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Who's a scaredy-cat! : a story of the Halifax Explosion

Payzant, Joan M.


Isobel and Flossie have no greater worries on that morning in December of 1917 than the mischief they are planning. .
Date Published:1992

Survivors : children of the Halifax Explosion

Kitz, Janet F., 1930-


Over five hundred children from Halifax and Dartmouth were killed when the munitions ship Mont Blanc, blew up in the city's harbour on December 6, 1917. Hundreds more were injured, and many lost their families and homes. Survivors tells the story of seven children who survived the Halifax Explosion. All seven lived in Richmond, the northern part of Halifax close to the spot where Imo collided with Mont Blanc, causing the fore that ignited the tons of explosives in its hold. The book describes the children's family, school, and social life before the explosion: their activities on that day; their experiences of the explosion itself; and the difference it has made to their lives. -- Amazon
Date Published:1992

Over five hundred children from Halifax and Dartmouth were killed when the munitions ship Mont Blanc, blew up in the city's harbour on December 6, 1917. Hundreds more were injured, and many lost their families and homes. Survivors tells the story of seven children who survived the Halifax Explosion. All seven lived in Richmond, the northern part of Halifax close to the spot where Imo collided with Mont Blanc, causing the fore that ignited the tons of explosives in its hold. The book describes the children's family, school, and social life before the explosion: their activities on that day; their experiences of the explosion itself; and the difference it has made to their lives. -- Amazon

Date Published:1992

Worse than war : the Halifax explosion

Sutow, M. Pauline Murphy.


Located in Halifax Explosion KIT 971.6 HAL. A brief history with original photographs of the Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917.
Date Published:1992

The breadwinner

Ellis, Deborah, , 1960-.


Parvana felt the shadow before she saw it, as the man moved between her and the sun. Turning her head, she saw the dark turban that was the uniform of the Taliban. He sat down beside her on the blanket. She saw that the Talib had taken out a letter. "Read this", he said.
Date Published:2000

Crash

Spinelli, Jerry.


Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
Date Published:1996

Brian's winter

Paulsen, Gary.


Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
Date Published:1996

Last days in Africville

Perkyns, Dorothy.


"A Sandcastle Book". In the mid-1960's, twelve-year-old Selina Palmer is growing up in the community of Africville. When city authorities appear and families begin to move from the area, the only home Selina has ever known is under threat.
Date Published:2003

The hobbit, or, There and back again

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel).


Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
Date Published:1999

Hatchet

Paulsen, Gary.


This record reflects various editions After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Date Published:2012

The voyage of the Dawn Treader

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)., 1898-1963.


Sequel to Prince Caspian. Lucy and Edmond, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the magic land of Narnia, where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism.
Date Published:1952

With nothing but our courage : the Loyalist diary of Mary MacDonald

Bradford, Karleen.


"Johnstown, Quebec, 1783" - cover. Her father has been humiliated and banished, and Mary and her family must leave New England and come to Canada, where Loyalists are welcome.
Date Published:2002

World War II

Adams, Simon.


Includes bibliographical references and index. Be an eyewitness to the turbulent and terrifying events of World War II - from the Blitz to the atomic bomb.
Date Published:2007

A poppy is to remember

Patterson, Heather, 1945-.



Date Published:2004

George's marvelous medicine

Dahl, Roald.


RL 3. George decides that his grumpy, selfish old grandmother must be a witch and concocts some marvelous medicine to take care of her.
Date Published:1981

The cat in the hat

Seuss, Dr.


Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.
Date Published:1957

Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants : the fourth epic novel

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-.


When Professor Pippy P. Poopypants comes to Jerome Horwitz Elementary School to teach science, and he goes off the deep end because students make fun of his name, only Captain Underpants can save the school from the professor's perilous plot.
Date Published:2000

Hoot

Hiaasen, Carl.


"It's about greedy developers, corrupt politicians, clueless cops and middle-school screwballs of all persuasions." -- cover. Roy is new to his small Florida community and becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Date Published:2002

Inkheart

Funke, Cornelia.


Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
Date Published:2003

Ira sleeps over

Waber, Bernard.


A little boy is excited at the prospect of spending the night at his friend's house but worries how he'll get along without his teddy bear.
Date Published:1972

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

Seuss, Dr.


A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds.
Date Published:1960