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Edmonton Oilers : Hockey In Canada

Cruickshank, Don.


This series takes young readers through the history, players, and records of Canada's top professional hockey teams. The legendary players and historic moments of each team come to life with large, vibrant photos, clear text, and fascinating facts. Other features include player profiles for both past and present stars of each team, a list of team records, and an evaluation quiz.
Date Published:207

The poet X : A Novel

Acevedo, Elizabeth .


"Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers--especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems"--Dust jacket.
Date Published:2018

"Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers--especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems"--Dust jacket.

Date Published:2018

Scooby-Doo! and the scary skateboarder

Gelsey, James.


"WB Worldwide Publishing.". "A Little Apple paperback.". Scooby-Doo and his friends from Mystery, Inc. investigate when a frightening skateboarder appears at a skateboarding competition.
Date Published:2006

Miles Morales Spider-Man

Reynolds, Jason.


“Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you’re on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins.” Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He’s even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. Oh yeah, and he’s Spider Man. But lately, Miles’s spidey-sense has been on the fritz. When a misunderstanding leads to his suspension from school, Miles begins to question his abilities. After all, his dad and uncle were Brooklyn jack-boys with criminal records. Maybe kids like Miles aren’t meant to be superheroes. Maybe Miles should take his dad’s advice and focus on saving himself. As Miles tries to get his school life back on track, he can’t shake the vivid nightmares that continue to haunt him. Nor can he avoid the relentless buzz of his spidey-sense every day in history class, amidst his teacher’s lectures on the historical benefits of slavery and the modern-day prison system. But after his scholarship is threatened, Miles uncovers a chilling plot, one that puts his friends, his neighborhood, and himself at risk.
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“Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you’re on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins.” Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He’s even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. Oh yeah, and he’s Spider Man. But lately, Miles’s spidey-sense has been on the fritz. When a misunderstanding leads to his suspension from school, Miles begins to question his abilities. After all, his dad and uncle were Brooklyn jack-boys with criminal records. Maybe kids like Miles aren’t meant to be superheroes. Maybe Miles should take his dad’s advice and focus on saving himself. As Miles tries to get his school life back on track, he can’t shake the vivid nightmares that continue to haunt him. Nor can he avoid the relentless buzz of his spidey-sense every day in history class, amidst his teacher’s lectures on the historical benefits of slavery and the modern-day prison system. But after his scholarship is threatened, Miles uncovers a chilling plot, one that puts his friends, his neighborhood, and himself at risk.

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Wings of Fire (Legends) : Dragonslayer.

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-


Added to LC January 8, 2025. Ivy doesn't trust the Dragonslayer. He may be her father and the beloved ruler of Valor, but she knows he's hiding more than the treasure from the sand dragon he killed two decades ago. Leaf doesn't trust dragons. They're the reason his favorite sister, Wren, is dead, and now he'll do whatever it takes to slay even one. Wren doesn't trust anyone. She swore off humans after her village tried to sacrifice her to the dragons. She only has one friend, a small, wonderful mountain dragon named Sky, and they don't need anyone else. In a world of dragons, the humans who scramble around underfoot are easy to overlook. But Ivy, Leaf, and Wren will each cross paths with dragons in ways that could shape the destiny of both species. Is a new future possible for all of them . . . one in which humans can look to the skies with hope instead of fear?
Date Published:2021

Added to LC January 8, 2025. Ivy doesn't trust the Dragonslayer. He may be her father and the beloved ruler of Valor, but she knows he's hiding more than the treasure from the sand dragon he killed two decades ago. Leaf doesn't trust dragons. They're the reason his favorite sister, Wren, is dead, and now he'll do whatever it takes to slay even one. Wren doesn't trust anyone. She swore off humans after her village tried to sacrifice her to the dragons. She only has one friend, a small, wonderful mountain dragon named Sky, and they don't need anyone else. In a world of dragons, the humans who scramble around underfoot are easy to overlook. But Ivy, Leaf, and Wren will each cross paths with dragons in ways that could shape the destiny of both species. Is a new future possible for all of them . . . one in which humans can look to the skies with hope instead of fear?

