Library – Media Resource Centre

Langstaff Secondary School

Richmond Hill, Ontario
FICTION – REALITY (NON-FICTION)
GRADE 12 CULMINATING ACTIVITY
www.langstaff.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca
Novel ( Fiction) Non-fiction Theme and Novel Review
Adams, D. Hitch  Dawkins, R. The God Godlessness, atheism,
Hiker’s Guide to the Delusion 211 DAW negative aspects of
Galaxy  Douthat, R. Bad Religion: How religions
We Became A Nation of (Review: The Guardian)
Heretics 277.3 DOU
 Harris, S. The End of Faith
200 HAR
 Hitchens, C. God Is Not Great
200 HIT
Allende, I. Eva Luna  Morrison, M. Chile 980 MOR Class distinction, class
 Childress, D. struggle
Augusto Pinochet’s Chile (Review: author’s website)
983.065 PIN CHE
Allende, I.  Morrison, M. Chile 980 MOR Semi-autobiographical
The House of Spirits  Childress, D. (magical realism);
Augusto Pinochet’s Chile dictatorship; class and
983.065 PIN CHE social distinction; power of
women
(Review: SparkNotes)
Anderson, R. The War  Beah, I. A Long Way Gone: War’s effects on children –
Orphan: The Horrors Memoirs of a Boy Soldier orphans and children as
of War Are Haunting 966.404 BEA soldiers – Vietnam,
His Dreams  Child Soldiers (Global Vietnam war; orphans
Viewpoints) 355.0083 MAN (Review: CMIS)
 Cook, K. Stolen Angels: Child Soldiers Initiative
The Kidnapped Girls of Uganda (Source: Partnership
967.61 COO founded by “retired
 Dallaire, R. They Fight Like lieutenant-general and
Soldiers, They Die Like celebrated humanitarian
Children Roméo Dallaire”)
967.57 DAL
 Haugen, D. The Vietnam War
959.704 HAU
 Oloya, O. Child to Soldier:
Stories from Joseph Kony’s
Lord’s Resistance Army
Anonymous (Joe Klein).  Dowd, M. Bushworld: Enter Politics, government
Primary Colors: A at your own risk 973.931 BUS scandal, political reporting
Novel of Politics  Cameron, S. On The Take: (Review: The Observer)
 Crime, Corruption and Greed
in the Mulroney Years
971.0647 CAM
Atwood, M. Oryx and  Gore, A. An Inconvenient
Crake (The Man Booker Truth 363.738 GOR
Prize, 2003)
(Canadian)
Austin, J.  Forcese, Dennis.
Pride and Prejudice The Canadian Class Structure
305.5
Blatty, W.  Scott Peck. Glimpses of the
The Exorcist Devil 235.4 PEC
Boyle, T.  Haerens, M.
The Tortilla Curtain Illegal Immigration
325.73 ILL
Condon, R. The  Sixsmith, Martin. The
Manchurian Candidate Litvinenko File: The life and
death of a Russian spy
372.124 LIT SIX
 Perkins, J. The secret history
of the American empire:
economic hit men, jackals and
the truth about global
corruption 337.73 PER
 Wright, P. Spy Catcher:
Autobiography of a Senior
Intelligence Officer 327.12 WRI
Conrad, J.  Hochschild, A. King Leopold’s
Heart of Darkness Ghost 967.5 HOC
Conroy, P. Tittle, P. Should Parents Be
Prince of Tides Licensed? 649.1 SHO
Cook, R.  Leung, P. Sars War 614.5 LEV
Outbreak Nikiforuk, A. Pandemonium
614.4 NIK
 Preston, R. Hot Zone 614.5PRE
CBC News in Review May 2003
-2–
Crichton, M.  Cooper-Johnston, R. El Nino:
State of Fear The Weather Phenomenon
Globalization trends,
environment, dystopia,
genetic mutation
(Review: The Guardian)
Social classes, class
prejudice, romance
(Review: The Republic of
Pemberley)
Exorcism, demonic
possession
(Review: author interview,
National Public Radio)
Illegal immigration
(Mexico-U.S.) (Review:
Penguin Reading Guides)
CIA hitmen who change
the political and economic
landscape of developing
countries for the benefit of
the USA; spies, espionage
(Review:
The Complete Review)
Colonialism in Africa
(Belgian Congo)
(Review: SparkNotes)
Abused children
(Review:
TheBestNotes.com)
Outbreak and spread of
uncontrollable disease
(Review: AllReaders.com)
Eco-thriller on eco-
terrorism; function of
 that Changed the World
551.6 COU
 Klein, N. The Shock Doctrine:
the rise of disaster capitalism
306.342 KLE
 Reiss, B. The Coming Storm
551.55 REI
Cross, D.  Deborah Grey: Never Retreat,
Pope Joan Never Explain, Never Apologize
971.064 GRE GRE
 Hilary Weston: No Ordinary
Time 971.3 WES WES
 Martha Stewart 640.92 PAP
 Women In The Know
332.024 BOO
Crowell, J.  Fitzgerald, H. The Grieving
Necessary Madness Teen 155.9 FIT
Mosionier, B.C.  Fournel, K. Great Women from
In Search of April our First Nations 305.48 FOU
Raintree
(Canadian)
Danticat, E.  Tittle, P. Should Parents Be
Breath, Eyes, Memory Licensed? 649.1 TIT
 Child Abuse 362.76 CHI
Dai Sijie,  Chong, D. Egg on Mao 951.05
Balzac and the Little CHO
Chinese Seamstress  Chung, J. Mao: The Unknown
Story 951.05 MAO CHA
 Wong, J. Red China Blues
951.05 WON
Diamant, A.  Book, J. et al. Women in the
The Red Tent Know: How to Build a Strategy
To Achieve Financial Success
332.024 BOO
 Canadian Woman Studies:
Women in Poverty 305.4
 Fraser, S. A Woman’s Place:
Seventy Years in the Lives of
Canadian Women 305.4 WOM
 Greer, G. The Change
612.665 GRE
 Prentice, A. Canadian Women:
A History 305.40971 CRA
 Wollstonecraft, M.
