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Revenge on the Fly

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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Leaving behind England (and the graves of his mother and baby sister) 12-year-old William sails to Canada with his father, where he joins the campaign to eradicate flies in cities and stop the spread of deadly diseases.

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Pajama Press Inc.

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1927485568

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9781927485569

Best Friends through Eternity

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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Best Friends through Eternity

By: Sylvia McNicoll

Inspired by the true story of a teen who was killed at a railway crossing, the author weaves the tale of fourteen-year-old Paige, who, taking a shortcut alongside the tracks to avoid the school bullies, is tragically hit by a train and transported to a surreal world where she encounters Kim, who died seven years before. Convinced she is only dreaming, Paige must discover a way to return to her former life. Poignant, gripping, and full of unexpected twists and turns, Best Friends through Eternity will resonate with readers who have struggled with cultural identity, a sense of belonging, and the real meaning of home.

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Tundra Books

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1770497102

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9781770497108

Blue to the Sky

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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Blue to the Sky

By: Sylvia McNicoll

The journey to conquering your fears starts with 1,776 steps. Starting sixth grade after years of homeschooling, Ella is tired of being known as Allergic-to-Everything Girl. She just wants to eat pizza without breaking into hives, convince her mom to adopt a Whoodle dog, and get over her stage fright so she can perform her poem to her class. When her best friend signs up for a CN Tower climb for charity, Ella knows she has to join. If she can climb to the top and summon the courage to recite her poem over the city, she’s convinced she’ll finally be cured of her fears.

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DCB Young Readers

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1770867481

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9781770867482

Crush. Candy. Corpse.

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Crush. Candy. Corpse.

By: Sylvia McNicoll

Paradise Manor is depressing -- the smells are bad and the residents are old. Sunny would much rather be doing her volunteer hours at Salon Teo, but her teacher won't let her. Who says volunteering at a hair salon doesn't benefit the community? But working with the Alzheimer's patients has a surprising effect on Sunny. Along with Cole, the grandson of one of the residents, she begins to see that the residents don't have much more choice about their lives than she does: what they eat, how they are treated by staff, even what they watch on television. So Sunny does what she can to make the residents happy -- even if she has to sometimes break the rules to do it. When tragedy strikes at Paradise, Sunny's left to make the decision about whether or not to honour a promise that Cole made to his grandmother about her life...and her death.

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Lorimer

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1459400623

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9781459400627

The Great Mistake Mysteries 3-Book Bundle

The Best Mistake Mystery / The Artsy Mistake Mystery / The Snake Mistake Mystery

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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The Great Mistake Mysteries 3-Book Bundle

The Best Mistake Mystery / The Artsy Mistake Mystery / The Snake Mistake Mystery

By: Sylvia McNicoll

Anxious young Stephen Noble and his friend Renée are the dogwalking detectives! This special three-book bundle collects the first three book in The Great Mistake Mysteries. Includes The Great Mistake Mystery Dogwalker Stephen Nobel has a habit of overanalyzing things. When the bomb squad searches his school and a car crashes into the building, Stephen can’t leave it alone. But now his new friend Renée and his furry clients Ping and Pong are wrapped up in a dangerous mystery with a real criminal! The Artsy Mistake Mystery Renée and Stephen team up when Renée’s brother Attila is accused of stealing the outdoor art that’s been disappearing all over the neighbourhood. Convinced that Attila is innocent, Renée and Stephen set out to find the truth about the missing art. The Snake Mistake Mystery In the third Great Mistake Mystery, Stephen and Renée investigate a recent robbery that has been pinned on the Noble Dogwalking Agency. The crime involves a missing python and a key that Stephen says he lost. Stephen and Renée need to solve this case or the Noble Dogwalking Agency will go under!

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Dundurn

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1459741900

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9781459741904

What the Dog Knows

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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What the Dog Knows

By: Sylvia McNicoll

Naomi’s dog Diesel returns from the afterlife with one mission — can he save her? It’s Naomi’s worst summer ever. Her dog, Diesel, died. Dad lost his job. Mom and Dad split up. The family is broke, and Naomi is stuck babysitting when she planned to take swimming lessons. Then Naomi’s sometime-friend Morgan convinces her to jump off a dock. On July 1 at precisely 4:30, when Naomi drowns, destiny shifts. Naomi awakes a week earlier to Diesel talking to her. Through his canine counsel, he wants to show her how to fix things. “I can save you,” he barks. But no matter how often Naomi resets her watch, the time and date keep flipping back to July 1 at 4:30, which makes her wonder: Is my time running out?

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145974991X

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9781459749917

The Snake Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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The Snake Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

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In the third Great Mistake Mystery, Stephen and Renée investigate a recent robbery that has been pinned on the Noble Dogwalking Agency. The crime involves a missing python and a key that Stephen says he lost. Stephen and Renée need to solve this case or the Noble Dogwalking Agency will go under!

