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Date Published:2000

A mouse called Miika

Haig, Matt, 1975-,


Various publishers. A mouse called Miika is an epic adventure story on a miniature scale. It is a tale of mice and men (and more mice). It is about one independent mouse who gets fed up with other mice, sets out on a quest of his own to prove that cheese exists, and learns to appreciate other creatures. It is also a tale of great love (of cheese) and great danger. And learning the lesson that, with cheese as with life, what matters most is not how strongly you smell but how strong you are on the inside.
Date Published:2021

Various publishers. A mouse called Miika is an epic adventure story on a miniature scale. It is a tale of mice and men (and more mice). It is about one independent mouse who gets fed up with other mice, sets out on a quest of his own to prove that cheese exists, and learns to appreciate other creatures. It is also a tale of great love (of cheese) and great danger. And learning the lesson that, with cheese as with life, what matters most is not how strongly you smell but how strong you are on the inside.

Date Published:2021

Maya Angelou : the complete poetry

Angelou, Maya, 1928-2014.


Just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I diiie -- Where love is a scream of anguish -- Just before the world ends -- Oh pray my wings are gonna fit me well -- And still I rise -- Touch me, life, not softly -- Traveling -- And still I rise -- Shaker, why don't you sing? -- I shall not be moved -- On the pulse of morning -- Celebrations -- A brave and startling truth -- Amazing peace -- Mother : a cradle to hold me -- Amazement awaits -- His day is done. Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of those words live on in this new and complete collection of poetry that reflects and honors the writer's remarkable life.
Date Published:2015

Just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I diiie -- Where love is a scream of anguish -- Just before the world ends -- Oh pray my wings are gonna fit me well -- And still I rise -- Touch me, life, not softly -- Traveling -- And still I rise -- Shaker, why don't you sing? -- I shall not be moved -- On the pulse of morning -- Celebrations -- A brave and startling truth -- Amazing peace -- Mother : a cradle to hold me -- Amazement awaits -- His day is done. Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of those words live on in this new and complete collection of poetry that reflects and honors the writer's remarkable life.

Date Published:2015

You started it

Khalilieh, Jackie,


Various publishers. Seventeen-year-old Jamie Taher-Foster has big plans for senior year. She's made a list of things and places in Toronto she and her boyfriend of three years, Ben Cameron, need to check off before graduating. And the biggest plan of all: a very special night for the two of them at the upcoming Winter Formal. But then Ben arrives back home after a summer away with an unthinkable announcement: he wants to break up. And when Jamie discovers him with Olivia Chen the next day, she is determined to get him back. Even if that means fake dating the younger, curly-haired, TikTok dancer Axel Dahin.
Date Published:2025

Various publishers. Seventeen-year-old Jamie Taher-Foster has big plans for senior year. She's made a list of things and places in Toronto she and her boyfriend of three years, Ben Cameron, need to check off before graduating. And the biggest plan of all: a very special night for the two of them at the upcoming Winter Formal. But then Ben arrives back home after a summer away with an unthinkable announcement: he wants to break up. And when Jamie discovers him with Olivia Chen the next day, she is determined to get him back. Even if that means fake dating the younger, curly-haired, TikTok dancer Axel Dahin.

Date Published:2025

Valley of the Birdtail : an Indian reserve, a white town, and the road to reconciliation

Sniderman, Andrew Michael Stobo, 1983-


A heartrending true story about racial injustice, residential schools and a path forward. Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the Waywayseecappo reserve and the town of Rossburn have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope.
Date Published:2022

A heartrending true story about racial injustice, residential schools and a path forward. Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the Waywayseecappo reserve and the town of Rossburn have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope.

Date Published:2022

A psalm of storms and silence

Brown, Roseanne A.


