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The Dewey Divas and Dudes Present:
Our Favourite
Spring 2016 Books for
Rideau Lakes Library System
The Dewey Divas and Dudes are:
Lahring Tribe, Penguin Random House
Rosalyn Steele, HarperCollins Canada
Margot Stokreef, Martin & Associates
Janet Murie, Scholastic Canada
Tim Gain, Canadian Manda Group
Laureen Cusack, Thomas Allen and Son
Andrea Colquhoun, Penguin Random House
Saffron Beckwith, Ampersand Inc
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Rideau Lakes Public Library Book Club Presentation -- Spring 2016
Random House of Canada -- Lahring Tribe
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Not Working by Lisa Owens – Doubleday Canada – 9780385686006 -- $29.95HC – Fiction – 256 pages - May 2016 Twenty-something Londoner Claire has just resigned from her job without a plan--and although
she is pleased, her family and friends don't seem to understand. Before too long, she alienates both her steady,
brain-surgeon boyfriend and her difficult but loving mother, while becoming absorbed in the minutiae of dayto-day life. More “insight lite” books: Jonathan Unleashed, The Hopefuls, The Invoice.
We're All in This Together by Amy Jones -- McClelland & Stewart – 9780771050640 -- $24.95TP
Original – Fiction – 432 pages -- June 2016 Like all families, the Parkers of Thunder Bay have had their
share of complications. But when matriarch Kate Parker miraculously survives plummeting over a waterfall in
a barrel -- a feat captured on a video that goes viral -- it's Kate's family who tumbles into chaos under the
spotlight. More Canadian debut fiction: Yiddish for Pirates, The Translation of Love, School of Velocity.
June: A Novel by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore – Crown – 9780553447682 -- $35.00HC – Fiction – 400
pages -- May 2016 Cassie Danvers is holed up in her family’s crumbling mansion, mourning the loss of her
grandmother June, when she is named the sole heir to legendary matinee idol Jack Montgomery's vast fortune.
Could he have crossed paths with her grandmother all those years ago, and what other shocking secrets could
June’s once-stately mansion hold? From the author of Bittersweet. More mysterious goings-on: Arrowood,
Memento, Try Not to Breathe.
A Fine Imitation: A Novel by Amber Brock – Crown – 9781101905111 -- $35.00HC – Fiction – 304
pages -- May 2016 Set in the glamorous 1920s, this debut novel sweeps readers into a privileged Manhattan
socialite's restless life and her disruptive affair with a mysterious painter, flashing back to her years at Vassar
and the friendship that brought her to the brink of ruin. More made-for-book-club reflections starring women:
This Too Shall Pass, Mothering Sunday, Serial Monogamy, The Ballroom.
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin – Delacorte Press – 9780345528698 -- $34.00HC –
Fiction – 368 pages -- January 2016 A guilty-pleasure novel about New York’s glittering high society of
the 1950s—and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between Truman Capote and
socialite Babe Paley. More fiction about real people: Vatican Princess, Georgia, Sisi.
A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker -- Random House Canada – 9780345816382 -- $32.00HC –
Fiction – 304 pages -- May 2016 Samuel Beckett is a young writer living in Paris--intoxicated by new
friendships with James Joyce and the other writers and artists making the vibrant city their creative home-when war breaks out in 1939. He determines to stay and is swiftly drawn into the maelstrom, joining the
Resistance. More fiction about war: Everyone Brave is Forgiven, Lilac Girls, At the Edge of Summer, The
Summer Before the War, The Pursuit of Pearls, The Dressmaker’s War.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi – Bond Street Books – 9780385686136 -- $32.00HC – Fiction – 320 pages -June 2016 Homegoing is a brilliant debut novel about race, history, ancestry, love and time, charting the
course of the descendants of two half sisters born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana
through to the present day. More literary looks at the wider world: The Naturalist, The Noise of Time, Do
Not Say We Have Nothing.
The Girls: A Novel by Emma Cline -- Random House – 9780812998603 -- $36.00HC – Fiction – 368
pages – June 2016 Northern California, at the end of the 1960s. A lonely teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group
of girls in the park, and is enchanted by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura. Soon, Evie is
in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and
the man who is its charismatic leader. More summer reads? For chills: Crow Girl, Different Classes. For the
beach: The House at the End of Night, Nine Women, One Dress, Vinegar Girl.
Dark Matter: A Novel by Blake Crouch – Crown – 9781101904220 -- $35.99HC – Fiction – 352 pages -July 2016 “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked
abductor knocks him unconscious. When he wakes up, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not
his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated
genius who has achieved something remarkable. Is it this world or the other that’s the dream? More summer
“guy reads”: I Am No One, The Travelers, The Hanging Club, The Hatching.
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena – Doubleday Canada – 9780385686945 -- $24.95TP Original –
Fiction – 320 pages – August 2016 Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all--a loving relationship, a
wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a
terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents, but the truth is much more
complicated Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they've kept for
years. More suspense: The Quality of Silence, The Good Good-bye, The Missing Hours.
The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power, and Intrigue in an English Stately
Home by Natalie Livingstone – Ballantine Books – 9780553392074 -- $42.00HC – Nonfiction/Biography
– 512 pages -- June 2016 The Cliveden estate, five miles from Windsor Castle, has been the home of rich
and powerful women and a setting for misbehavior, intrigue, and passion from its salacious beginnings in the
seventeenth century to the Profumo Affair. More books about fascinating women: Charlotte Bronte, Lab
Girl, Life of the Party.
You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice by Tom Vanderbilt – Knopf Canada –
9780307402622 -- $32.95HC – Nonfiction/Social Science – 320 pages – May 2016 Everyone knows his or
her favourite colour and the foods we most enjoy. But what does it really mean when we like something?
