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  • Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    After her father's death, a girl adjusts to life away from the river she lovesThe river is where Lily's father taught her to fish; it is where she played all summer; it is what sang her to sleep at night in their cabin. But when her father dies while fishing, it is the river that Lily blames. Unable to make ends meet, she and her mother sell their cabin and move into town to live above the family ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chu Ju's House

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    One girl too many . . .When a girl is born to Chu Ju's family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family should have a boy. To make room for one, this girl will have to go.Fourteen-year-old Chu Ju knows she cannot allow this to happen to her sister. Understanding that one ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Homeless Bird

    A National Book Award Winner

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    The National Book Award-winning novel about one remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate, perfect for readers who enjoyed A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park or Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai.Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Clearing in the Forest

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    An elderly woman and a young boy team up to save the countrysideOld Frances Crawford is looking for wild mushrooms when she hears the gunshot. A few minutes later, the teenage hunter blunders into her clearing, two dead rabbits over his shoulder. As an apology for hunting on her land, Wilson offers her one of the rabbits, and Frances is happy to take it. She hasn't been able to afford meat for ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Turning

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    As the Soviet Union crumbles, one ballerina dreams of ParisIt is 1991, and revolution is coming to the Soviet Union, but in Leningrad, life goes on as it always has. Food is scarce and luxuries are few, but for a young dancer named Tanya, life is a beautiful dream. She dances all day and all night, performing on the stage of the greatest theater in Russia. Her family has sacrificed everything for ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Goodbye, Vietnam

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    "When Mai's family discovers that Vietnam government soldiers will soon apprehend her father and grandmother, the family slips away in the night. They trudge through the swamps of the Mekong Delta toward the sea. The gut-wrenching trip to Hong Kong is just another step toward a new life, which the family eventually finds. Whelan's characters are distinctive, and her story is riveting, haunting, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Miranda's Last Stand

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    Miranda and her mama have always agreed about everything. So when Mama is offered a job with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show painting scenery, she and Miranda certainly agree that it is time to get out of Fort Lincoln, where they've been doing soldiers' laundry for as long as Miranda can remember.But while Miranda blossoms on the road--meeting Annie Oakley, making friends with an Indian girl, and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Listening for Lions

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    A critically acclaimed historical novel “that roars” (Kliatt), from the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Homeless Bird.Africa is the only home Rachel Sheridan has ever known. But when her missionary parents are struck with influenza, she is left vulnerable to her family’s malicious neighbors. Surrounded by greed and lies, Rachel is entangled in a criminal scheme and sent to England, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Locked Garden

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    It's the year 1900, the dawn of a new century and a chance for a new beginning for Verna and Carlie, whose mother died two years ago. They are headed to their new home—the grounds of an asylum for the mentally ill. Their father, a doctor, has been hired to treat its patients while the girls are under the strict and watchful eye of their aunt Maude. The towering asylum, the murmuring patients with ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Indian School

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    Illustrated by Gabriela Dellosso ...
    A critically acclaimed historical novel by the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Homeless Bird.When shy ten-year-old Lucy comes to live with her aunt and uncle at their mission school, she's surprised at the number of harsh rules and restrictions imposed on the children. Why, she wonders, should the Indians have to do all the changing? And why is her aunt so strict with them?Then a ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Angel on the Square

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    Series Book 1 - Russian Saga
    From the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Homeless Bird comes “an absorbing saga”* about a young heroine coming of age in the tumultuous years leading up to the Russian revolution.Gripping, accessible historical fiction that's perfect for schools and classrooms, as well as for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Elizabeth Wein.In the fall of 1914, safe behind palace walls, Katya Ivanova sees ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Impossible Journey

    by Gloria Whelan ...
    Series Book 2 - Russian Saga
    One Russian night in 1934, Marya and Georgi's parents disappear. Despite high risks, Katya and Misha had spoken against the government. The children, alone and desperate, fear the worst. Will they ever see their parents again?But all it takes is one crumpled letter to give Marya and Georgi hope and send them on a dangerous mission to reunite their family. They must steal away in the dark of night, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD