Diversity

Books in Diversity

A Gift for Gita

Gita and her family are in turmoil. During her grandmother's visit, Gita's father announces that he has received a job offer back in India. They have been living in North America for a few years, a... more

A Long Way From Home

An Afghan girl, an American boy, and the resilient residents of a small town are thrown together on 9/11. Thirteen-year-old Rabia, her mother, and her younger brother have escaped Afghanistan and ... more

Child of Dandelions

Sabine has a happy life in Uganda, until the "countdown monster" changes everything - ordering her and everyone like her to leave their home and their country. It is 1972, and fifteen-year-old Sab... more

Dear Baobab

Maiko knows what it is like to be small and to feel planted in the wrong place... Maiko has left his village in Africe far behind, moving to North America to live with his aunt and uncle. When he... more

Lights for Gita

Gita's family has only recently emigrated from India. Although she misses her relatives and friends, she has already made some friends in her new home. Today, she is looking forward to her favourit... more

Our New Home

From the diverse cultures of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Vietnam, Germany, Guyana, Somalia, and others, immigrant children write of their experiences leaving their homes and moving to a n... more

Roses for Gita

"This is a lovely, gentle book. ... [It's] about the adjustment of one immigrant child, but it is also about the importance of beauty in life, and the ability of kindness to overcome isolation and ... more

Splish, Splat!

A fun introduction to the world of sign language... Colin's mom hires painters to paint his bedroom. The company she calls recommends that she hire two women who happen to be deaf. The company exp... more

The Color of Silence

Two girls, both without a voice. One refuses to speak, the other is trapped in a body that won’t let her. At seventeen, Alex feels as if her life is over. She will never recover from the tra... more

The First Nations Series for Young Readers Teacher Resource

This comprehensive teacher's guide is designed to accompany Second Story Press' First Nations Series for Young Readers. This resource has been developed around the First Nations/Native American hol... more

The Scratch on the Ming Vase

An attack on her kung fu master leads a budding spy on a mysterious adventure... Born in China, Nicki Haddon was adopted by a wealthy North American family as a baby. Now sixteen, she has a talent... more

The Way It Is

It may be the '60s - the era of equal rights and free love - but two teens find that change is slow in coming to their small town... To Ellen Manery, a brilliant, introverted, socially isolated f... more

Treasure for Lunch

"Yvonne Cathcart's brightly coloured illustrations add to the fun of this totally delicious book." - Reader's Showcase. Shaira loves her grandmother and the wonderful Indian foods that she prepares... more

Violet

Watch the Violet book trailer! "Artist Jovanovic has painted a colourful, topsy-turvy world for her heroine to inhabit" - The Globe and Mail... Why am I Violet?! Violet is happy that her father... more

We Are Their Voice

Do young people today find meaning in the Holocaust? This question prompted a writing project that brought heartfelt responses from students from across North America and abroad. Their voices &nda... more

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