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Grades 10 and up

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Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree
Leonard Bloomfield
Reviewed by Brenda Reed
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up
1994 May/June

The Sad Eye
Bradd Burningham
Reviewed by Robert Lovejoy
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1992 March

Safari: Journey to the End
Dave Taylor
Reviewed by Elinor Kelly
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1990 November

The Saga of Red Ryan and Other Tales of Violence from Canada's Past
Martin Robin
Reviewed by Ian Ferguson
Grades 10 and up
1983 March

Saint John: Scenes from a Popular History
George W. Schuyler
Reviewed by Pauline Henaut
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

The Saints and Apostles
Raymond Storey
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1994 May/June

Salmon Canneries: British Columbia North Coast
Gladys Y. Blyth
Reviewed by Adele Case
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1992 March

Salt and Braided Bread: Ukrainian Life in Canada
Jars Balam
Reviewed by Iyvan Michalchyshyn
Grades 9 and up
1985 May

Saltwater Spirituals and Deeper Blues
George Elliott Clarke
Reviewed by Barbara Jaques
Grades 10 and up
1983 November

The Salvation of Yasch Siemens
Armin Wiebe
Reviewed by Patrick Dunn
Grades 11 and up
1985 November

Samara the Wholehearted
Nancy Bauer
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1992 September

Samaritan
Philippe Van Rjndt
Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse
Grades 12 and up
1983 July

Same Truck, Different Driver
Mel Dagg
Reviewed by Pauline A. Burns
Grades 11 and up
1983 July

Sanctuary
Ken Cathers
Reviewed by Ian Dempsey
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1992 March

Sandbars
Oonah McFee
Reviewed by Phyllis James
Grades 12 and up
1983 March

Sans Queue Ni Tete
Jacques Pasquet
Reviewed by Doris Lemoine
Grades 7 and up/Ages 12 and up
1992 May

Saskatchewan
J. E. Jones
Reviewed by Walter Kalyn
All Grades
1984 May

Satellite Images: Photographs of Canada from Space
Brian Banks
Reviewed by Ed Somerville
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 May

The Saturday Night Traveller
Edited by George Galt
Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 January

Sauve Qui Peut L'Amour
Marie-Francine Hebert
Reviewed by Philip K. Harber
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1992 September

The Scales of Justice: Seven Famous Criminal Cses Recreated
Edited by George Jonas
Reviewed by Allan Kogon
Grades 12 and up
1984 November

The Scalpel, the Sword: The Story of Dr. Norman Bethune
Ted Allan
Reviewed by Elinor Kelly
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 May

A Scandinavian Heritage: 200 Years of Scandinavian Presence in the Windsor-Detroit Border Region
Joan Magee
Reviewed by Louise Dick
Grades 11 and up
1985 November

Scaring Myself Again: Far Flung Adventures of a TV Journalist
Allen Abel
Reviewed by Brenda Reed
Grades 11 and up/Ages 16 and up
1992 November

Scenes from the Present: Selected Poems
C.H. Gervais
Reviewed by Ian Dempsey
Grades 12 and up/ Ages 17 and up
1992 May

Scenes from Provincial Life
Joan Givner
Reviewed by Barbara Camfield
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1992 March

The Scales of Justice: Seven Famous Criminal Cses Recreated
George Jonas (ed.)
Reviewed by Allan Kogon
Grades 12 and up
1984 November

The Schools of Ontario 1876-1976
Robert M. Stamp
Reviewed by Vic Stecyk
Grades 12 and up
1982 November

Schooner: Bluenose and Bluenose II
Silver Donald Cameron
Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant
Grades 9 and up
1984 November

Science in Social Issues: Implications for Teaching
Glen S. Aikenhead
Reviewed by Ian Johnston
Grades 9 and up
1982 September

Science Is...
Susan V. Bosak
Reviewed by Anna L. Holman
Grades 4-12
1987 March

Science Networks: Physical Science
Reviewed by Chris Kempling
Grades 9 and 10
1983 March

