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• Adrift

  a Novel

  Brideau, Lisa,

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  2024 Evergreen Award Winner. It is a page-turning thriller about hidden identities and the terrifying realities of climate change. This sharp, character-driven odyssey explores a future challenged by our quickly changing world and our choices to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haters

  Harding, Robyn,

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  It is a terrifying tale of a writer caught up in a web of ever-growing paranoia and menace that will keep you guessing in this dark, twisted heartstopper. It will take everything to unmask the enemy behind the online harassment and finally learn why…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Summer Will Be Different

  Fortune, Carley

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  A glorious and tantalizing new escape. This summer, they’ll keep their promise. This summer, they won't give in to temptation. This summer will be different. A book filled with great food, lots of charm, and a young woman navigating the tricky…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Story of Us

  Hernandez, Catherine, 1977-

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  It is a stunning novel about the unbreakable bond of family and the magic that can happen when we meet in the middle. It’s emotionally bare, astute, frequently funny, and utterly human, a reminder of the bonds holding us over generations and across…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Broken Blade

  Blair, Melissa,

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  Fans of fast-paced, high fantasy such as A Court of Thorns and Roses series, The Inadequate Heir, and From Blood and Ash author Jennifer L. Armentrout will enjoy the fierce female characters, sapphic representation, and fantasy romance of A Broken…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Love

  Silver, Elsie

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  It is a cute, witty, guy-falls-first romance! It is an easy read that will make you smile and giggle all the way through. Wild Love is perfect for readers looking for a single dad, small-town romance in a beautiful lake setting with tons of banter.

• The Maid

  a Novel

  Prose, Nita

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  A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different.

• Into the Bright Open

  a Secret Garden Remix

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  In this queer YA reimagining of The Secret Garden, an orphaned girl is sent to live in the Georgian Bay wilds and discovers family secrets, both wonderful and horrifying.

• Moon of the Turning Leaves

  Rice, Waubgeshig

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  Waubgeshig Rice’s exhilarating return to the world first explored in Moon of the Crusted Snow is a brooding story of survival, resilience, Indigenous identity, and rebirth.

• We Used to Live Here

  A Novel

  Kliewer, Marcus

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  It is a haunting debut—soon to be a Netflix original movie—about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house’s previous residents unexpectedly visit.

• The Book of Elsewhere

  a Novel

  Reeves, Keanu,

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  It is an adrenaline-fueled thriller but also a moody, experimental novel about mortality, the slippery nature of time, and what it means to be human.

• The Future

  Leroux, Catherine, 1979-

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  Winner of Canada Reads 2024. In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own kingdom in the trees.

• A Witch's Guide to Burning

  Dhaliwal, Aminder

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  Aminder Dhaliwal’s A Witch’s Guide to Burning is a whimsical and humorous allegory for burnout in a society in desperate need of self-care. A story centred around kindness, self-love, healing, friendship, and nurturing your magic.

• SuperMutant Magic Academy

  Tamaki, Jillian, 1980-

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  Jillian Tamaki paints a teenage world filled with ennui and uncertainty but also with a sharp dose of humour and irreverence. The SuperMutant Magic Academy is a prep school for mutants and witches, but their paranormal abilities take a backseat to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scars & Stars

  Poems

  Thistle, Jesse

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  A beautiful and moving collection of poems and stories from the author of the #1 bestselling memoir, From the Ashes. Throughout the collection, prose pieces complement the poems and bring readers into Jesse’s life with greater intimacy than ever…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Milk and Honey

  Kaur, Rupi

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  Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.

• Reconciling History

  a Story of Canada

  Wilson-Raybould, Jody, 1971-

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  Reconciling History shares voices that have seldom been heard, and in this ground-breaking book, they are telling and re-telling history from their perspectives. A truly unique history of our land—powerful, devastating, remarkable—as told through…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saga Boy

  My Life of Blackness and Becoming

  Downing, Antonio Michael, 1975-

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  Saga Boy is a heart-wrenching but uplifting story of a lonely immigrant boy who overcomes adversity and abandonment to reclaim his Black identity and embrace a rich heritage.

• Book and Dagger

  How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

  Graham, Elyse, 1985-

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  Thrillingly paced and rigorously researched, Book and Dagger is an inspiring and gripping true story about a group of academics who helped beat the Nazis.

• My Mother's Daughter

  a Memoir of Struggle and Triumph

  Felicien, Perdita, 1980-

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  This book is a daughter's memoir—a book about the power of a parent's love to transform a child's life. It is a story of a mother and daughter who beat the odds together.