Naomi is 12 years old, the time in a girl’s life when all she wants to do is fit in — which she does, living in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba with her family and friends. Then her parents divorce, and her mother decides to move to Japan, where the young strawberry blonde who resembles a modern day Anne of Green Gables sticks out like a sore thumb.But Naomi begins to see the fascinating aspects of this new culture, overcoming barriers of language and acceptance, and, in the process gaining self—esteem and a love of Japan. Readers will learn that they too can overcome challenges, and that people have the same basic needs, no matter where they live.

Naomi: The Strawberry Blonde of Pippu Town

Schreyer, Karmel

Teen & Young Adult

Great Plains Teen Fiction

Fourteen—year—old social misfit Philip Reddy, still struggling with the death of his father, doesn’t know what he’s in for when he decides to dig up an unidentified mound of earth near his island summer cottage. Beneath the earth lies the restless Anishinaabe spirit Tikumiwaewidung who once lived and hunted on the lake.The spirit despises the white man for decimating his people, and drives Philip like a slave to properly lay to rest the Ojibway people who had died during the colonisation of the lake area. Philip has prejudices of his own, which do not ingratiate him with the already enraged spirit. At first, Philip is driven to exhaustion by the spirit, but the two develop a symbiotic relationship through their work, and the spirit helps Philip to rise above his grief.Set in the lush Canadian Shield country of northwestern Ontario, Digging for Philip is a dark but compelling adventure novel about racism and prejudice and coming to terms with loss.

Digging for Philip

Jackson—Davis, Greg

Literature & Fiction

Jake Lucknow is just like any other fourteen-year-old boy, except for one thing - he is sick with cancer and is not expected to live through the summer. While spending time at the family cabin, Jake has a chance encounter with the area's most notorious resident and learns the secret to an old family mystery.Jake can't resist one last adventure at the lake. But he soon realizes that his quest is much more terrifying and dangerous than he had thought. . . and time is running out.

Gem Lakes, The (Gem Lakes Series)

Keough, Rob

The Serpent’s Spell is a about the power of friendship and the mysteries surrounding the snakes of Narcisse, Manitoba. Calamity—prone Wil Wychwood and supernatural artist Sophie Isidor live in the hidden town of MiddleGate. Hundreds of snakes in nearby Narcisse have been murdered, and the cousins set out on a journey to discover who could have done it. . .

The Serpent's Spell (Great Plains Teen Fiction)

Bridgman, Rae

Wonders beckon beyond the glass device of the devious Morton Winter! But with such wonders comes great peril, as children disappear. Nevertheless, the intrepid witch Ingamald and the twelve—fingered girl Yda pass through to the other side, searching for the means to thaw their own frozen world, Hinterlnd.

A Glass Darkly (Ingamald Series)

Sobat, Gail Sidonie

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Seventeen-year old Naomi reacts to the terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001 and in Bali in 2002 while in her new home in Indonesia, and must deal with the cultural differences between her new home and the West.

An Ordinary Courage: Naomi in Indonesia (Naomi Trilogy)

Children's Books

A White Pine Honour Book GOLD MEDAL WINNER?Moonbeam Award Young Adult Fiction, Mature Issues

Gravity Journal

In this rollicking fishy tale, two eleven—year old cousins, Sophie and Wil, uncover a secret plot by the Serpent’s Chain — an ancient, magical secret society— to seize Manitoba’s Legislative Building (or as it is known in Middle Gate, the Palace of the Blazing Star). The children try to unlock the Palace’s hidden code, aided by a homeless women with long whiskers and fishy stench who lives by the river. This woman, though, is none other than Catfysh herself, the Spirit of the River. Stone lions, cow skulls, bison and sphinxes and even a stone Medusa spring to life to help the children save the Palace of the Blazing Star.

Fish and Sphinx (MiddleGate Series)

Gold Medal Winner, Moonbeam Awards, YA Fantasy/Sci—Fi

Dreamfire (Dreamfire Series)

Luiken, Nicole

The story of real life explorer Henry Kelsey as a young apprentice sent on an impossible mission, and what might have happened during the year missing from his extensive journals.

The Boy Kelsey

Silver, Alfred

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