Juvenile Fiction, Historical
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Sisters Learn Traditional Foods = The Oolichan Fish
by Samantha Beynon
For the first time, Author Samantha Beynon and Illustrator Lucy Trimble were able to create a rich traditional Children’s book that relates to their Nisga’a Ancestry surrounding the oolichan Fish. This story may be fiction; however, it tells many ...
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The Unicorn
An Historical Fantasy by John Boos
A little horse in prehistoric times is transformed into a mythical being—a Unicorn—by a blue light that emanates from a crater on the moon, remnant of an Ancient Civilisation. Blessed with unusual powers of travel across countries and continents, ...
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Daniel: The Age of Discovery
by Peter Pactor
Daniel French is the twelve-year old son of one of the world’s wealthiest men. Daniel may be rich in resources, but he is definitely poor in emotional ties with people and practically bankrupt in social skills. Ignored by his parents and mistreated ...
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Leaving Aleppo
by Tahirih Stube
Aleppo is one of the oldest cities in the world, and before the war it was full of life and colour. Leaving Aleppo was written as an effort to bring about awareness and contribute to international efforts that aid Syrian children and their ...
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The Railroad Adventures of Chen Sing
by George Chiang
Experience the action packed adventures of Chen Sing, a teenage boy from China, who ventures far across the world to help build the transcontinental railway through the rugged Rocky Mountains. Natural disasters, wild animals and unforeseen events ...
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Malo's Amazing Adventures!
Excitement Along The River by Washington M. Osiro and Malo O. Pickett-Osiro
In this first episode of Malo’s Amazing Adventures!, our global explorer visits the village of Apondo, Kenya where his father was born and grew up as a little boy. During the visit, Malo strikes an immediate friendship with his cousins Omondi and ...
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Yellowbird
by Leslie Yaremko
During a very special summer, Michael learns that the cabin and the lake he has known and loved throughout his childhood is a special and mysterious place that belongs to many. As he sets out one morning to catch a fish, he meets Leland Yellowbird, ...
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Quarantine: Keep Out!
by Trudy Cowan
It is 1919. A terrible influenza epidemic has made people around the world very sick. Many did not recover. Leah, Joseph and Jacob’s mother has a bad case of “the flu.” The doctor took her away from their prairie homestead farm and placed her in ...
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Falling
by Dawn Davis
A worthy follow-up to her 2015 debut, Falling whisks us back to the summer of 1813 and the brief American occupation of Queenston where it explores the events leading up to Laura Secord’s historic walk of June 21. In this prequel to The Tree of ...
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The Storks Came Back
A boy grows up in Denmark under Nazi occupation by Afiena Kamminga
In April 1940 when his country, Denmark, is invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany, seven year old Morten has no idea how his life and that of his family and all other people in Denmark is about to change. School is interrupted. Danish Resistance ...