Science Scape: The Nature of Canada
David T. Suzuki, Hans Blohm and Marjorie Harris
Reviewed by Graham A. Draper
Grades 12 and up
1987 January

The Scotch
John Kenneth Galbraith
Reviewed by Joanne Robertson
Grades 9 and up
1985 September

Sculpture: A Resource Kit for Teachers
Education Services, Art Gallery of Ontario
Reviewed by J.E. Simpson
Grades 7 and up/ Ages 12 and up
1992 May

Scuttlebutt and Other Expressions of Nautical Origin
Teri Degler
Reviewed by Neil V. Payne
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1989 September

The Sea is at Our Gates: The History of the Canadian Navy
Tony German
Reviewed by Neil V. Payne
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 September

Sea of Slaughter
Farley Mowat
Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

The Seam Allowance: Industrial Home Sewing in Canada
Laura C. Johnson
Reviewed by Jacqueline Foerter
Grades 9 and up
1983 January

Search for a Nation: Canada's Crises in French-English Relations 1759-1980
Janet Kerr Morchain
Reviewed by Robert Nicholas Bérard
Grades 10 and up
1986 September

Search for Shelter: Economics of Housing
Frank Clayton and Gary Robbior
Reviewed by John D. Crawford
Grades 11 and up
1982 September

Season of Blood: A Suite of Poems
Henry Beissel
Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk
Grades 11 and up
1985 September

A Season of Mourning
Frances Itani
Reviewed by Ian Dempsey
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up
1989 July

Seasons of Light: Images of Ontario
William Reynolds
Reviewed by C. Sulkowski
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up
1990 January

The Second Ben Wicks Treasury
Ben Wicks
Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson
Grades 11 and up
1988 November

The Second Book of Insults
Nancy McPhee
Reviewed by Jean Farquharson
Grades 9 and up
1982 November

Second Impressions
John Metcalf (Edited by)
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
Grades 12 and up
1982 November

The Second Season of Jonas MacPherson
Lesley Choyce
Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1989 November

Second Stage: the Alternative Theatre Movement in Canada
Renate Usmiani
Reviewed by Louise Griffith
Grades 11 and up
1984 January

The Second Trap
Douglas Hill
Reviewed by Barbara Jaques
Grades 10 and up
1984 November

A Second View of Things
Albert A. Trueman
Reviewed by Robert Nicholas Bérard
Grades 12 and up
1983 March

Second Wife, Second Best?
Glynnis Walker
Reviewed by Ruth Rausa
Grades 12 and up
1984 September

The Secret Journal of Alexander MacKenzie
Brian Fawcett
Reviewed by Patrick Dunn
Grades 10 and up
1987 January

The Secret Kingdom: Interpretations of the Canadian Character
Dominique Clift
Reviewed by Howard Hurt
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1989 September

Secretarial and General Office Procedures
Blanche M. Fedoruk and Lucy Mae Jennings
Reviewed by P. Frieda Lofts
Grades 11 and up
1984 September

The Seigneurial System in Early Canada: A Geographical Study
Richard Colebrook Harris
Reviewed by Kenneth A. Elliott
Post-Secondary
1985 January

The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume II: 1910-1921
Mary Rubio
Reviewed by Marilyn Aldworth
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1988 September

Selected Poems of Elizabeth Brewster: 1944-1977
Elizabeth Brewster
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
Grades 12 and up
1986 May

Selected Poems of Elizabeth Brewster: 1977-1984
Elizabeth Brewster
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
Grades 12 and up
1986 May

Selected Poems
Margaret Avison
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1992 March

Selected Tales
Jacques Perron
Reviewed by Philip K. Harber
Grades 12 and up
1985 July

Sell Yourself: the Career Handbook for Canadian University Students and Prospective Students
Theresa Goulet
Reviewed by Roger Lang
Grades 12 and up
1982 November

The Selling of Canada: the CPR and the Beginnings of Canadian Tourism
E. J. Hart
Reviewed by Walter Kalyn
Grades 10 and up
1984 September

