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    Illustrated by Paul Covello ...
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  • Johnny Kellock Died Today

    by Hadley Dyer ...
    Winner of the CLA Children's Book of the Year Award and CBC Radio's Young Canada ReadsIt’s a long, hot Halifax summer in 1959 and twelve-year-old Rosalie Norman has a guilty secret. Her no-nonsense, authoritarian mother has broken her ankle—and it’s all Rosalie’s fault. But news that Johnny, her teenaged cousin, has vanished pushes the accident from everyone’s minds. As Rosalie and David—her ... Read more

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  • More Than Money

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    Illustrated by Paul Gill ...
    Economic inequality affects everybody.No matter how rich or poor you are, economic inequality impacts every aspect of your life—the place where you live, the opportunities you experience, the healthcare you get, the education you receive. More Than Money breaks down why the rich seem to be getting richer while the rest of us are struggling to just get by.With vivid, energetic illustrations, the ... Read more

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  • Here So Far Away

    by Hadley Dyer ...
    Award-winning author Hadley Dyer’s YA debut is smart, snarky, and emotionally gripping, about a rebellious cop’s daughter who falls in love with an older man, loses her best friend, and battles depression, all while trying to survive her last year of high school.Feisty and fearless George Warren (given name: Frances, but no one calls her that) has never let life get too serious. Now that she’s ... Read more

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  • The Archaeology of the 11th Century

    Continuities and Transformations

    Series series The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs
    The Archaeology of the 11th Century addresses many key questions surrounding this formative period of English history and considers conditions before 1066 and how these changed. The impact of the Conquest of England by the Normans is the central focus of the book, which not only assesses the destruction and upheaval caused by the invading forces, but also examines how the Normans contributed to ... Read more

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    by Francis Pryor ...
    Leading archaeologist Francis Pryor retells the story of King Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, tracing it back to its Bronze Age origins.The legend of King Arthur and Camelot is one of the most enduring in Britain's history, spanning centuries and surviving invasions by Angles, Vikings and Normans. In his latest book Francis Pryor – one of Britain’s most celebrated archaeologists and author ... Read more

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  • Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages

    Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages

    by Guy Halsall ...
    King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian times, the tales of this legendary figure have blossomed and multiplied. And in more recent times, there has been a continuous stream of books claiming to have discovered the 'facts' about, or to unlock the secret or ... Read more

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  • Scotland : A History

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    by Jenny Wormald ...
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  • A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages

    Series series Brief Histories
    Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life in this fascinating new portrait that brings together the everyday and the extraordinary.Thus we glimpse 11th-century rural society through a conversation between a ploughman and his master.The life of Dick Whittington illuminates the rise of the urban elite. The stories of Roger ... Read more

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  • The Big Book of Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids

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    by Rob Elliott ...
    Series series Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids
    The gut-bustingest, knee-slappingest, guffaw-inducingest collection of clean jokes you can find!All kids like to laugh, and The Big Book of Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids delivers! Combining his three bestselling joke books for kids, Rob Elliott will have you doubled over for days. You'll get jokes likeQ: Why did the invisible man turn down a job offer?A: He just couldn't see himself doing it.Q: ... Read more

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  • Life in Medieval Ireland

    by Finbar Dwyer ...
    The history of the Middle Ages [in Ireland] is so neglected that the only figure of renown is Strongbow, the man who led the Norman Invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century … There is little written about the lives of majority of men, who held no title or land, and even less about women … Indeed, so neglected are these people in history that many of the stories and people recounted … haven't ... Read more

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  • The Boy in the Black Suit

    **A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor BookJust when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more—and who just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down—in this “vivid, satisfying, and ultimately upbeat tale of grief, redemption, and grace” (Kirkus Reviews) from the Coretta Scott ... Read more

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