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The last council

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Graphic novel. Emily and her friends think they'll find the help they need in Cielis, but something isn't right. Streets that were once busy are deserted, and the townspeople who are left live in fear. Emily is soon escorted to the Academy where she's expected to compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, a group of the the most powerful Stonekeepers. But as the number of competitors gets smaller and smaller, a terrible secret is slowly uncovered--a secret that, if left buried, means certain destruction of everything Emily fights for.
Date Published:2011

Graphic novel. Emily and her friends think they'll find the help they need in Cielis, but something isn't right. Streets that were once busy are deserted, and the townspeople who are left live in fear. Emily is soon escorted to the Academy where she's expected to compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, a group of the the most powerful Stonekeepers. But as the number of competitors gets smaller and smaller, a terrible secret is slowly uncovered--a secret that, if left buried, means certain destruction of everything Emily fights for.

Date Published:2011

The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.


Various publishers. Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to a triumph over the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Date Published:1950

Merry Christmas, Peppa!

McFadyen, Melanie.


Various publishers. This book is based on the TV series Peppa Pig, created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker. Peppa loves Christmas. It's filled with family time, fun, and of course, presents! But this year Peppa loves her presents TOO much...she plays rough and gets hurt! Can Peppa still have a merry Christmas after all?
Date Published:2019

Hands-on social studies : an inquiry approach : grade 2

Bailey, Lorraine.


Filled with a year's worth of classroom-tested activities. The grade 2 book is divided into two units: Changing family and community traditions and global communities.
Date Published:2014

The dark won't wait

Poulsen, David A., 1946-


Various publishers. Dom's life revolves around cars and baseball until a chance connection to a high school audition hands him a major role in a psychological thriller. This would be exciting enough, except that real life begins to shadow the script in a very creepy way as an elusive girl and a local murder draw Dom out of his otherwise quiet shell.
Date Published:2024

The factory

Egan, Catherine, 1976-


Various publishers. Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle is no stranger to misfortune. Bullied at school and struggling with problems at home, he dreams of the day he can leave it all behind him. That's when he receives an unexpected opportunity: an invitation to join the Factory -- a top-secret research facility that's supposedly developing renewable energy -- and Asher will be paid handsomely for his participation. It seems like the answer to all his problems. But not everything is as it seems at the Factory. The other kids in the program are tired and sullen, almost as if they've had the life sucked out of them, and the staff members are clearly hiding something. What's more, Asher discovers he wasn't chosen at random; someone in the program desperately wants him to participate. Asher can't help but feel that whatever the Factory is doing, it's not what he or any of the other kids signed up for.
Date Published:2025

Various publishers. Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle is no stranger to misfortune. Bullied at school and struggling with problems at home, he dreams of the day he can leave it all behind him. That's when he receives an unexpected opportunity: an invitation to join the Factory -- a top-secret research facility that's supposedly developing renewable energy -- and Asher will be paid handsomely for his participation. It seems like the answer to all his problems. But not everything is as it seems at the Factory. The other kids in the program are tired and sullen, almost as if they've had the life sucked out of them, and the staff members are clearly hiding something. What's more, Asher discovers he wasn't chosen at random; someone in the program desperately wants him to participate. Asher can't help but feel that whatever the Factory is doing, it's not what he or any of the other kids signed up for.

Date Published:2025

The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents

Pau Preto, Nicki,


Various publishers. Unable to control her powers, twelve-year-old Lavinia finds herself at a last-resort magical school where she teams up with her misfit classmates to save the school from danger.
Date Published:2024

The anxious exile of Sara Salt

Prendergast, Gabrielle,


Various publishers. In this middle-grade novel told in letters, when Sara Salt's little brother is born early, her mom and stepdad send her to stay in Toronto with her half-sister Abby, who is starting a transitional housing park for unhoused people.
Date Published:2025

The time keeper

Mahoney, Meagan,


Various publishers. In 1902 Edinburgh, a clockmaker is found dead inside a locked clocktower. When the clockmaker's apprentice finds clues inside a seemingly unfixable watch, he races against time to discover the truth of his mentor's death and a map to a miracle cure that can save his dying friend.
Date Published:2024

Finding Harmony

Walters, Eric, 1957-


Various publishers. In this middle-grade novel, Harmony moves back home with her mom after being in a foster home, but her mom hasn't dealt with her addiction issues and Harmony feels like she's the only one keeping her and her mom together.
Date Published:2025

Words their way : word study for phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction


Outlines a developmentally driven, hands-on instructional approach to word study. The keys to this research-based approach are to know your students' literacy progress, organize for instruction, and implement word study.
Date Published:2012

Roar! : crazy animal stories

Graziano, John,


A collection of unbelievable-but-true animal tales brought to live with cartoons, silly stories and fantastic facts.
Date Published:2011

National Geographic kids almanac 2018.


Includes index. Provides the latest information on a wide range of topics, including animals, culture, geography, the environment, history, and science.
Date Published:2017

Haywaas' question : what is reconciliation?

Reid, Erica Jean,


After Haywaas sees his parents get frustrated while watching the news, this precocious 12-year-old begins a months-long journey navigating many different answers to what he thought was a simple question. Expertly crafted by a teacher-parent-author duo, Haywaas' Question is relatable, understandable, and aptly builds up to an answer we're all a part of. Content includes tough topics including racism.
Date Published:2023

After Haywaas sees his parents get frustrated while watching the news, this precocious 12-year-old begins a months-long journey navigating many different answers to what he thought was a simple question. Expertly crafted by a teacher-parent-author duo, Haywaas' Question is relatable, understandable, and aptly builds up to an answer we're all a part of. Content includes tough topics including racism.

Date Published:2023

Be a pond detective : solving the mysteries of lakes, swamps, and pools

Kochanoff, Peggy, 1943-,



Date Published:2016

Toronto Argonauts

Pratt, Laura, 1967-


Includes index.
Date Published:2013

Tales from a not-so-popular party girl

Russell, Rachel Renée,


Various publishers. Nikki's diary describes a frightful Halloween, on which she helps with her sister's ballet class party at the same time she is Brandon's date for their middle school Halloween dance, where she has promised to spend the evening with her two best friends.
Date Published:

City of Glass

Clare, Cassandra,


Various publishers. Still pursuing a cure for her mother's enchantment, Clary uses all her powers and ingenuity to get into Idris, the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, and to its capital, the City of Glass, where with the help of a newfound friend, Sebastian, she uncovers important truths about her family's past that will not only help save her mother but all those that she holds most dear.
Date Published:2009

Various publishers. Still pursuing a cure for her mother's enchantment, Clary uses all her powers and ingenuity to get into Idris, the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, and to its capital, the City of Glass, where with the help of a newfound friend, Sebastian, she uncovers important truths about her family's past that will not only help save her mother but all those that she holds most dear.

Date Published:2009

The one and only Ivan : my story

Applegate, Katherine,


Various publishers. Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. Instead, he passes the time quietly and thinks about art. Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home - his own art - through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it's up t Ivan to make it a change for the better.
Date Published:2012

Various publishers. Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. Instead, he passes the time quietly and thinks about art. Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home - his own art - through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it's up t Ivan to make it a change for the better.

Date Published:2012

Frogspell

Busby, Cecilia, 1966-


Various publishers. When Max Pendragon accidentally invents a spell that turns people into frogs, it seems his wish might come true to be a wizard. But events take an unexpected turn when Max enters the Novices' Spell-Making Competition and finds himself helping Merlin fight an evil sorceress.
Date Published:2010