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Isaac’s father uses it to relieve his back pain but won’t let Isaac use it because of its effect on the teenaged brain. Isaac acts as a runner between his family’s business and the dealers. And he’s proud of their Draft Dodger Dark, the “true BC bud” that they have perfected over the years (unlike the “crappy Sativa hybrids” or the medicinal variety with stable levels of THC). In the end he uses his share of the proceeds from the family business to pursue his art education.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the history of the 40,0000 draft dodgers (like Isaac’s grandpa) who came to Canada during the Vietnam War.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eHazel and the other habituated bear characters steal the show.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eWaterfall plus girl. That’s apparently what it takes for me to forget where and how I live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA low, phlegmy grunt reminds me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSnuffling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Is that what I think it is?” Sam asks, her voice turned raspy. Then she starts whistling. She manages a few notes before she’s all air and no sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know the feeling. It’s hard to whistle when your mouth’s gone dry as a creek bed in August.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat sound was a bear, all right. It was Hazel. 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Prince of Pot
Legalizing weed doesn't mean that living on a secret, family-run grow-op is easy, especially when your new girlfriend is the daughter of a cop.
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{"id":6818365898811,"title":"Queen of Hearts","handle":"queen-of-hearts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award, and an American Library Association Notable Children's Book and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt's 1941, and Canada is two years into World War II. Meanwhile, in rural Manitoba, fifteen-year-old Marie-Claire Cote begins a war of her own as she and her brother and sister, all stricken with tuberculosis, are taken by their anguished parents to \"chase the cure\" at nearby Pembina Hills Sanatorium.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhile her roommate retains a dogged cheerfulness that is both heroic and irritating, Marie-Claire resists with all of her prideful strength while she fights her own illness and tries to seek privacy where there is none. Her father, overwhelmed by fear and guilt, never visits. 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Meanwhile, in rural Manitoba, fifteen-year-old Marie-Claire Cote begins a war of her own as she and her brother and sister, all stricken with tuberculosis, are taken by their anguished parents to \"chase the cure\" at nearby Pembina Hills Sanatorium.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhile her roommate retains a dogged cheerfulness that is both heroic and irritating, Marie-Claire resists with all of her prideful strength while she fights her own illness and tries to seek privacy where there is none. Her father, overwhelmed by fear and guilt, never visits. And her young brother, Luc, who is losing his battle with TB in another wing of the infirmary, sends notes to her penned for him by his nineteen-year-old roommate, Jack Hawkings.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a story about surviving loss, and finding friendship, and love, in surprising places.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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ages 14
and up
/ grades 9
and up
Queen of Hearts
Set in a TB sanatorium during World War II, this is a haunting and ultimately joyful novel from Governor General's Award winner Martha Brooks.
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ages 13
to 17
/ grades 8
to 12
Say Yes and Keep Smiling
In the sequel to Suck it In and Smile, Ellie is wrestling her life under control — but how long can she keep it together, and does she even want to?
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This story will appeal to many female comics fans...","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_14":"[Skim] is bringing kudos to Canadian children's book publisher Groundwood Books for its poignant and funny portrayal of a teenage girl...[Jillian Tamaki's] monochromatic ink drawings with their fluid lines add powerful cinematic storytelling to [Mariko Tamaki's] minimalist text...Jillian's ability to catch the gestures and body language of the private school girls in their plaid skirts and knee socks equals Mariko's well-attuned ear for dialogue. The combination of words and images makes Skim a fully rounded and memorable character struggling with a welter of confused feelings...we feel for her...[Jillian Tamaki] has won several awards. It seems a sure bet that Skim will garner her a few more.","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Calgary Herald","OtherText_Review_15":"A gorgeous, poetic pen line and sharp dialogue bring this angsty story of a disaffected teenage girl to life.","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_16":"Jillian Tamaki's illustrations perfectly match the rough edges and continuous movement of Skim's teenage characters and reveal humour in the agonizing minutiae of high school life...Mariko Tamaki's text blends teen-speak with eloquence and wry one-liners...blending colloquialisms and sharp observations into something profound...","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_17":"No medium can capture the sense of being plunged into another person's mind like comics can, and Skim is the perfect example, its words and pictures and storytelling so unified in conjuring Kim's world that it comes as a surprise to see it has two creators rather than one...The careful layering of perception, desire, and reality is handled so deftly that the effect is almost subliminal...The Tamakis have done the hardest and most rewarding thing an artist can do: they have captured the texture of real life and made it into something beautiful.","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"Irish Times","OtherText_Review_18":"The Tamaki cousins in their first graphic novel take a huge fistful of high school story trappings and distill a beautiful and funny time capsule of real feeling... 