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Dundurn

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1459739744

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9781459739741

Dog on Trial

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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Dog on Trial

By: Sylvia McNicoll

Owen has just three days to prove to his father that Hero will be no trouble - or back to the shelter he goes. The odds are against Hero. He's got problems with a monster cat, chews up Owen's homework, and makes messes on the floor. Can Hero live up to his name? A book that's both fun and funny, exciting and warm hearted. Interest Level: Grades 4-6+ Reading Level: Grade 2.4 (Lexile 390L) HIP JR novels feature preteen characters in exciting, realistic situations. Written for readers in Grades 4-7, reading at Grade 2-3 level.

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High Interest Publishing Inc.

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1926847385

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The Artsy Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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The Artsy Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

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They say he’s been stealing art. But is Attila being framed? Outdoor art is disappearing all over the neighbourhood! From elaborate Halloween decorations to the Stream of Dreams fish display across the fence at Stephen and Renée’s school, it seems no art is safe. Renée’s brother, Attila, has been cursing those model fish since he first had to make them as part of his community service. So everyone thinks Attila is behind it when they disappear. But, grumpy teen though he is, Attila can do no wrong in Renée’s eyes, so she enlists Stephen’s help to catch the real criminal.

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Dundurn

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1459738829

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9781459738829

The Best Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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The Best Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

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Anxious Stephen Nobel has a habit of overanalyzing things. When the bomb squad searches his school and a car crashes into the building, Stephen can’t leave it alone. But now his new friend Renée and his furry clients Ping and Pong are wrapped up in a dangerous mystery with a real criminal!

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Dundurn

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1459736265

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9781459736269

Crush. Candy. Corpse.

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Crush. Candy. Corpse.

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1459400623

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Cities, Slums and Gender in the Global South

Towards a feminised urban future

By: Sylvia Chant,Cathy McIlwaine

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Cities, Slums and Gender in the Global South

Towards a feminised urban future

By: Sylvia Chant,Cathy McIlwaine

Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South. This is one of the first books to detail the challenges facing poorer segments of the female population who commonly reside in ‘slums’. It explores the variegated disadvantages of urban poverty and slum-dwelling from a gender perspective. This book revolves around conceptualisation of the ‘gender-urban-slum interface’ which explains key elements to understanding women’s experiences in slum environments. It has a specific focus on the ways in which gender inequalities are can be entrenched but also alleviated. Included is a review of the demographic factors which are increasingly making cities everywhere ‘feminised spaces’, such as increased rural-urban migration among women, demographic ageing, and rising proportions of female-headed households in urban areas. Discussions focus in particular on education, paid and unpaid work, access to land, property and urban services, violence, intra-urban mobility, and political participation and representation. This book will be of use to researchers and professionals concerned with gender and development, urbanisation and rural-urban migration.

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Routledge

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1317950364

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9781317950363

Walking a Thin Line

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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Walking a Thin Line

By: Sylvia McNicoll

Lauren knows if she loses twenty pounds Jay will finally notice her. And it can't be that hard, can it? Andrea lost ten pounds in less than a month. But Andrea's starting to act weird. Today she even fainted in class. Lauren's worried. Andrea says she's dying to be thin...but just how far will she go?

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0590123793

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9780590123792

Grave Secrets

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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Grave Secrets

By: Sylvia McNicoll

Strange things begin to happen when Nicholas moves into a new house. He plans to find out why an old woman seems to be pre-occupied with the graveyard that borders their home and why the ghostly image of a little boy keeps appearing before him.

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Fitzhenry & Whiteside

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0773760156

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9780773760158

What the Dog Knows

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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What the Dog Knows

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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Dundurn

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145974991X

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9781459749917

The Mechanical Hypothesis in Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy

By: Sylvia Berryman

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The Mechanical Hypothesis in Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy

By: Sylvia Berryman

This book argues against the assumption that the ancient Greeks did not take mechanics seriously.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521763762

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9780521763769

Learning with Literature in the Canadian Elementary Classroom

By: Joyce Bainbridge,Sylvia Joyce Pantaleo

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Learning with Literature in the Canadian Elementary Classroom

By: Joyce Bainbridge,Sylvia Joyce Pantaleo

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, k, p, e, i, t.

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University of Alberta

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0888643306

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9780888643308

Urbanisation and Inequalities in a Post-Malthusian Context

Challenges for the Sustainable Development Agenda

By: Sylvia Szabo

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Urbanisation and Inequalities in a Post-Malthusian Context

Challenges for the Sustainable Development Agenda

By: Sylvia Szabo

The book examines contemporary urban challenges and opportunities within the context of the traditional Malthusian theory. The book reorients the classic Malthusian debate on population and food by focusing on global urbanisation and its consequences for peoples’ access to basic means of subsistence. Case studies from both developing and developed countries provide a comprehensive overview of the issues related to availability of food and water in an urban context. The book suggests that the concern for human survival is still relevant and can be exacerbated by rapid urbanisation, and that the negative impacts of urban processes require an increased attention of the international community as we enter the new Sustainable Development Goals era.