A Vindication of
social fears over global
warming, pollution, severe
weather; limits of
knowledge
(Review: J. Masters, Ph.D.,
Director of Meteorology,
Weather Underground Inc.)
Powerful women
(Review:
Random House, Inc.)
Death in the family
(Review: The New York
Times)
Native Peoples, racism,
colonialism (Review: The
British Columbia
Quarterly)
Abused Children, Haiti
(Review: GoodReads)
Life and love during Mao’s
Cultural Revolution
(China) (Review:
Reading Group Guides)
Women – Victims
Traditions and turmoils of
ancient womanhood
(Review:
GoodReads)
 the Rights of Woman
305.4 WOL
Dorris, M. Yellow Raft  Do All Indians Live in Tipis?
in Blue Water 970.004 DOA
Dostoyevsky, F.  Lyons, L. The History of
Crime and Punishment Punishment 364.6 LYO
 Prejean, H. Dead Man
Walking 364.66 PRE
Doyle, A.C.  Gerber, S. Chemistry and
The Adventures of Crime: From Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes to Today’s Courtroom
363.256 CHE
Du Maurier, D.  A Brief History of Crime
Rebecca 364.0941HIT
Dumas, A.  Rule, A. Every Breath You
The Count Take 364.15
of Monte Cristo
Echlin, K.  Goodall, J. Beyond Innocence:
Elephant Winter An Autobiography in Letters
590.92 GOO
Edwards, K.  Brown, I. The Boy in the Moon
Memory 362.196 BRO (Canadian)
Keeper’s Daughter  Down Syndrome 616.85 MAR
 Levine, M.
A Mind at a Time 370.15
 McElwain, J. The Game
Of My Life 616.85 MCE
 Ratto, L. Coping With Being
Physically Challenged
641.151RAT
Ellison, R.  Bauerlein, M. Negrophobia:
Invisible Man A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906
975.8 BAU
 DuBois, W. The Souls of Black
Folk 306.896 DUB
 Griffin, J. Black Like Me
305.896 GRI
 Henry, F. The Colour of
Democracy: Racism in
Canadian Society 305.8 HEN
Ernaux, A.  Dippel, R. Caring for the
A Woman’s Story Alzheimer patient: a practical
guide 616.83103 DIP
Erdrich, L.  U.S. Native themes; sexual
Native Peoples (Review:
SparkNotes)
Death penalty, punishment,
guilt, redemption
(Review:
SparkNotes)
Forensics, History
(Review:
Page by Page Books)
Crime and deception;
English upper class
(Literapedia Booknotes)
Greed, false accusations,
wrongful imprisonment,
revenge
(Review: SparkNotes)
Animal-human Interaction
(Review: Goodreads)
Disability, Adoption,
Down’s Syndrome
(Review: The Guardian)
U.S. Black youth’s
disillusionment with
society, communist party,
thought control
(Review:
The New York Times)
Alzheimer’s Disease
(Review:
Newsday)
The Round House (U.S.