How do we decide what's good? Is it something biological? What is the role of our personal experiences in
shaping our tastes? And how do businesses make use of this information to develop and sell their products?
More nonfiction to think – and talk – about: Look at You Now, a Mother’s Reckoning, Chancers.
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi – Random House – 9780812988406 -- $33.00HC –
Nonfiction/Memoir – 256 pages – January 2016 An exquisitely observed memoir by a young
neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life
worth living? More weighty reflections: The Violet Hour, Good Medicine, Being Mortal.
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets by Luke Dittrich – Random House –
9780812992731 -- $37.00HC – Nonfiction/Science – 464 pages -- August 2016 In 1953, Henry
Molaison, who suffered from severe epilepsy, received a radical new version of the lobotomy and left the
operating room profoundly amnesic, unable to create new long-term memories. Over the following sixty
years, Patient H.M. became a human guinea pig who would teach us much of what we know about memory
today. For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. For more brain quests: Switched On, Love That
Boy.
New in Paperback
Daddy Lenin and Other Stories by Guy Vanderhaeghe -- McClelland & Stewart -- 978-0-7710-9914-4 -$29.95HC – 9780771099168 -- $19.95TP --Fiction/Short Stories -- 272 pages -- April 2015/February
2016 A teenage boy breaks out of the strict confines of his family and gets in over his head. An actor’s
penchant for hiding behind a role, on and off stage, is tested to the limits. A middle-aged man encounters his
former adviser at university, the charismatic Daddy Lenin. Also: The Long Chance by Don Gillmor.
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain -- Bond Street Books -- 978-0-385-67721-9 -- $32.00HC –
9780385677233 -- $21.00TP -- Fiction -- 288 pages -- July 2015/May 2016 Paula McLain, author of The
Paris Wife, takes readers to Kenya in the 1920s, where the beautiful young horse trainer, adventurer and
aviator Beryl Markham tells the story of her life among the glamorous and decadent circle of British expats
living in colonial East Africa. Also: Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg.
The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel by Nina George – Crown -- 978-0-553-41877-4 -- $29.95HC –
9780553418798 -- $22.00TP -- Fiction -- 320 pages -- June 2015/March 2016 Monsieur Perdu calls
himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore on the Seine, he prescribes novels to mend broken
hearts and souls. Except his own: he's still haunted by the disappearance of his great love. Finally, he departs
on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story.
Also: The Illuminations by Andrew O’Hagan.
He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest
to Know Him by Mimi Baird and Eve Claxton – Crown -- 978-0-8041-3747-8 -- $29.95HC –
9780804137492 -- $21.00TP -- Nonfiction/Memoir -- 272 pages -- February 2015/February 2016 In the
late 1920’s, Dr. Perry Baird investigated the biochemical root of manic depression, just as he began to suffer
from it himself. Institutionalized multiple times, his family estranged, he died unrecognized. Decades later,
his daughter received a manuscript which he had worked on while hospitalized, depicting an astute observer
of his own condition. Also: Precious Cargo by Craig Davidson.
Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar -- Bond Street Books – 978-0-385-68133-9 -- $29.95 HC –
9780385681353 -- $17.95TP -- Fiction -- 256 pages – January 2015/March 2016 London, 1905: The city
is alight with change, especially in Bloomsbury, where the Stephens siblings bring together a glittering circle
of bright, outrageous, artistic friends. At the center of this charmed circle are the devoted, gifted sisters:
Vanessa, the painter, and Virginia, the writer. Also: Villa America by Liza Klaussmann.
The Past: A novel by Tessa Hadley -- Random House Canada -- 978-0-345-81611-5 -- $32.00HC –
9780345816122 -- $21.00TP -- Fiction -- 368 pages – September 2015/April 2016 Three adult sisters and
their brother meet up at their grandparents' country home for their annual family holiday. The beloved but
crumbling house is full of childhood memories--but now they may have to sell it, resulting in additional
tension. Also: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout.
Wake by Anna Hope -- McClelland & Stewart -- 978-0-7710-3966-9 -- $29.95HC – 9780771039683 -$17.95TP -- Fiction -- 304 pages -- February 2014/April 2016 A debut set just after WWI, as Britain's
Unknown Warrior is being brought home from France. Three very different women try to find ways to live
after devastating losses and amid the residual damage, while their tragic connection is gradually revealed.
More: The Ballroom by Anna Hope.
Spring/Summer 2016 Dewey Diva Picks- Adult Books
HarperCollins Canada
All Stories Are Love Stories by Elizabeth Percer- Harper- 9780062275950- HC- $31.99Fiction/Literary- 368 pp. - March 2016
All Stories Are Love Stories follows a group of survivors thrown together in the aftermath of two
major earthquakes that strike San Francisco within an hour of each other. It’s a beautiful and
lyrical novel about the power of nature, the resilience of the human spirit, and the enduring
strength of love
Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson- William Morrow – 9780062413710- HC$31.99- Fiction- 304 pp. – Feb 2016
A reclusive literary legend is forced to write a new book after falling prey to a Ponzi scheme. To
ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her publisher sends an assistant to monitor her
progress. Alice is put to work as a full-time companion to Frank, the writer’s eccentric nine-yearold,boy with the wit of Noel Coward & the wardrobe of a 1930s movie star. But who is Frank’s
father? Simultaneous TP Edition (9780062459060) & Larger Print (9780062440310 $31.99)
The Bones of Paradise by Jonis Agee- William Morrow- 9780062413475- HC- $31.99Fiction / Literary- 432 pp. – August 2016
The award-winning author of The River Wife returns with a multi-generational family saga, set in
the unforgiving Nebraska Sandhills in the years following the massacre at Wounded Knee—an
ambitious tale of history, vengeance, race, guilt, betrayal, family, and belonging, filled with a
vivid cast of characters shaped by violence, love, and a desperate loyalty to the land.