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Springer

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3319265717

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9783319265711

A Different Kind of Beauty

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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A Different Kind of Beauty

By: Sylvia McNicoll

Elizabeth Kerr, a freshman, is raising another future guide dog. Kyle, 16, is blind due to diabetes. Although the two attend the same high school, they have never met. Elizabeth struggles with having to give up Beauty, and Kyle struggles with his recent loss of sight. At the same time, they must deal with typical adolescent concerns: unrequited love, family, and friendships. The teens meet as the story draws to a close, and Beauty becomes Kyle's dog."--Amazon.com.

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Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside

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1550050605

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9781550050608

The Big Race

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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The Big Race

By: Sylvia McNicoll

A story about a boy who is forever competing with his classmate - a girl who's great at everything she does - and the consequences of his jealousy. Ideal for discussions about competition and acceptance" Cf. Our choice, 1996-1997.

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Richmond Hill, Ont. : Scholastic Canada

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0590249088

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9780590249089

Project Disaster

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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Project Disaster

By: Sylvia McNicoll

Neil really wants a dog, but all he has is his goldfish Fido, a bratty five-year-old sister named Tara, and a brand new baby brother. When Fido dies, Neil has to find a new pet to show at school -- and fast! His grandfather helps him come up with a new pet, and takes him for rides in his lucky sports car. But then Neil wrecks his grandfather's beloved Firebird. Will the family ever forgive him? By the end of the worst week in his life, Neil comes to understand everyone in his family a bit better, and even ends up with the best school pet project ever!

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[Richmond Hill, Ont.] : Scholastic Canada

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0590737422

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9780590737425

Body Swap

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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Body Swap

By: Sylvia McNicoll

When a faulty accelerator causes eighty-two-year-old Susan hits fifteen-year-old Hallie with her SUV, they return from the dead in each other’s bodies, seeking justice and another chance.

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Dundurn

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1459740912

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Body Swap

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Body Swap

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When a faulty accelerator causes eighty-two-year-old Susan hits fifteen-year-old Hallie with her SUV, they return from the dead in each other’s bodies, seeking justice and another chance.

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The Best Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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The Best Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

By: Sylvia McNicoll

Some people count their blessings, but dogwalker Stephen Nobel counts mistakes. Dogwalker extraordinaire Stephen Nobel can get a little anxious, but his habit of counting the mistakes he and everyone else makes calms him. His need to analyze gets kicked into hyperdrive after two crazy events happen in one day at school: the bomb squad blows up a backpack and someone smashes a car into the building. To make things worse, that someone thinks Stephen can identify them. Stephen receives a threatening text. If he goes to the police, his favourite dogs, Ping and Pong, will get hurt. The pressure mounts when his new best friend, Renée, begs for Stephen’s help. Her brother has been charged with the crimes and she wants to clear his name. Is it a mistake to give in to dognappers? How can he possibly save everybody? To find out, Stephen will have to count on all of his new friends. CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2017) Selection

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Dundurn

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1459736273

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9781459736276

The Artsy Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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The Great Mistake Mysteries

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Renée and Stephen team up when Renée’s brother Attila is accused of stealing the outdoor art that’s been disappearing all over the neighbourhood. Convinced that Attila is innocent, Renée and Stephen set out to find the truth about the missing art.

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1459738810

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The Great Mistake Mysteries 3-Book Bundle

The Best Mistake Mystery / The Artsy Mistake Mystery / The Snake Mistake Mystery

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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The Best Mistake Mystery / The Artsy Mistake Mystery / The Snake Mistake Mystery

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1459741900

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Grave Secrets

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Grave Secrets

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Fitzhenry & Whiteside

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The Diamond Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

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The Diamond Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

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2020-21 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award — Shortlisted Five-year-old Pearl claims that a pirate stole the rare Blushing Diamond. But everyone’s a pirate on Halloween. Dogwalker Stephen Noble has been recruited to walk his five-year-old reading buddy, Pearl Lebel, to and from school while her mother is away and her father is ill. He’s sure that this will be easier than walking canine clients Ping and Pong — until Pearl locks herself in the house, runs away from home, and loses her family’s rare pink diamond ring. When Pearl claims that a pirate took the ring, Stephen and Renée are on the case. But the more they discover, the more it feels like everyone is a suspect. With Pearl annoying them every step of the way, will they be able to solve the mystery before the ring's scheduled appearance at the Brilliant Diamond Show?

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Dundurn

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1459744950

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The Snake Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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The Snake Mistake Mystery

The Great Mistake Mysteries

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1459739744

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A Different Kind of Beauty

By: Sylvia McNicoll

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A Different Kind of Beauty

By: Sylvia McNicoll

A Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2005 Manitoba Young Reads' Choice Award Nominee 2005" Second of the "Bringing Up Beauty" triology! "Bringing Up Beauty" won the 1996 Silver Birch Children's Choice Award and the 1997 Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award. In "Bringing Up Beauty," Elizabeth had her heart broken over the lab puppy she raised for - and returned to - a guide dog program. In "A Different Kind of Beauty," she's trying again. But this time, she vows, she won't fall in love. She'll have fun, sure, but she won't surrender to those big soulful eyes and goofy puppy love. Hmmm... is it Beauty II she's resisting, or Scott, the "former" boyfriend who just keeps hanging around?

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