Native American;
New York Times
Bestseller)
Eugenides, J.  Fine, C. Delusions of Gender:
Middlesex How Our Minds, Society, and
(Pulitzer Prize, 2002) Neurosexism Create Difference
612.82 FIN
 Sax, L. Why Gender Matters
305.3 SAX
Evans, N.  Coren, S. How To Speak Dog
The Horse Whisperer 636.7 COR
Farmer, N. The House  Roleff, T. Cloning 176 CLO
of the Scorpion  Gray, J. Why the war on drugs
(The National Book has failed and what we can do
Award) about it 362.29 GRA
Ferguson, W.  Glenny, M. Darkmarket:
419 (Giller Prize, 2013) cyberthieves, cybercops and you
364.168 GLE
Diebert, R. Black Code (review)
Findley, T. Pilgrim  McLynn, F. Carl Gustave Jung
(Canadian; recipient of 150.19 JUN MACL
Governor General’s  Euthanasia 179.7 EUT
Award for Fiction,  Peck, S. Denial of the Soul
1977) 1 79.7 PEC
Findley, T.  Cohen, D. Animal Rights: A
The Wars Handbook for Young Adults
(Canadian; recipient of 179 COH
Governor General’s  Brewster, M. The Savage War:
Award for Fiction, The Untold Battles of
1977) Afghanistan 958.1048 BRE
Fitch, J.  Howe, R. Children’s Rights in
White Oleander Canada: A Question of
Commitment 323.3 QUE
 Pipher, M. Reviving Ophelia:
Saving the Selves of Adolescent
Girls 305.235 PIP
 Adams, G. Moving Toward
Positive Systems of Child and
Family Welfare 362.7 MOV
Follett, K.  Roleff, T. Cloning 176 CLO
The Third Twin  The Ethics of Human Cloning
176 CLO
Franzen, J.  Lane, C. Shyness: How
The Corrections Normal Behaviour Became a
assault; pursuit of justice
(Review:
The Guardian)
Gender identity, ambiguity;
Greek immigration
(Review:
The Guardian)
Animal-human interaction
(Review: author’s website)
Cloning, future dystopia,
war on drugs
(Review:
author’s website)
Cyber scams; Nigerian
Internet scams;
Christianity-Islam
(Review:
The Toronto Star)
Psychiatry; Carl Jung;
mental illness; euthanasia
(Review: Canadian
Literature: A Quarterly
of Criticism and Review)
War; concern for animal
rights, nationalism
(Review: CanLit Guides,
Reading and Writing
Canada)
Mother-daughter
relationships; foster-home
care; coming of age
(Review: BookBrowse)
Cloning, nature vs nurture,
responsibility
(Review: author’s website)
Overmedication in
America; misuse and abuse
 Sickness; 616.89 LAN of psychiatry, medication
 Family Circles (video) (Review: The Guardian)
AV VR 730 FAM
 Welch, G. Overdiagnosed:
Making People Sick in the
Pursuit of Health 616.07 WEL
Franzen, J.  Hedges, C. Days of Destruction, Environment: Mountain
Freedom Days of Revolt 305.560973 HED Top Removal (Review:
 Marsden, W. Stupid to the Last Oprah’s Book Club)
Drop 333.38. MAR
 Nikiforuk, A.
Tar Sands 333.8232 NIK
Gaines, E.  Bauerlein, M. Negrophobia: Death row, race relations,
A Lesson Before Dying A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906 southern USA
(Pulitzer Prize 975.8 BAU (Review: SparkNotes)
Nomination; National  DuBois, W. The Souls of Black
Book Critics Circle Folk 306.896 DUB
Award)
Gibson M.  Dippel, R. Caring for the Alzheimer’s Disease
Opium Dreams Alzheimer patient: a practical (Review: McClelland
guide 616.83103 DIP Publishers)
Govier, K.  Lawrence, K. The World Powerful women; WW II
Angel Walk According to Oprah correspondent (Review:
(Canadian) 791.45 WIN WIN author’s website)
Gowdy, B.  Goodall, J. Beyond Innocence: Animal-human interactions
The White Bone An autobiography in letters; (Review:
(Canadian) the later years 690.92 GOO Publisher’s Weekly)
Grisham, John.  Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Power and corruption in
The Firm or Sex and Madness in Canada’s the legal system
The Associate Legal Profession 340 SLA (Review: author’s website)
Gruen, S.  Gillick, M. The Denial of Aging Aging
Water for Elephants 646.7 GIL (Review: The Guardian)
Guest, J.  Ayer, E. Death in the family
Ordinary People Depression 616.852 AYE (Review: Sparknotes)
Haddon, M. The  Bashe, P.R. The Parents’ Guide Autism, prejudice;
Curious Incident of the to Teaching Kids with Asperger differences
Dog in the Night-time Syndrome 618.92 (Review: SparkNotes)
 Cohen, K. Seeing Ezra:
A Mother’s Story of Autism,
Unconditional Love, and the
Meaning of Normal
616.85 COH
 Mirror Neurons and Autism
Scientific American Nov. 2006
 Literature Newsmaker
 Fleischmann, A. Carly’s Voice
 616.85 FLE
 Grandin, T. The Autistic Brain
616.85 GRA
 Snedden, R. Explaining Autism
616.85 SNE
Hamid, M.  Hirsi Ali, A. Infidel, 949.2 HIR Fundamentalism – East
The Reluctant  Marcovitz, H. Religious West Culture Clash
Fundamentalist Fundamentalism 200.9 MAR (Review: author’s website)

Hamilton, J.  Trial of Charles Smith, child Child abuse; false accusation;

A Map pathologist, investigates his betrayal
of the World mistaken accusations, leading to (Review: Publishers Weekly)
innocent people’s being jailed
www.cbc.ca; Charles Smith Blog
 Clancy, S.
