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Belonging Place
Jean Little
Paperback (Puffin Canada, Jan. 15, 2008)All her life, Elspet Mary seems to have known nothing but loss; her mother died, then her father, leaving her with her Aunt Ailsa and Uncle Will Gordon. Just as she is beginning to feel at home, she must go to the New World in Upper Canada. What awaits Elspet Mary in the strange new land?
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Dear Canada: Exiles from the War: The War Guest Diary of Charlotte Mary Twiss, Guelph, Ontario, 1940
Jean Little
Hardcover (Scholastic Canada, Limited, March 15, 2010)None
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Mine for Keeps
Jean Little
Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Feb. 1, 1995)After spending five years in a cerebral palsy center, Sally is challenged to adjust to normal family and school life.
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Spring Begins in March
Jean Little
Mass Market Paperback (Puffin, Feb. 6, 1996)Not only does Meg Copeland have to share a room with her handicapped sister, Sally, she even feels out of place with the rest of her family. And to make it worse, she’s struggling in school and probably won’t move on to the next grade. She’s sure she’s going to be a total failure.
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Jess Was the Brave One
Jean Little
Paperback (Puffin, Jan. 1, 1995)Claire's younger sister is always braver when it comes to shots, spooky shadows, tree climbing, fierce dogs, and scary movies, but when bullies take Jess' teddy bear, Claire finds her own way to be brave
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Willow and Twig
Jean Little
Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, April 14, 2003)Willow doesn't know what to do. Her mother has taken off again, she has to look after her brother Twig, and they're out on the streets of Vancouver with nowhere to go. Then Willow remembers her grandmother, whom she hasn't seen in years. Gram doesn't even know Twig exists, and Twig is, well, difficult. But Gram is her only hope now. After a few urgent phone calls from a police station in Vancouver to Ontario, Willow and Twig are on their way across the country to a grandmother they hardly know, and a strange household made up of an eccentric uncle, a hostile aunt, and a motley crew of animals. Willow is entranced by this new home-but is it really home? Are they safe at last?
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From Anna
Jean Little
Paperback (Scholastic, Aug. 16, 2012)Anna has always been the clumsy one in the family. Somehow she can never do anything right! She bumps into tables, and she can't read the blackboard at her school. Her perfect brothers and sisters call her "Awkward Anna." When Papa announces that the family is moving from Germany to Canada, Anna's heart sinks. How can she learn English when she can't even read German? Nothing could be worse than this! But when the Soldens arrive in Canada, Anna learns that there is a reason for her clumsiness. And suddenly, wonderfully, her whole world begins to change.
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If I Die Before I Wake : The Flu Epidemic Diary of Fiona Macgregor, Toronto, Ontario, 1918
Jean Little
Hardcover (Scholastic Canada, Limited, March 15, 2007)None
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Orphan at My Door : The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope
Jean Little
Hardcover (Scholastic Canada, Limited, March 15, 2001)Geulph, Ontario 1897 the child diary of Victoria Cope by Jean Little.
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Dear Canada: All Fall Down: The Landslide Diary of Abby Roberts, Frank, District of Alberta, 1902
Jean Little
Hardcover (Scholastic Canada, March 15, 2014)None
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Dear Canada: Brothers Far From Home: The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates
Jean Little
Hardcover (Scholastic Canada, March 15, 2003)World War I Diary of Eliza Bates.
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Different Dragons
Jean Little
Paperback (Puffin Canada, Aug. 2, 2005)A Jean Little Classic Ben isn't sure he wants to visit Aunt Rose while his parents and older brother are away. He doesn't like admitting it, but he's afraid of a lot of things—dogs, thunderstorms, new places, new people. Aunt Rose turns out to be much nicer than Ben expected, but then she presents him with a birthday gift that terrifies him—a big Labrador retriever named Gully. How can Ben tell her he's afraid even to be in the same room with Gully? And how can he tell Hana, his new friend?
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