Lake Public Library Class Sets
Indian Horse : a novel
—Wagamese, Richard, author.
"Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he's a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he's sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace,...
The inconvenient Indian : a curious account of native people in North America
—King, Thomas, 1943- author.
"An illustrated edition of the award-winning, bestselling Canadian classic, featuring over 150 new images that add colour and context to this extraordinary work. Since its publication in 2012, The inconvenient Indian has...
Of mice and men
—Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a ...
Tilly : a story of hope and resilience
—Gray Smith, Monique, 1968- author.
In this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel, a young girl discovers that her mother, a Cree, was stolen away from her family as a child. She finds the strength to come to terms with her aboriginal heritage and lear...
Maniac Magee : a novel
—Spinelli, Jerry, author.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
Lightfinder
—Paquette, Aaron, 1974- author.
Aisling, a young Cree woman, sets out into the wilderness with her Kokum (grandmother), Aunty and two young men she barely knows. They have to find and rescue her runaway younger brother, Eric. Along the way she learns t...
Dinosaur blackout
—Silverthorne, Judith, 1953-
In the fourth book of the "Dinosaur Adventure series," Daniel finds himself back in the one place he vowed never to return to the Cretaceous Period 65 million years ago). At the start of the book, the Paleontological tou...
The pigman
—Zindel, Paul.
A teenage boy and girl, high school sophomores from unhappy homes, tell of their bizarre relationship with an old man.
Melanie Bluelake's dream
—Dorion, Betty, 1952-
For Melanie Bluelake, a ten-year-old Cree girl, it's difficult starting at a new school when she must cope with moving from the northern woods and her grandmother to a strange city.
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Peaymichikee Public Library Class Sets
The outsiders
—Hinton, S. E., author.
Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parents' death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves "outsiders."
Hatchet
—Paulsen, Gary, author.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divor...
Indian Horse : a novel
—Wagamese, Richard, author.
"Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he's a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he's sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace,...
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
—Alexie, Sherman, 1966- author.
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
The hobbit, or, There and back again
—Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, author.
Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - ...
To kill a mockingbird
—Lee, Harper, author.
The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Charlotte's web
—White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
A stranger at home : a true story
—Jordan-Fenton, Christy.
Looks at the experiences of a young Inuit girl returning from a residential religious school, where she is not recognized by her mother and is seen as an outsider.
Touching Spirit Bear
—Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952- author.
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island wher...
Halfbreed
—Campbell, Maria, 1940- author.
"A new, fully restored edition of the essential Canadian classic. An unflinchingly honest memoir of her experience as a Métis woman in Canada, Maria Campbell's Halfbreed depicts the realities that she endured and, above...
Brian's winter
—Paulsen, Gary.
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and...
In Flanders fields : the story of the poem by John McCrae
—Granfield, Linda, author.
Presents the context for the writing of the famous poem by the Canadian medical officer who attended injured soldiers in Flanders during the First World War.
Of mice and men
—Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a ...
The family under the bridge
—Carlson, Natalie Savage, author.
An old tramp, adopted by three fatherless children when their mother hides them under a bridge on the Seine, finds a home for mother and children and a job for himself.
The breadwinner
—Ellis, Deborah, 1960- author.
Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest...
Owls in the family
—Mowat, Farley.
The story of two owls named Wol and Weeps who live with a family in Canada.
My side of the mountain
—George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012, author, illustrator.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he ...
The other side of the bridge
—Lawson, Mary, 1946-
Two brothers with a strong rivalry are brought to their breaking point when a young woman moves into their small northern farming community.
The grapes of wrath
—Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homes...
Two old women : an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage and survival
—Wallis, Velma, author.
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old wome...
Brian's return
—Paulsen, Gary, author.
After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city but must return to the place where he really belongs.
Keeper'n me
—Wagamese, Richard, author.
When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to ...
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Tawowikamik Public Library Class Sets
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
—Rowling, J. K., author.
Harry Potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has survived the murderous attacks of the feared Dark Lord on more than one occasion. His hopes for a quiet school term concentrating on Quidditch are dashed, ...
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
—Rowling, J. K., author.
When the Quidditch World Cup is disrupted by Voldemort's rampaging supporters and the terrifying Dark Mark appears against the night sky, it is obvious to Harry Potter that, far from weakening, Voldemort is getting stron...
Touching Spirit Bear
—Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952- author.
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island wher...
Keeper'n me
—Wagamese, Richard, author.
When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to ...
Tuck everlasting
—Babbitt, Natalie, author.
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.
Never cry wolf
—Mowat, Farley.
Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic caribou, and the government's Wildlife Service assigns naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate. Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his ...
Stone Fox
—Gardiner, John Reynolds.
Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
White Fang
—London, Jack, 1876-1916.
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make peace with man.
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Wisewood Library Class Sets
To kill a mockingbird
—Lee, Harper, author.
The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Halfbreed
—Campbell, Maria, 1940- author.
"A new, fully restored edition of the essential Canadian classic. An unflinchingly honest memoir of her experience as a Métis woman in Canada, Maria Campbell's Halfbreed depicts the realities that she endured and, above...
The Rez sisters : a play in two acts
—Highway, Tomson, 1951- author.
Portrays the attempts of seven Indian women from a northern Ontario reserve to beat the odds and win the world's largest bingo in Ontario.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
—O'Dell, Scott, 1898-1989, author.
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary ...
