Annotation: Toronto’s historic Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is the scene of this chilling and fast moving ghost story. Gabe has his first summer job spinning tale of Rebecca Strand’s tragic death for tourists, who eat it up! But of course, it’s all a show. That is, until Rebecca awakens and reveals her murderer, the evil spirit …
Annotation: In Rabbit Chase, gamer Aimée stumbles into a Spirit World where elements of Wonderland and Indigenous culture create a strange and compelling setting. Aimée is familiar with feeling like they are out of place. Not only are they Anishinaabe but they are also twospirit, not identifying with either male or female gender, which has …
Annotation: Mia and Laura have been BBFs since Kindergarten. Growing up on the same block, who wouldn’t be? But now, they are 10. Nearly teenagers. And everything seems to be changing ever so slowly. When they were little the fact that Mia is Indigenous and Laura is White Mexican Hungarian didn’t really matter. But the …
Annotation: Saturdays are Birchwood days for Wolf and her three BFF’s, Penny, Anne and Brandi. The four girls love spending the day in the wild-but-cozy forest hideaway. And it is no wonder, because Wolf is descendent from a Tree Talker (no matter how much her mother tries to deny their Indigenous heritage). So when her …
Annotation: Sami has lived with her Grandfather, Carl since she was 4. All this time, she thought her mother was dead. But it turns out she was wrong, and now her, Carl and their neighbour Aggie have to head off on an eight-day road trip south to retrieve her mother’s remains. Through painful crisis and …
Annotation: It started as a simple experiment. Sam set out to prove that he was invisible to his father. What follows is anything but simple. When Sam is suddenly stuck by “a bolt from the blue” – lightning that looks like it came from the blue sky and out of nowhere – nothing is the …
Annotation: The U-Nique Lou Fox by Jodi Carmichael Louisa Elizabeth Fitzhenry-O’Shaughnessy is a girl with big dreams. She just knows that she is destined to become a famous Broadway playwright with the stage name of Lou Fox. In the meantime, however, Lou must successfully navigate her way through fifth grade. This isn’t easy when you …
Annotation: Mortimer is a journal-keeping lab rat who dreams of traveling to space. When a spot on the International Space Station (ISS) opens up he knows he must do whatever it takes to become an intergalactic space rat! Mortimer sets out to prove his worth with his journal and video camera to prove that rats …
Annotation: Beatrice has woken in a strange land without memories in a treehouse magically stocked with supplies and a set of helpful books. Her curiosity and compassion lead her to explore the land and meet its talking animal inhabitants. Among these is Croc Harry who seems equally eager to eat her and converse with her. …
Annotation: Stephen is obsessed with pirates, at least all of the good parts. He and his best friend know that pirates have a bad reputation for the robbing and fighting, so they’ve come up with a new term: piventurate! All the good parts of being a pirate, without the bad stuff. Unfortunately, Stephen’s mom is …
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