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Number of Titles Found: 7
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| Title: Forever Julia |
| By (author): Jodi Carmichael |
| ISBN10-13: 1927855209 : 9781927855201 |
| Six months ago, Julia's life was perfect. Then her dad died. Now she lives with her grieving mother and sick grandmother in a puny apartment above their bookstore. After a dark bout of depression, Julia is fragile and mourns both her father and her old life. But she has one thing to be happy about: Jeremy, the most popular boy at school, has chosen her. Jeremy's love for Julia is passionate, even obsessive. As she grows closer to Jeremy, Julia pushes her disapproving friends and family away. But Jeremy only becomes more controlling and Julia has to decide what lines cannot be crossed. |
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"Carmichael’s writing is vivid and her depiction of Julia’s feelings and actions feels authentic and contemporary. This is a young writer to watch." -- Winnipeg Free Press
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"a story filled with realistic characters who reveal truths about ourselves." -- CM Magazine
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"Julia’s story is one that needs to be told ... author Jodi Carmichael writes about life as a teenager with humour and insight, showing how easy it is for peer pressure and the need to be loved to lead to risky behaviour." -- Quill & Quire
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"Jodi Carmichael gets inside of this Julia and gives her a true voice" -- CanLit for Little Canadians
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Pages: 264
Size: 205x140mm
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| Published: Great Plains Publications - April 2015 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories |
| List Price: 6.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Title: 1 of: 7 |
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| Title: How to Tend a Grave |
| By (author): Jocelyn Shipley |
| ISBN10-13: 1926531191 : 9781926531199 |
| When Liam's mom dies, he thinks life can't get any worse. Hes wrong. Forced to live with a grandfather he has never known, in a small town where Youth and Crime are king and queen of a hick-town gang, Liam only wants to be left alone. Not easy, considering the gang's favourite hangout is the cemetery where his mom is buried. A popular place, this cemetery, as there he meets Harmony, a gorgeous but unusual girl who records the names of all the babies buried there long ago. Like Liam, she has a secret. The very different stories of these two grieving fifteen-year-olds interweave brilliantly in this fast-paced, engaging and unforgettable book about family, love and healing. |
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"an enticing and recommended pick for young adult fiction collections." -- Midwest Book Review
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"Highly recommended" -- CM Magazine
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Pages: 184
Size: 205x140mm
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| Published: Great Plains Publications - April 2012 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories |
| List Price: 6.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 5 |
| Title: 2 of: 7 |
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| Title: Jamie's Got a Gun |
| Sub-title: A Graphic Novel |
| By (author): Gail Sidonie Sobat |
| ISBN10-13: 1926531884 : 9781926531885 |
| Jamie Kidding finds a semi-automatic handgun in an inner-city dumpster. An aspiring artist, Jamie initially resorts to his notebook to record the reality of his complicated life with his mother, his deadbeat stepfather and the bullies he faces daily at his high school. Gradually, the weapon takes over Jamie's life and his imagination, tantalizing him with deadly solutions to his personal troubles. Seduced by a sense of power, one fateful day he takes the gun to school. Jamie's Got a Gun is a hypbrid of novel, film noir, and comic/graphic novel. |
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"[Gail Sidonie Sobat's] got the pulse of young people and knows how they think and feel...By collaborating with Spyder Yardley-Jones [she's] added that graphic element that adds a thousand words" –– Helen Kubiw, CanLit for Little Canadians
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"This book is not just for teens or comic-lovers. It is for anyone who would come across Jamie's diary and care to know his story [The book] makes the reader feel like they are picking up Jamie's journal, getting a glimpse into his life, and understanding what could lead a teen to see violence as an answer to their problems. Jamie's problems are very real issues facing young people, and teens and children do need help from forces outside their lives, hopefully from somewhere other than a gun." -- Will J Fawley, The Winnipeg Review
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"This powerful, poignant, and ultimately hopeful book should not be missed." -– Foreword Reviews
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"Talented Edmonton teacher and author Sobat collaborates with internationally recognized local cartoonist Spyder Yardley-Jones in this amazing hybrid novel, film noir and comic/graphic novel for mature readers ... Readers will rush through the text to return to the stimulating drawings as the possibilities become more obvious." -– ASLC Lit Picks
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Pages: 280
Size: 228.6x152.4mm
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| Published: Great Plains Publications - May 2014 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories : PSI: bullying, violence & abuse (Child/Teenage) |
| List Price: 6.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 6 |
| Title: 3 of: 7 |
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| Title: Lockdown |
| By (author): Maggie Bolitho |
| ISBN10-13: 1926531892 : 9781926531892 |
| When a great earthquake rocks the Pacific Northwest, fifteen-year-old Rowan Morgan is hiking in a suburban forest. Tremors rip the coast from Oregon to Alaska and turn Rowan's world upside down. After her father is wounded and taken to the hospital, he orders Rowan and her brother to stay inside his earthquake-proof, survivalist home. While the electrified fences offer some protection, it isn't long before mobs gather, desperate for some of the food and water rumoured to be held inside. Rowan knows that if the hungry neighbours had any true idea of the riches in her father's cellar and water tanks, they wouldn't be so easily turned away. Early one morning, Rowan leaves the compound and sets off in search of her father. She is turned away from the hospital and so goes to check on nearby friends where she finds a local gang has moved in. She escapes from them only to run into a stranger she met in the forest the day before. Why is he following her and what does he want? |
