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Queen of Hearts by Martha Brooks Publisher Comments On the prairies of Canada during World War II, a girl and her two young siblings begin a war of their own. Stricken with tuberculosis, they are admitted to a nearby sanatorium. Teenager Marie Claire is headstrong, angry, and full of stubborn pride. In a... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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Queen of Hearts by Martha Brooks Publisher Comments On the prairies of Canada during World War II, a girl and her two young siblings begin a war of their own. Stricken with tuberculosis, they are admitted to a nearby sanatorium. Teenager Marie Claire is headstrong, angry, and... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Naomi's Tree by Joy Kogawa Publisher Comments A young couple leaves Japan for the coast of Canada, bringing a cherry seed to plant in their new garden. During the years that follow, the little cherry tree watches over the family as the couple have children, and then grandchildren. Young Naomi makes... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Call Me Aram (New Begininngs) by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Publisher Comments Aram Davidian is one of a group of Armenian refugee orphans who made the trip from Corfu, Greece to a new home in Canada, at a farm in Georgetown, Ontario. And like the others, Aram is delighted with the beauty of his new home and the kindness of the... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Prairie Pearl 2 by Arleen Brenner Publisher Comments Tsehkehnache Poetry is based on my experiences in life, the heartaches and negative impact of alcohol in my life. The love of my life, my husband Tony is the inspiration behind the love poems for he was the one who taught me all about affection and trust.... (read more) Your price: $18.25 New - Trade Paper
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Promise Song by Linda Holeman Publisher Comments The year is 1900 and orphaned 14-year-old Rosetta and her beloved younger sister Flora sail from England as “home girls.” They are sent to Canada so that they can have a chance at family life. Their dreams are shattered when Flora is adopted,... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $1.98 Used - Trade Paper
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The Landing by John Ibbitson Publisher Comments Will Ben ever escape the Landing? The hardscrabble farm on the shores of Lake Muskoka can't generate a living, so Ben's Uncle Henry sells goods and gas to cottagers from the dock known as Cooks Landing. It had never been much of a living and since the... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Hardcover
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Factory Girl by Barbara Greenwood Publisher Comments At the dingy, overcrowded Acme Garment Factory, Emily Watson stands for eleven hours a day clipping threads from blouses. Every time the boss passes, he shouts at her to snip faster. But if Emily snips too fast, she could ruin the garment and be docked... (read more) Your price: $18.75 New - Hardcover
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Terror at Turtle Mountain by Penny Draper Publisher Comments Thirteen-year-old Nathalie Vaughan struggles to save friends and neighbours on the night of Canada's Frank Slide disaster. At 4:00 am, April 29, 1903, Nathalie lies awake in the booming coal town of Frank, at the base of Turtle Mountain, listening for... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Landing by John Ibbitson Publisher Comments Will Ben ever escape the Landing? The hardscrabble farm on the shores of Lake Muskoka can't generate a living, so Ben's Uncle Henry sells goods and gas to cottagers from the dock known as Cooks Landing. It had never been much of a living and since the... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - Trade Paper
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Factory Girl by Barbara Greenwood Publisher Comments At the dingy, overcrowded Acme Garment Factory, Emily Watson stands for eleven hours a day clipping threads from blouses. Every time the boss passes, he shouts at her to snip faster. But if Emily snips too fast, she could ruin the garment and be docked... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Canadian Flyer Adventures #16: Arctic Storm by Frieda Wishinsky Synopsis Since discovering the Canadian Flyer, a magical time-traveling sled, in Emilys attic, Matt and Emily have outrun dinosaurs in the Alberta badlands, seen the Silver Dart soar high in Nova Scotias skies, and evaded slave catchers on the Underground... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - Trade Paper
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Flight of the Tiger Moth by Mary Woodbury Publisher Comments When death threatens a pilot at the nearby air training base, seventeen-year-old Jack must use a secretly-acquired skill to save a life and affirm his own identity to his over protective mother. Jack Waters sees his small prairie town turned upside... (read more) Your price: $8.95 New - Trade Paper
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Seven for a Secret by Mary C Sheppard Publisher Comments Fifteen-year-old Melinda is looking forward to spending another summer with her cousins Rebecca and Kate in the small outport village of Cook's Cove on Newfoundland's west coast. Rebecca is a goody-goody who is under the thumb of her stern mother. Kate... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance by Marthe Jocelyn Publisher Comments In the spirit of "Anne of Green Gables" comes this delightful turn-of-the-century journal of a feisty, imaginative young girl who is finding her voice and the courage to make it heard.... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Adeline's Dream by Linda Aksomitis Publisher Comments Twelve-year-old Adeline Mueller has to fight to make a place for herself when her family comes to Canada from Germany to join their father in their new life. Adeline hasn't seen her father for four years, but his letters promise a splendid new life and a... (read more) Your price: $8.95 New - Trade Paper
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Gwen by Carolyn Pogue Publisher Comments In 1896 a young Home Girl is put aboard a ship bound for Canada, her head full of adventure, poetry and lively curiousity.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mack Davis Files #1 #1: The Light-Fingered Gang: 1912: The Mack Davis Files by Dave Glaze Publisher Comments Twelve-year-old Mackenzie Davis helps catch the sinister thieves preying on Saskatoon in 1912 and learns to make his own judgements about the people he meets. Mackenzie Davis can't help it: he keeps getting involved in mysteries. He and his friend Albert... (read more) Your price: $8.95 New - Trade Paper
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Tragic Links by Cathy Beveridge Synopsis Tragic Links is award-winning author Cathy Beveridge's fourth young adult novel focusing on Canadian disasters. This time Jolene and her family find themselves in Quebec where Jolene's father is conducting research for his Museum of Disasters. When... (read more) Your price: $10.95 New - Trade Paper
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Who's a Scaredy Cat by Joan Payzant Synopsis Flossie Wright is a prankster, taking pleasure in practical jokes. Isobel Morton, whose father is listed as missing in the war, dislikes Flossie's jokes, and is ridiculed by the other girl. Although Isobel knows she is a not a scaredycat Flossie's jibes... (read more) Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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