Tuck everlasting
—Babbitt, Natalie, author.
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.
The chocolate war
Archie is the brains of a society of thugs in sport coats called the Vigils. The Vigils have gained power over their fellow students and faculty by using intimidation. They meet their match in new student, Jerry Renault....
Arilla Sun Down
—Hamilton, Virginia.
Young girl, half black and half Indian, lives in a small town where her life revolves around family, school, and friends.
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Rossignol Elementary School Class Sets
Charlotte's web
—White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
Number the stars
—Lowry, Lois, author.
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
The best Christmas pageant ever
—Robinson, Barbara, 1927-2013.
The six horrible Herdmans, the worst children in the history of the world, take over the annual Christmas pageant.
The trumpet of the swan
—White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.
Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter swan, finds himself far from his wilderness home when he determines to communicate by learning to play a stolen trumpet.
Owls in the family
—Mowat, Farley.
The story of two owls named Wol and Weeps who live with a family in Canada.
Stuart Little
—White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985, author.
The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird that stayed for a few days in his family's garden.
Sarah, plain and tall
—MacLachlan, Patricia.
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
—O'Dell, Scott, 1898-1989, author.
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary ...
The boxcar children
—Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979.
Four orphans take shelter in an old boxcar during a storm, and, determined to make it their own, they turn it into a safe, cozy home.
Julie of the wolves
—George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012.
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
Maniac Magee : a novel
—Spinelli, Jerry, author.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
The great Gilly Hopkins
—Paterson, Katherine, author.
An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.
How to eat fried worms
—Rockwell, Thomas, 1933-
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal. In order to win a bet, Billy has to eat 15 worms in 15 days.
Jacob Two-Two meets the Hooded Fang
—Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001, author.
Poor Jacob Two-Two, only two plus two plus two years old and already a prisoner of The Hooded Fang. What had he done to deserve such terrible punishment? Why, the worst crime of all – insulting a grown-up.
Dear Mr. Henshaw
—Cleary, Beverly.
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
Skinny-bones
—Park, Barbara.
Alex "Skinnybones" Frankovitch has to try to figure out a way out of a pitching contest he got himself into.
The pinballs
—Byars, Betsy
Three lonely foster children learn to care about themselves and each other.
The young man and the sea
—Philbrick, W. R. (W. Rodman)
After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to...
Chocolate fever
—Smith, Robert Kimmel, 1930-2020
From eating too much chocolate, Henry breaks out in brown bumps that help him foil some hijackers and teach him a valuable lesson about self-indulgence.
Journey
—MacLachlan, Patricia.
When their mother goes off, leaving her two children with their grandparents, they feel as if their past has been erased until Grandfather finds a way to restore it to them.
Nothing's fair in fifth grade
—DeClements, Barthe.
When fat Elsie Edwards walks into Jenny Sawyer's fifth grade class, she's the last person Jenny expects to be friendly with. Elsie is not only fat, she steals everyone's lunch money to buy candy. And when the book club...
Sixth grade secrets.
—Sachar, Louis, 1954-
When Laura Sibbie starts a club called Pig City, she incites a near-war among her sixth-grade classmates and generates the creation of a rival club that has designs on Pig City's precious box of secrets.
Shape-Changer
—Brittain, Bill.
First there's the humming (like a million kazoos), then the light (eye-poppingly bright), and finally a bumping, whumping THUMP that shakes the whole neighborhood. But it's not till the fire hydrant actually speaks that...
Quennie Peavy
—Burch, Robert.
Tormented by taunts that her father is in prison, 13 year old Quennie retaliates by causing a lot of trouble until she discovers something important about her father and herself.
Fatty legs a true story
—Jordan-Fenton, Christy.
Ebook
2010
This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl while attending an Arctic residential school.
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SMVS Library Class Sets
Hatchet
—Paulsen, Gary, author.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divor...
The marrow thieves
—Dimaline, Cherie, 1975- author.
"In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - an...
Indian Horse : a novel
—Wagamese, Richard, author.
"Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he's a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he's sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace,...
To kill a mockingbird
—Lee, Harper, author.
The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Charlotte's web
—White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
The giver
—Lowry, Lois, author.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Charlie and the chocolate factory
—Dahl, Roald, author.
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
Touching Spirit Bear
—Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952- author.
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island wher...
The mouse and the motorcycle
—Cleary, Beverly, author.
A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.
Holes
—Sachar, Louis, 1954- author.
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a tr...
The true story of the 3 little pigs
—Scieszka, Jon, author.
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.
Stuart Little
—White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985, author.
The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird that stayed for a few days in his family's garden.
The Borrowers
—Norton, Mary
Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.
Brian's hunt
—Paulsen, Gary.
Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear.
Two old women : an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage and survival
—Wallis, Velma, author.
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old wome...
Keeper'n me
—Wagamese, Richard, author.
When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to ...
Sarah, plain and tall
—MacLachlan, Patricia.
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
The magic school bus : inside the human body
—Cole, Joanna, author.
A special field trip on the Magic School Bus allows Ms. Frizzle's class to get a first-hand look at the major parts of the body and how they work.
Freckle juice
—Blume, Judy.
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.
Wuthering Heights
—Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848, author.
As darkness falls, a man caught in a snowstorm is forced to shelter at the strange, grim house Wuthering Heights. There he will come to learn about Cathy: how she was forced to choose between her well-meaning husband and...
The handmaid's tale
—Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
A look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are ...