The Trauma Myth 362.76
Hanaver, C.  Crook, M. Looking good: Eating disorders
My Sister’s Bones teenagers and eating disorders (Review: Author’s own)
616.8526CRO
 Bulimia, Anorexia 616.8526
 Anorexia, Bulimia 616.8526
SON
 Hornbacher, M. Wasted: A
Memoir of Anorexia and
Bulimia 616.8526 HOR
Heller, J. Catch-22  Hughes-Wilson, J. A brief Cold War (Korea), survival,
history of the Cold War: the heroism, leadership
hidden truth about how close (Review: Vanity Fair)
we came to nuclear conflict
909.82 HUG
Hiassen, C. Power, corruption, greed, social
commentary in Florida
Hill, L.  Dubinsky, K. Babies Without Slavery, racism, survival,
The Book Borders (Ni se compra, ni se adaptation, colonialism,
of Negroes vende) 362.734 DUB immigration
(Canadian; recipient  Mackey, F. Done With Slavery: (Teacher’s Guide, Harper
of the The Black Fact in Montreal Collins)
Commonwealth 971.4 MACK
Writer’s Prize for  Meyler, P. A Stolen Life:
Overall Best Book, Searching for Richard Pierpoint
2008) 971.3 PIE MEY
 Pitt, S. To Stand and Fight
Together: Richard Pierpoint
and the Coloured Corps of
 Upper Canada 971.3 PIT
 Tracey, L. A Scattering of
Seeds: The Creation of Canada
971 TRA; plus video: The Story
of Mary Ann Shadd AV971 SCA
Hoag, T.  Snedden, R. Explaining Autism Racism, autism, stalking,
A Thin, Dark Line 616.85 SNE syndicate criminals
(Review: The Mystery Reader)
Hosseini, K.  Hirsi Ali, A. Nomad 305.42 HIR Family disruption; human
And The  Hirsi Ali, A. Infidel 949.2 HIR connection, disconnection;
Mountains Echoed  Marcovitz, H. Religious gender divide
Fundamentalism 200.9 MAR (Review: The Hindustan Times)
 Pigott, P. Canada in
Afghanistan 958.104 PIG
Hosseini, K.  Pigott, P. Canada in Afghanistan, discrimination
The Kite Runner Afghanistan 958.104 PIG (Review: Author’s website)
Hosseini, K.  Hirsi Ali, A. Nomad 305.42 HIR Women oppressed by religion;
A Thousand  Hirsi Ali, A. Infidel 949.2 HIR fundamentalism; fanaticism
Splendid Suns  Marcovitz, H. Religious (Review: Author’s website)
Fundamentalism 200.9 MAR
 Pigott, P. Canada in
Afghanistan 958.104 PIG
Ignatieff, M.  Ignatieff, M. Virtual War Meditation on war and guilt
Charlie Johnson in 949.7103 (Review: The Observer)
the Flames
Irving, J.  Haugen, D. Adoption Abortion, adoption,
The Cider House 362.734 ADO relationships
Rules  Tittle, P. Should Parents Be (Review: The BestNotes)
Licensed? Debating the Issues
649.1 SHO
 Dubinsky, K. Babies Without
Borders: Adoption and
Migration Across the Americas
362.734 DUB
 Wine, J. The Canadian
Adoption Guide 362.734 WIN
James, P.D.  A Brief History of Crime Murder, social classes
Pemberley 364.0941HIT (Review: The New York Times)
Johnston, W.  McCourt, F. Angela’s Ashes Catholic boyhood
The Story of (Review: Author’s website)
Bobby O’Malley
(Canadian)
Kalman, J.  Ten Marks and a Train Ticket Holocaust, displacement,
The County immigration
of Birches (Review: Author’s website)
Kesey, K.  Murphy-Paul, A. The cult of Mental illness; abuses of
One Flew Over personality: how personality psychiatric profession and
The Cuckoo’s Nest tests are leading us to institutions
miseducate our children… (Review: GoodReads)
155.28 PAU
Kindl, P.  Lane, C. Shyness: How Overcoming personality quirks,
The Woman in the Normal Behaviour Became a extreme shyness
Wall Sickness (Review:
616.89 LAN The Toronto Public Library)
King, T.  McMillan, A. Native Peoples Native people; divided loyalties
Medicine River and Cultures of Canada (Review:
(Canadian) 971.00497 MACM Penguin Books)
 Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
971.00497 REE
Kingsolver, B.  Hedges, C. Days of Destruction, Climate change effects on rural
Flight Behaviour Days of Revolt 305.560973 HED Appalachian farmers;
(Shortlisted: difficulties of motherhood
Women’s Prize for Review:
fiction) The Guardian/The Observer
Kingsolver, B.  Robbins, K. All Indians do not Native people, native child
Pigs in Heaven live in Teepees 970.004 ROB adopted by non-natives (cross-
 Dubinsky, K. Babies Without cultural adoption)
Borders: Adoption and (Review: AllReaders.com)
Migration Across the Americas
362.734 DUB
 Wine, J. The Canadian
Adoption Guide 362.734 WIN
Kingsolver, B. The  Hochschild, A. King Leopold’s Colonialism, bullying
Poisonwood Bible Ghost 967.5 HOC evangelism, fundamentalism
(Congo-Zaire) (Review: The Guardian)

Kleinbaum, N.  Peck, S. Denial of the Soul Poetry, beauty, philosophy,

