Made the Grade – February 2018
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Visit from the Goon Squad, A
Record company executive Bennie Salazar and Sasha, his assistant, feature i…
Chicken Wants a Nap
It’s a beautiful, sunny day and Chicken is determined to enjoy an afternoon…
Electronics for Kids: Play with Simple Circuits and Experiment with Electricity!
An easy-to-navigate, hands-on book that offers detailed information about t…
Endangered
Lauren has the knack of remaining invisible among at school, but at night b…
Everybody’s Son
Anton, a young African American boy, is abandoned by his drug-addicted moth…
Girl in the Blue Coat
During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, young Hanneke helps support …
Highly Illogical Behavior
When Lisa Praytor discovers that Solomon Reed suffers from agoraphobia and …
In Real Life
Anda, a teenage gamer, joins an online guild of all female gamers, and is a…
Je suis le tonnerre
Ce roman raconte la vie d’une adolescente de 15 ans à la recherche de son i…
Kami tome 1: Omegama
Dans cette fable, les divinités marchent aux côtés des hommes et les uns on…
Midwinterblood
This series of seven interconnected stories takes place on a remote, myster…
My Seventh Grade Life in Tights
Seventh grader Dillon faces many problems: he yearns to be a “real dancer” …
Nimona
Nimona, an eager young shapeshifter, partners with the villainous Lord Ball…
Not Quite Narwhal
Kelp was born in the ocean, has a short horn, dislikes calamari, and is a s…
Out of Darkness
When Naomi Vargas leaves her grandparents in San Antonio and moves to town …
Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from Writerscorps
This anthology of teen poetry depicts realistic pictures of teenagers’ feel…
Salt to the Sea
At the close of World War II, four desperate people flee the advancing Russ…
Scythe
Set in a future where death has been conquered, this dystopian novel follow…
See You in the Cosmos
Eleven-year-old Alex lives with his mother, who has mental illness and need…
Art of the Possible, The: An Everyday Guide to Politics
This Canadian resource explains politics in a plain, easy-to-follow, and en…
Ballad of Nancy April, The: Shawnadithit
Taking a shortcut home, Jessie is mysteriously transported through time to …
Boy Who Paints, The
A young boy loves to paint but his paintings are dull, colourless, and depi…
Ever After of Ashwin Rao, The
Almost twenty years after the Air India bombing, South Asian psychologist A…
Ghosts of Heaven, The
This engaging novel is written as four interrelated stories, each with diff…
Hate U Give, The
Sixteen year-old Starr, the only black student at a privileged white privat…
Land of Os, The: John Ramsay
When a class is on a canoe trip, they encounter an elderly Aboriginal woman…
Next Wave, The: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans
This timely and engaging resource for grades 7 and 9 electricity units focu…
Peacemaker, The: Thanadelthur
When Cole is caught drawing rather than listening in class he is given the …
Poet, The: Pauline Johnson
When Kathy is given the task of writing a poem and reading it to her class,…
Rebel, The: Gabriel Dumont
History class is not Tyrese’s favourite until his friend Levi brings histor…
Scout, The: Tommy Prince
Pamela, while searching for a well-hit baseball, encounters a veteran stand…
Way Back Home, The
Zoe’s Granny Bird is her beloved best friend, so when Zoe’s parents want to…
Wolf Birds, The
This engaging narrative non-fiction title realistically depicts the struggl…
They All Saw A Cat
As a cat walks through its house and then outside, it encounters twelve oth…
When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
This rich resource provides extensive coverage of the physical causes, as w…
When’s My Birthday?
A young girl eagerly anticipates her upcoming birthday and asks question af…
