Newly Evaluated – June 2018
Check out 50 newly evaluated titles in this month’s newsletter. Besides novels you’ll find Science, French language, and Aboriginal resources.
You can always find the most recently evaluated resources by going to the K-12 Resource Collection and clicking on the “NEW” filter near the top of the page.
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American Street
When Fabiola Toussant and her mother are moving from Haiti to Detroit to li…
Bellevue Square
Jean Mason owns a bookshop and when a customer tells her that Jean has a do…
Blackthorn Key, The
Christopher Rowe is a young apprentice to a master apothecary in the mid-16…
Boat People, The
A cargo ship arrives in Vancouver with Tamil migrants who are detained, arr…
Education of Augie Merasty, The
Joseph Auguste Merasty, a Cree trapper, was placed in a Residential School …
Far from the Tree
This comprehensive reference work focuses on ten horizontal identities: Aut…
Far from the Tree
Grace, Maya, and Joaquin all share the same biological mother but have neve…
Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love, The
Sixteen-year-old Graham, a self-professed geek, has developed romantic feel…
Geography of You and Me, The
Lucy and Owen, from very different backgrounds, spend a single yet innocent…
Hear The Wolves
Sloan is an excellent young hunter but having been lost in the woods, she i…
Hurt Go Happy
Thirteen-year-old Joey is a typical teenage girl except that she is hearing…
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
Aven and her parents move to take over a rundown Western-style theme park i…
Ivory And Bone
Kol, his brothers, and parents are part of a hunter-gatherer clan during th…
La Mythologie
Ce livre de référence explique ce qu’est la mythologie et donne des exemple…
Land of Forgotten Girls, The
When their mother and younger sister die, Soledad and Ming’s father moves t…
Landscape with Invisible Hand
When aliens visit Earth and offer humans a “great” deal – their advanced te…
Le Corps humain
Cette ressource intéressera les élèves de l’élémentaire, de la 3e à la 7e a…
Les mots qu’il me reste
En 1966, Violette est obligée d’aller vivre au pensionnat. Elle doit quitte…
Les planètes
Ce livre documentaire sur les planètes pourra être utilisé pour enseigner d…
Les roches et minéraux
Ce livre documentaire pourra être utilisé dans les classes d’arts langagier…
Les volcans
Ce livre documentaire sur les volcans pourra être utilisé pour enseigner de…
Magical Animal Adoption Agency,The: Clover’s Luck
Despite her name, Clover feels very unlucky as her best friend goes away fo…
Master Minds
Five teenagers live in the perfect, controlled town of Serenity. But, when …
Nevernight
Mia witnessed her father’s execution and the imprisonment of her mother, wh…
Niska
Dans cette histoire, une petite fille demande à son grand-père pourquoi ell…
Poison Study
In the land of Ixia, the Code of Behaviour ensures the prosperity and equal…
Rabbit Listened, The
When Taylor’s building block creation is destroyed, Taylor experiences sadn…
Raven Boys, The
Unlikely friends, the Raven Boys – Gansey, Ronan, Adam, and Noah – all atte…
Reboot
Wren 178 was dead for 178 minutes before she came back to life as a Reboot,…
Red Queen
In the Kingdom of Norta, the rich and powerful Silver class has supernatura…
Refugee
This gripping novel follows three children in different time periods, as th…
Science Book, The: Big Ideas Simply Explained
This comprehensive, well-organized, and engaging resource would be a useful…
Science of Why, The: Answers to Questions About the World Around Us
Canada’s Jay Ingram poses 36 science questions about the body, the animal k…
Secret Side of Empty, The
M.T. may be a stellar student and member of the National Honour Society but…
Seven Fallen Feathers
In Northern Ontario, Indigenous students had to leave their families and re…
Spark, The
When Kristine Barnett was told her autistic son Jacob would never be able t…
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation
This easy-to-read and well-designed resource introduces upper elementary st…
Spliced
Jimi has great plans for her future, including attending college with her f…
Story of a Girl
At 13, Deanna had a sexual experience with a 17 year-old boy, was labelled …
Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls
When June’s friend Delia kills herself in a fire, June knows that it wasn’t…
This Is Not A Love Letter
When Chris, an African-American boy and star baseball player, goes missing …
Tokyo Digs a Garden
Tokyo lives in a big, human-made, bricked-over world and when he receives t…
Trafficked
When seventeen-year-old Hannah’s parents are killed in a terrorist bombing …
Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Schools
This Canadian teacher’s resource provides accessible background information…
Welcome Family and Friends to our Bighouse
12-year-old girl Gana lives in Alert Bay, BC and tells the story of her fam…
Why’d They Wear That?: Fashion as the Mirror of History
This engaging resource discusses how fashion mirrors events throughout hist…
Wintergirls
When Lia makes a pact with her friend Cassie to become a ‘Wintergirl’—a gir…
Wonderling, The
In a world where fully human characters have power over groundlings, those …
You Talking to Me?: Discover the World of Words, Codes, Emojis, Slang, Smoke Signals, Barks, Babbles, Growls, Gestures, Hieroglyphics and More
This appealing resource discusses how language has developed from sounds an…
Zeroes: Book 1
Six Californian teenagers have unique powers with both positive and negativ…