Sense and Nonsense
Jonathan Miles
Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 May

A Serious Widow
Constance Beresford-Howe
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grade 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1992 January

The Serpent and the Rainbow
Wade Davis
Reviewed by Anne Locateli
Grades 12 and up
1986 July

Set Your Course
Gerald Cosgrave
Reviewed by Roger Lang
Grades 11 and up
1984 May

Seven Mythical Creatures
Celia King
Reviewed by J.E Simpson
Grades 4-10 / Ages 9-16
1994 November/December

Seven Years at Sea
Manuel Alvarez
Reviewed by Leslie McGrath
Grades 12 and up
1984 September

The Seventh Gate
Keith Ross Leckie
Reviewed by Ian Stewart
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1989 July

Seventh Generation: Contemporary Native Writing
Edited and compiled by Heather Hodgson
Reviewed by Anne Kelly
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 January

Sexual Assault: The Dilemma of Disclosure
Rita Gunn and Candice Minch
Reviewed by Esther Hutchison
Grades 12 and up
1989 January

Sexual Behavior of Canadian Young People
Edward S. Herold
Reviewed by Glenn DiPasquale
Grades 10 and up
1985 January

Shadow of Heaven: The Life of Lester Pearson - Volume One: 1897-1948
John English
Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Shakespeare's Dog: a Novel
Leon Rooker
Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk
Grades 12 and up
1983 September

The Shape of Rage: the Films of David Cronenberg
Piers Handling (Edited by)
Reviewed by Roger J. Smith
Grades 11 and up
1984 May

Shaping the Flame: Imagining Wallenberg
Joseph Sherman
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1989 July

The Shark: Nature's Materpiece
R.D. Lawrence
Reviewed by Elinor Kelly
Grades 12 and up
1986 May

The Shipbuilder
Ken Mitchell
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 March

Shocked and Appalled: A Century of Letters to the Globe and Mail
Jack Kapica (Edited by)
Reviewed by Iyvan Michalchyshyn
Grades 11 and up
1985 September

Shoeless Joe
W. P. Kinsella
Reviewed by Michael Freeman
Grades 12 and up
1983 January

A Short History of Canada
Desmond Morton
Reviewed by Allen S. Evans
Grades 9 and up
1984 January

A Short History of Manitoba
Ed Whitcomb
Reviewed by Agnes L. Florence
Grades 9 and up
1983 May

A Short History of Ontario
Robert Bothwell
Reviewed by Louise Dick
Grades 8 and up
1986 September

Short Log & Timber Building Book: A Handbook for Traditional and Modern Post and Beam Houses
James Mitchell
Reviewed by Margaret MacLean and Ron Hill
Grades 12 and up
1985 November

Short Stories
A. M. Klein
Reviewed by Tony Cosier
Grades 11 and up
1984 January

Showing The Flag: The Mounted Police and Canadian Sovereignty in the North, 1894-1925
William R. Morrison
Reviewed by Robin Lewis
Grades 12 and up
1986 July

Showing West: Three Prairie Docu-Dramas
Diane Bessai and Don Kerr (Edited by)
Reviewed by Walter Kalyn
Grades 10 and up
1984 January

Shrink Restraint: The The Struggle Against Psychiatry in Canada
Bonnie Burstow (Edited By)
Reviewed by Ruth Bainbridge
Grades 11 and up
1989 January

Shrubs of Ontario
Margaret L. Heimburger and James H. Soper
Reviewed by Seymour B. Tobe
Grades 9 and up
1982 September

Shulamis: Stories from a Montreal Childhood
Shulamis Yelin
Reviewed by Ralph Wintrob
Grades 8 and up
1984 March

Shylock's Treasure: a Comedy
Munroe Scott
Reviewed by David C. S. Robertson
Grades 11 and up
1983 January

Sibir: My Discovery of Siberia
Farley Mowat
Reviewed by Graham Draper
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 November

Sick Heart River
John Buchan
Reviewed by Jean Henderson
Grades 9 and up
1982 September

Sick Pigeon
M.A.C. Farrant
Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1991 November

Side Glances: Notes on the Writer's Craft
John V. Kicks
Reviewed by Joanne K.A. Peters
Grades 11 and up
1988 July

Signing On: the Birth of Radio in Canada
Bill McNeil and Morris Wolfe
Reviewed by Roger J. Smith
Grades 9 and up
1983 March

Signs of the Former Tenant
Bronwen Wallace
Reviewed by Joan McGrath
Grades 12 and up
1983 November

The Silent Enemy: Canada and the Deadly Flu of 1918
Eileen Pettigrew
Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox
Grades 9 and up
1984 March

The Silent Song of Mary Eleanor
Marjorie Wilkins Campbell
Reviewed by Mary Fallis
Grades 11 and up
1984 May

A Silent Thunder
Toni Onley
Reviewed by Lorne MacRae
Grades 11 and up
1982 September

Simon Peter Gunamoot: Trapline Outlaw
David Ricardo Williams
Reviewed by Gerri Young
Grades 11 and up
1982 November

Since Daisy Creek
W.O. Mitchell
Reviewed by Mary Fallis
Adult
1985 January

Sinclair Ross: a Reader's Guide
Ken Mitchell
Reviewed by Walter Kalyn
Grades 10 and up
1983 January

Sing Me No Love Songs, I'll Say You No Prayers: Selected Stories
Leon Rooke
Reviewed by Margaret MacLean
Grades 12 and up
1985 January

Singing For the Joy of It
Joan Goddard Maloney
Reviewed by Joan Weller
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1994 May/June

Singing Our History
Edith Fowke and Alan Mills
Reviewed by Bessie Condos Egan
All Ages
1985 March

The Singing Rabbi: New Stories
Martin Avery
Reviewed by Ron Jacques
Grades 12 and up
1984 March

A Single Death
Eric Wright
Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell
Grades 11 and up
1987 January

Sinking of the Mayflower: Lost November 12, 1912
Stephen Weir
Reviewed by Jack Brown
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1990 May

The Sinking of the Princess Sophia
Ken Coates and Bill Morrison
Reviewed by Adele Case
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 September

Sir Charles God Damn
John Coldwell Adams
Reviewed by Marion Mintis
Grades 10 and up
1986 September

Sir Henry Pellatt: the King of Casa Loma
Carlie Oreskovich
Reviewed by Joan McGrath
Grades 11 and up
1982 November

Sir John A.: An Anecdotal Life of John A. Macdonald
Edited by Cynthia M. Smith and Jack McLeod
Reviewed by Grace Shaw
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 January

Sir John A. Macdonald: The Man and the Politician
Donald Swainson
Reviewed by Allan S. Evans
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1990 March

Sirens & Graces: a Novel
Lawrence Garber
Reviewed by James Kingstone
Grades 12 and up
1984 March

Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karmakola
Paulette Jiles
Reviewed by James Kingstone
Grades 12 and up
1987 May

Six Micmac Stories
Ruth Whitehead
Reviewed by Anne Kelly
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1989 July

The Sixth of December
Jim Lotz
Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant
Grades 9 and up
1982 September

Sixty-four, Sixty-five
Norah McClintock
Reviewed by Pauline Henaut
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up
1990 January

Skateboard Shakedown
Lesley Choyce
Reviewed by Patricia Fry
Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15
1990 May

Skelton at 60
Barbara E. Turner (edited by)
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Grades 11 and up
1986 November

Skiamachia: a Fantasy
Virgil Burnett
Reviewed by Patrick Dunn
Grades 12 and up
1983 January

Skulking for the King: A Loyalist Plot
J. Fraser
Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot
Grades 10 and up
1986 March

Slash
Jeannette C. Armstrong
Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue
Grades 11 and up
1986 November

Sliding for Home
Frank Moher and Gerald Reid
Reviewed by Melanie Fogel
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 January

