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The serpent & the wings of Night / by Broadbent, Carissa,author.;
Oraya, the adopted human daughter of the NIghtborn vampire king, must fight to survive the Kejari, a legendary tournament in which she must partner with the vampire Raihn to win over warriors from the other vampire houses.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Vampire fiction.; Novels.; Contests; Imaginary places; Vampires;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The perks of being a wallflower / by Chbosky, Stephen,author.;
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: Young adult fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Epistolary fiction.; Friendship; Banned book sanctuary.; High school students; High school students; Letters; Teenagers; Friendship; High school students; High school students; Letters; Teenagers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The handmaid's tale / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-;
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.Winner of the GGs, the Governor General's Literary Awards, Canada Council for the Arts
Subjects: Dystopias.; Banned book sanctuary.; Classics; Literary; Misogyny; Women; Dystopias; Pregnancy; Misogyny.; Pregnancy;
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Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 6
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Fighting words / by Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.;
Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, 10-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide."Ten-year-old Della can rely on her older sister, Suki, for anything, but when Suki attempts suicide, Della must seek help and speak out about the sexual abuse they've both suffered at the hands of their mother's boyfriend"-- Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Sisters; Middle school students; Suicidal behavior; Children of prisoners; Sex crimes; Foster children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The mystery of right and wrong / by Johnston, Wayne,author.;
In a novel that grapples with sexual abuse, male violence and madness, Wayne Johnston reveals haunting family secrets he's kept for more than 30 years. Johnston was born and raised in Goulds, NL. From the author of First snow, last light and The colony of unrequited dreams, which was nominated for 16 national and international awards including the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, and was a Canada Reads finalist defended by Justin Trudeau.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Sisters; Family secrets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Call me Anne / by Heche, Anne,author.;
"Call Me Anne is the sequel to Heche's first book, Call Me Crazy. It is a memoir consisting of personal anecdotes of her rise to fame: how Harrison Ford became her on-set mentor, her relationship with Ellen Degeneres, her encounter with Harvey Weinstein,her history of childhood sexual abuse, her relationship with God, her journey to love herself, and more. Part memoir and part self-acceptance workbook, Anne's personal stories are interwoven with poems, prompts, and exercises that got Anne through tough times"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Heche, Anne; Heche, Anne.; Actresses; Self-acceptance in women.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bones of crows [videorecording] / by Clements, Marie,1962-film director,screenwriter.; Dove, Grace,actor.; Girard, Rémy,actor.; Lewitski, Phillip,actor.; Vanasse, Karine,1983-actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Grace Dove, Phillip Lewitski, Remy Girard, Karine Vanasse.Told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch Aline Spears as she survives a childhood in Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Adult child abuse victims; Ciphers; First Nations; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Man-woman relationships; World War, 1939-1945; Cree; Indigenous children; Indigenous code talkers; Indigenous families;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blackshore. by Keane, Dathaí,film director.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by BBC Studios in 2024.The picture postcard town of Blackwater might be a pastoral idyll for some – but it’s hell on earth for DI Fia Lucey. Facing disciplinary charges for assaulting a violent criminal, Fia has reluctantly returned home to a town she left many years before. She starts investigating the recent disappearance of hotelier Roisin Hurley, a case everyone else seems strangely reluctant to pursue. After Roisin’s body is pulled out of the lake, sordid secrets emerge. Who was Roisin protecting? Was she a victim of sexual abuse or a sinister collaborator? And could there be a connection between these shocking crimes and the traumatic events of Fia’s childhood?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Crime.; Television series--Great Britain.; Detective and mystery television programs.;
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My dark Vanessa : a novel / by Russell, Kate Elizabeth,author.;
Seventeen years ago, bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye became entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher. Now, amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past. But how can Vanessa reject her first love, the man who fundamentally transformed her and has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she loved as a teenager, and who professed to worship only her, may be far different from what she has always believed?
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Sex crimes; Teacher-student relationships; Teenage girls;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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My dark Vanessa [sound recording] : a novel / by Russell, Kate(Kate Elizabeth),author.; Gummer, Grace,1986-narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Grace Gummer.Seventeen years ago, bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye became entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher. Now, amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past. But how can Vanessa reject her first love, the man who fundamentally transformed her and has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she loved as a teenager, and who professed to worship only her, may be far different from what she has always believed?
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Psychological fiction.; Sex crimes; Teacher-student relationships; Teenage girls;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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