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| The Taming
Who is taming who in this dark, intense love story?
Katie likes to believe she’s invisible. It seems so much safer than being exposed as who she is: shy, poor, and vulnerable. So getting up in front of audience as the lead in her school’s production of The Taming of the Shrew should be complete torture.
"...bound to catch the attention of teens and fans of books that look beyond the fluff and sparkle of so many teen romances." - CM MAGAZINE
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Beyond Blonde
Sophie Kandinsky's world erupts: Papa leaves home to get sober; Mama retreats within herself; her first love, Luke, is forced to get married; and her refuge in basketball is threatened...
A CBC RADIO ONE CHILDREN'S BOOK PANEL PICK!!
"Toten achieves a new balance of the intelligent and the heart-warming, of slapstick and teen romance formula." - Toronto Star
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| Better Than Blonde
Life is almost ... well ... potentially perfect for Sophie Kandinsky. After seven years, Sophie’s beloved Papa is finally out of prison. Papa is home. Trouble is ... he’s supposed to be dead.
"Teresa Toten writes with candour, humour, insight and fondness for all her characters. It is good to have another chance to enjoy Sophie and her Blondes." - Canadian Children's Book News
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Me and the Blondes
Sophie has spent years keeping her crazy family life secret. Determined to fit in at her new school, she devises a plan for making friends - and this time no one will find out the truth.
"[A] clever new novel about gaining admission to the pack... The dialogue is smart and the story dextrously plotted. " - Quill & Quire
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| Piece By Piece
This new anthology, edited by Teresa Toten, features stories by some of Canada’s finest authors who were born in another country and who went through the experience of trying to “fit in.”
"This is a stimulating, thoughfully compiled collection that should encourage young readers to see their country, their classmates, and possibly, themselves in an entirely new light" - Quill & Quire
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Bright Red Kisses
A young girl is excited by her mother’s bustling, until she realizes Mommy is going out for the evening without her. Still, mommies take a lot of getting ready before they go, and this mommy needs an extra-special helper to make those crucial dress-up decisions.
"...how well it reads aloud! The narrative is rich with carefully crafted rhyme and musical word choices." —Canadian Children's Book News
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| The Game
Dani Webster had played The Game with her sister, Kelly, for as long as she could remember, but now it is a hazy memory as Dani looks up from the floor of the isolation room at Riverwood Clinic. She remember the vodka and pills.
"...one of the most ambitious and absorbing young adult novels I have read in a long time. ...This is a terrifically engaging book." - Quill & Quire
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The Onlyhouse
Life in her new neighborhood isn't going to be easy for Croatian immigrant Lucy Vakovik. Her mother has saved enough to buy them an onlyhouse: a single detached home. But to Lucy's friends, her mother says, "My sometime English is broking."
"...a pleasure to read, and an extremely impressive debut." - Quill & Quire
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