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Behind You : A Novel
Hernandez, Catherine.
Paper Book
As terror grips a city, a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a lifetime. Catherine Hernandez's most gripping and affecting novel yet, Behind You is inspired by a horrifying chapter in Canadian history and follows fictional characters terrorized by a...
Berani
Kadarusman, Michelle
Paper Book
Now in Paperback! An honest and stirring novel about the choices made by young environmental activists that Booklist calls "a compelling call to action and a crucial reminder that, while doing what is right is not always easy, it is always worthwhile"   Malia has had a privileged...
On the Ravine: A Novel
Lam, Vincent
Paper Book
From the bestselling, Giller Prize-winning author of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures comes an exquisitely crafted novel, piercing in its urgency and breathtaking in its intimacy, about the devastating experience of addiction. In his downtown Toronto condo, Dr. Chen awakens...
Skim
Tamaki, Mariko.
Paper Book
The time is the early 1990s, the setting a girls' academy in Toronto. Enter "Skim," aka Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth. When her classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. It's a weird...
The Story of Us: A Novel
Hernandez, Catherine
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Longlist - Toronto Book Awards Nominee - Forest of Reading Evergreen Award Selection - Amnesty International Book Club From the author of Canada Reads finalist Scarborough, a stunning new novel about the unbreakable bond of family and the magic that...
They called us enemy
Takei, George
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller! A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale...

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