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The Sleeping Porch
By Ian Wallace
On a hot, steamy summer night, young Brando and his parents move out onto the porch to sleep, hoping they might catch a hint of the breeze. MORE
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Read an interview with Ian Wallace, author of the recently released The Sleeping Porch.
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NEW RELEASES:
Two new Groundwork Guides!
Cities By John Lorinc
2007 marked a defining moment in human history; for the first time ever, more people were living in cities than in rural areas. Cities specialist John Lorinc considers the enormous implications of the mass migration away from rural regions. How do people from vastly different cultures and economic circumstances learn to accommodate one another's needs within the confines of very dense and complex mega-cities?
Also available in paperback for $11.00.
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Slavery Today By Kevin Bales
and Becky Cornell
Worldwide, twenty-seven million people are forced to work as servants, agricultural workers, and prostitutes. Slavery Today traces the products created by this inhuman system from the jungle and farm through the global markets into our homes. Co-authored by the world's leading expert on modern slavery, it addresses the controversies while setting out the solutions for how readers can get involved in the global anti-slavery movement.
Also available in paperback for $11.00.
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The Saver By Edeet Ravel
Award-winning author Edeet Ravel has written an engrossing novel for young adults. When seventeen-year-old Fern's mother dies, she quits school and learns to care for herself, an imaginary friend her constant companion. Despite her resourcefulness and resolve, exhaustion and stress take their toll on the young woman . . . until Fern discovers that she is not really on her own, after all.
Also available in paperback for $12.95.
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$17.95 CDN
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The Shepherd's Granddaughter By Anne Laurel Carter
Like generations before her, Amani has always wanted to be a shepherd, grazing sheep above the olive groves near Hebron. Her home threatened by encroaching Jewish settlements, Amani struggles to find increasingly rare land, meeting an American boy, one of the settlers. In a secret meadow, Amani learns that she must share the land if she is going to continue to use it.
Also available in paperback for $12.95.
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My One Hundred Adventures By Polly Horvath
Happy but restless for adventure, Jane sets out on one hundred adventures. Some are spectacular and scary -- like getting stranded on a hot-air balloon or on a boat floating out to sea. Others are more serene. Along the way, she crosses an angry family who blackmail her into caring for their terrible tots. But as the summer unfolds, Jane realizes that in making their lives more bearable, she's experienced the greatest adventure of all.
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Accolades for Wishinsky & Gay
Please, Louise! is a finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. MORE
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