Juvenile Fiction, Historical
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Alicia's Journey to the Past
Revisiting the Komagata Maru Incident by Parabjot Kaur Singh
Alicia, a third-generation Canadian, doesn’t know much about her Punjabi heritage. But that starts to change when she stumbles across a memorial for the Punjabi passengers who tried immigrating to Canada on the Komagata Maru ship. To her...
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Dora and the Yellow Strawstack
by Bob Bartel
Dora and Henry are so excited about the harvest crew gathering in the field behind their house. There are horses, wagons, and all kinds of interesting machines. Look! There’s their father, driving his tractor. It’s 1929, and life on the farm is...
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Rocky's Lighthouse Adventure
A Lake Superior Tale by Deborah Winchell
When Quiet Pup is smuggled to a remote island by a lighthouse keeper named Joe, he learns there are NO DOGS ALLOWED on the island, and he must earn his keep or lose his home. The pup can chase seagulls up and down ten flights of stairs. He can be...
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Stjarna's Stars
by Patricia Squire
"Mamma, I'm really scared! Are we in danger?" asks nine-year-old Stjarna. It is March 29, 1875 in Iceland. She has been awakened by the powerful eruption of a volcano close to home. Her parents decide to start a great adventure that will bring...
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Anahareo Saves the Beaver
by Carol Crowe, George Hartlen and Anne Nesbitt
Anahareo Saves the Beaver is the lost story of how Anahareo, an Indigenous woman, helps save the beaver from extinction. Anahareo helps to initiate the conservation movement by convincing Grey Owl to adopt two beaver kits and give up trapping....
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The Pioneer Adventures of Chen Sing
by George Chiang
Embark on the thrilling sequel to The Railroad Adventures of Chen Sing. Join him after his railroad-building days, where he confronts natural disasters, encounters wild animals, and navigates unforeseen events at every turn. Chen Sing must summon...
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Orange Cat
Between the Lightning and the Thunder by Danielle Lyon
Toys go missing, of course, in a house with six children. It’s as natural as apple pie and ice-cream. It’s a different matter when they start appearing. When beautiful old toy soldiers—just like the ones in the antique shop down the road—start...
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Walter's World
by K.A. Meechan
Walter is a rat of the Norway Clan, with an ancient lineage going back millions of years and across continents. When his clan settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, hundreds of years ago, they quickly made it their home, with their burrows and...
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Heart of the Hudson
by Tracey Brown
It’s 1843, and siblings Cara and Will have no one but each other. Their father is somewhere in the New World and their mother disappeared after their home was destroyed in the Highland Clearances. To escape their orphaned situation, Will lies...
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South Bentinck Summer
by Alvin Gauthier
If you fly an hour or so from Vancouver to Bella Coola, South Bentinck Arm isn’t that much farther away. But this inlet on British Columbia’s Central Coast is an otherworldly place where encounters with bowhead whales, pesky porcupines and...