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick- Mira- 9780778319337- HC$27.99- Fiction/Literary- 336 pp. – May 2016
In this poignant and charming debut, a lovable widower embarks on a life-changing adventure
after finding a charm bracelet in his wife’s possessions. Arthur’s quest to find out the truth about
his wife's secret life before they met takes him from London to Paris and as far as India in a
journey of hope, healing and self-discovery. Simultaneous TP (9780778322146, $21.99)
The Fifth Avenue Artists Society by Joy Callaway- Harper Paperbacks- 9780062391612- TP
Original- $19.99- Fiction/Historical- 368 pp. – May 2016
An enthralling Edith Wharton-meets-Little Women debut about a family of four artistic sisters on
the outskirts of Gilded Age New York high society that centers on the boldest—an aspiring writer
caught between the boy next door and a mysterious novelist who inducts her into Manhattan’s
most elite artistic salon which has a seedy underbelly and secrets to hide.
Happy People Read and Drink Coffee : A Novel by Agnes Martin-Lugand- HarperAvenue9781443451000- TP Original- $19.99- Fiction- 240 pp – May 2016
Owner of Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, a cozy literary cafe in Paris, Diane’s happy life
is overturned when she suddenly loses her husband and daughter in a car accident. Trapped by
grief and haunted by her memories, Diane shocks her loved ones by her decision to move to a
small town on the Irish coast to heal and rebuild her life alone—until she meets Edward…
The Muse by Jessie Burton- HarperCollins Canada- 9781443444972- TP Original- $22.99 Fiction / Literary- 384 pp. - July 2016
From the bestselling author of The Miniaturist comes a captivating and brilliantly realized story
of two young women-a Caribbean immigrant in 1960s London and a bohemian woman in 1930s
Spain-and the mysterious painting that links them together.
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney- Ecco- 9780062414212- HC- $33.50Fiction/Literary- 368 pp. March 2016
On a wintry afternoon in New York City, Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront
their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, whose bad behavior has left the Plumbs’ joint
trust fund, “The Nest,” as they’ve taken to calling it, endangered. Can Leo get the Plumbs out of
this mess, as he’s always been able to do for himself before? Or will the Plumb siblings have to
do without the money-and the future lives-they’ve envisioned? Simultaneous TP (9781443445238,
$21.99), Large Print (9780062441652, $33.50) & Audio (9780062443847, $49.99)
Smoke by Dan Vyleta
- 9781443440677- HarperCollins Canada-HC- $29.99- Fiction /
Literary/Fantasy- 448 pp. - May 2016
Smoke opens in a private boarding school near Oxford, but in an alternate Victorian era where sin
takes a visible form, manifesting itself as smoke, soot and ash. It is in this school, surrounded by
the sons of the wealthy and well-connected, that two boys discover that the world is not as
they’ve been led to believe.
The Summer Guest by Alison Anderson- HarperCollins Canada- 9781443446808- HC$29.99- Fiction- 452 pp. – May 2016
The translator of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Alison Anderson, delivers a remarkable literary
novel-with a stunning conclusion-inspired by historical events, in which a diary weaves together
the lives of three women: a dying Ukrainian doctor who befriends Anton Chekov in the 19th
century, a modern-day London book editor, and the woman she hires to translate it into English.
Simultaneous PB edition also available (9781443446815, $22.99)
Brown: What Being Brown Means in the World Today (to Everyone) by Kamal Al-Solaylee
- HarperCollins Canada- 9781443441438- HC- $29.99 - Social Science-288 pp. - May 16
By the author of the Canada Reads finalist and bestselling Intolerable comes a stunning new book
about the meaning of being brown. Brown is not white. Brown is not black. Historically speaking,
issues of race and skin colour have been interpreted along black and white lines, leaving out
millions of people whose stories and experiences have shaped our modern world.
The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland by Dan BarryHarper- 9780062372130- HC- $33.50 - Social Science / People With Disabilities- 352 pp. –
May 2016 In a tiny Iowa farm town, a group of intellectually disabled men lived in an old
schoolhouse. Every morning before dawn, they were bussed to a processing plant to eviscerate
turkeys in return for food, lodging, and $65 a month. From 1974 to 2009, the men lived in near
servitude, enduring increasing neglect, exploitation, and physical and emotional abuse—until a
group of extraordinary advocates helped the men achieve their freedom.
The Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head Is Really Up To by Dean
Burnett- HarperCollins Canada- 9781443450065- HC- $32.99 - Science- 288 pp. -May 2016
The brain may be the seat of consciousness and the engine of all human experience, but it's also
messy, fallible and disorganized, imperfections influence everything that humans say, do and
experience. In The Idiot Brain, Dean Burnett celebrates the downright laughable things our minds
do to us, as well as exposing misconceptions how the brain really works.
It's Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool Too) by Nora McInerny Purmort- Dey Street Books9780062419378- HC- $31.99- Biography & Autobiography- 320 pp. – May 2016
Joining the ranks of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and Carry On, Warrior, author Nora
McInerny Purmort shares hysterical, moving, and painfully honest stories about her journey with
her late husband Aaron. It’s OK to Laugh explores universal themes of love, marriage, work,
(single) motherhood, and depression through her refreshingly frank viewpoint.
Lift: Fitness Culture, From Naked Greeks and Dumbbells to Jazzercise and Ninja Warriors
by Daniel Kunitz- Harper Wave- 9780062336187 – HC- $31.99- Sports & Recreation /
History- 352 pp. – July 2016
A fascinating cultural history of fitness, from Greek antiquity to the era of the “big-box gym”,
exploring the ways in which human exercise has changed over time—and what we can learn from
our ancestors.
The Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men's Prison by Mikita
Brottman- Harper – 9780062384331- HC- $33.50- Literary Criticism / Books & Reading272 pp. – June 2016
A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with
criminals in a maximum-security men’s prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from
them—Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Lolita in Tehran.
Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig- HarperAvenue- 9781443443142- TP Original- $19.99Biography & Autobiography- 272 pp. - January 2016
In the western world the suicide rate is highest amongst men under the age of 35. Matt Haig could
have added to that statistic when, aged 24, he found himself staring at a cliff-edge about to jump
off. This is the story of why he didn't, how he recovered and learned to live with anxiety and
depression.
Shanghai Grand: Forbidden Love and International Intrigue on the Eve of the Second
World War by Taras Grescoe
- HarperCollins Canada- 9781443425537- HC- $29.99History- 352 pp. – June 2016
On the eve of the Second World War Shanghai was the rendezvous for the 20th century's most
outlandish adventurers, including Emily Hahn, legendary New Yorker writer, Ernest Hemingway,
Martha Gellhorn, Harold Acton and the colourful Canadian gangster named Morris "Two-Gun"
Cohen- all under the watchful eye of the fabulously wealthy Sir Victor Sassoon.
The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love by Melissa Fay
Greene- Ecco- 9780062218513- HC- $34.99- Pets/Dogs- 352 pp. – May 2016
From two-time National Book Award nominee Melissa Fay Greene comes a profound and
surprising account of dogs on the front lines of rescuing both children and adults from the
trenches of grief, emotional, physical, and cognitive disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder
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Spring 2016 Dewey Diva Picks – Martin & Associates
Spring 2016 Dewey Diva Picks
Martin & Associates
My Dad Used To Be So Cool by Keith Negley- Flying Eye Books - 978-1-90926-394-9 – HC
- $25.50 – Juvenile Fiction/Family/Parents – 48 pp. - July 2016 – Ages 3-5
A new father looks back wistfully on his crazy times playing in a band, riding a motorcycle, and
getting tattoos. Those days may be behind him, but his young son still thinks he's the coolest
guy in the world.
Elliot by Julie Pearson & Manon Gauthier– Pajama Press - 978-1-92748-585-9 –
-HC - $18.95 – Juvenile Fiction/Family – Orphans & Foster Homes – 32 pp. - March 2016
– Ages 5-8
A gentle, warmhearted story of one child’s journey through the foster care system in search of a
“forever, forever” home.
Professor Astrocat's Atomic Adventure by Dominic Walliman & Ben Newman – Flying
Eye Books – 978-1-90926-360-4- HC - $33.95 – Juvenile Nonfiction/ Science & TechPhysics – 56 pp. - May 2016 – Ages 7-11
Class is in session, and the subject is physics. Your teacher? Why, he's the smartest cat in the
galaxy!
Maker Projects for Kids Who Love Robotics by James Bow – Crabtree Publishing
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978-0-77872-254-0 – HC - $36.75 – Juvenile Nonfiction/ Technology/ Electricity &
Electronics – 32 pp. - March 2016 – Ages 10-13
Readers will learn about basic robot components and how they are used to build various robots
for different purposes. Step-by-step Maker projects let readers put their skills to use as they
build amazing robotic creations.
Jon Le Bon #4: The Prophecy of Four by Alex. A – Les Publications Modus
Vivendi Inc. - 978-1-77285-000-0 – PB - $12.95 – Juvenile Fiction/ Comics & Graphic
Novels – 104 pp. - May 2016 – Ages 10-13
Super Agent Jon Le Bon's mission is to go to the Redlands, the most dangerous continent on
Earth, infiltrate the Sect of Spectres and save the world.
Arctic Comics by Michael Kusugak, Jose Kusugak & Germaine Arnaktauyok –
Renegade Arts Entertainment – 978-1-98782-503-9 – HC - $17.99 – 88 pp. - Comics &
Graphic Novels/ General – May 2016 – Ages 10 & up
Arctic Comics is a full-colour anthology containing tales of myth, adventure and humour, told at
the top of the world. Written and drawn by Inuit, Northerners, and other Canadians.
Any questions or requests, please contact: [email protected]
Spring 2016 Dewey Diva Picks – Martin & Associates
The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent – Pan Macmillan - 978-1-44727-649-4
– PB - $16.99 – Fiction/Literary – 256 pp. - April 2016
An irresistible French sensation - Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore meets Amélie - The Reader
on the 6.27 explores the power of books through the lives of the people they save.
Waste by Andrew F. Sullivan – Dzanc Book - 978-1-93810-340-7 – PB - $22.50 –
Fiction/Literary – 256 pp. - March 2016
Larkhill, Ontario. 1989. A city on the brink of utter economic collapse. On the brink of violence.
Driving home one night, unlikely friends Jamie Garrison and Moses Moon hit a lion at fifty
miles an hour. Both men stumble away from the freak accident unharmed, but somewhere out
there in the dark, a man is still looking for his lion.
Christadora by Tim Murphy – Grove/Atlantic - 978-0-80212-528-6 – HC - $38.50 –
Fiction/Literary – 496 pp. - August 2016
In this vivid and compelling novel, Tim Murphy follows a diverse set of characters whose fates
intertwine in an iconic building in Manhattan's East Village, the Christodora. Christodora
recounts the heartbreak wrought by AIDS, illustrates the allure and destructive power of hard
drugs, and brings to life the ever-changing city itself.
I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her by Joanna
Connors – Grove/Atlantic - 978-0-80212-260-5 – HC - $35.50 – Biography/Personal
Memoirs – 272 pp. - April 2016
An interweaving narrative about strength and survival about rape culture and violence in
America, I Will Find You is a brave, timely consideration of race, class, education and the
families that shape who we become, by a reporter and a survivor.
Love Among the Ruins by Harry Leslie Smith – Icon Books - 978-1-78578-000-4 –
PB - $21.50 – Biography/Personal Memoirs – 272 pp. - May 2016
At 22, the war is over for RAF serviceman Harry Leslie Smith - the now 92-year-old activist
and author of the acclaimed Harry's Last Stand - but the battle for love and hope rages on.
Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore – Talon
Books – 978-0-88922-973-0 – Fiction/Literary – 272 pp. - February 2016
The story of a heart transplant, centered mainly around Simon Limbres, the boy whose heart is
given, and his family is now longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.
Any questions or requests, please contact: [email protected]
Scholastic Spring/Summer 2016 Picks
Barnacle is Bored by Jonathan Fenske – 9780545865043 – HC - $19.99 –
Animals/Marine Life – 40 Pages – May 2016 – Ages 3 - 5
Barnacle is stuck on the underside of a pier, wishing he had something to do. Every day
is exactly the same. Then a colorful fish swims by. Barnacle bets the fish doesn’t have a
boring life. In the end, it turns out exciting isn’t always better .
Every Day Birds by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Illustrated by Dylan Metrano 9780545699808 – HC - $21.99 – Animals/Birds – 32 Pages – March 2016 – Ages 3
–5
An introduction to twenty different types of birds, with breathtaking paper-cuts by
newcomer Dylan Metrano!
Hector and Hummingbird by Nicholas John Frith - 9780545857017 – HC - $21.99
– Social Issues/Friendship – 32 Pages – April 2016 – Ages 4 – 8
Hector the bear has a big problem: His friend Hummingbird just won’t be quiet! The
pair have always been best friends, but will Hector ever find peace and quiet with
Hummingbird around?
Super Happy Magical Forest by Matty Long – 9780545860598 – HC - $21.99 –
Action & Adventure – 32 Pages – March 2016 – Ages 3 – 5
Welcome to the Super Happy Magic Forest, a super happy, super magical place filled
with picnics, dancing, and fun. That is until the source of all things joyous, the Mystical
Crystals of Life, are stolen!Five heroes have been summoned to retrieve the Crystals, but
the epic quest won’t be easy.
Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey – 9781443148108 - HC - $14.99 – Humorous
Stories – 28 pages – February 2015 – Ages 3 – 7
Thelma is an ordinary pony who dreams of being a unicorn. And through a little bit of
chance, and a strange dash of pink glitter-coloured fate, her dream comes true!
Beetle Boy by M G Leonard - 9780545853460 – HC - $20.99 – Animals/Insects – 288
Pages – March 2016 – Ages 8 – 12
Darkus Cuttle’s dad mysteriously goes missing from his job as Director of Science at the
Natural History Museum. Vanished without a trace! From a locked room! So Darkus moves in
with his eccentric Uncle Max and discovers that beetles are anything but ordinary.
The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd – 9780545552745 - $20.99 –
Family/Alternative Family – 240 Pages – March 2016 – Ages 8 – 12
Emma has spent her whole life waiting to discover her destiny, and maybe see her mom again,
even if just for a moment. But the dream never comes. Just when she’s about to give up, she
learns that the Morning Glory IS sending her messages, hints about a secret in Emma’s family
that could change everything.
The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp – 9780545694667 – HC $10.99 – Humorous Stories – 192 Pages – May 2015 – Ages 8 – 12
This laugh-out-loud funny debut will please boys, girls, pigs, vegetarian farmers, ducks . . .
everyone except for evil chickens!
Everland by Wendy Spinale – 9780545836944 – HC - $22.99 – Action & Adventure – 320
Pages – May 2016 – Ages 12 and Up
London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. The only ones who have survived
are children, among them Gwen Darling and her siblings. Are she, Pete, the Lost Boys, and
Bella enough to outsmart Captain Hook?
Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky - 9780545867474 – HC - $22.99 – Social
Issues/Adolescence – 320 Pages – March 2016 – Ages 14 and Up
We didn’t mean to hold hostage a member of The Ruperts, I swear. At least, I didn’t. We are
fans. Okay, superfans who spend all of our free time tweeting about the boys and updating our
fan tumblrs. But so what, that’s what you do when you love a group so much it hurts. How did
it get this far? Who knows. I mean midterms are coming up. I really do not have time to go to hell.
My Name is Not Friday by Jon Walter – 9780545855228 – HC - $23.99 – Historical – 384
Pages – January 2016 – Ages 12 and Up
Well-mannered Samuel and his mischievous younger brother Joshua are free boys living in an
orphanage during the end of the Civil War. Samuel takes the blame for Joshua’s latest prank,
and the consequence is worse than he could ever imagine. He’s taken from the orphanage to
the South, given a new name — Friday — and sold into slavery.
The Memory of Light by Francisco X Stork – 9780545474320 – HC - $22.99 – Social
Issues/Depression & Mental Illness – 336 Pages – February 2016 – Ages 12 and Up
Inspired in part by the author’s own experience with depression, The Memory of Light is the
rare young adult novel that focuses not on the events leading up to a suicide attempt, but the
recovery from one — about living when life doesn’t seem worth it, and how we go on anyway
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham – 9780545907170 – HC - $21.99 – Social
Issues/Depression & Mental Illness – 384 Pages – March 2016 – Ages 14 and Up
A truly powerful multigenerational novel from international bestseller Jenny Downham that
celebrates life in a way no other book has done before. Spanning three generations of women
in one family, Jenny sensitively addresses dementia, single motherhood and teenage angst.
Spring 2016 Dewey Diva Picks – Adult Titles
Canadian Manda Group
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett- Little, Brown- 978-0-316-26135-7- HC- $31.50- Fiction368 pp.- May 2016
When Margaret's fiancé, John, is hospitalized for depression, she faces a choice: carry on with
their plans, or back away from the suffering it may bring her. She decides to marry him. Imagine
Me Gone is the unforgettable story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith.
Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters- Mulholland Books- 978-0-316-26124-1- HC$31.50- Fiction- 336 pp.- July 2016
A gifted young black man calling himself Victor has struck a bargain with federal law
enforcement, working as a bounty hunter for the US Marshall Service. He's got plenty of work. In
this version of America, slavery continues in four states called "the Hard Four." On the trail of a
runaway known as Jackdaw, Victor arrives in Indianapolis knowing that something isn't right-with the case file, with his work, and with the country itself.
Fellside by M. R. Carey- Orbit- 978-0-316-30028-5- HC- $32.50- Fiction- 416 pp.- April
2016
Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors. It's not the kind of
place you'd want to end up. But it's where Jess Moulson could be spending the rest of her life.
It's a place where even the walls whisper. And one voice belongs to a little boy with a message
for Jess.
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley- Grand Central- 978-1-4555-6178-0- HC- $31.50- Fiction400 pp.- May 2016
Sixteen minutes after their plane takes off, the unthinkable happens: the passengers disappear into
the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs, a down on his luck painter, and a four-yearold boy, who is now the last remaining member of a wealthy and powerful media mogul's family.
With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the tragedy and the backstories of the passengers
and crew members the mystery surrounding the crash heightens.
Congratulations on Everything by Nathan Whitlock
- ECW Press- 978-1-77041-290-3TPB- $18.95- Fiction- 322 pp.- May 2016
Toronto Service industry lifer Jeremy finally takes the keys to his destiny and opens his own
place, The Ice Shack. Everyone assumes waitress Charlene is innocent and empathetic, but in
reality she’s desperately unhappy and looking for a way out of her marriage. A drunken encounter
sends the pair careening. The Ice Shack stops being an oasis of sanity and, as Jeremy struggles to
keep his business afloat, he’ll stop at nothing to maintain his successful, good guy self-image.
The Goddess of Fireflies by Genevieve Pettersen
- Vehicule Press- 978-1-55065-4370TPB- $19.95- Fiction- 200 pp.- March 2016
The year is 1996, and small-town life for 14-year-old Catherine is made up of punk rock, skaters,
shoplifting, and the ghost of Kurt Cobain. Her parents are too busy divorcing to pay her headful
of unspent angst much attention. But after she tries mess - a PCP variant - for the first time, her
budding rebellion begins to spiral out of control.
The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North- Redhook- 978-0-316-33599-7- HC$32.50- Fiction- 432 pp.- May 2016
It started when I was sixteen years old. A slow declining, an isolation, one piece at a time. A
father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A teacher
who forgets to chase my missing homework. A friend who looks at me and sees a stranger.
No matter what I do, the words I say, the people I hurt, the crimes I commit - you will never
remember who I am. That makes my life difficult. It also makes me dangerous...
Shtum by Jem Lester- Orion- 978-1-4091-6651-1- HC- $32.99- Fiction- 368 pp.- May 2016
Ben Jewell’s ten-year-old son, Jonah, has never spoken, so when Ben and Jonah are forced to
move in with Ben's elderly father, three generations of men - one who can't talk; two who won't are thrown together. As Ben battles on several fronts, Jonah, blissful in his innocence, becomes
the prism through which all the complicated strands of personal identity, family history and
misunderstanding are finally untangled.
For the Love of Mary by Christopher Meades
- ECW Press- 978-1-55022-974-5- TPB$18.95- Fiction- 352 pp.- June 2016
Fifteen-year-old Jacob feels “almost” on the inside: almost smart, almost funny, almost goodlooking, almost worthy of falling in love. Jacob’s mother has just started a curious (and rather unChristian) holy war with the church across the street, while his father has secretly moved into the
garage. But everything changes when Jacob meets Mary, the daughter of the minister at the
enormous rival church.
Happy Family by Tracy Barone- Little Brown- 978-0-316-34260-5- HC- $31.50- Fiction- 400
pp. - May 2016
Trenton, New Jersey, 1962: A pregnant girl staggers into a health clinic, gives birth, and flees. A
foster family takes the baby in, and an unlikely couple, their lives unspooling from a recent
tragedy, hastily adopts her. Forty years and many secrets and lies later, Cheri Matzner is all
grown up and falling apart. Thrust into an odyssey of acceptance, Cheri discovers that sometimes
it takes half a lifetime to come of age.
Death Valley by Susan Perly
- Wolsak & Wynn- 978-1-928088103- TPB- $25.00Fiction- 400 pp. - May 2016
War photographer Vivienne Pink has five days to photograph servicemen about to deploy for
active combat. She heads to Las Vegas, where she'll capture images of men who may die the next
day – and where she'll confront an abuser from her past to force a reckoning. Accompanied by
her husband, a celebrated novelist, and her best friend, a former CIA spook, Vivienne heads out
into the Nevada desert in search of adrenaline, vengeance and the perfect shot.
Country of Red Azaleas by Domnica Radulescu- Grand Central- 978-1-4555-9042-1- HC$30.00- Fiction- 320 pp. - April 2016
Closer than sisters, Lara and Marija share everything, from stolen fruit and Hollywood movies as
girls to philosophies and even lovers as young women. But when the Bosnian War pits their
homelands against each other in a bloodbath, Lara and Marija are forced to separate for the first
time: romantic Lara heads to America with her Hollywood-handsome new husband, and fierce
Marija returns to her native Sarajevo to combat the war through journalism behind Bosnian lines.
Questions? Please feel free to contact me at [email protected].
WINTER-SPRING 2016 – ADULT TITLES
Thomas Allen & Son - Laureen Cusack: [email protected]
Raised-Bed Gardening: How to Grow More and Water Less by Simon Akeroyd, Taunton
Press
ISBN 9781631863707 Trade paperback, $36.95, 192 pages, 8 ½ x 10 7/8, print run 20,000,
Nonfiction - Gardening, February
250 detailed illustrations and colourful photographs illuminate all the tried-and-true methods and
tips from construction basics to water conservation, different types of raised beds, and detailed
planting projects for maximum success.