Date Published:2021

How to Speak Dog : A Guide to Decoding Dog Language

Newman, Aline Alexander


A guide about how to understand a dog's body language and behavior illustrates such key concepts as barking, howling, panting, bared teeth, and wagging tail.
Date Published:2013


This eerie collection showcases Saskatchewan's most intriguing ghost stories: accounts of misty apparitions, unexplained noises, violent poltergeists, and startling premonitions.
Date Published:1995

How to Be a Genius : Your Brain and How to Train It

Woodward, John


Explores the working of the brain, the potential of the mind and how the brain makes a person unique. Includes puzzles, games, and optical illusions to sharpen the wit.
Date Published:2009

Stir, squirt, sizzle : a Nickelodeon cookbook


Characters from "Rugrats," "The Wild Thornberrys," "SpongeBob SquarePants," and other Nickelodeon television shows present their favorite recipes, including Bikini Bottom butterscotch brownies, Reggie Rocket's potato pockets, and baby talk tacos.
Date Published:2004

Missing

MacPhail, Catherine.


Was she still dreaming? No. It wasn't a dream or a nightmare. She was standing here on the upstairs landing, and Derek has just phoned her. NO! That could not be. Derek was dead. .
Date Published:2005

Avatar The Last Airbender : The Promise Part 2 /

Konietzko, Bryan


Added tp LC May 15, 2024. Aang and Katara are working tirelessly for peace when an impasse between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei over Fire Nation colonies within the borders of the Earth Nation threatens to plunge the world back into war! Meanwhile, Sokka must help Toph prepare her hapless first class of metalbending students to defend their school against a rival class of firebenders.
Date Published:2012

Fairy Tale Reform School, 3: Tricked

Calonita, Jen


Two months after being pardoned from Fairy Tale Reform School (FTRS), Gilly is not only bored at Jack of All Trades but also worried about her younger sister Anna, who has become restless and started searching for excitement in all the wrong ways. Anna is soon sentenced to FTRS, which is now under Rumpelstiltskin's control. Gilly and Jax, determined to learn why Headmistress Flora would abandon her post, plead with the new leader for Anna's release and discover that FTRS has changed, superficially, for the better. But more appealing classes can't hide new rules that eliminate visitation days and protection spells that isolate the school and all who live there. Misbehaving on purpose to return, Gilly and her friends begin a quest to unseat Rumpelstiltskin and take back FTRS. The third title in the series, this adventure continues the story and themes from the first and second. Calonita tackles bullying, selfishness, trust, friendship, loyalty, responsibility, and courage while delivering an entertaining and often humorous fantasy flight.
Date Published:2017

Two months after being pardoned from Fairy Tale Reform School (FTRS), Gilly is not only bored at Jack of All Trades but also worried about her younger sister Anna, who has become restless and started searching for excitement in all the wrong ways. Anna is soon sentenced to FTRS, which is now under Rumpelstiltskin's control. Gilly and Jax, determined to learn why Headmistress Flora would abandon her post, plead with the new leader for Anna's release and discover that FTRS has changed, superficially, for the better. But more appealing classes can't hide new rules that eliminate visitation days and protection spells that isolate the school and all who live there. Misbehaving on purpose to return, Gilly and her friends begin a quest to unseat Rumpelstiltskin and take back FTRS. The third title in the series, this adventure continues the story and themes from the first and second. Calonita tackles bullying, selfishness, trust, friendship, loyalty, responsibility, and courage while delivering an entertaining and often humorous fantasy flight.

Date Published:2017

The Feel Good Foodie Cookbook

Jawad, Yumna


Added to LC May 6, 2025. In her debut cookbook, The Feel Good Foodie Cookbook, Jawad shares how to make even the most basic dishes feel fresh and modern by incorporating Mediterranean flavors and using easy-to-find ingredients. She teaches you how to use her eight Mediterranean staple ingredients (Seven Spice, pomegranate syrup, rose water, sumac, tahini, za'atar, dates, and labneh) to create easy dishes that are nourishing, bright, and cozy. This cookbook has 125 simple and easy recipes with fewer than 10 ingredients and less than 30 minutes of active prep.
Date Published:2024

Added to LC May 6, 2025. In her debut cookbook, The Feel Good Foodie Cookbook, Jawad shares how to make even the most basic dishes feel fresh and modern by incorporating Mediterranean flavors and using easy-to-find ingredients. She teaches you how to use her eight Mediterranean staple ingredients (Seven Spice, pomegranate syrup, rose water, sumac, tahini, za'atar, dates, and labneh) to create easy dishes that are nourishing, bright, and cozy. This cookbook has 125 simple and easy recipes with fewer than 10 ingredients and less than 30 minutes of active prep.

