A Blinding Light
It’s 1917 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The First World War is raging, and despite its distance from the conflict, the Halifax Harbour is bustling with activity. Anti-German prejudice is rampant, and though… Read More
Historical
Abigail’s Wish
Spring. Beautiful blossoms. Chirping peepers. Trees swaying in their new greenery. Pussy willows glistening in furry white coats. Rain and warmth. New births and new… Read More
Adélaïde au couvent
English description follows. Après avoir embauché trois gouvernantes, le père d’Adélaïde, notaire à Québec, n’en peut plus : Adélaïde ira pensionnaire au couvent de Lamèque. Pour une jeune fille qui… Read More
Africville
A powerful reimagination of what it was like to live in Africville in the 1960s through the eyes of a young… Read More
Africville
English description follows.
Alors qu’une jeune fille visite le site historique d’Africville, à Halifax en Nouvelle-Écosse, elle se remémore les histoires qu’elle a entendues dans sa… Read More
Alerte à Richibouctou
It’s the Second World War and John and his uncle Fred are going smelt fishing when they see a military plane crash, and a parachute fly down… In the middle of the night, as a storm is raging, they get captured by… Read More
Evangeline for Young Readers
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem, Evangeline, tells the story of two young people deported from beautiful Acadie just before they are to be married and their search for each other that… Read More
Évangéline Récits pour jeunes lecteurs
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem, Evangeline, tells the story of two young people deported from beautiful Acadie just before they are to be married—and their search for each other that lasts the rest of their… Read More
Explosion Newsie
Share the adventure of a ten-year-old boy who must save the day by getting the news out after the city… Read More
Histoire de Galet
Martin is a teenager living in Dieppe. War rages on, and his country, France, is under Nazi occupation. Cohabitation is tough, and living conditions are poor. While living with Mrs. Agnes, a resourceful old lady, Martin… Read More
If This Is Freedom
<em>If This Is Freedom</em> continues the story of struggle for Loyalist settlers in Nova Scotia after the American Revolutionary War. In the black settlement of Birchtown, times are especially… Read More
Jacques’ Escape
Fourteen-year-old Acadian Jacques Terriot is being deported with his family to the British colony of Massachusetts. He longs to escape and join his older brother in fighting with the French…. Read More
Keeper of the Light
Eleven-year-old Sara must keep the lighthouse working when a storm strikes and a ship is wrecked… Read More
La promesse du bout du monde
“He gets halfway up, screams and throws a stick towards the cougar, which hits it in the eye. The sound of his scream surprises the boy himself. He is full of a singular rage, of a refusal to die here, all alone. It’s… Read More
Le cycle M
Melanie, an Acadian, and her French friend Garence arrive in Marseilles. An obscure family curse looms over Melanie’s trip, which takes quite a turn when she gets her first period. The two friends are mysteriously taken… Read More
Les pirates d’outre-tombe
English description follows. Au pied des vestiges de Louisbourg s’agitent des bandits fort inquiétants. Alexis arrivera-t-il à s’échapper de leur emprise et à rejoindre sa famille au Nouveau-Brunswick ?… Read More
Lightning and Blackberries
Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Evans is the privileged and naive only child of prominent New Englanders, part of a group of Planters who settled in Nova Scotia following the deportation of the Acadian people. As a… Read More
Mystery in the Frozen Lands
The thrilling tale of a fictional 14-year-old’s quest aboard a real 19th century ship in search of the missing Franklin… Read More