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Jillian Tamaki has an especially expressive, loose style that lends itself beautifully to this slightly morose tale.","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Bust","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Metro","OtherText_Review_2":"...avoids all the cliches of a coming-of-age story...Original in every which way.","OtherText_Review_20":"This stunning coming-of-age novel will draw in not only GN buffs, who will appreciate the creative design and dramatic use of both illustration and narration, but also realistic-fiction fans who may not normally gravitate to the format but will find this a sympathetic standout.","OtherText_Review_20_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_Review_21":"Writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Jillian Tamaki stunningly entwine their acute dialogues and visual riches in brush, soft pencil and grey tones, illuminating this adolescent romance in all its conflicted depths. [Skim is the] most sophisticated and sensitive North American graphic novel debut of the year.","OtherText_Review_21_Src":"Paul Gravett","OtherText_Review_22":"A quietly moving graphic novel...sharply witty and incisive...Long, languid lines portray Skim's turmoil and angst with pitch-perfect resonance...Recommend this to fans of Daniel Clowes's Ghost World, who have been waiting for another graphic novel of teen angst and suburban ennui.","OtherText_Review_22_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Valerie D'Orazio","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Friends of Lulu","OtherText_Review_3":"...intelligent choice...a sensitive and caring portrayal of youth...universal...a complete success...[Jillian's] storytelling is solid...[and] her art is very atmospheric...","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Gay Comics List","OtherText_Review_4":"...traverse[s] the turbulent landscape of high school with tenderness and a keen eye for the yearning of adolescent girls...From the particularities of slang to the bigger concepts like fear and isolation, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki capture the subtle details that comprise this understated part of life...a world [in] which anyone who has ever been a teenager would be able to relate to at some level...Jillian Tamaki's use of line and shadow is effective in rendering the psychology of characters and the moody spaces they find themselves in...Formally, Skim is interesting for its varied approach to panel-use. 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The little details are wonderful...Highly recommended for high school graphic novel colelctions, especially those catering to girls.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Kliatt","OtherText_Review_7":"...rendered delicately...Mariko's writing is assured...Skim's self-searching entries are wrenched off or lit up by the next image...Skim comes into its own, building a teenage girl mood that's struggling observant and shyly heartfelt by turns.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Vue Weekly","OtherText_Review_8":"[Skim] is a convincing chronicle of a teenage outsider who has enough sense to want to stay outside...All in all, Skim offers a startlingly clear and painful view into adolescence for those of us who possess it only as a distant memory. It's a story that deepens with successive rereadings. But what will teenagers think? 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Skud
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Slavery Today
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to 17
/ grades 7
to 12
Suck It in and Smile
A funny, touching look at the life of a social media influencer who starts to question the #goals life she has created for herself.
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ages 14
and up
/ grades 8
and up
Swan Dive
A teenage refugee adapts to a new country and even finds a best friend, until the pressures of past and present collide and lead to a devastating lie.
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Clearly drawn line maps, charts of statistical content, timelines of dates and events, and short reports on such topics as AIDS in Africa and the Rwandan Genocide all add to the book's value and provide readily-accessible content to student readers. Yet another valuable addition to the 'Groundwood Guides' series. Highly recommended.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_5":"This is a riveting panorama of African history and experience, the best of analytic and polemical writing. The arguments are unanswerable, the depth of feeling unmistakable. Gerry Caplan knows his subject as few others do; he illumines the contours and contradictions of Africa with immense skill. He encapsules superbly, in a short book, the cascading tragedies of the continent. It's a splendid piece of work and a great read.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Stephen Lewis","OtherText_Review_6":"...packed with incisive, eye-opening information.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"CCPA Monitor","OtherText_Review_7":"The little paperback books in this series cover an unexpected amount of material and provide and in-depth overview of the subjects related to contemporary political and social issues. The writing style is easy to comprehend, and the knowledge gained by the reader in a short time is surprising.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Multicultural Review","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"This book in the Groundworks Guides series shows that today a real possibility for positive change in Africa now exists.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeName_0":"Booklist Top 10 Youth Series - Nonfiction","PrizeYear_0":"2007","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2008-03-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","Series":"Groundwork Guides","ShortDescription":"This book in the Groundworks Guides series shows that today a real possibility for positive change in Africa now exists.","teachersguide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9780888998255\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=teachersguide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Width":"5.13","WidthCode":"in"}
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This book in the Groundworks Guides series shows that today a real possibility for positive change in Africa now exists.
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The Boy in the Burning House
Acclaimed author Tim Wynne-Jones turns his considerable talent to a stunning novel that is part mystery, part psychological thriller.
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The Force of Law
This book in the Groundwork Guides series is a penetrating analysis of law and policing around the world.
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ages 13
and up
/ grades 8
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The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex
The Guy is planning a house party. The Girl is adjusting to life in a new country. The Artist and his Ex are trying to make ends meet for their baby.