Dead Poet’s 179.7 PEC suicide
Society (Review: GoodReads.com)
Lam, V.  Cross, M. Vietnam: Spirits of Chinese immigration; Vietnam
The Headmaster’s the Earth. 959.7 War; Chinese Cultural
Wager Revolution
(Review: Author’s website)
Lamb, W. Obsession, suicide
She’s Come (Review: Oprah’s Book Club)
Undone
Lamb, W.  Markowitz, A. Bipolar Disease Dysfunctional families; mental
I Know This 616.895 illness
Much Is True (Review: Oprah’s Book Club)
Lanchester, J. Deneault, A. Offshore: Tax Bank failure, financial
Capital Havens and the Rule of Global meltdown, terrorism,
Crime 336.24 relationships
 Kirtzman, A. Betrayal: The Life (Review: The Globe and Mail)
and Lies of Bernie Madoff 364.16
MAD
Reynolds, J. Free Rider 364.16
REY (Canadian – excellent read)
LeCarré, J.  Gifford, Clive: Espionage and Espionage-CIA, KGB, MI5,
Our Kind Disinformation: the unseen Russian Criminality under Putin
of Traitor world 327.112 GIF (Review: The Globe and Mail)
 Glenny, M. Darkmarket:
cyberthieves, cybercops and you
364.168 GLE
 Sixsmith, M.
The Litvinenko File 327.124 LIT
LeCarré, J.  Gifford, Clive: Espionage and Espionage-CIA, KGB, MI5,
The Russia House Disinformation: the unseen Perestroika
world 327.112 GIF (Review: Author’s website)

Lessing, D.  Freedman, E. The Essential Male-female rivalry; female

The Cleft Feminist Reader 305.422 ESS superiority; creation myth
 Sax, L. Why Gender Matters: rewritten
what parents and teachers (Review: The Guardian)
need to know... 305.3 SAX
 Phillips, M. The Ascent of
Woman 324.6 PHI
Lessing, D.  Snyder, C. Euthanasia Euthanasia; parental
Fifth Child and 179.7 EUT responsibility; family
Ben in the World  Harris, N. The Ethics of relationships
Euthanasia 179.7 ETH (Review: Author’s website)
 Jackson Euthanasia 179.7 JAC
 Peck, S. Denial of the Soul
179.7 PEC
 Williams, M. Terminal Illness
364.15 TER
Lessing, D.  Stewart, G. America Under IRA terrorism in England;
The Good Terrorist Attack: September 11, 2001 Terrorists’ causes, ethics
973.931 STE (Review: Author’s website)
 Dershowitz Why Terrorism
Works: understanding the
threat, responding to the
challenge 303.625
 Hoge, J. How did this
Happen? 973.931 HOG
 Lee, N. A Nation Challenged
973.931NAT
Lessing, D.  Ellis, E. Our stories, our AIDS in Africa; inefficiency
The Sweetest Dream songs: African children talk of NGOs; long-lasting
about AIDS 362.7 ELL; effects of war on people
 Nolen, S. Stories of AIDS in (Review: Author’s website)
Africa 362.196 NOL;
Levin, I.  Genetic Engineering A Nazi-hunter’s pursuit of
The Boys from Brazil 660.65 GEN Joseph Mengele; cloning
(Review: The Guardian)
MacIntyre, L.  Cameron, G. Moving Toward Exploitation and sexual
The Bishop’s Man Positive Systems of Child and abuse of children by the
(Canadian; Giller Prize Family Welfare 352.7 MOV Catholic Church
Winner: “with the  Driver, E. Child Sexual Abuse: (Review:
page-turning energy of Feminist Perspectives The Globe and Mail)
a thriller” – see 362.76 CHI
The Globe and Mail  Gerdes, L. Child Abuse
Review, 3rd column→ 362.76 CHI
Meyer, D. Ethical treatment of wildlife
Blood Safari (poaching), racism, govern-
(award-winning ment corruption, falsely
thriller-mystery- accused, money, poverty,
suspense novelist) greed
(Review: The Guardian)
Meyer, D.  Rosenbaum, T. Pay Back: Revenge, redemption
Dead Before Dying The Case for Revenge 364.601 (Review: Complete Review)
Meyer, D.  Cameron, G. Moving Toward Death penalty, vigilantism,
Devil’s Peak Positive Systems of Child and drug trade, corrupt legal
(award-winning Family Welfare 352.7 MOV system, child abuse (to
thriller-mystery-  Claypool, J. Alcohol and You “cure AIDS”), alcoholism
suspense novelist) 362.292 CLA (Review: The Guardian)
 Driver, E. Child Sexual Abuse:
Feminist Perspectives
362.76 CHI
 Gerdes, L. Child Abuse
362.76 CHI
 Peacock, N. Drowning Our
Sorrows 362.292 PEA
 Turow, S. Ultimate Punishment
(death penalty) 345.73 TUR
Meyer, D. Government corruption,
Thirteen Hours racism
(award-winning (Review: author’s website)
thriller-mystery-
suspense novelist)
Meyer, D. Ethical treatment of
Trackers wildlife; smuggling,
(award-winning poaching; duplicity;
thriller-mystery- espionage
suspense novelist)
Michaels, A.  Lawliss, C. And God Cried:
Fugitive Pieces The Holocaust Remembered
(Canadian; Orange 940.5318 LAW
Prize Winner)  Lawton, C. The Story of the
Holocaust 940.5318 LAW
 Levi, P. Auschwitz Report
940.5318 LEV
Mistry, R.  Jarman, M.
