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Winner of the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award for Young People's Literature — TextIn the town of Leamington, Ontario, a seventeen-year-old boy is suddenly stricken by a schizophrenic episode and wakes up in hospital. The boy’s name is Calvin, and he is plagued by hallucinations.As the hallucinations persist, Calvin comes to believe that the answer lies in performing one grand and incredible ... Read more

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Winner of the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award for Young People's Literature — TextIn the town of Leamington, Ontario, a seventeen-year-old boy is suddenly stricken by a schizophrenic episode and wakes up in hospital. The boy’s name is Calvin, and he is plagued by hallucinations.As the hallucinations persist, Calvin comes to believe that the answer lies in performing one grand and incredible
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The Lost Language of Cranes

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From the acclaimed author of Bright Monday , a story of a gay man's coming out that "catches beautifully the terror and passion of new love" ( The Village Voice ).Set in the 1980s against the backdrop of a swiftly gentrifying Manhattan, The Lost Language of Cranes tells the story of twenty-five-year-old Philip Benjamin, who realizes he must come out to his parents after ... ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of Bright Monday , a story of a gay man's coming out that "catches beautifully the terror and passion of new love" ( The Village Voice ).Set in the 1980s against the backdrop of a swiftly gentrifying Manhattan, The Lost Language of Cranes tells the story of twenty-five-year-old Philip Benjamin, who realizes he must come out to his parents after ...
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Three "sly, self-knowing, and hilarious" novellas from the highly acclaimed author of The Lost Language of Cranes ( The New York Times).Here are three novellas of escape and exile, touching and funny and at times calculatedly outrageous. In "Saturn Street," a disaffected LA screenwriter delivers lunches to homebound AIDS patients, only to find himself falling in love with one of them. In "The ... Read more

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Three "sly, self-knowing, and hilarious" novellas from the highly acclaimed author of The Lost Language of Cranes ( The New York Times).Here are three novellas of escape and exile, touching and funny and at times calculatedly outrageous. In "Saturn Street," a disaffected LA screenwriter delivers lunches to homebound AIDS patients, only to find himself falling in love with one of them. In "The
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Whenever You Are

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What if changing the biggest mistake of your life would be the biggest mistake of your life?Two teens in juvenile detention may have found a way to free themselves — not just from their cells, but from the mistakes that got them locked up in the first place.Clem is a would-be poet who has been in “training school” ever since he caused the accident that maimed the nice lady who says she only wants ... Read more

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What if changing the biggest mistake of your life would be the biggest mistake of your life?Two teens in juvenile detention may have found a way to free themselves — not just from their cells, but from the mistakes that got them locked up in the first place.Clem is a would-be poet who has been in “training school” ever since he caused the accident that maimed the nice lady who says she only wants
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Buffalo Flats

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A stubborn, irreverent and resourceful young woman discovers that it is the bonds of family, faith and friendship that will tie her to the wild and unpredictable land she comes to love so fiercely.Seventeen-year-old Rebecca has traveled by covered wagon from Utah to the North-West Territories of Canada, where her parents and brothers are now homesteading and establishing a new community. Despite ... Read more

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A stubborn, irreverent and resourceful young woman discovers that it is the bonds of family, faith and friendship that will tie her to the wild and unpredictable land she comes to love so fiercely.Seventeen-year-old Rebecca has traveled by covered wagon from Utah to the North-West Territories of Canada, where her parents and brothers are now homesteading and establishing a new community. Despite
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Cheap Postage is a fascinating exploration of the history, development, and impact of the postal system, written by Joshua Leavitt and first published in the mid-19th century. The book delves into the origins of postal services, tracing their evolution from ancient times through to the modern era, with a particular focus on the reforms and innovations that made postage more affordable and ... Read more

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Cheap Postage is a fascinating exploration of the history, development, and impact of the postal system, written by Joshua Leavitt and first published in the mid-19th century. The book delves into the origins of postal services, tracing their evolution from ancient times through to the modern era, with a particular focus on the reforms and innovations that made postage more affordable and
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Tangles

