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Belle and Sarah both want to become the ringer of the new Batoche church bell. They enter an embroidery contest to win the position. Then General Middleton's forces advance on Batoche in the 1885 Riel Rebellion, and Belle and Sarah must work together to save themselves and their ...

When the Selkirk family moves from Northern Quebec to Calgary, life turns upside down for twin brothers Evan and Brynley.

When Ryan Taber's father begins his first tour of duty in Afghanistan, Ryan is thrilled to get a break from his overbearing father and can spend more time playing Desert Death online, until he meets the ultimate champion.

When Aiden has to perform one hundred hours of community service, he is assigned to help Eric, a blind hockey player with the Calgary Seeing Ice Dogs. At first Aiden is not too thrilled but over time he finds it a lot more fun being on the ice with them, than always heading to th...

"It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories--a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: t...

"14-year-old Sam(antha) Stellar and her cousin Paige are taking part in the Summer Studies and Work Experience Program by working at the Tyrell Dinosaur Museum in Drumheller. They are staying at a boarding house with a number of adults, and Paige works in the computer department ...

In 1932, 12-year-old know-it-all Henry Dafoe decides to run away from his Manitoba home rather than be sent to Nova Scotia by his sick mother. He learns the hard way that certain things should never be taken for granted, such as a soft bed, a home-cooked meal, a loving family, an...

Reindeer Games Christmas Tree Farm is going into the B&B business, and Holly White is looking forward to her new role as innkeeper. Even better, Mistletoe, Maine's sheriff, Evan Gray, has deputized his little sister Libby to help Holly wrap presents for Mistletoe's toy drive. But...

Leigh encounters some problems when she tries to put together an all-girl's team.

Reveals the inner qualities of 14 remarkable women who define style in ways that have lasted for generations. Witty and fascinating excursions into the worlds of Coco Chanel, Pauline de Rothschild, Diana Vreeland, Elsie de Wolfe, and others are captured in lavish photographs and ...

"Twelve-year-old Matthew Eagletail has a new school, a new father and five pesky new sisters. He refuses to join the basketball team until a friend shows him that he's only punishing himself" Cf. Our choice, 2000.

In these fascinating biographical essays, twelve First Nation and Native American elders share stories from their lives and tell what it was like to live in a time before television, cell phones and video games. Their stories explain how their humble childhoods shaped the adults ...

"In this sequel to Lightning Rider, January and her family have taken in an RCMP summer student as a border. When Willow Whitecloud pulls up on her Kawasaki ZX-10R, January takes an instant liking to her. Willow becomes both a friend and a spiritual guide, who helps January con...