Various publishers. As the fate of Sonande hangs on a single, horrifying choice, Princess Karina and Malik must decide between a power that could transform the world, or a love that could transform their lives.
Date Published:2022

Queen of faces

Lord, Petra,


Various publishers. With her consciousness trapped in the decaying body of a boy, seventeen-year-old Anabelle attempts to steal a new body and winds up working as a mercenary for the elite in exchange for a better life.
Date Published:2026

Newt's emerald

Nix, Garth,


Various publishers. After the Newington Emerald is stolen at the height of a conjured storm, eighteen-year-old Lady Truthful Newington goes to London, disguised as a man, to search for the magical heirloom of her house, and is soon caught up in a dangerous adventure where she must risk her life, her reputation, and her heart.
Date Published:2015

Margo's got money troubles

Thorpe, Rufi,


Various publishers. A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman's attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world-from the PEN/Faulkner finalist and critically acclaimed author of The Knockout Queen.
Date Published:2024

A clash of kings

Martin, George R. R.,


Sequel to: A game of thrones. Various publishers. From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.
Date Published:1998

The caretaker : a novel

Kliewer, Marcus,


Various publishers. Desperate for work, Macy Mullins accepts a mysterious three-day caretaker job on the remote Oregon Coast. Isolated in a stranger's house, she soon realizes something sinister lurks within the wilderness. As reality unravels, Macy must confront an ancient evil that threatens far more than her own survival.
Date Published:2026

The secrets of Blythswood Square

Sheridan, Sara, 1968-


Various publishers. Glasgow, 1846, the second city of the British Empire is expanding rapidly and Ellory McHale, a working class woman receives an unexpected bequest which allows her to leave her job as junior assistant to a famous male photographer in Edinburgh to set up Glasgow's first professional photography studio, in a glass-roofed top floor within sight of the Clyde. There, Ellory crosses paths with wealthy heiress Annis Buchanan and the two strike up a friendship based on a mutual understanding of what it means to be a woman trying to carve out her own path in a man's world. While Annis must fend off the advances of her cousin Forbes, who is determined to inherit the Buchanan fortune by hook or by crook, Ellory ventures into the dark underbelly of the city, using Glasgow's most famous performers as models in early erotic photography. But in a city where reputations can be destroyed at the drop of a hat, can both Annis and Ellory build lives on their own terms, especially when dark secrets are brought to light?
Date Published:2024

Various publishers. Glasgow, 1846, the second city of the British Empire is expanding rapidly and Ellory McHale, a working class woman receives an unexpected bequest which allows her to leave her job as junior assistant to a famous male photographer in Edinburgh to set up Glasgow's first professional photography studio, in a glass-roofed top floor within sight of the Clyde. There, Ellory crosses paths with wealthy heiress Annis Buchanan and the two strike up a friendship based on a mutual understanding of what it means to be a woman trying to carve out her own path in a man's world. While Annis must fend off the advances of her cousin Forbes, who is determined to inherit the Buchanan fortune by hook or by crook, Ellory ventures into the dark underbelly of the city, using Glasgow's most famous performers as models in early erotic photography. But in a city where reputations can be destroyed at the drop of a hat, can both Annis and Ellory build lives on their own terms, especially when dark secrets are brought to light?

Date Published:2024

All aboard! : Elijah McCoy's steam engine

Kulling, Monica, 1952-


There were few opportunities for the son of slaves, but Elijah McCoy's dreams led him to study mechanical engineering in Scotland. He learned everything there was to know about engines - how to design them and how to build them. But when he returned to the United States to look for work at the Michigan Central Railroad, the only job Elijah could get was shoveling coal into a train's firebox.
Date Published:2010

Talk treaty to me : understanding the basics of treaties and land in Canada

Fraser, Crystal


Treaties cover much of Canada. Some were established thousands of years ago, with Land and animals, and others date back to the time when Europeans first arrived in North America. These agreements make it possible for all of us to live, work, play, and profit on these Lands. Additionally, treaties have profoundly shaped the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. This book discusses : Treaties among and between Indigenous Peoples, The history of treaty-making between Indigenous Peoples and Britain, then Canada, from the very beginning to the present day, Concepts like Métis scrip, modern Land claims and self-government agreements, Indigenous sovereignty, and unceded territory, The (dis)honouring of treaties and the role of Canadian settler colonialism, How the creation of Canadian borders interrupts Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood, Important insights from gendered and queer perspectives on treaty and Land, The politics of land acknowledgements, Reconciliation and Land Back movements.
Date Published:2026

Treaties cover much of Canada. Some were established thousands of years ago, with Land and animals, and others date back to the time when Europeans first arrived in North America. These agreements make it possible for all of us to live, work, play, and profit on these Lands. Additionally, treaties have profoundly shaped the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. This book discusses : Treaties among and between Indigenous Peoples, The history of treaty-making between Indigenous Peoples and Britain, then Canada, from the very beginning to the present day, Concepts like Métis scrip, modern Land claims and self-government agreements, Indigenous sovereignty, and unceded territory, The (dis)honouring of treaties and the role of Canadian settler colonialism, How the creation of Canadian borders interrupts Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood, Important insights from gendered and queer perspectives on treaty and Land, The politics of land acknowledgements, Reconciliation and Land Back movements.