A Fine Balance Rich World Poor World 339.46
Mitchard, J.  Didion, . The Year of Magical
Deep End of the Thinking 155.9 DID
Ocean  Ehrenberg, A. The Weariness
of the Self: Diagnosing the
History of Depression
616.65 EHR
 Empfield, M. Understanding
Teenage Depression
616.8527 EMP
 Grollman, E. Living When a
Young Friend Commits
Suicide, Or Even Starts
Talking About it 155.937 GRO
Mitchell, M.  Donovan, T. The American
Gone With The Wind Civil War 973.73 AME
(Review: The Independent)
Holocaust victims and
survivors
(Review: The Guardian)
Poverty in India; gap
between rich and poor;
horrors of the caste system
(Mistry talks about his
book, CBC Digital
Archives)
Kidnapping, loss,
depression
(Review:
Kirkus Book Reviews and
Recommendations)
American Civil War; war’s
effects on individuals;
women and war
(Review: Book Addiction
blog)

Morrison, T.  Mackey, F. Done With Slavery, racism

Beloved Slavery: The Black Fact in (Review: The Guardian)
(Nobel Prize for Montreal 971.4 MACK
Literature, 1993)  Meyler, P. A Stolen Life:
Searching for Richard
Pierpoint 971.3 PIE MEY
Morrison, T.  Mackey, F. Done With Slavery: American South, Racism
The Bluest Eye The Black Fact in Montreal (Review: goodreads.com)
(Nobel Prize for 971.4 MACK
Literature, 1993)  Meyler, P. A Stolen Life:
Searching for Richard Pierpoint
971.3 PIE MEY
 Pitt, S. To Stand and Fight
 Together: Richard Pierpoint
and the Coloured Corps of
Upper Canada 971.3 PIT
 Tracey, L. A Scattering of
Seeds: The Creation of Canada
971 TRA; plus video: The Story
of Mary Ann Shadd
AV971 SCA
Morrison, T.  Bauerlein, M. Women, Mass Violence,
Paradise Negrophobia  : A Race Riot Victims
(Nobel Prize for in Atlanta, 1906 975.8 BAU (Review: GoodReads)
Literature, 1993)  Boyko, J. Last Steps to
Freedom: The Evolution of
Canadian Racism 305.8 BOY
 Griffin, J. Black Like Me
305.896 GRI
 Henry, F. The Colour of
Democracy: Racism in
Canadian Society 305.8 HEN
 Kinsella, W. Web of Hate:
Inside Canada’s Far Right
Network 305.8 KIN
 McKague, O. Racism in
Canada 305.8 RAC
Morrison, T.  Bauerlein, M. Black-White relations;
Tar Baby Negrophobia  : A Race Riot Women – Victims
(Nobel Prize for in Atlanta, 1906 975.8 BAU (Review: The New York
Literature, 1993)  Boyko, J. Last Steps to Times)
Freedom: The Evolution of
Canadian Racism 305.8 BOY
 Griffin, J. Black Like Me
305.896 GRI
 Henry, F. The Colour of
Democracy: Racism in
Canadian Society 305.8 HEN
 Kinsella, W. Web of Hate:
Inside Canada’s Far Right
Network 305.8 KIN
 Mackey, F. Done With Slavery:
The Black Fact in Montreal
971.4 MACK
 McKague, O. Racism in
Canada 305.8 RAC
Naipaul, V.  Hochschild, A. King Leopold’s African neo-colonialism;
A Bend in the River Ghost 967.5 HOC dictatorship; slavery
 Mackey, F. Done With Slavery: (Review: The New York
 The Black Fact in Montreal Times)
971.4 MACK
Norden, N.  Bauerlein, M. American South, Racism
Wolf Whistle Negrophobia  : A Race Riot (Review: Indie Book Spot)
in Atlanta, 1906 975.8 BAU
 Boyko, J. Last Steps to
Freedom: The Evolution of
Canadian Racism 305.8 BOY
 Griffin, J. Black Like Me
305.896 GRI
 Henry, F. The Colour of
Democracy: Racism in
Canadian Society 305.8 HEN
 Kinsella, W. Web of Hate:
Inside Canada’s Far Right
Network 305.8 KIN
 Mackey, F. Done With Slavery:
The Black Fact in Montreal
971.4 MACK
 McKague, O. Racism in
Canada 305.8 RAC
Ondaaje, M.  Hoo, G. World War II Horrors of war (Review:
The English Patient 940.53 HOO The Independent)