Slow Boat on Rum Row
Fraser Miles
Reviewed by Adele Case
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1993 September

Small Wonders: New Stories by Twelve Distinguished Canadian Authors
Robert Weaver (Edited by)
Reviewed by Linda May Bell
Grades 11 and up
1983 March

Smith and Other Events: Tales of the Chilcotin
Paul St. Pierre
Reviewed by Gerri Young
Grades 12 and up
1983 September

Smoke
Dawn Richardson
Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner
Grades 6-10
1986 September

Smoke Detector
Eric Wright
Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse
Grades 10 and up
1984 November

Snake
Susin Neilsen
Reviewed by Margaret Mackey
Grades 8-10 / Ages 13-15
1992 September

Snow Apples
Mary Razzell
Reviewed by Jo-Anne Naslund
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1985 May

Social Democracy in Manitoba: A History of the CCF/NDP
Nelson Wiseman
Reviewed by Paul White
Grades 12 and up
1985 January

The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster
David Roger Marples
Reviewed by Catherine Cox
Grades 11 and up/Ages 17 and up
1989 May

Sojourner's Truth
Lee Maracle
Reviewed by Anne Kelley
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 May

Solidarity: The Rise and Fall of an Opposition in British Columbia
Bryan D. Palmer
Reviewed by John D. Crawford
Grades 11 and up
1987 July

"Some Staight Talk About the Music Business"
Mona Coxon
Reviewed by Gary Robertson
Grades 11 and up
1985 January

Somebody Has To Do It: Whose Work is Housework?
Penney Kome
Reviewed by Jackie Foerter
Grades 9 and up
1982 September

Someday
Drew Haydon Taylor
Reviewed by Darleen Golke
Grades 9 and up/Ages 14 and up
1993 September

Something Hidden: a Biography of Wilder Penfield
Jefferson Lewis
Reviewed by George Seibel
Grades 11 and up
1984 March

Something Still to Find: New Poems
Douglas LePan
Reviewed by Anne Leonard
Grades 11 and up
1983 November

Sometimes a Great Nation: Will Canada Belong to the 21st Century?
Peter C. Newman
Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan
Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up
1989 May

Son of a Smaller Hero
Mordecai Richler
Reviewed by Clare A. Darby
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Songs of the Indians, Volume 1
John Robert Colombo (Edited by)
Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner
Grades 9 and up
1984 May

Songs of the Indians, Volume 2
John Robert Colombo (Edited by)
Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner
Grades 9 and up
1984 May

Songs of Labrador
Edited and compiled by Tim Borlase
Reviewed by Christine Buchanan
Kindergarten and up / Ages 5 and up
1994 May/June

The Songs of Wade Hemsworth
Reviewed by Lisa Blackburn
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1991 March

The Sorcerer's Apprentices: Canada's Superbureaucrats and the Energy Mess
Peter Foster
Reviewed by Graham A. Draper
Grades 12 and up
1983 May

Souldust and Pearls: Ontario Poetry Anthology 1981
Reviewed by Gudrun Wight
All Ages
1983 January

The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec
Mary E. Southcott
Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner
Grades 11 and up
1985 July

Sounding the Iceberg: An Essay on Canadian Historical Novels
Dennis Duffy
Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan
Grades 12 and up
1987 May

The Sound of Wings
Spencer Dunmore
Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell
Grades 11 and up
1985 July

A Sourcebook of India: Multicultural Perspective
Roxanne Madryga and David Osborne
Reviewed by Algis Tribinevicius
Grades 7-12
1986 September

Southeasterly
Andrew Wreggit
Reviewed by Warner Winter
Grades 9 and up
1987 November

South Hill Girls
Barbara Sapergia
Reviewed by Ellen Robson
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1992 September

South of the Tudo Bem Cafe
Jan Conn
Reviewed by Don Precosky
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1991 March

So You Wanna Be Prime Minister?
Ben Wicks
Reviewed by Vic Stecyk
Grades 10 and up
1985 July