The Vegetable Butcher by Cara Mangini, Workman
ISBN 9780761180524 Paper-Over-Board, $45.00, 352 pages, 8 x 10, print run 30,000,
Nonfiction – Cookbook, March
This delicious cookbook is a complete A to Z vegetable primer: how to shop for, prep, slice and
dice, and cook 100 delectable recipes with step-by-step colour photographs.
The Cool Factor by Andrea Linett, Artisan
ISBN 9781579656485 Trade paperback with flaps, $36.95, 208 pages, 7 ¼ x 9 ½, print run
25,000, Nonfiction - Fashion, April
The founding creative director of Lucky magazine has designed a photo-heavy style guide packed
with foolproof advice and easy to implement fashion tips for women in their 30s to 60s.
On the Origins of Sports by Gary Belsky and Neil Fine, Artisan
ISBN 9781579656843 Hardcover, $28.95, 240 pages, 6 x 9, print run 20,000, Nonfiction – Sports,
April
An illustrated book of history on the world’s most popular sports – from football and basketball to icehockey and tennis. The text is built around the sport’s original rules and how they’ve changed over
time.
The Aromatherapy Garden by Kathi Keville, Timber Press
ISBN 9781604695496 Trade paperback, $36.95, 228 pages, 7 ½ x 9, print run 15,000,
Nonfiction – Gardening, April
This rich and detailed guide includes information on growing fragrant plants at home, using them in
garden design and taking advantage of their medicinal properties through aromatherapy.
Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life by Richard Louv, Algonquin Books
ISBN 97816161205782 Trade paperback, $22.95, 204 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ¼, print run 50,000,
Nonfiction – Self-Help/Lifestyle, April
From the bestselling authority on connecting children to nature, Richard Louv now directs his
attention on the family. This one-of-a-kind guidebook is filled with practical ideas, advice, and
inspiration to help families get more involved with nature and the great outdoors.
The Gender Creative Child by Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, The Experiment
ISBN 9781615193066 Trade paperback, $22.95, 208 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ¼, print run 15,000,
Nonfiction – Gender Studies, April
From the leading US authority on gender nonconforming children and adolescents, Dr. Ehrensaft
explores the dramatic social and clinical changes that have taken place over recent years. This all-inone resource guide will aid in the understanding of gender creativity in children.
Standing Strong by Diane Reeve with Jenna Glatzer, Health Communications Inc.
ISBN 9780757319020 Trade paperback, $22.95, 264 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ¼, print run 50,000,
Nonfiction – Memoir, April
A triumphant true crime story in which a diverse group of women band together in a landmark legal
case against the man who infected them with HIV.
The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth Church, Algonquin Books
ISBN 9781616204846 Hardcover, $38.95, 320 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ¼, print run 25,000, Fiction, May
In the spirit of the The Aviator’s Wife, this novel spans the years from World War II through the
Vietnam War to tell the story of a woman whose scientific ambition is caught up in her relations with
two very different men.
Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent, Algonquin
ISBN 9781616204228 Hardcover, $35.95, 224 pages, 5 x 7, print run 20,000, Nonfiction-Memoir,
May
When Isabel meets Edward they are both at a crossroad: he wants to follow his late wife to the grave,
and she is ready to give up on love. Dinner with Edward is a book about sorrow and joy, love and
nourishment, and about how dinner with a friend can change a person’s life.
Security by Gina Wohlsdorf, Algonquin
ISBN 9781616205621 Hardcover, $38.95, 288 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ¼, print run 40,000, Fiction, June
When the Santa Barbara exclusive beachfront hotel, The Manderley Resort opens to the public, its
patrons will experience the ultimate in luxury. No indulgence has been ignored, but all the money in
the world can’t guarantee safety. As the hotel manager and her staff prepare for the grand opening, a
killer is in their midst.
Beaks, Bones, and Bird Songs by Dr. Roger Lederer, Timber Press
ISBN 9781604696486 Hardcover, $36.95, 288 pages, 6 x 9, print run 15,000, Nonfiction - Birds,
June
Ornithologist, Dr. Lederer has written an engaging and accessible narrative on how and why birds use
their sensory abilities for vision, finding food, changing their song, and flying thousands of miles
without stopping and much more.
Spring 2016 Dewey Diva Picks
Ampersand – Saffron Beckwith
Mixed List
They May Not Mean To, but They Do by Cathleen Schine – Farrar, Straus & Giroux –
9780374280130 – HC – $29.99 – Fiction – 304 pp. – June 2016
The Bergman clan has always stuck together, growing as it incorporated in-laws, ex-in-laws, and samesex spouses. But families don't just grow, they grow old. With sympathy, humor, and truth, Schine
explores the intrusion of old age into a large and loving family. They May Not Mean To, but They Do is a
radiantly compassionate look at three generations, all coming of age together.
Hoax For a Nation by Alexandra Shimo - Dundurn – 9781459722927 – TP – $24.99 –
Biography – 247 pp. – August 2016
When a young journalist arrives in Kashechewan, a fly-in, northern Ontario reserve, to document its
third-world conditions, she stumbles upon a multi-million dollar hoax. As she investigates a story that
could make her career, she finds herself unable to cope with the conditions and begins to fall apart.
Hoax for a Nation tells the story of a deceit that has until now fooled the public. To understand what
happened and why, journalist Alexandra Shimo must plumb the depths of her own mental and physical
collapse. The result is a stark and tender portrait of the lives of a people at the edge, and a moving
tribute to what it takes to survive.
The Envelope Manufacturer by Chris Oliveros – Drawn & Quarterly – 9781770462298 –
TP – $19.95 – Graphic Novel – 104 pp. – January 2016
Set in the mid-twentieth century, just before the end of the period when most goods were still produced
domestically, The Envelope Manufacturer chronicles the gradual demise of the career of an independent
business owner, as his company struggles to adapt to a changing economic landscape.
