Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – ebook
Cumberland Public Library – ebook
Halifax Public Libraries – audiobook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – ebook
“After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back.” -WorldCat

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – ebook
Cumberland Public Library – ebook
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – ebook
Youtube audiobook
“Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter Nimble, age ten, steals from a mysterious stranger three pairs of magical eyes, that lead him to a hidden island where he must decide to become a hero or resume his life of crime.” – WorldCat

Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – ebook
Cumberland Public Library – ebook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – ebook
Youtube audiobook
“Twelve-year-old Sophie knows little beyond the four walls of her father’s bookshop, but when a strange boy shows up with a rare and mysterious book, she finds herself pulled into an adventure beyond anything she has ever read.” -WorldCat

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – ebook
Cumberland Public Library – ebook
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook and audiobook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – ebook
“An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her.” -WorldCat

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – ebook
Cumberland Public Library – ebook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – ebook
“Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.” -WorldCat

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – audiobook
Cumberland Public Library – audiobook
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook and audiobook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – audiobook
“ When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.” -WorldCat

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – ebook
Cumberland Public Library – ebook
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook and audiobook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – ebook
TeenBookCloud
“The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.” -WorldCat

Tumblebooks is providing free access to a number of their digital resources until August 31st, 2020. Check out TeenBookCloud, made available by Halifax Public Libraries.
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Halifax Public Libraries is offering temporary library cards to all Nova Scotia residents. Once you fill out the form a number will be sent to you by email and you can immediately begin using your card. If you would like a card from your local library, you can also check them out as several are offering online registration. All of the public library titles listed above are offered through Overdrive or the Libby app. Both are free apps where you can borrow ebooks and digital audiobooks from your public library. All you need is an active library card from a Nova Scotia Public Library. The apps are available for both android and apple users.

If you enjoyed The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown you may enjoy one or more of the following books. Thanks to NNEC librarian Susan Cochrane for her suggestions in creating this list.

Cry of the Giraffe by Judie Oron
TeenBookCloud
“Labeled outcasts by their Ethiopian neighbors because of their Jewish faith, Wudita and her family make the arduous trek on foot to Sudan in the hope of the promise of a better life. Instead, they are herded into a squalid refugee camp. Wudita becomes separated from her family and forced back to the Ethiopian border.” -WorldCat

Illegal by Eoin Colfer
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – ebook
Cumberland Public Library – ebook
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – ebook
“Ebo’s sister left months ago. Now his brother has disappeared too, and Ebo knows that, to see them again, he must follow in their footsteps and make the hazardous voyage from Ghana to a safe haven in Europe. So the twelve-year-old sets off on an epic journey that takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli and finally out to the merciless sea.” -WordCat

Inside Out and Back Again by Lai Thanhha
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – ebook and audiobook
Cumberland Public Library – ebook and audiobook
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook and audiobook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – ebook and audiobook
“Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.” -WorldCat

Refugee by Alan Gratz
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – ebook and audiobook
Cumberland Public Library – ebook and audiobook
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook and audiobook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – ebook and audiobook
“Three children, each on a harrowing journey. All face unimaginable dangers. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end.” -WorldCat

Refugee Cove by Lesley Choyce
TeenBookCloud
“When Greg discovers a family of refugees in a lifeboat off the rugged coast of Newfoundland, he risks everything to help them.” -WorldCat

They Call Us Enemy by George Takei
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook
“A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei’s childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II.” -WorldCat

War Brothers: The Graphic Novel by Sharon E McKay and Daniel Lafrance
TeenBookCloud
“Fourteen-year-old Jacob and his friends are sharing stories about their school break when the door to their dorm is violently kicked in. Blinded by fear and confusion, the boys are abducted from their school in the middle of the night, marched into the jungle and forced to become child soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army it’s kill or be killed.” -WorldCat

Tumblebooks is providing free access to a number of their digital resources until August 31st, 2020. Check out TeenBookCloud, made available by Halifax Public Libraries.
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Password: trial

Halifax Public Libraries is offering temporary library cards to all Nova Scotia residents. Once you fill out the form a number will be sent to you by email and you can immediately begin using your card. If you would like a card from your local library, you can also check them out as several are offering online registration. All of the public library titles listed above are offered through Overdrive or the Libby app. Both are free apps where you can borrow ebooks and digital audiobooks from your public library. All you need is an active library card from a Nova Scotia Public Library. The apps are available for both android and apple users.

If you enjoyed The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe you may enjoy one or more of the following books. Thanks to NNEC librarian Susan Cochrane for her suggestions in creating this list.

90 Days of Different by Eric Walters
TeenBookCloud
“Sophie graduates from high school, her boyfriend breaks up with her because she’s boring, and her best friend challenges her to try ninety different things before the beginning of college.” -WorldCat

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook and audiobook
“Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.” -WorldCat

Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook and audiobook
“High school senior Frank Li is a Limbo. His term for Korean-American kids who find themselves caught between their parents’ traditional expectations and their own Southern California upbringing. His parents have one rule when it comes to romance, ‘Date Korean,’ which proves complicated when Frank falls for Brit Means, who is smart, beautiful, and white.” -WorldCat

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
Halifax Public Libraries – ebook
“Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. Now in their junior year, she is finally available. So when Kiera volunteers for an opportunity at their church, Del is right behind her, and then realizes he has inadvertently signed up for a Purity Pledge.” -WorldCat

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider
Colchester-Hants East Public Library – ebook
Cumberland Public Library – ebook
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library – ebook
“Star athelete and prom king Ezra Faulkner’s life is irreparably transformed by a tragic accident and the arrival of eccentric new girl Cassidy Thorpe.” -WorldCat

Tumblebooks is providing free access to a number of their digital resources until August 31st, 2020. Check out TeenBookCloud, made available by Halifax Public Libraries.
Username: nstumbles
Password: trial

Halifax Public Libraries is offering temporary library cards to all Nova Scotia residents. Once you fill out the form a number will be sent to you by email and you can immediately begin using your card. If you would like a card from your local library, you can also check them out as several are offering online registration. All of the public library titles listed above are offered through Overdrive or the Libby app. Both are free apps where you can borrow ebooks and digital audiobooks from your public library. All you need is an active library card from a Nova Scotia Public Library. The apps are available for both android and apple users.