So You Want To Be A Writer
W. F. Westcott
Reviewed by Phyllis James
Grades 12 and up
1984 November

So, You've Been Busted!
Anne Watson-Russell and Wendy Harvey
Reviewed by Kenneth Elliott
Grades 7-12 / Ages 12-17
1989 September

A Sound Like Laughter
David Helwig
Reviewed by Joan VanSickle
Grades 12 and up
1983 September

Southwestern Ontario
John De Visser
Reviewed by Ches Sulkowski
Grades 9 and up
1983 March

S.P. Likes A.D.
Catherine Brett
Reviewed by Lynne McAvoy
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1990 March

Space
Christopher G. Trump
Reviewed by Anna L. Holman
Grades 7-10
1987 November

The Spanish Doctor: A Novel
Matt Cohen
Reviewed by Joan VanSickle Heaton
Grades 11 and up
1985 January

A Special Calling: My Life in Addiction Treatment and Care
R. Gordon Bell with Stan Solomon
Reviewed by Ruth Bainbridge
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1989 September

Spectator Sports
Christie Blatchford
Reviewed by Joan McGrath
Grades 10 and up
1988 May

Speed Trap: Inside the Biggest Scandal in Olympic History
Charlie Francis with Jeff Coplon
Reviewed by Charles Ottosen
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 May

Spider Blues: Essays on Michael Ondaatje
Sam Solecki (Edited by)
Reviewed by Bohdan Kinczyk
Grades 12 and up
1986 September

Spilsbury Coast
Howard White and Jim Spilsbury
Reviewed by Yoskyl Webb
Grades 11 and up
1988 September

The Spirit of Africville
Edited by the Africvill Genealogy Society
Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox
Grades 9 and up/Ages 14 and up
1992 November

Spirit of Toronto 1834-1934
Margaret Lindsay Holton (Edited by)
Reviewed by Louise Griffith
Grades 10 and up
1984 September

Spirit Wrestler
James Houston
Reviewed by Ruth Denyer
Grades 9 and up
1983 November

Spirit of the Yukon
June Cruickshank Lunny
Reviewed by Brenda Reed
Grades 9 and up/Ages 14 and up
1993 May

A Splendid Harvest: German Folk and Decorative Arts in Canada
Michael Bird and Terry Kobayashi
Reviewed by Susan Morrison
Grades 12 and up
1982 September

The Splendid Hundred
Arthur Bishop
Reviewed by Michele F. Kallio
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1994 November/December

Splinters
Doug Turner
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1991 October

Spoils of Power
Jeffrey Simpson
Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers
Grades 12 and up
1989 January

Squatter's Island
W.D. Barcus
Reviewed by Clare A. Darby
Grades 12 and up
1987 May

The Stairway
Alice A. Chown
Reviewed by Catharine Joan MacDonnell
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1989 July

Stampede City: Power and Politics in the West
Chuck Reasons (Edited by)
Reviewed by Lois Hird
Grades 12 and up
1985 May

Stanley Knowles: the Man from Winnipeg Centre
Susan Mann Trofimenkoff
Reviewed by A. L. Florence
Grades 10 and up
1983 May

Stargate
Pauline Gedge
Reviewed by Joan McGrath
Grades 10 and up
1983 May

Starmageddon
Richard Rohmer
Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell
Grades 11 and up
1986 November

Start with $1000: Do-It-Yourself Investing for Canadians
Jerry Ackerman and J. J. Brown
Reviewed by Allan W. Kogon
Grades 12 and up
1983 January

Start Your Own Business
Peter D. Cook
Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers
Grades 12 and up
1987 January

Starting Out: 1920-1947
Pierre Berton
Reviewed by Jean Farquharson
Grades 10 and up
1987 November

State and Salvation: The Jehovah's Witnesses and Their Fight for Civil Rights
William Kaplan
Reviewed by John Bainbridge
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1990 March

The Statement: a Novel
Jan Drabek
Reviewed by E. J. Kingstone
Grades 12 and up
1982 September

