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By Elizabeth MacLeod, Illustrated By Mike Deas
PD Physical Disability
Commended
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The award-winning Scholastic Canada Biography series highlights the lives of remarkable Canadians, whose achievements and legacies have inspired and changed the lives of those that followed them.In Meet Terry Fox, the legendary story of how Terry Fox came to ru...
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Making friends isn't easy, but losing them is even harder!Natalie has never felt that she's enough -- athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. And on the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought -- now she's not even...
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After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather. The strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a tentacled creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate...
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Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are best friends and founding members of The Baby-sitters Club. Whatever comes up -- cranky toddlers, huge dogs, scary neighbors, prank calls -- you can count on them to save the day. Baby-sitting isn't always easy, and neither is dealing...
RR Religion and Religious Identity
Award Winner
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Joseph's grandfather made him a beautiful blanket when he was a baby, but now it's frazzled and worn, and Joseph's mother says it is time to throw it out. Joseph doesn't want to part with his special blanket, and he's sure that his grandfather can fix it. Sure enough, Grandfat...

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SJ Social Justice IS Indigenous Stories
Shortlisted, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, Sundogs 2025
In this acclaimed book, readers meet thirteen-year-old twins Leon and Eloise who live in Matimekush, an Innu community in Northern Quebec.While Leon spends all his free time playing hockey, and wondering how he can prove he has the talent to make it big in a place w...
By Sylv Chiang, Illustrated By Mathias Ball
RP Read with Pride
Award Winner, CBC Kids Reads 2024
Evelyn is worried about Tessa. Tessa doesn’t want to play the same games they used to play together, but Evelyn is determined to find new ways to connect with her older sibling. And she is also learning to see Tessa as non-binary and using new pronouns for them. Evelyn learn...
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By Suzanne Collins, Illustrated By Nico Delort
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just earned for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But it was a victory won by defianc...
When seventeen-year-old Nina Riley gets saved by a super cute Knight-in-Faded-Khakis just as she lands in an embarrassingly sticky situation during the most disastrous hike known to man, she wasn’t exactly looking for a meet cute. She really just needed some peace and quiet fro...
By Elizabeth MacLeod, Illustrated By Mike Deas
PD Physical Disability
Dr. Frederick Banting’s remarkable discovery of insulin has changed and saved the lives of millions around the world . . . but that’s only part of his story! When Frederick Banting was young, his friend Jennie became sick. She had diabetes and soon pa...
PD Physical Disability
Discover the inspiring journey of Terry Fox, a true Canadian hero, told one letter at a time. From his joyful childhood with siblings to the enduring legacy of his Marathon of Hope, this beautifully crafted story brings Terry’s incredible dream to life for young readers. Fol...
Created By Osamu Tezuka, By Samuel Sattin, Illustrated By Gurihiru
Lost in space and time, Unico awakens in an abandoned factory town. Saved by the resourceful mouse, Garapachi, Unico befriends Chiko, a human girl. But he soon learns that a sinister force is at work in the town's factory, bent on killing all living things. Meanwhile, Venus un...