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Denison Avenue
Wong, Christina
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders. Bringing together ink artwork and fiction.
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Summers with Miss Elizabeth
Knowles, Lori
More than a decade after tragedy strikes, Colin Montgomery returns to the Wynward’s Muskoka cottage to spend one last summer with the marvelous Miss Elizabeth. As a child, he was saved by the Wynward family. Ultimately it’s Colin who saves the Wynwards.
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A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee
Johnson, Lorraine
This fully-illustrated guide helps gardeners discover the crucial connections between native plants and native pollinators, and learn how to cultivate patches of pollinator paradise.
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Machine Without Horses
Humphreys, Helen
A seasoned writer stumbles across an obituary and crafts a story of Megan Boyd, a salmon-fly dresser.
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A Loonie for Luck
MacGregor, Roy
In February 2002, the greatest hockey teams this country could muster headed to Salt Lake City to compete in the Winter Olympics. Our men and women hoped to go all the way to the finals, but it had been fifty long years since the Canadians had won Olympic gold. In the past, they had come close – it was just that luck always seemed to be against them.
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A Rip Through Time
Montgomery, L. M.
May 20, 2019: While out on a jog one evening, Mallory hears a woman in distress. She’s drawn to an alley, where she is attacked and loses consciousness. May 20, 1869: Housemaid Catriona Thomson had been enjoying a half-day off, only to be discovered that night in a lane, where she’d been strangled and left for dead … exactly one-hundred-and-fifty years before Mallory was strangled in the same spot.
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Let’s Call Her Barbie
Rosen, Renée
In 1956, Ruth Handler, cofounder of a budding toy company, embarks on a mission to upend the marketplace by creating a controversial doll: one that looks like a grown woman. Unlike the current trend of baby dolls that reinforces traditional roles of motherhood, this doll will empower little girls to be and do anything. And Barbie is born.
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The Bourne Vendetta
Freeman, Brian
A love from Bourne’s past seeks his help when assassins threaten her husband, but only treachery burns hotter than true love in the New York Times bestselling series. Two years ago, Bourne knew he had to let Abbey Laurent walk away from his dangerous world. Now Abbey is back – and she’s married to a top government official. But she’s convinced someone is trying to kill her husband, and she wants Jason’s help.
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The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
Knight, Emma
A witty, atmospheric, and brilliantly told novel that offers compelling portraits of womanhood, motherhood and female friendship, along with the irresistible intrigue surrounding an extraordinary British family.
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The Book of Awesome Women Writers
Anderson, Becca
Highlights women who have left their mark on the literary world. Delves deep into the lives of works of renowned authors and some lesser-known greats as well.
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Brooke Shields is not allowed to Get Old
Shields, Brooke
From Brooke Shields, the icon who has inspired generations of women, comes a thoughtful, intimate, and candid exploration of the humility and power of aging.
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Shift: Managing Your Emotions
Kross, Ethan
Whether it’s anxiety about going to the doctor, boiling rage when we’re stuck in traffic, or devastation after a painful break-up, our lives are filled with situations that send us spiraling. But as difficult as our emotions can be, they are also a superpower.
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Chaos in the Cafeteria
Gebhardt, Amanda
Max, Liz, and Chen will never take lunch for granted again after they come to the rescue of frazzled school staff in Book 5 of the Code Breakers series. This decodable chapter book lets upper elementary readers build fluency with R-controlled vowels and diphthongs while unraveling this page-turning mystery.
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A Copycat Condundrum
Yee, Lisa
When San Francisco is under strange attacks – like earthquakes affecting only two city blocks at a time – who’re you gonna call? An elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, that’s who! The Misfits are on the case in this hilarious illustrated series!
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The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King
Trevaldwyn, Harry
When two new boys join the drama club, sixteen-year-old English Patch boldly exerts his charm in an attempt to acquire his first boyfriend.
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All the Blues in the Sky
Watson, Renée
When thirteen-year-old Sage’s best friend dies, Sage struggles with grief and feels that she is at fault, but when she joins a grief group, she slowly learns to heal.
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In the Company of Killers
Emmons, Lauren
After her family is brutally murdered, a teenage mafia princess must team up with the heir to her family’s rival mafia to catch the killer.
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You Don’t See Me
Ricketts, Chris
Ros has finally found Eddy, the girlfriend they’ve always wanted. But Ros can’t tell her the truth: that Ros is trans, and want to live in a male body. At a party Ros’s classmates ‘discover’ they’re a lesbian – but that’s not the true story.