Date Published:2026

Fitting Indian

Chand, Jyoti,


Graphic novel. All Nitasha's parents want is for her to be the perfect Indian daughter--something she is decidedly not. Everything she does seems to disappoint them, especially her mom. They just don't get that she'll never be like her doctor older brother. To make matters worse, she's never quite felt like she belongs at school either, and lately, her best friend, Ava, and her crush, Henry, seem to be more interested in the rich new girl than in her. Alcohol takes the edge off, but when that doesn't work, Nitasha turns to cutting. She can't stop asking herself: Will she ever be enough for her friends or her family? Or even for herself? This authentic and powerful teen graphic novel shines a light on how harmful the stigma of mental illness is and how lifesaving a community that is honest about mental health can be.
Date Published:2025

Graphic novel. All Nitasha's parents want is for her to be the perfect Indian daughter--something she is decidedly not. Everything she does seems to disappoint them, especially her mom. They just don't get that she'll never be like her doctor older brother. To make matters worse, she's never quite felt like she belongs at school either, and lately, her best friend, Ava, and her crush, Henry, seem to be more interested in the rich new girl than in her. Alcohol takes the edge off, but when that doesn't work, Nitasha turns to cutting. She can't stop asking herself: Will she ever be enough for her friends or her family? Or even for herself? This authentic and powerful teen graphic novel shines a light on how harmful the stigma of mental illness is and how lifesaving a community that is honest about mental health can be.

Date Published:2025

The wicked king

Black, Holly,


Various publishers. As seneschal to High King Cardan, Jude must fight to keep control of the Faerie throne while her younger brother, Oak, enjoys the childhood she never knew.
Date Published:2019

The queen of nothing

Black, Holly,


Various publishers. Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. Opportunity to reclaim everything he took from her arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril. But war is brewing in Elfhame. And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, Jude must choose between her ambition and her humanity. -- adapted from jacket.
Date Published:2019

Various publishers. Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. Opportunity to reclaim everything he took from her arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril. But war is brewing in Elfhame. And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, Jude must choose between her ambition and her humanity. -- adapted from jacket.

Date Published:2019

How the king of Elfhame learned to hate stories

Black, Holly.


Various publishers. Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, Cardan was a faerie child with a heart of stone... and a wicked tongue. Born into a family overburdened with heirs, nourished on cat milk and contempt, perhaps it's no surprise he turned out the way he did. This is the story of Elfhame's enigmatic high king, Cardan -- and of his visits to the mortal world to face the troll woman, Aslog of the West -- told wholly from Cardan's perspective.
Date Published:2020

Various publishers. Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, Cardan was a faerie child with a heart of stone... and a wicked tongue. Born into a family overburdened with heirs, nourished on cat milk and contempt, perhaps it's no surprise he turned out the way he did. This is the story of Elfhame's enigmatic high king, Cardan -- and of his visits to the mortal world to face the troll woman, Aslog of the West -- told wholly from Cardan's perspective.

Date Published:2020

Around the world in eighty days [Vietnamese] : Vòng quanh thế giới trong 80 ngày

Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.


A retelling of Jules Verne's novel featuring Phileas Fogg, a wealthy gentleman who makes a bet that he can travel around the world in just eighty days; and includes reading activities with answer keys.
Date Published:2026

Sunshine nails : a novel

Nguyen, Mai, 1988-


Various publishers. Vietnamese refugees Debbie and Phil Tran have built a comfortable life for themselves in Toronto with their family nail salon. But when an ultra-glam chain salon opens across the street, their world is rocked. Complicating matters further, their landlord has jacked up the rent and it seems only a matter of time before they lose their business and everything they've built.
Date Published:2023