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Five ways to disappear / by Greenaway, R. M.,author.;
"A dangerous undercover assignment nearly puts Dion in his grave. North Vancouver RCMP constables Leith and Dion have several mysteries to solve in the optimistic spring sunshine, starting with who has skewered the annoying Lawrence Follick to his own lawn, up in the heights of Lost Pony Road. Could it be the irate next-door neighbours, who openly disagree with Follick's landscaping aesthetics? Or a random attack? The murders don't end with Follick, though, promising a grim reckoning if the killer isn't roped in soon. Meanwhile, Dion becomes ensnarled in a mystery of his own -- he's involved with a magician who has made herself disappear. Putting aside his worry, he takes on an undercover role in order to finally nab the Lost Pony Road killer. Can he lure the perpetrator into another attack, and live to tell about it?"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Missing persons; Murder;

That time I loved you : linked stories / by Leung, Carrianne,author.;
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Short stories.; Families; Chinese Canadians; Toronto Region (Ont.);

Once upon a sari / by Wadhwani, Zenia.; Dwivedi, Avani.;
"A picture book about a little girl who gets into her mom's saris and makes a glorious, colorful mess and discovers the memories attached to each sari"--
Subjects: Picture books.; East Indian Canadians; Saris; Mothers and daughters;

Sunshine nails : a novel / by Nguyen, Mai,1988-author.;
"A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do whatever it takes to protect their no-frills nail salon after a new high end salon opens up-even if it tears the family apart. Perfect for readers of Olga Dies Dreaming and The Fortunes of Jaded Women. Vietnamese refugees Debbie and Phil Tran have built a comfortable life for themselves in Toronto with their family nail salon. But when an ultra-glam chain salon opens across the street, their world is rocked. Complicating matters further, their landlord has jacked up the rent and it seems only a matter of time before they lose their business and everything they've built. They enlist the help of their daughter, Jessica, who has just returned home after a messy breakup and a messier firing. Together with their son, Dustin, and niece, Thuy, they devise some good old-fashioned sabotage. Relationships are put to the test as the line between right and wrong gets blurred. Debbie and Phil must choose: do they keep their family intact or fight for their salon? Sunshine Nails is a light-hearted, urgent fable of gentrification with a cast of memorable and complex characters who showcase the diversity of immigrant experiences and community resilience"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family-owned business enterprises; Interpersonal relations; Right and wrong; Vietnamese Canadians;

Disabled voices anthology / by smith, sb.,1993-editor.; Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi,1975-writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An anthology by the disabled community, for the disabled community that captures life as a disabled person: from the bad and ugly, to the good and victorious, and anything in between. A collection of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry, and artwork that embodies a spirit of disability community and activism rather than inspiration for abled people."--
Subjects: Literature.; People with disabilities; People with disabilities, Writings of, American; People with disabilities, Writings of, Canadian; People with disabilities, Writings of, English; People with disabilities, Writings of, Canadian (English);

Cold girl / by Greenaway, R. M.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Leith, David (Fictitious character); Missing persons;

Turning red [videorecording] / by Chiang, Rosalie,voice actor.; Cho, Julia,screenwriter.; Fisher, Jordan,voice actor.; Hong, James,voice actor.; Morse, Ava,voice actor.; O'Connell, Finneas,1997-voice actor.; Oh, Sandra,1971-voice actor.; Park, Hyein,voice actor.; Ramakrishnan, Maitreyi,voice actor.; Shi, Domee,1989-film director,screenwriter.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Hyein Park, James Hong, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O'Connell.Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist - when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Blessing and cursing; Red panda; Teenage girls; Chinese Canadians;
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No place like home / by Nguyen, Linh S.;
Sweeping in scope and timeless in tone, No Place like Home is a middle-grade portal fantasy unlike any other. Lan, a teenager who recently came to Canada from Vietnam, spends every day searching for a sense of belonging. Books are the only things that make her feel at ease. But it comes as a shock when a mysterious wind whisks her right into the pages of her latest fantasy read. More shocking still is the fact that she herself summoned this wind! Plunged into the magical world of Silva, Lan realizes she has much to offer protagonists Annabelle and Marlow. Once a homesick reader and bystander rooting for the very characters that now stand before her, Lan is a budding witch who suddenly has the power to help their quest. Somewhere inside her lies the ability to not only save Annabelle and Marlow's home, but also to shape a familiar tale into something new. As Lan faces off against tree guardians, moving corn mazes, heart-eaters and thoughtless kings, she finds that Silva is not so different from Toronto: new homes can be messy. Now, torn between several places at once, Lan begins to confront an important question: how do you redefine a lost home?
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Vietnamese Canadians; Immigrants; Books and reading; Magic; Quests (Expeditions);

Do not say we have nothing / by Thien, Madeleine,1974-author.;
"An extraordinary novel set in China before, during and after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989--the breakout book we've been waiting for from a bestselling, Amazon.ca First Novel Award winner. Madeleine Thien's new novel is breathtaking in scope and ambition even as it is hauntingly intimate. With the ease and skill of a master storyteller, Thien takes us inside an extended family in China, showing us the lives of two successive generations--those who lived through Mao's Cultural Revolution in the mid-twentieth century; and the children of the survivors, who became the students protesting in Tiananmen Square in 1989, in one of the most important political moments of the past century. With exquisite writing sharpened by a surprising vein of wit and sly humour, Thien has crafted unforgettable characters who are by turns flinty and headstrong, dreamy and tender, foolish and wise. At the centre of this epic tale, as capacious and mysterious as life itself, are enigmatic Sparrow, a genius composer who wishes desperately to create music yet can find truth only in silence; his mother and aunt, Big Mother Knife and Swirl, survivors with captivating singing voices and an unbreakable bond; Sparrow's ethereal cousin Zhuli, daughter of Swirl and storyteller Wen the Dreamer, who as a child witnesses the denunciation of her parents and as a young woman becomes the target of denunciations herself; and headstrong, talented Kai, best friend of Sparrow and Zhuli, and a determinedly successful musician who is a virtuoso at masking his true self until the day he can hide no longer. Here, too, is Kai's daughter, the ever-questioning mathematician Marie, who pieces together the tale of her fractured family in present-day Vancouver, seeking a fragile meaning in the layers of their collective story. With maturity and sophistication, humour and beauty, a huge heart and impressive understanding, Thien has crafted a novel that is at once beautifully intimate and grandly political, rooted in the details of daily life inside China, yet transcendent in its universality."--
Subjects: Political fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Composers; Storytellers; Musicians; Mathematicians; Chinese Canadians;

We belong here / by Wishinsky, Frieda.; Ohi, Ruth.;
In troubling times, two very different children find power in friendship and solidarity. Eve Bloom doesn't like being taunted at school for being a newcomer. This is her home. When Eve notices the same children bullying Mark Nakamura for his Japanese culture, she jumps in to defend him. A fast friendship forms, built on shared stories, loyalty and laughter. When Eve's family's business is threatened, and Mark's father may need to move again to find work, Eve's clever thinking shows everyone that when friends help one another the whole community is better together. We Belong Here is a story of friendship between a Japanese boy and a Jewish girl in Canada soon after the end of World War II. While the setting is historical, the themes are perennial: the power of friendship, family and community and the strength of solidarity in the face of adversity. It reminds readers that children can take actions that make a true difference.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Picture books.; Friendship; Bullying; Jews; Japanese; World War, 1939-1945; Japanese Canadians;

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