Newly Evaluated Resources – August 2019
Jack et les haricots transgéniques
Ce livre propose une nouvelle version du conte populaire « Jack et le haric…
La barbe du géant
L’histoire se déroule dans un royaume dont le roi souffre d’insomnie. Pour …
L’Aube Sera Grandiose
Ce livre relate la vie de deux femmes, Rose-Aimée et sa fille Consolata, da…
Les Marées
L’histoire se déroule en 1998. Capucine, une jeune fille de 18 ans qui s’es…
Mission pas possible tome 1
Dans Mission pas possible, la jeune Samuelle veut absolument redoubler sa 3…
Ban This Book
When avid reader Amy Anne discovers that her favourite book has been banned…
Bridge Home, The
Eleven-year-old Viji and her younger sister Rukku run away from home after …
Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years
This engaging picture book helps students learn about Earth and her life th…
Friendship War, The
When Grace receives many boxes of buttons from her grandpa she unintentiona…
Girl Who Thought in Pictures, The: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
This inspirational picture book presents a look at the life of Dr. Temple G…
Hello Lighthouse
The new lighthouse keeper lives a solitary life tending the light, keeping …
Hundred Billion Trillion Stars, A
This engaging picture book focuses on the vastness and wonder of numbers an…
Islandborn
Lola was born in the Dominican Republic but now lives in a big American cit…
Journey, The
A young girl’s family lives in a country that is being ravaged by war and w…
Max and the Midknights
Max and her Uncle Budrick travel to Byjovia, his hometown, to discover that…
Merci Suarez Changes Gears
Merci and her loving immigrant family live in Florida, where her family exc…
Out
A young girl and her mother leave their war-torn country and take a long bo…
Painting, The
Annie finds a painting of a lighthouse hidden in the attic of their Toronto…
Pandas on the Eastside
Ten-year-old Journey lives with her mom, a recovering alcoholic, in the Dow…
Song For A Whale
Twelve-year-old Iris was born deaf into a hearing family and despite being …
Friendship War, The
When Grace receives many boxes of buttons from her grandpa she unintentiona…
Tiny Stiches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
Vivien Thomas, an African American, dreams of being a doctor but because he…
What Would She Do?: 25 True Stories of Trailblazing Rebel Women
This engaging resource introduces twenty-five trailblazing women from all o…
What’s the Buzz?: Keeping Bees in Flight
This Canadian resource provides extensive scientific information about bees…
Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible…on Schindler’s List, The
This memoir provides a detailed, historical description of the horrors the …
Language of Thorns, The: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
This collection of gripping, re-purposed fairy tales features six stories, …
Sadia
Fifteen-year-old Sadia and her family are Muslim immigrants from Syria who …
All Our Wrong Todays
This Canadian novel is a dystopian adventure story that follows Tom as he t…
Auschwitz Escape: The Klara Wizel Story
This historical biography follows the journey of a young Klara Wizel during…
Beauty That Remains, The
This fictional novel explores issues surrounding identity, friendship, and …
By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz
This biographical story follows the journey of a young Max Eisen, who is a …
Crazy Game, The: How I Survived in the Crease and Beyond
This biographical novel follows the story of a professional hockey player w…
Gunslinger Girl
This tale is set in the Wild West of a dystopian future, where a teenage gu…
Music of What Happens, The
Max and Jordan are from different worlds with different social groups and i…
Northern Wildflower: A Memoir
Catherine Lafferty, a Dene woman raised in the Yellowknife area, recounts h…
Piecing Me Together
Sixteen-year-old Jade, an African-American from a poor neighbourhood in Por…
Starflight
This science fiction novel about a dystopian future follows the journey of …
Synchro Boy
This novel follows a young man’s story to find himself, particularly in the…
Test, The
This short story provides a dramatic exploration of a dystopian future wher…
That Time I Loved You
This Canadian fiction novel explores the secret lives of a diverse group of…
There There
The novel tells the story of a group of Indigenous people in the Oakland, C…
Vango: Between Sky and Earth
This adventure novel is set in pre-WWII Europe and presents the story of a …
