Made the Grade – November 2017

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Boy Called Bat, A
Bat, a young boy on the autism spectrum, lives with his mother and sister, …
Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?
Tiny is a young child whose gender is unknown and who identifies neither as…
As Brave As You
Ernie and Genie must spend the summer with their grandparents on their farm…
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Hermione Winters, co-captain of her high school cheerleading squad, is drug…
Fly Fly
This realistically illustrated picture book for grades K-4 showcases anima…
Garvey’s Choice
Garvey, an overweight, bullied, non-athletic boy, has a simple desire: he w…
Girls Like Me
Fifteen-year-old Shay Summers’ life is a mess: her mother left, her father …
I Am Hostage Three
Upset by both her father’s detachment and her new stepmother, Amy Fields st…
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
Actress Diane Guerrero’s memoir details the many issues and challenges faci…
Last Stop on Market Street
This award-winning picture book for K-3 follows CJ and his nana as they rid…
Fox and Squirrel
This story focuses on Squirrel, who can see only differences between himsel…
Les légendes du corbeau
Cette ressource humoristique s’adresse plus particulièrement aux élèves du …
My Sister Rosa
Che Taylor’s little sister Rosa is smart, talented, pretty, and so good at …
New Boy
This complex, modern version of ‘Othello’ is set in the 1970s and tells of …
Only Ever Yours
In this dystopian society, women are not born but are genetically engineere…
Raven Tales
This highly engaging, award-winning series of 26 videos is suitable for stu…
Rites of Passage
Sam McKenna, raised in a military family, has never turned down a dare and …
Sidewalk Flowers
In this wordless picture book, detailed images reveal a father and daughter…
Sight Unseen
13 year-old Finn has a rare eye disease that will likely cause blindness, a…
Steelheart
Eight-year-old David saw his father wound the invincible Epic Steelheart, w…
Strictly No Elephants
This colourful picture book tells about the trials and tribulations a boy a…
Nest, The
Steven worries about everything –his baby brother who was born with congen…
Orphan Master’s Son, The
This suspenseful novel set in totalitarian North Korea traces Pak Jun Do’s …
Princess and The Pony, The
This humourous Canadian picture book follows Princess Pinecone, who asks fo…
Rule of Three, The
When an electrical outage turns into a world-wide catastrophe when all comp…
War That Saved My Life, The
Set in WWII England, ten-year-old disabled Ada has never experienced the wo…
Wonder, The
Set in a small Irish village in the 1850s, nurse Lib Wright is hired to obs…
Toshiko
Set during WW II, young Cowboy lives on a farm in Salmon Arm and when some …
When the Moon is Low
When the Taliban regime in Afghanistan rips her family apart, Fereiba decid…
When We Were Alone
In this sensitively written Canadian picture book, a young First Nations gi…