Pasternak, B.  Floyd, D. Russia in Revolt People caught in the chaos
Doctor Zhivago 947.08FLO of war and the Russian
 Lewin, M. Russia USSR 947.08 Revolution (Review: The
 Pitcher, H. Witnesses of the Guardian)
Russian Revolution
947.0841 PIT

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Patchett, A. Bell Canto  Haugen, D. Terrorism Terrorism

303.626 TER (Review: The Guardian)
Patterson, J. 3rd Degree  Townsend, J. Organized Crime Organized crime
364.1 TOW
Phillips, C. Crossing the  Bauerlein, M. Slavery; abandonment;
River Negrophobia  : A Race Riot betrayal
in Atlanta, 1906 975.8 BAU (Review: The New York
 Boyko, J. Last Steps to Times)
Freedom: The Evolution of
Canadian Racism 305.8 BOY
 Griffin, J. Black Like Me
305.896 GRI
 Henry, F. The Colour of
Democracy: Racism in
 Canadian Society 305.8 HEN
 Kinsella, W. Web of Hate:
Inside Canada’s Far Right
Network 305.8 KIN
 Mackey, F. Done With Slavery:
The Black Fact in Montreal
971.4 MACK
 McKague, O. Racism in
Canada 305.8 RAC
Power, S.  Smithsonian. Do All Indians U.S. Native people’s
The Grass Dancer Live in Tipis? Questions and culture, mythology; murder
Answers from the National (Review: Penguin Books)
Museum of the American
Indian
970.004 DOA
Puzo, M.  Townsend, J. Organized Crime Mafia; organized crime
The Godfather 364.1TOW (Review: Goodreads)
 Sher, J. The Road to Hell: How
the biker gangs are conquering
Canada 364.106 SHE
Pyper, A. Kidnapping; mortality
The Guardians (Review: Official website)
Pyper, A.  Scott Peck. Glimpses of the Demonic possession
The Demonologist Devil 235.4 PEC (Review: Official website)
Quindlin, A.  Haugen, D. Domestic Violence Family violence (Review:
Black and Blue 362.82 DOM Author’s website)
Rand, A. The  French, H. Architecture: A Creative non-conformism;
Fountainhead Crash Course 720.9 FRE architecture (Review:
 Howarth, E. Crash Course in Sparknotes)
Architecture 720.9 HOW
 Lind, Carla. Lost Wright: Frank
Lloyd Wright’s Vanished
Masterpieces 720 WRI.LIN
Reichs, K. Death Du  Wingate, A. Scene of the Crime Forensic Science (Review:
Jour 363.2502 WIN Author’s website)
Reynolds, J. Beach  Slayton, P. Lawyers Gone Bad: Police corruption; infidelity
Strip Money, Sex and Madness in (Review:
(Canadian; Arthur Ellis Canada’s Legal Profession Quill and Quire Magazine)
Award Winnter) 340 SLA
 Townsend, J. Organized Crime
364.1 TOW
Ricci, N.  Howe, B. A Question of Untimely pregnancy; birth
Lives of the Saints Commitment 323.3 QUE by unknown father in small
 Tittle, P. Should Parents Italian village
be Licensed? 649.1 TIT (Review: Goodreads)
Roy, G. The Tin Flute  Capponi, P. Dispatches from Poverty, untimely
(Canadian: Governor the Poverty Line 362.5 CAP
General’s Prize for  McCourt, F. Angela’s Ashes
Literature) 941.608 MCC
Russo, R. Empire Falls  Brown, Ian. Freewheeling: The
(Pulitzer Prize) Feuds, Broods and Outrageous
Fortunes of the Billes family
(Canadian Tire) 338.76 BIL BRO
Saramago, J. Blindness  Leung, P. Sars War 614.5 LEV
(Nobel Prize for Nikiforuk, A. Pandemonium
Literature) 614.4 NIK
 Preston, R. Hot Zone 614.5PRE
CBC News in Review May 2003
Schwartz, J.B.  Claypool, J. Alcohol and You
Reservation Road 362.292 CLA
 Peacock, N. Drowning Our
Sorrows 362.292 PEA
Sebold, A. Lovely  Lassiter, R. Supernatural
Bones 133 LAS
 Roach, M. Spook 129 ROA
Selvadurai, S.  Solomon, A. Far From
The Hungry Ghosts The Tree 362.4083
 on present; dealing with
Shriver, L. We Need to  Teens at Risk 362.74 TEE
Talk About Kevin
Shute, N.  Minneus, S.
