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  • Room for One More

    by Monique Polak ...
    For twelve-year-old Rosetta Wolfson, the war in Europe seems very far off from her home in Canada. Then Mr. Schwartzberg comes to tea and asks Rosetta's parents if they will take in a young war refugee. Isaac joins the family and becomes a ready-made brother to Rosetta and her two sisters.Isaac's arrival brings change. Her best friend's handsome brother doesn't seem as attractive after he reveals ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christmas Weekend

    by Monique Polak ...
    Geoffrey isn't too thrilled about having to spend Christmas weekend at his dad's cottage in the Laurentians. The Internet is so lousy Geoffrey can't play computer games. Even worse, there's Rebekah, his dad's latest girlfriend. Rebekah is unbearably cheerful and for someone Jewish, she's way too into Christmas. It doesn't help that Geoffrey's kid sister Angela and the family dog, Paprika, give ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • I Am a Feminist

    Claiming the F-Word in Turbulent Times

    by Monique Polak ...
    Series Book 1 - Orca Issues
    What is feminism? Why does it still matter? What exactly does intersectionality mean?In order to answer these (and many other) questions, I Am a Feminist first examines the history of feminism and then addresses the issues girls and women continue to face today. The book also looks at the ways in which people, especially young people, are working together to create a world where gender equality is ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • What World is Left

    by Monique Polak ...
    ★ “Heartbreaking. An important addition to the Holocaust curriculum.”—Booklist, starred reviewA pampered child used to having her own way, Anneke Van Raalte lives outside Amsterdam, where her father is a cartoonist for an Amsterdam newspaper. Though Anneke's family is Jewish, her religion means little to her. Anneke's life changes in 1942 when the Nazis invade Holland and she and her family are ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Hate Mail

    by Monique Polak ...
    Series series Orca Currents
    Inspired by real-life events, Hate Mail examines the transformative power of speaking out against prejudice.Jordie’s cousin Todd has moved back to Montreal and is attending Jordie’s high school. Todd has autism and requires an aide. Todd has not been welcomed in the school. He’s known as a freak, and even other parents seem to resent Todd’s special needs. Jordie does everything he can to distance ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Forensics Squad Unleashed

    by Monique Polak ...
    Tabitha is thrilled to be attending a summer forensics camp, even if she has to go with her sort-of friend Mason. Soon she is learning to dust for fingerprints, photograph a crime scene and take footprint impressions. Even though the camp instructors have set up a “crime” for the kids to solve, Tabitha longs to use her newfound skills to solve a real-life mystery. She’s pretty sure a dognapping ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Passover

    Festival of Freedom

    by Monique Polak ...
    Series Book 1 - Orca Origins
    During Passover, Jews are reminded of how, more than three thousand years ago, their ancestors emerged from slavery to become free men and women.Bestselling author Monique Polak explores her own Jewish roots as she tells the Passover story, which reminds us that the freedom to be who we are and practice our religion, whatever it may be, is a great gift. It also teaches us that if we summon our ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • For the Record

    by Monique Polak ...
    A middle-grade novel thoughtfully explores the realities of parents’ divorceTwelve-year-old Justine’s parents are recently divorced. She and her little sister, Bea, go back and forth between their parents’ homes in Montreal. Their mother, whose anxiety manifests as the need to control, believes that their father and beloved half-sister are a bad influence on Justine and Bea. So, she enlists ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Miracleville

    by Monique Polak ...
    Sixteen-year-old Ani lives in the tiny Quebec town of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, where her family runs Saintly Souvenirs, a tourist shop catering to the many pilgrims who come to the town seeking a miracle.The bane of Ani's existence is her hyperactive, over-sexed younger sister, Colette. Ani and her mother, Therese, are devout Catholics; Colette and her father are not. When Therese is paralyzed after a ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • The Taste of Rain

    by Monique Polak ...
    It is 1945, and thirteen-year-old Gwen has been a prisoner at the Weihsien Internment Camp in northern China for nearly two and a half years.Gwen is one of 140 children who were enrolled at a boarding school in Chefoo when the Japanese Imperial Army invaded China. Life in the camp is difficult. There is not enough food or water, and even the children are forced to do hard labor. But Miss E., one ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Leggings Revolt

    by Monique Polak ...
    Series series Orca Currents
    Eric and his buddies have left behind their all boys school to attend high school with girls.Eager to find his place in this exciting new world, Eric joins the student life committee, unaware that he is expected to enforce the school’s strict dress code. The dress code is particularly harsh on the girls he is keen to get to know. Eric finds this awkward, but it’s nothing compared to the position ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Straight Punch

    by Monique Polak ...
    Tessa McPhail has a bad habit—tagging—that lands her at New Directions, an alternative school in Montreal’s toughest neighborhood. The school is far from Tessa’s home and full of troubled kids. To make matters worse, half of every school day is devoted to boxing. The other students think boxing is cool. Not Tessa, who cannot handle violence of any kind. But when a neighbor starts a petition to ... Read more

    $9.59 USD