Juvenile Fiction, Historical, Canada
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Let's Go, Darby!
by Linda Rosenbaum
The Hospital for Sick Children was Georgie's only hope...Based on a true story. It’s 1898. Ten-year-old Georgie Titus has clubfoot. He can’t walk. He can’t go to school. Kids in his small town laugh and call him names. Georgie hears about a new...
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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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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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Back in My Day
Evelyn's 1920's by Lauren Waite and Emily Bruce
What was life like a hundred years ago? Evelyn remembers, and she has amazing stories to tell. The 1920s were full of new music and new inventions. Come along for the ride to learn about the Roaring Twenties! Told in rhyming verse, this...
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A Privateer's Promise
by Marcia E. Barss
Liza is the nine-year-old daughter of Joseph Barss Jr., captain of the privateer schooner Liverpool Packet. Her father promised she could sail with him sometime, but he won’t take her when he’s privateering, chasing and capturing American...
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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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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...