The Surprising Lives of Small-Town Doctors by Paul Dhillon, M.D. – University of Regina
Press – 9780889774315 - TP – $21.95 – Biography – 238 pp. – April 2016
In The Surprising Lives of Small-Town Doctors, physicians put down their stethoscopes and pick up their
pens to share some of the most frightening and pivotal moments of their careers. From igloo house calls
to bandaging animal bites to performing surgeries they are barely equipped to do, these accounts speak
of the many rewards of practising medicine in small communities. They also detail the fears, failures,
and challenges of providing health care in the farthest reaches of our country--where the need for doctors
is the greatest. Collectively, they capture both the history and the future of rural medicine in Canada.
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith – Farrar, Straus & Giroux – 9780374106683 –
HC – $29.99 – Fiction – 304 pp. – April 2016
In 1631, Sara de Vos is admitted as a master painter to the Guild of St. Luke's in Holland, the first
woman to be so recognized. Three hundred years later, only one work attributed to de Vos is known to
remain – a haunting winter scene, At the Edge of a Wood, which hangs over the bed of a wealthy
descendant of the original owner. An Australian grad student, Ellie Shipley, struggling to stay afloat in
New York, agrees to paint a forgery of the landscape, a decision that will haunt her. Because now, half a
century later, she's curating an exhibit of female Dutch painters, and both versions threaten to arrive.
Who Needs Books? by Lynn Coady - University of Alberta Press – 9781772121247 – TP –
$10.95 – Literary Collections/Essays – 64 pp. – February 2016
Lynn Coady challenges booklovers addicted to the physical book to confront their darkest fears about
the digital world and the future of reading. The bogeyman of technological change has haunted humans
ever since Plato warned about the dangers of the written word itself, and every generation is convinced
its youth will bring about the end of civilization. In Who Needs Books?, Coady suggests that, even
though digital advances have long been associated with the erosion of literacy, recent technologies have
not debased our culture as much as they have simply changed the way we read.
Questions: Please contact me at [email protected] Under The Dusty Moon by Suzanne Sutherland - Dundurn – 9781459732025 – TP – $14.99
– Juvenile Fiction – 272 pp. – January 2016
Victoria Mahler is the 16-year-old only daughter of rocker Micky Wayne, whose band, Dusty Moon,
took the world by storm when Micky was just a teenager. The band broke up under mysterious
circumstances, but, after years spent off the road being a mom, Micky’s solo career is finally starting to
take off. When an offer to tour Japan falls into her mom’s lap, Vic is left to spend the summer under the
care of her distant grandmother and she starts to see herself as her own person, out from under her
mother’s shadow. Will Vic be able to maintain her newfound sense of self amidst the building thunder
of Micky’s second chance at stardom? And through it all, will Micky still really be her best friend?
Pride by Robin Stevenson - Orca – 9781459809932 – TP – $24.95 – Juvenile Nonfiction –
120 pp. – April 2016
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?
How to Be Good at Math by DK – DK Publishing – 9781465435750 – TP – $24.99 – Juvenile
Nonfiction – 320 pp. – July 2016
How to Be Good at Math is a new approach to teaching basic math concepts by presenting topics in a
highly visual format with explanations broken down into short, concise steps. How to Be Good at
Math uses an innovative visual approach to explain and define all the basic math concepts taught in
schools for children aged 7-11.
Susanna Moodie: Roughing It in the Bush by Carol Shields and Patrick Crowe – Second
Story Press – 9781772600032 – TP – $24.95 – Juvenile Nonfiction – 144 pp. – April 2016
A subject of fascination for writers like Margaret Atwood and Timothy Findley, Susanna Moodie was a
Romantic writer from a celebrated literary family whose life changed forever when she and her husband
embarked from England for the backwoods of Canada in 1832. Susanna began publishing her writing to
feed and clothe her growing family. The result was the novel Roughing It in the Bush—Moodie's
aggravated and acerbic testament of pioneer life was praised in England but turned her into a
controversial figure. Susanna Moodie: Roughing It in the Bush brings the words of this controversial yet
fascinating woman to life through the insightful personality of Carol Shields.
The Artist and Me by Shane Peacock - Owlkids – 9781771471381 – HC – $18.95 – Juvenile
Fiction – 40 pp. – April 2016
Vincent van Gogh is now known as an acclaimed, incomparable Post-impressionist painter. But when he
lived in Arles, France, in the 1880s, he was mocked for being different.The Artist and Me is the fictional
confession of one of van Gogh’s bullies — a young boy who adopted the popular attitude of adults
around him. It’s not until the boy faces his victim alone that he realizes there is more than one way to see
the world.
The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield – HMH – 978054464547 – HC – $22.99 – Juvenile
Fiction – 40 pp. – April 2016
One day, a bear cub finds something strange and wonderful in the forest. When he touches the keys, they
make a horrible noise. Yet he is drawn back again and again. Eventually, he learns to play beautiful
sounds, delighting his woodland friends. Then the bear is invited to share his sounds with new friends in
the city. He longs to explore the world beyond his home, and to play bigger and better than before. But he
knows that if he leaves, the other bears will be very sad.
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We’re a group of Canadian publisher’s reps—all passionate readers—who have been presenting our favourite
new books to librarians and school teachers for the past ten years.
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worth reading. http://deweydivas.blogspot.com
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valued additional selection and reader's advisory tools. My colleagues and I look forward to every Dewey Divas
presentation—we know that we will be entertained and educated”.
Laura Cordukes
Coordinator, Youth Collections
Ottawa Public Library/Bibliothèque publique d'Ottawa
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Martin and Associates
Canadian Manda Group
Penguin Random House
HarperCollins Canada
Scholastic
Thomas Allen & Son
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