Isabel Norris has never left the ice. Her father was a hockey legend who died before she was born, and her grandparents have raised her in his skates. When Iz leaves her grandmother behind to play...
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Author: Hedley, CaraSummary:
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Author: Kessler, Leonard P.Summary:
The animals prepare for and participate in the Big Mile Race. Double line spacing. Grades K-3.
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Author: Flores-Galbis, EnriqueSummary:
When unrest hits the streets of Havana, Cuba, Julian's parents must make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation. But when the boys...
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Author: Miles to goSummary:
When British drug lord Gareth "Hairy" Carey stakes out territory in their jurisdiction, openly gay police officer Rick Miles is determined to use the opportunity to prove his worth to prejudiced...
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Author: Schneider, JasonSummary:
Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain could not have envisioned what his death would mean to Generation X – or that he would influence one young man from small-town Quebec to take his own life . . .
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Author: Young, BerylSummary:
A powerful and poignant story of two young girls' friendship, family, loss, and loyalty, set in 1940s Saskatchewan. "Beryl Young's novel Miles to Go is sparse, poetic and, at times, perfectly...
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Author: Gentill, SulariSummary:
"Norman Lindsay is a complete and utter bastard!" With this curse heaped upon the renowned real-life Australian artist and cartoonist, Miles Off Course gets underway. It is early in 1933, and...
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Author: LAPSLEY, JohnSummary:
Biography of this popular Australian country and western singer.
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Author: Diffin, Charles WillardSummary:
Rawson learns to his cost that the life-spark of a fabled race glows in the black heart of a dead, Western volcano.
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Author: BLADES, AnnSummary:
Mary's father tells her she cannot keep a wolf puppy since the only animals kept by families in the cold North are those that work or provide food.
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Author: MORRISSEY, DiSummary:
It is 1953 in a small town in Australia, a time of postwar prosperity and hope. The Holtens are wealthy, austere graziers who have been on the land for generations. The McBrides, a loving shearer'...
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Author: Mun, NamiSummary:
Growing up in the Bronx during the '80s, Korean immigrant teen Joon is forced out on her own as her family crumbles around her. From there Joon comes of age on the streets of New York, balancing...
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Author: Worrall, LisaSummary:
After a kayaking accident took Josh Donald’s sight, he’s faced with learning to negotiate the world as a blind man. In short order, his boyfriend leaves him behind, making it clear he’s not...
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Author: Perrault, E. G.Summary:
A Russian spy ship founders in a hurricane but dare not return to safety with the tug that is attempting to rescue it.
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Author: Corrigan, FlorenceSummary:
A story of hardship and heartache in the rough Pilbara outback. An inspiring memoir from Florence Corrigan, who spent her childhood in bough shelters and makeshift camps, looking after her younger...