On the Beach Nukes: The Spread
of Nuclear Weapons
327.1 MIN
Skibsrud, J.  Vietnam war; past
The Sentimentalists
(Giller Prize, 2010)
Smith, Z. White Teeth  The Color of Water: A Black
Man’s Tribute to his White
Mother 974.7 MCB MCB
 Different Worlds: Interracial
and Cross-Cultural Dating
306.73 BOD
Solzhenitsyn, A. August  Clay, C. King, Kaiser, Tsar:
1914 (Nobel Prize Three Royal Cousins Who Led
Winner) The World To War 940.3 CLA
pregnancy
(Review:
Can Lit Canon)
Family business dynasty’s
rise and fall and the people
it destroys (Review:
Literary Corner Café)
Epidemics; social values;
treatment of marginalized;
moral blindness (Review:
Bookloons)
Drunk Driving; Alcoholism
(Review: Goodreads)
Murder, afterlife, revenge
(Review: author interview
in The Guardian)
Sri Lanka-Canada culture;
sexuality; past influences
past)
(Review: Toronto Star)
Troubled teens; sociopath;
school shooting (Review:
Reading Group Guides,
Author Interview)
Nuclear disaster and
aftermath; end of world
(Review: Random House
Publishers)
influences on present
(Review: The Globe/Mail)
Mixed marriages
(Review: The Guardian)
World War I; challenging
the former Soviet Union’s
version of history, class...
(Review: The New York

Styron, W. Sophie’s  Saunders, N. The Life of Anne
Choice Frank 940.53FRA
 Gruda, M. Tricks of Fate
940.5318GRU
 Goldstein, S. Ten Marks and a
Train Ticket: Benno’s Escape
to Freedom 940.53 GOL
Thomas, M. Man Gone  McBride, J. The Color of
Down Water:
A Black Man’s Tribute to his
White Mother 974.7 MCB MCB
 Different Worlds: Interracial
and Cross-Cultural Dating
306.73 BOD
Townsend, S. Adrian  Laqueur, W. The New
Mole and the Weapons Terrorism: Fanaticism and the
of Mass Destruction Arms of Mass Destruction
303.625 LAQ
Turow, S. Presumed  Canada’s Courts (Canadian
Innocent judicial system) 347.71 MCC
 Siggins, M. A Canadian
Tragedy 346.7102623 SIG
 Townsend, J. Crime Scenes
363.25 TOW
 Turow, S. Ultimate Punishment
(death penalty) 345.73 TUR
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Walker, A. The Color  Livesey, R. Black Heritage
Purple 971 LIV (and others);
 Du Bois, W.E.B. The Souls of
Black Folk 305.896 DUB
Wiesel, E. The Gates of  Abrams, J. Tenuous Threads
the Forest 940.53 ABR
 Sheehan, S. Auschwitz
940.5318 SHE
Winter, K. Annabel  Fine, C. Delusions of Gender
(Canadian) 612.82 FIN
 Sax, L. Why Gender Matters
305.3 SAX
Withers, P. Peak  Krakauer, J. Into Thin Air
Times)
Holocaust; World War II
(Review: The Garfield
Book Review)
Mixed marriages/ the
“American Dream”
(Review: Sunday Book
Review from The New York
Times)
Ethics behind Tony Blair’s
warning about Hussein’s
WMD; effect on average
British citizen
(Review: author’s website)
Crime, guilt, innocence
(Review: Goodreads)
Race, God, concepts of
beauty, independence
Author interview,
The Guardian, 2007
Author interview,
The Guardian, 2013
Holocaust, survival,
scapegoat
(Review: The New York
Review of Books)
Gender identity, sexuality
(Review: The Guardian)
(Review: The Globe and
Mail)
Everest climb tragedy;
Survival 796.52 KRA
Wolfe, T. Bonfires of  Chettleburgh, M. Young Thugs:
the Vanities Inside the Dangerous World of
Canadian Street Gangs
364.106 CHE
 Tanner, J. Teenage Troubles:
Youth and Deviance in Canada
364.360971 TAN
 Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex
and Madness in Canada’s Legal
Profession 340 SLA
Wyveen, T. Angel Falls
Ye, T. Throwaway  Chong, Denise. Concubine’s
Daughter Children 305.8951 0711 CHO
Zamyatin, Y. We  Rady, M. Causes and
Consequences of the Collapse
of Communism in Eastern
Europe 940.09717 RAD
Zusak, M. The Book  Filipovic, Z. Stolen Voices:
Thief Young People’s War Diaries
303.6 STO
Roach, K. Essentials of Canadian Law 345.71 ROA
Carrigan, D. Juvenile Delinquency in Canada: A History 364.30971 CAR
Tanner, J. Teenage Troubles: Youth and Deviance in Canada 364.360971 TAN
Inner-City Poverty 362.5 INN
extreme sports
Teenage Crime
Corruption of society at all
levels
Corruption of the legal
system
Marital infidelity
(Review: The Guardian)
Dysfunctional family
Immigration and adoption
China’s one child policy
(Review: Author’s
website)
“Dystopia” (The most
influential science-fiction
novel of the 20th century).
(Review: George Orwell)
German children in World
War II (YouTube Interview
with the author)