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A sky-blue bench / by Rahman, Bahram,1984-; Collins, Peggy,1975-;
Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and inspiring her classmates. Includes a sensitive author's note describing the author's experience growing up in Afghanistan during the civil war and the legacy of landmines.LSC
Subjects: Artificial legs; Children with disabilities; Resilience (Personality trait); Schools;
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Building a nation / by Corrigan, Kathleen(Children's author);
Includes bibliographical references and index.The history of Canada from the 1763 war to beyond the Confederation and building of the railroads.LSC
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A farewell to arms / by Hemingway, Ernest,1899-1961;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.
Subjects: Banned book sanctuary.; Classics; Literary; Americans;
© 1997, c1957., Scribner Classics,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3
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These violent times / by Joyner, C. Courtney,1959-;
Even in the darkest days of the Civil War, Dr. John "Shotgun" Bishop never saw anything like the deadly plague sweeping through the Cheyenne nation. Diseased corpses dumped in the wells of the Great Plains. Women and children bombarded with infected blood during midnight raids. This is the new scourge of germ warfare, and it's threatening to wipe out thousands of innocent lives. The culprits are a gang of renegades led by Shotgun's one-time protégé, a doctor driven insane by the war, and now hell-bent on spreading pestilence across the land "to witness the cleansing of the West." When the psychopath frames Shotgun for the plague-murders, he's forced into a bloody chase, with posses of lawmen, bounty hunters, and a Cheyenne war party on his trail. Dr. John Bishop has only one choice to stop the plague, and clear his name: load up--and start shooting.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Biological weapons; Plague;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Paris children : a novel of WWII / by Goldreich, Gloria,author.;
"Based on a true story, this novel of WWII illuminates the power of hope in the face of hatred and prejudice. As the shadows of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party fall over Paris, Madeleine Levy draws on the spirit of her WWI hero grandfather and defends her beloved France in the only way she knows how: helping Jewish children escape the impending horror. Using her education, patience, and charm, Madeleine undertakes deadly missions, saving Jewish lives throughout France. Ripe with stunning imagery of the French landscape under siege, The Paris Children illuminates the courage of love and the power of hope in the face of hatred and prejudice"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The emperor of Nihon-Ja / by Flanagan, John(John Anthony);
In a faraway land, a young warrior must protect an emperor from an uprising and train an inexperienced army, with assistance from his Ranger friends.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Knights and knighthood; Emperors; Coups d'ťat; Imaginary wars and battles;
© 2012, c2010., Puffin Books,
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LEGO Star Wars character encyclopedia / by Dowsett, Elizabeth.; Dolan, Hannah.; Hibbert, Clare.; Kosara, Tori,1985-; Last, Shari.; Taylor, Victoria(Children's author);
Presents the Lego action figures based on the "Star Wars" universe, detailing the number of pieces and describing each figure and its variations, when they were made, the playsets in which they appear, and the movie to which they relate.
Subjects: LEGO toys; Star Wars figures; Star Wars films; Models and modelmaking;
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Fervor : a novel / by Lloyd, Toby Phips,author.;
"Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and evil) in daily life. As Hannah prepares to publish a sensationalist account of Yosef's years in war-torn Europe-unearthing a terrible secret from his time in the camps-Elsie, her perfect daughter, starts to come undone. And then, in the wake of Yosef's death, she disappears. When she returns, just as mysteriously as she left, she is altered in disturbing ways."--
Subjects: Witch fiction.; Horror fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Dysfunctional families; Generational trauma; Grandfathers; Holocaust survivors' families; Jewish families; Siblings; Teenage girls; Witches;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Till the boys come home : war at home, 1918 / by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia,author.;
In 1918 the Great War has taken so much from so many and it threatens to take even more still from the Hunters, their friends and their servants. Edward, in a bid to run away from problems at home, decides not to resist conscription and ends up at the Front. Sadie's hopes for love are unrequited, and Laura has to flee Artemis House when it is shelled and she finds herself in London driving an ambulance. Ethel, the nursery maid, masks her own pain by caring for other people's children but she must take care not to get too attached. The government has to bring in rationing, and manpower shortages means the conscription age is extended. The Russians have fallen out of the war and a series of terrifying all-out attacks drive the Allies back almost to the Channel, and for the first time England faces the real prospect of defeat. No one can see an end to the war and yet, a small glimmer of hope remains ...
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; World War, 1914-1918; Families;
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Don't let my past be your future / by Smith, Harry Leslie,1923-author.;
Harry Leslie Smith was born in 1923 in Barnsley. King George V was on the throne. Stanley Baldwin was Prime Minister. There was no NHS, no welfare state. Those who could afford to took care of themselves; those who couldn't, suffered. And then out of the rubble of the Second World War Harry's generation rebuilt the country. They wanted to build a better, fairer world for their children and grandchildren. And they succeeded. But now Harry sees history repeating - from NHS cutbacks to immigration policies and everything in between. 'Harry's Last Stand' is a searing modern polemic that shows, with the indisputable force of lived experience, why the past shouldn't stay buried, and the future is ours for the taking.
Subjects: Biographies.; Smith, Harry Leslie, 1923-; World War, 1939-1945; Civilization, Modern.; Depressions;
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