Freedom to Read | Penticton Public Library

1) Zeke Pippin

Author

Steig, William

2) When Everything Feels like the Movies (Governor General's Literary Award winner, Children's Literature)

Author

Reid, Raziel

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eAudiobook, eBook, Young Adult Book

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Winner, Governor General's Literary Award

Finalist, Lambda Literary Award and Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction

"Raziel Reid is a really extraordinary guy. He's got a great thing going."—Anne Rice

School is just like a film set: there's The Crew, who make things happen, The Extras who fill the empty desks, and The Movie Stars, whom everyone wants tagged in their Facebook photos. But Jude doesn't fit in.

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3) The Little black book for girlz: a book on healthy sexuality

4) The incest diary

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"Anonymous memoir of a daughter's abuse by, and attachment to, her father"--Publisher.

5) The Book Of Negroes: A Novel

Author

Hill, Lawrence

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eAudiobook, eBook

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Lawrence Hill's nationally bestselling novel has garnered praise and awards around the world. The Book of Negroes has won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and CBC Canada Reads, among many others. Lawrence Hill-and his remarkable character Aminata Diallo-have become household names throughout Canada. Readers will follow the story of Aminata, an unforgettable heroine who cut a swath through an 18th-century world...

6) Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community

Author

Stevenson, Robin

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For LGBTQ people and their supporters, Pride events are an opportunity to honor the past, protest injustice, and celebrate a diverse and vibrant community. The high point of Pride, the Pride Parade, is spectacular and colorful. But there is a whole lot more to Pride than rainbow flags and amazing outfits. How did Pride come to be? And what does Pride mean to the people who celebrate it?

7) Lives of Girls and Women

Author

Munro, Alice

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Lives of Girls and Women is the intensely readable, touching, and very funny story of Del Jordan, a young woman who journeys from the carelessness of childhood through an uneasy adolescence in search of love and sexual experience.

As Del dreams of becoming famous, suffers embarrassment about her mother, endures the humiliation of her body's insistent desires, and tries desperately to fall in love, she grapples with the crises that mark the

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8) The satanic verses

Author

Rushdie, Salman

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Adult Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“[A] torrent of endlessly inventive prose, by turns comic and enraged, embracing life in all its contradictions. In this spectacular novel, verbal pyrotechnics barely outshine its psychological truths.”—Newsday

Rushdie's fifth and best-known novel, as relevant as ever—the metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations of two men after their plane explodes in...

9) Bad medicine: a judge's struggle for justice in a First Nations community

Author

Reilly, John

10) Carsick

Author

Waters, John

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The visual artist behind such cult films as "Hairspray" traces his haphazard cross-country hitchhiking journey at the sides of a motley group of unsuspecting drivers, including a gentle farmer, an indie band, and the author's unexpected hero. --Publisher's description.

11) Close Range

Author

Proulx, Annie

Series

Wyoming Stories

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News comes one of the most celebrated short story collections of our time. Winner of the New Yorker fiction award, Close Range was named a best book of the year by newspapers across the nation. Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming shape these breathtaking tales of loneliness, quick violence, and the wrong kinds of love.

12) darth maul sith apprentice

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13) Extraordinary evil: a brief history of genocide

Author

Coloroso, Barbara

14) Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

Author

Coville, Bruce

Series

Magic shop books (Bruce Coville) volume 2

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The funny classic middle grade book about a boy who accidentally hatches a dragon.

Sixth grader Jeremy Thatcher discovers a strange magic shop he has never seen before. He enters, and his life is changed forever.

After he leaves Mr. Elives' magic shop with a strange marbled egg, it soon becomes clear that this is one pet he wasn't prepared for! How is he supposed to keep a flame-breathing dragon with razor-sharp teeth

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15) Maus I: a survivor's tale : my father bleeds history

Author

Spiegelman, Art

16) Such is my beloved

Author

Callaghan, Morley

Series

Penguin modern classics

17) A jest of God

Author

Laurence, Margaret

Series

Manawaka novels volume 2

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Adult Book, eBook, Paperback

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In this celebrated novel, Margaret Laurence writes with grace, power, and deep compassion about Rachel Cameron, a woman struggling to come to terms with love, with death, with herself and her world.
Trapped in a milieu of deceit and pettiness – her own and that of others – Rachel longs for love, and contact with another human being who shares her rebellious spirit. Through her summer affair with Nick Kazlik, a schoolmate from earlier...

18) Barometer rising

Author

MacLennan, Hugh

Series

New Canadian library

19) Julie of the wolves

Author

George, Jean Craighead

Series

Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 1

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eBook, Paperback

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The thrilling Newbery Medal–winning classic about an Eskimo girl lost on the Alaskan tundra. Julie of the Wolves is a staple in the canon of children's literature and the first in the Julie trilogy. The survival theme makes it a good pick for fans of wilderness adventures such as My Side of the Mountain, Hatchet, or Island of the Blue Dolphins. This edition, perfect for classroom or home use, includes John Schoenherr's original scratchboard illustrations...

20) Twilight

Author

Meyer, Stephenie

Series

Twilight saga volume 1

Formats:

eAudiobook, eBook, Young Adult Book

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Fall in love with the addictive, suspenseful love story between a teenage girl and a vampire with the book that sparked a "literary phenomenon" and redefined romance for a generation (New York Times).
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying...