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Raised on a reserve in northern Ontario, seventeen-year-old Joe Littlechief tries to be like the other guys. But Joe knows…
he's different -- he's more interested in guys than in any of the girls he knows. One night Joe makes a drunken pass at his best friend Benjy and, by the next morning, everyone on the rez is talking about Joe. His mother, a devout Christian, is horrified, and the kids who are supposed to be his friends make it clear there's no place for him in their circle, or even on the rez. Joe thinks about killing himself, but instead runs away to the city. Alone and penniless on the streets of Toronto, Joe comes to identify with the Aboriginal idea of having two spirits, or combining both feminine and masculine identities in one person. He also begins to understand more about how his parents have been affected by their own experiences as children in residential schools -- something never discussed on the rez. And he realizes he has to come to terms with his two-spiritedness and find people who accept him for who he is. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.
Texas. Duane Moore, from “The Last Picture Show”, copes with aging. After his cheating wife leaves him, Duane spends time…
with several women, including barely legal Casey and billionaire heiress K.K. Slater, who runs a sanctuary for African black rhinos. Sequel to "When the light goes". 2010.
Rex and his friends begin grade six against the backdrop of the 1962 Ban the Bomb protests on Parliament Hill,…
but other problems capture Rex's attention - a bully for a teacher, his father's sadness over Remembrance Day, not to mention dad's secret stash of photographs and letters - written in German. Then Rex finds a lost address book whose owner is Natasha, the victim of an abusive husband. Though he wishes he had heroic powers to help her, Rex finds all the answers in his own ingenuity and with the help of good friends. Grades 4-7. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.
1962. New boy in town Rex Norton-Norton, or Rex Zero, wonders why everyone seems so scared - is it spies,…
the Cold War, kidnappers, or the shadowy creature some say is stalking Ottawa's Adams Park? Rex, with his bike "Diablo," five wild and funny siblings, an alpha dog named Kincho, and a basement bomb shelter built of old Punch magazines, is bound to come up with some ideas and adventures with his mind that turns everything inside out. Grades 4-7. 2007.
With his Blackfoot Indian wife, Richard Lamb settles in Montana during the 1830s. Over the next 40 years, he and…
his family build a thriving trading-post business. Their serenity is disrupted by the arrival of the U.S. Cavalry. 1987.
Tweed, Paula Grey and Bob Newman are on the trail of five heads of state who are conspiring to cause…
massive civil unrest throughout the Western world. Tweed knows the identity of four of the ringleaders - but who is the fifth? 2000.
In this intimate biography of one of the most remarkable actors of our age, Richard Burton's brother, Graham Jenkins, tells…
of Burton's deep-rooted insecurities and the conflict of values which made him veer from high achievement to humiliating failure and, ultimately, plunge into alcoholism. He conveys Burton's extraordinary charisma, and writes movingly about his love and generosity towards his family. 1988.
One of the most accomplished light comedians of his time, Harrison learned his acting and his manners against the odds,…
becoming a matinee idol in his late twenties. His private life was stormy and anguished, and this authoritative biography highlights the contradictions of his extraordinary life and career. 1991.
Starting out as a salesman, Rubin Ticker rose rapidly to become famed tenor Richard Tucker. Investigates the family, friendships and…
Jewish faith that played such important roles in the singer's life. 1984.
A look at the difference between the rich and the not-so-rich, and why the rich have so much more money.…
Includes a look at the myth that you need a high income to be rich; what assets and liabilities really are; and how to make money work for you, not the other way around. 1997.
Only sixteen but already a veteran of four years in the king's navy, Richard Bolitho joins his second ship, the…
Gorgon, in 1771. Its mission - to investigate the brutal slave trade on Africa's west coast - proves much more perilous than he expected. Some descriptions of violence. Followed by "Midshipman Bolitho and the 'Avenger'. 1975. (Richard Bolitho novels ; 1)
On Midsummer Morning Dan and Una meet up with Puck once more. He is the last survivor of those whom…
mortals call Fairies. Although the children are now older and wiser and wear boots regularly instead of going bare-footed, Puck is as kind to them as ever, and he introduces them to some people from England's noble past. Grades 5-8. 1985.
Kurt Menke defects from an East German trade delegation in London and seeks refuge with his old friend and lawyer,…
Charles Ashmore. When British Security is called in they suspect Kurt may have something to do with a possible spy Charles is defending at the Old Bailey. 1973.
Twenty-three fictionalized autobiographical stories, arranged in chronological order, recount highlights in this feisty redhead's life. From age ten through midlife,…
Rhoda finds unique ways of handling sibling rivalry, first love, early marriage, abortion, and physical attraction. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1995.
The life of Cecil Rhodes, who was born in 1853 and sailed to Africa at sixteen because of poor health.…
Describes his modest beginning as a cotton farmer and his transformation into a diamond magnate, who also earned a fortune in gold. Rhodes annexed much of Africa for Great Britain and became one of the most powerful, and mistrusted, men of his time. 1997.
Rudolph, Tom and Gretchen Jordache are the children of an embittered German immigrant baker. They grow up in a small…
American town near New York and seek fame, fortune and happiness in an epic story covering a quarter of a century (from the 1940s to the 1960s) and spanning the USA from coast to coast. 1970.
O'Brien, an Irish missionary, spent 20 years in the Philippines helping to develop "base communities" among the Christian population. His…
efforts resulted in his arrest and imprisonment under the Marcos regime on false charges of murder. 1987.
The story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple whose empty suburban life is held together…
by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner. Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their hopes and ideals, betraying in the end not only each other, but their own best selves. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 2008, c1961.