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What do you do when your outspoken, passionate, and quick-witted mother starts fading into a forgetful, fearful woman? In this powerful graphic memoir, Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer's disease transformed her mother Midge—and her family—forever.In spare black and white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares her family's journey through a harrowing range of emotions—shock, denial, hope ... Read more

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What do you do when your outspoken, passionate, and quick-witted mother starts fading into a forgetful, fearful woman? In this powerful graphic memoir, Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer's disease transformed her mother Midge—and her family—forever.In spare black and white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares her family's journey through a harrowing range of emotions—shock, denial, hope
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Something, Not Nothing

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A poignant graphic memoir about the power of art to transform and heal after the death of a loved oneIn April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt's partner of twenty-two years, Donimo, died with medical assistance after years of severe chronic pain and a rapid decline at the end of her life. About a month after Donimo's death, Sarah began making comics again as a way to deal with her profound sense of ... Read more

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My Book of Life by Angel

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Winner of the CLA Young Adult Book Award, selected for the CCBC Choices List, selected for the Bankstreet College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year 2013, and honoured with the Horn Book FanfareIt starts when Call sees sixteen-year-old Angel stealing shoes at the mall. He just buys her Chinese food at first, but before long Call is supplying her with "candy" and saying he loves her. ... Read more

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Winner of the CLA Young Adult Book Award, selected for the CCBC Choices List, selected for the Bankstreet College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year 2013, and honoured with the Horn Book FanfareIt starts when Call sees sixteen-year-old Angel stealing shoes at the mall. He just buys her Chinese food at first, but before long Call is supplying her with "candy" and saying he loves her.
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Girls in Trouble

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"Heartfelt, filled with humanity," this novel about an open adoption gone wrong reveals "the different forms of family bonds . . . [A] joy to read." —Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Amy and Isabelle and Olive KitteridgeSara is sixteen and pregnant. Her once-devoted boyfriend seems to have disappeared, so she decides her best and only option is an open adoption with George and ... Read more

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"Heartfelt, filled with humanity," this novel about an open adoption gone wrong reveals "the different forms of family bonds . . . [A] joy to read." —Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Amy and Isabelle and Olive KitteridgeSara is sixteen and pregnant. Her once-devoted boyfriend seems to have disappeared, so she decides her best and only option is an open adoption with George and
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Family Dancing

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Thirty years ago, David Leavitt first appeared on the literary scene with a gutsy story collection that stunned readers and reviewers. Just twenty-three, he was hailed as a prodigy of sorts: “remarkably gifted” (The Washington Post), with “a genius for empathy” (The New York Times Book Review) and “a knowledge of others' lives . . . that a writer twice his age might envy” (USA Today). “Regardless ... Read more

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Thirty years ago, David Leavitt first appeared on the literary scene with a gutsy story collection that stunned readers and reviewers. Just twenty-three, he was hailed as a prodigy of sorts: “remarkably gifted” (The Washington Post), with “a genius for empathy” (The New York Times Book Review) and “a knowledge of others' lives . . . that a writer twice his age might envy” (USA Today). “Regardless
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Keturah and Lord Death

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National Book Award FinalistA young woman makes a bargain with Death himself—and only true love can set her free—in this spellbinding young adult fantasy romance for fans of Robin McKinley.For most of her sixteen years, beautiful Keturah Reeves has mesmerized the villagers with her gift for storytelling. But when she becomes hopelessly lost in the king’s forest, her strength all but diminished, ... Read more

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National Book Award FinalistA young woman makes a bargain with Death himself—and only true love can set her free—in this spellbinding young adult fantasy romance for fans of Robin McKinley.For most of her sixteen years, beautiful Keturah Reeves has mesmerized the villagers with her gift for storytelling. But when she becomes hopelessly lost in the king’s forest, her strength all but diminished,
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