Rosalie's parents fight like cats and dogs, even now that they're divorced. It's hard going from one house to another and knowing that although she loves them both, her parents just don't get along anymore. But there's one thing her mom and dad do agree on: they both love Rosalie, and Rosalie is here to stay!
Not long after arriving in North America from China, a young girl and her father bump into a kind old man at their local park. They have no idea that he has been teaching young people music for over f
Franny embraces life. She loves to move fast, play with her friends and explore her neighborhood looking for adventure. Like other children her age, she is happy, curious and vibrant. She also happens
A feminist manifesto in graphic novel form that denounces the discrimination against and unfairness felt by women from childhood to adulthood. Illustrated in a strikingly minimalist style with images
Bearing up with Cancer chronicles the life of Annie Smith and her battled with cancer. An honest, intimate and humourous book about a vivacious woman who taped chocolate bars to her abdomen as an ener
Lisa and Sol board the luxury ship St. Louis in Hamburg, Germany, on May 13, 1939. Lisa and her family are in first class; Sol and his parents are below in tourist class. The children have mixed feeli
More and more gay teens are speaking out about the realization of their sexuality, and about the consequences-the reactions of friends and families, schoolmates and society in general. These heartfel
Before she began writing books for teens, Liane Shaw was an elementary teacher. She brings her gifts for storytelling and humor to this account of her journey into the lives of emotionally challenged
In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play “masculine” instruments like the bass or trombone. Yet despite these formidable challenges, the Montr
Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Po
A family faces mom's cancer and medical treatments with a huge hair-shaving party. Touching and humorous photographs follow Mom (Debbie) as she and her family go through each step of fighting cancer.
A young girl and her mother have a loving, passionate conversation with each other. The girl is torn between her desire to stay home with her family and the familiarity of their village, and her desir
When Cass's estranged grandmother unexpectedly leaves her house and savings to Cass and her mom, it is just the thing they need to change their lives. Cass is being bullied at school, and her mom just
From pen, brush, and tongue, girls and young women (ages 13-19) speak their truths, tell it like it is, and call for change. This collection of creative works is an exploration of young women's ident
Barbara is big. She has big hands and big feet and she is taller and weighs more than any of her friends. She is so big that normal-kid running shoes don't fit. Learning how Barbara comes to accept he
Beautiful, colorful illustrations tell the inspirational stories of ten black women and women's collectives from 1793 to the present.Included are leaders who were anti-slavery activists and organizers
From the diverse cultures of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Vietnam, Germany, Guyana, Somalia, and others, immigrant children write of their experiences leaving their homes and moving to a new
Sam, Otter, Atim and Chickadee are four cousins growing up on the Windy Lake First Nation. They are inseparable. Nicknamed the Mighty Muskrats for their habit of laughing, fighting and adventuring tog
A subject of fascination for writers like Margaret Atwood and Timothy Findley, Susanna Moodie was a Romantic writer from a celebrated literary family whose life changed forever when she and her husban
Born in the Caribbean, Philomena Jones has been abandoned by her mother and left at the mercy of her grandmother who, after raising eight children and grandchildren, is not capable of dedicating herse
Martha Salcudean grows up in the small village of Chiochis Romania, blissfully unaware of the fascist and anti-Semitic Iron Guard militia, and she quickly adapts to the abrupt change in her life when
This biography is the first ever for young readers on the inspiring life of June Callwood, one of Canada's greatest writers and humanitarians. Filled with images and details of June's life from her hu
After losing her job and learning she might also lose her house because of a bad investment, Jess, a fiercely independent and hilariously wry BC grandma, resorts to growing pot in her basement to make
When Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school, she is confused, frightened and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite
