Terror at White Otter Castle by Bonnie Ferrante

You can reserve these bags by clicking through to KitkeeperĪ big thank you to the clubs who donated these great books! He shows us how his evolving relationship with the kids on that bus, each of them struggling physically as well as emotionally and socially, slowly but surely changed his life along with the lives of the 'precious cargo' in his careĪlso, due to the high demand, we have added an addition book bag of Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga. Armed only with a sense of humour akin to that of his charges, a creative approach to the challenge of driving a large, awkward vehicle while corralling a rowdy gang of kids, and surprising but unsentimental reserves of empathy, Davidson takes us along for the ride. One morning in 2008, desperate and impoverished and living in a one-room basement apartment while trying unsuccessfully to write, Davidson plucked a flyer out of his mailbox that read, 'Bus Drivers Wanted.' That was the first step towards an unlikely new career: driving a school bus full of special-needs kids for a year. Precious Cargo by Craig Davidson, generously donated by the GLOWS Book Club As the refugees become subject to heavy interrogation, Mahindan begins to fear that a desperate act taken in Sri Lanka to fund their escape may now jeopardize his and his son's chance for asylum. Instead, the group is thrown into a detention processing center, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among the 'boat people' are members of a separatist militant organization responsible for countless suicide attacks-and that these terrorists now pose a threat to Canada's national security.

When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches Vancouver's shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life.

The Boat People by Sharon Bala, generously donated by the Maplecrest Book Club Without the depth of their forgiveness, this book's author, Mark Sakamoto, would never have existed.

But somehow, despite facing such enormous transgressions against them, the two families learned to forgive. Thanks to some generous donations, we have recently added 3 new titles to our Book Club in a Bag collection.įorgiveness by Mark Sakamoto, generously donated by the Maplecrest Book Clubįorgiveness intertwines the compelling stories of Ralph MacLean and the Sakamoto family as the war rips their lives and their humanity out of their grasp.

Terror at White Otter Castle by Bonnie Ferrante