Book Lists: Morinville Community Library

Tasha Spillet's graphic-novel debut, Surviving the city, is a story about womanhood, friendship, resilience, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan's Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape - they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay with her anymore. With the threat of a group home looming, Dez can't bring herself to go home and disappears. Miikwan is devastated, and the wound of her missing mother resurfaces. Will Dez's community find her before it's too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don't? Colonialism and the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People are explored in Natasha Donovan's beautiful illustrations.

Chain of gold

By Clare, Cassandra, author | 2020

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Crazy house

By Patterson, James, 1947- author | 2019

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The ballad of songbirds and snakes

By Collins, Suzanne, author | 2020

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It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

How I survived : four nights on the ice

By Ittusardjuat, Serapio, 1945- author | 2020

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My hero academia. Volume 24, All it takes is one bad day

By Horikoshi, Kōhei, 1986-, author, illustrator | 2020

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Midnight sun

By Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- author | 2020

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Bye bye, les cobayes!

By Vallerand, Richard, author | 2018

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Megaghost

By Soria, Gabriel, author | 2020

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Life can't get much weirder in the spooky city of Dunwich Heights. That is until junior occultist Martin Magus discovers a cursed ring that gives him the power to summon a trio of spirits to form MEGAGHOST, a giant supernatural robot sworn to defend the world against magical monsters, otherworldly menaces, and other creepy things that go SMASH in the night! And just in time, too, because a gang of juvenile delinquent cultists are plotting the ultimate act of rebellion - raising a demon from the depths with one goal on its mind: DESTROY DUNWICH HEIGHTS! Written by Gabe Soria (Midnight Arcade, Batman '66) and illustrated by Eisner Award-winning artist Gideon Kendall (Marley's Ghost), MEGAGHOST is an action-packed, arcane adventure that mixes Saturday morning cartoon thrills with supernatural chills! Contains the entire Megaghost series (issues #1-5), the Megaghost Spook House feature story, 8 pages of brand new never before seen story content, and is packed with sketchbook material!

The Renegades : defenders of the planet. Arctic meltdown

By Brown, Jeremy (Graphic novelist), author, creator. | 2020

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Beneath the Arctic ice, the Methanaur is awakening. If this deadly methane monster breaks free, it spells the end of civilization as we know it. Meet Professor Katelyn, Leon, and Mo - also known as The Renegades. Professor Kateyln is a whip-smart scientist who uses her scientific knowledge to develop spectacles that can catch glimpses of the future. Wrestling with his anger at the naysayers who don't seem to care about the environment, Leon has the ability to become invisible - the perfect spy! And then there's Mo who, in the wake of his brother's death in a cyclone, manages to wield a solar shield strong enough to fight the deadliest of foes. Our superheroes grapple with multiple environmental threats, most deadly of all a monster that lurks beneath the melting Arctic ice. If it escapes, this creature of chaos will release huge plumes of methane gas into the atmosphere, changing the balance of our planet's climate forever. Can the Renegades work together to save Earth before it is too late?

Surviving the city. Volume 2, From the roots up

By Spillett-Sumner,Tasha, 1988- author | 2020

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Dez and Miikwan's stories continue in this sequel to Surviving the City. Dez's grandmother has passed away. Grieving, and with nowhere else to go, she's living in a group home. On top of everything else, Dez is navigating a new relationship and coming into her identity as a Two-Spirit person. Miikwan is crushing on the school's new kid Riel, but doesn't really understand what Dez is going through. Will she learn how to be a supportive ally to her best friend? Elder Linda is doing her best to be supportive, but she doesn't know how to respond when the gendered protocols she's grown up with are thrown into question. Will Dez be comfortable expressing her full identity? And will her community relearn the teachings and overcome prejudice to celebrate her for who she is?

Macbeth

By Punter, Russell, adapter. | 2020

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Morinville Public Library

NEW YA Fiction

This place : 150 years retold

By | 2019

Campfire

By Sarles, Shawn, author | 2018

Wind Rider

By Cast, P. C., author | 2018

Surviving the city. Volume 1

By Spillett-Sumner, Tasha, 1988- author | 2018

Chain of gold

By Clare, Cassandra, author | 2020

Crazy house

By Patterson, James, 1947- author | 2019

The ballad of songbirds and snakes

By Collins, Suzanne, author | 2020

How I survived : four nights on the ice

By Ittusardjuat, Serapio, 1945- author | 2020

My hero academia. Volume 24, All it takes is one bad day

By Horikoshi, Kōhei, 1986-, author, illustrator | 2020

Midnight sun

By Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- author | 2020

Bye bye, les cobayes!

By Vallerand, Richard, author | 2018

Megaghost

By Soria, Gabriel, author | 2020

The Renegades : defenders of the planet. Arctic meltdown

By Brown, Jeremy (Graphic novelist), author, creator. | 2020

Surviving the city. Volume 2, From the roots up

By Spillett-Sumner,Tasha, 1988- author | 2020

Macbeth

By Punter, Russell, adapter. | 2020