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Slam Dunk
Steven Barwin, Gabriel David Tick
The Raptors are going co-ed, but Mason and his friends aren't sure how they feel about it.
$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 9-13
Reading level: Grade 4
Lexile Reading Level: 720L
Small Town Glory
John Danakas, Richard Brignall
How did the Kenora Thistles become, against all odds, the smallest team and the smallest town ever to win the Stanley Cup?
$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 12-17
Reading level: Grade 4
Lexile Reading Level: 900L
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War
Pamela Hickman, Masako Fukawa
During the Second World War, over 20,000 Japanese Canadians had their civil rights, homes, possessions, and freedom taken away. This visual-packed book tells the story.
$34.95, Hardcover
Interest ages: 13-18
Crush. Candy. Corpse.
Sylvia McNicoll
Sunny's forced into doing 40 volunteer hours at a home for Alzheimer's patients to get her high school diploma. Now one of the residents is dead, and Sunny's future is distinctly cloudy.
$12.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 12-18
Lexile Reading Level: HL630L
A Goal in Sight
Jacqueline Guest
When Aiden has to perform one hundred hours of community service, he is assigned to help a blind hockey player whose team is Calgary's Seeing Ice Dogs.

$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 9-13
Reading level: Grade 5
Lexile Reading Level: 770L
Cross-Check!
Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Josh, Peter, and Sam are thrilled to be reunited at a hockey tournament in Kelowna, but a lot has changed. All three boys now play on different teams. Can they remain friends as they all compete to be in the gold medal game?
$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 9-13
Lexile Reading Level: 570L
Danger Zone
Michele Martin Bossley
How will Jason survive without hockey?
$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 9-13
Home Ice
Beatrice Vandervelde
Tori is staying with family near Toronto while her parents deal with troubles back home. To keep a sense of normalcy, she joins the Rangers -- the worst hockey team in the league.
$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 10-13
Reading level: Grade 3
Lexile Reading Level: 610L
Queen of the Court
Michele Martin Bossley
Kallana has always been more interested in fashions than in sports. When her father suddenly decides she should join the school basketball team, Kallana feels desperate.
$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 9-13
Reading level: Grade 3
Lexile Reading Level: 720L
Two Minutes for Roughing
Joseph Romain
Roddy Smith and his brother Lenny are tough. They run things on the Metro Cats, a hockey team in Toronto's East End.
$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 9-13
Reading level: Grade 3
Lexile Reading Level: 650L
Canada's Rumrunners
Art Montague
It is safe to say that America would have been a much drier place during Prohibition if Canadians had not rushed to the aid of their neighbours. While the United States was in full Prohibition (1920-1933), Canadian entrepreneurs were hard at work across the country supplying liquor by the barrel-load.
$9.95, Paperback
Disasters Across Canada
Art Montague
The unpredictable forces of nature have long been the cause of terrible disasters. All disasters have one thing in common - the tragic loss of life, bravery in the face of danger, and heroic rescue attempts. This collection tells the stories of some of Canada's worst disasters and, as a result, some of the country's most daring rescues

$9.95, Paperback
Great Canadian War Heroes
Tom Douglas
Great Canadian War Heroes tells the amazing stories of the 16 Canadians who received the Victoria Cross during WWII. They came from all walks of life and from various ranks within the Canadian Forces, but they all had one thing in common: each displayed exceptional bravery in the face of the enemy.
$9.95, Paperback
Grey Owl
Irene Ternier Gordon
Grey Owl was known to millions of people as an outstanding Native Canadian spokesman who championed the cause of nature, conservation, and preservation. His cause was true, but the truth about Archie Belaney's mysterious ancestry was another story.
$9.95, Paperback
The Life of a Loyalist
Cathleen Fillmore
The life of young Christiana Margaret Davis, a Loyalist born in upstate New York, was turned upside down by the American Revolution. During a time of Struggle and strife, she escaped with her family to Nova Scotia, finally landing on Brier Island in 1789. Her remarkable story sheds new light on the plight of the Loyalists.
$9.95, Paperback
Unbelievable Canadian War Stories
Pat MacAdam
The quiet heroes of one of the most destructive wars in history left indelible impressions among those whose lives were touched by their actions. Up against all the living hells of warfare, they valiantly served their country. Distinguished and decorated, these men used unconventional methods and quick-thinking tactics to excel on the front lines.

$9.95, Paperback
A War Bride's Story
Cynthia Faryon
Gwendoline Cramer was one of the 48,000 war brides transported to Canada by the Canadian government between 1942 and 1947. Following her heart to rural Saskatchewan, Gwen felt like a fish out of water. She couldn't milk a cow or cook with a wood stove. And then she had the in-laws to contend with...

$9.95, Paperback
Arms Canada
Ernie Regehr
First published in 1987, Arms Canada paints a disturbing picture of the Canadian arms industry, an industry whose sales then totalled $3 billion annually.
$16.95, Paperback
Crazy Canucks
Eric Zweig
A behind-the-scenes look at this innovative Canadian ski team.
$9.95, Paperback
Interest ages: 12-18
Reading level: Grade 4
Lexile Reading Level: 760L
Deadly Women of Ontario
Cheryl MacDonald
Women in Canada frequently got away with murder and escaped the hangman's noose. A few were not so fortunate. The first woman hanged in Upper Canada was Mary Osborn, who was executed for murdering her husband. Her gruesome story and those of seven other deadly women are told in this collection of spine-chilling tales from Ontario.

$9.95, Paperback