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"I would give this story a two-thumbs-up and highly recommend it for teens as well as adults... There's just the right mix of suspense and action that keeps the reader barrelling along at break-neck speed." -- Susan Rocan, MyWithershins.com
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"... emotionally complex characters who are believable in the face of horrific circumstances. Lockdown is an intriguing story, illustrating a true fear for many British Columbia residents. A worthy addition to school and public library collections." -- Recommended, CM Magazine
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"packs plenty of fault-line flash" -- Shannon Ozirny, Quill & Quire
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Pages: 232
Size: 205x140mm
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| Published: Great Plains Publications - April 2014 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories |
| List Price: 6.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 12 |
| Title: 4 of: 7 |
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| Title: The Fall |
| By (author): Colleen Nelson |
| ISBN10-13: 1926531655 : 9781926531656 |
| Before Luke came into his life, all Ben cared about was skateboarding, and whether his father would ever remember that he was alive. Then there was Luke, and it felt like he was being carried along on some sort of wave. But then Luke died, and everyone at school thinks it's his fault. Maybe it is. The Fall charts the lives of three boys as they deal with the death of their friend and brother. One turns to alcohol to escape his guilt. Another looks to a gang to replace what he's lost. Ben needs to find a way to reconcile his role in Luke's death and prove that he was not to blame. He must also learn that the man he will become is his to define. |
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"Nelson masterfully explores the ways in which boys cope with tragedy and grief . . . The novel is perfectly paced, and the seriousness of the issues such as abuse, bullying, and alcoholism are offset by lighter action scenes describing Ben's skateboarding tricks. Covering ground seldom seen in YA literature, this novel is one that will generate discussion and is a necessary addition to any high school classroom shelf." - Recommended Book, Canadian Children's Book News
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"The theme of how grief is handled by men and boys permeates this novel and makes it a must-read for teachers and older teens, both boys and girls." - Highly recommended, CM Magazine
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"The Fall possesses an admirable grittiness."- Feature Review, Quill & Quire
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"[Colleen Nelson] has a sharp ear for authentic dialogue . . . The dragons Ben faces are gangs, drugs and alcohol, but they are just as real and much more menacing than medieval monsters. Teens will relate to many things in this novel." - Winnipeg Free Press
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"[Colleen Nelson's] practice listening to kids is evident in the book's pages, where the teens' exchanges with adults as well as their peers ring true" - CBC Manitoba Scene
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Pages: 197
Size: 205x140mm
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| Published: Great Plains Publications - April 2013 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories |
| List Price: 6.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Title: 5 of: 7 |
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| Title: The Green-Eyed Queen of Suicide City |
| By (author): Kevin Marc Fourier |
| ISBN10-13: 1926531264 : 9781926531267 |
| Bethany, a beautiful and popular teen hangs herself the night before Halloween. Her devoted sister follows her into a frozen death, and a city where trees bleed along the banks of a river of blood. Meanwhile, Addy is visiting from Montreal, determined that Natalie's mother will give birth to her baby while she is there. Consider a baby born in a snowstorm, one girl who never sleeps and another who craves blood, ghostly footprints and dangling corpses, New Year's fireworks and an unexpected kiss, all tied to a legendary queen who lives in the hidden center of Suicide City. |
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"the lively dialogue helps to reveal the personalities of all the characters." - CM Magazine
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"The author skillfully paints a vivid picture of two worlds, one utterly real, the other grotesquely fantastical; each one a perfect counter balance to the other." - Jury, McNally Robinson Book for Young People
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Pages: 200
Size: 205x140mm
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| Published: Great Plains Publications - April 2012 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories |
| List Price: 6.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Title: 6 of: 7 |
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| Title: The View from the Lane |
| Sub-title: Stories |
| By (author): Deborah-Anne Tunney |
| ISBN10-13: 1927855020 : 9781927855027 |
| Spanning the twentieth century to the beginning of the twenty-first, this masterful collection of linked stories follows the life of Amy, through tales stretching back to her youth in 1950s Ottawa, her experiences as a young wife and mother in a small Ontario town, and her later years back in the city. Through a collage of unique voices and points of view -- including a dog that introduces us to the neighborhood where Amy lived as a child -- The View from the Lane examines the authenticity of memory and the brimming life in the everyday. |
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"a unique creative vision" -- Isabel Huggan, author of The Elizabeth Stories
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"Tunney’s prose is the kind that makes her reader sit up and take notice." – Kerry Clare, Pickle Me This
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"A masterful collection of linked stories" -- The 49th Shelf
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"Each story stands on its own, but woven together in one book, the stories become richer, revealing a woman's life through memories and the people who influenced her. The View From The Lane is a satisfying read." -- The Winnipeg Review
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Pages: 208
Size: 205x140mm
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| Published: Great Plains Publications - September 2014 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Short stories |
| List Price: 6.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 5 |
| Title: 7 of: 7 |
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