Steamboat Days: An Illustrated History of the Steamboat Era on the St. John River, 1816-1946
George MacBeath and Donald F. Taylor
Reviewed by Catherine Cox
Grades 9 and up
1985 November

Steel City: Hamilton and Region
M.J. Dear, J.J. Drake and L.G. Reeds (Edited by)
Reviewed by Susan E Fowler
Grades 12 and up
1988 September

Stef: A Biography of Vilhjalmur Stefansson
William R. Hunt
Reviewed by Adele Case
Grades 10 and up
1986 September

Stencil It! Kids' Projects
Sandra Buckingham
Reviewed by J.E. Simpson
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up
1994 March/April

Stephen Leacock: Humour and Humanity
Gerald Lynch
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1989 May

Stepmothers: Exploring the Myth
Kati Morrison, Airdrie Thompson-Guppy and Patricia Bell
Reviewed by Kenneth A. Elliott
Grades 12 and up
1987 January

Still in the Same Boat
Fiona McCall and Paul Howard
Reviewed by Michael Freeman
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 September

The Stockyard Story, 1803-1985
D.R. McDonald
Reviewed by A. Tribinevicius
Grades 11 and up
1986 January

A Store of Memories
Allan G. Burton
Reviewed by David Chadwick
Grades 10 and up
1987 May

Stories by Canadian Women
Rosemary Sullivan (Edited by)
Reviewed by Sharon A. McCue
Grades 12 and up
1985 May

Stories from the Cariboo: He Saw with Other Eyes
Todd Lee
Reviewed by Gerri Young
Grades 7 and up/Ages 12 and up
1993 May

Storm Signals: More Undiplomatic Diaries 1962-1972
Charles Ritchie
Reviewed by Anne Locatelli
Grades 12 and up
1984 January

Storming the Fortress: How Canadian Business Can Conquer Europe in 1992
Gordon Pitts
Reviewed by David Chadwick
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1990 September

The Storms Below: The Turbulent Life and Times of Huge Garner
Paul Stuewe
Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1989 March

The Story of Bobby O'Malley
Wayne Johnston
Reviewed by E. Robson
Grades 10 and up
1986 July

Straight from the Horse's Mouth...And Other Animal Expressions
Teri Degler
Reviewed by Lynne McAvoy
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1989 September

Strained Relations: Canada's Voters and Parties
Joseph Wearing
Reviewed by Victor Stecyk
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1989 July

Strange Attractors
Tom Henighan
Reviewed by Melanie Fogel
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1992 September

Strange Bedfellows: The State and the Arts in Canada
George Woodcock
Reviewed by Joan McGrath
Grades 12 and up
1985 September

Strangers from a Secret Land
Peter Thomas
Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell
Grades 11 and up
1987 May

A Stranger to My Time: Essays By and About Fredrick Philip Grove
Paul Hjartarson (Edited by)
Reviewed by Don Precosky
Grades 12 and up
1988 March

The Strangest Dream: Canadian Communists, the Spy Trials, and the Cold War
Merrily Weisbord
Reviewed by Louise Dick
Grades 11 and up
1984 May

Street of Riches
Gabrielle Roy
Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1992 May

Streethearts
Jim Christy
Reviewed by Joan McGrath
Grades 12 and up
1984 March

Streets of Attitude
Edited by Cary Fagan and Robert MacDonald
Reviewed by David H. Elias
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 March

Stroke: The Inside Stories of Olympic Contenders
Heather Clarke and Susan Gwynne-Timothy
Reviewed by Donna J. Adrian
Grades 11 and up
1988 November

Strong Voices: Conversations With 50 Canadian Authors
Alan Twigg
Reviewed by Ian Stewart
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1989 March

The Struggle To Organize: Resistance in Canada's Fishery
Wallace Clement
Reviewed by John D. Crawford
Grades 12 and up
1987 May

Student's Guide to Ontario Universities
Dyanne Gibson
Reviewed by Jo Anna Burns Patton
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 January