Date Published:2024

Bloodlines: Damage Control

Sherman, M. Zachary


When a C-119 cargo plane crashes behind enemy lines in mountainous terrain, the American survivors are stranded with no chance of rescue. Facing a brutal environment, dwindling resources, and an attack by enemy forces, Corporal Tony Donovan realizes their only hope is doing the impossible: repairing one of the several destroyed Jeeps that was their cargo, utilizing a hodgepodge of remnants from the wreckage, to escape alive.
Date Published:2012

When a C-119 cargo plane crashes behind enemy lines in mountainous terrain, the American survivors are stranded with no chance of rescue. Facing a brutal environment, dwindling resources, and an attack by enemy forces, Corporal Tony Donovan realizes their only hope is doing the impossible: repairing one of the several destroyed Jeeps that was their cargo, utilizing a hodgepodge of remnants from the wreckage, to escape alive.

Date Published:2012

Ghost

Reynolds, Jason,


"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book." "Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
Date Published:2016

The retribution of Mara Dyer #3

Hodkin, Michelle.


Sequel to: The evolution of Mara Dyer. "Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer's story"--
Date Published:2014

The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Jackson, Holly


Added to LC March 11, 2025. When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.
Date Published:2024

P.S. I Still Love You

Han, Jenny.


Sequel to To All The Boys I've Loved Before Added to LC June 9, 2023. Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Love is never easy, but maybe that’s part of what makes it so amazing.
Date Published:2015

Sequel to To All The Boys I've Loved Before Added to LC June 9, 2023. Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Love is never easy, but maybe that’s part of what makes it so amazing.

Date Published:2015

Mythical Mountains

L., Hayley


Written by a grade 5 girl from Edmonton. Illustrated by her father. Donated by Jennifer Erick. Added to LC April 12, 2024. THE FRIENDS ARE ABOUT TO FACE DANGER… Hannah, Hayley, and Isaac, three friends, are ready to face any problems. But when Isaac gets kidnapped by an evil creature, the Hornicorn, they are separated from each other and must find Isaac before it’s too late. With the trust in their horses and the bond of their friendship, what could go wrong?
Date Published:2023

Written by a grade 5 girl from Edmonton. Illustrated by her father. Donated by Jennifer Erick. Added to LC April 12, 2024. THE FRIENDS ARE ABOUT TO FACE DANGER… Hannah, Hayley, and Isaac, three friends, are ready to face any problems. But when Isaac gets kidnapped by an evil creature, the Hornicorn, they are separated from each other and must find Isaac before it’s too late. With the trust in their horses and the bond of their friendship, what could go wrong?

Date Published:2023

Dear Canada: These Are My Words : The Residential Schools Diary of Violet Pesheens

Slipperjack, Ruby.


Violet Pesheen is struggling to adjust to her new life at Residential School. She misses her Grandma; she has run-ins with Cree girls; at her “white” school, everyone just stares; and everything she brought has been taken from her, including her name—she is now just a number. But worst of all, she has a fear. A fear of forgetting the things she treasures most: her Anishnabe language; the names of those she knew before; and her traditional customs. A fear of forgetting who she was. Her notebook is the one place she can record all of her worries, and heartbreaks, and memories. And maybe, just maybe there will be hope at the end of the tunnel. Drawing from her own experiences at Residential School, Ruby Slipperjack creates a brave, yet heartbreaking heroine in Violet, and lets young readers glimpse into an all-too important chapter in our nation’s history.
Date Published:2016

Violet Pesheen is struggling to adjust to her new life at Residential School. She misses her Grandma; she has run-ins with Cree girls; at her “white” school, everyone just stares; and everything she brought has been taken from her, including her name—she is now just a number. But worst of all, she has a fear. A fear of forgetting the things she treasures most: her Anishnabe language; the names of those she knew before; and her traditional customs. A fear of forgetting who she was. Her notebook is the one place she can record all of her worries, and heartbreaks, and memories. And maybe, just maybe there will be hope at the end of the tunnel. Drawing from her own experiences at Residential School, Ruby Slipperjack creates a brave, yet heartbreaking heroine in Violet, and lets young readers glimpse into an all-too important chapter in our nation’s history.

Date Published:2016