Studio One: Stories Made for Radio
Wayne Schmalz
Reviewed by Raymond Stoyko
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 March

Studying Effectively and Efficiently: an Integrated System
Sandra Hodson and Polly MacFarlane
Reviewed by Roger Lang
Grades 12 and up
1984 May

Stumbling Heavenward: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary man, Peter Rempel
Urie A. Bender
Reviewed by A.L. Florence and C.R. Brown
Grades 10 and up
1985 May

Stung: The Incredible Obsession of Brian Molony
Gary Ross
Reviewed by Melanie Fogel
Grades 9 and up
1988 September

Styx
Christopher Hyde
Reviewed by David Chadwick
Grades 12 and up
1983 May

Subtidal Galapagos: Exploring the Waters of Darwin's Island
James Cribb
Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky
Grades 12 and up
1987 March

Suburbs of the Arctic
Mary Burns
Reviewed by Susan Ratcliffe
Grades 11 and up
1986 September

Sub/Version
Lorna Irvine
Reviewed by Ruth Cosstick
Grades 10 and up
1987 May

Such is My Beloved
Morley Callaghan
Reviewed by Clare A. Darby
Grades 11-13 / Ages 16-18
1989 September

Summer Island
Phil Murphy
Reviewed by Leslie McGrath
Grades 12 and up
1985 May

The Summer of 1744: a Portrait of Life in 18th-Century Louisbourg
A. J. B. Johnston
Reviewed by Pauline Henaut
Grades 10 and up
1984 May

Summer of the Hungry Pup
Byrna Barclay
Reviewed by Betty A. Befus
Grades 11 and up
1982 September

The Summer Tree
Guy Gavriel Kay
Reviewed by Patrick J. Dunn
Grades 10 and up
1985 September

The Sunday Before Winter
Marilyn Bowering
Reviewed by Pamela Black
Grades 12 and up
1984 November

Sunlight in the Shadows
Emily Carr
Reviewed by Phyllis James
Grades 10 and up
1985 May

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Stephen Leacock
Reviewed by Elaine Blakey
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1989 September

Sunwings: The Harrowsmith Guide to Solar Addition Architecture
Merilyn Mohr
Reviewed by Margaret MacLean and Robert Scott
Grades 10 and up
1986 March

The Supreme Court Decisions on the Canadian Constitutions
Reviewed by Louise Dick
Grades 12 and up
1982 September

Survival of the Fattest: An Irreverent View of the Senate
Larry Zolf
Reviewed by Paul E. Blower
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Survivor of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Joan Skelton
Reviewed by Margaret MacLean
Grades 9 and up
1986 September

The Suspect
L.R. WRight
Reviewed by Frank Loreto
Grades 12 and up
1986 March

Suspicion Island
Jeni Mayer
Reviewed by Floyd Spracklin
Grades 6 to 10/Ages 11 to 15
1993 May

The Suzie A
Alan Haig-Brown
Reviewed by Adele Case
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up
1991 September

The Swell Season: a Text on the Most Important Things in Life
Josef Skvorecky
Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk
Grades 11 and up
1983 March

Swift Runner
Colin Argyle Thomson
Reviewed by George Hoffman
Grades 10 and up
1985 November

Swim For Your Life
Don Bailey
Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Swimming Out of History: New and Selected Poems
Florence McNeil
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up
1992 May

Swimming Toward the Light
Joan Clark
Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1990 November

Sworn Enemies
Carol Matas
Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson
Grades 5-10 /Ages 10-15
1993 September

Sybil Jacobson: Painting in the West
Mary G. Alexander
Reviewed by Carrie Gardner
Grades 9 and up
1986 January

Synergy and the Power of Personal Proficiency
Jack H. McQuaig
Reviewed by Diane Ikonen
Grades 11 and up
1985 January

Syrup Pails and Gopher Tails: Memories of the One-Room School
John C. Charyk
Reviewed by Elaine Atwood
Grades 9 and up
1984 May

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