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Horror / Thriller

Romance

 Mystery Fantasy Science fiction Adventure Historical fiction General fiction
fear, suspense love, relationships Crime, investigations magical worlds imagined societies, technologies exciting journeys history life experiences

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Collection of popular and classic films. Variety of feature films. Films about the environment, human rights, international conflict, the arts and more.

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eBooks for CLB 1

ESL Literacy Readers

Level A - B - C - D

Reading Skills Stories

Phonics Stories
Interactive Foundational Stories
Canadian Indigenous Readers

Tar Heel Reader

Free Online Stories

Online Story books

Growing readers!

First Class Phonics

Synthetic Phonics

Reading Planet - Pink A

Phonics in context

Sounds Like Reading

Reading-Phonetic method

Print Books for CLB 1

eBooks for CLB 2

ESL Literacy Readers

Level A - B - C - D

Reading Skills Stories

Phonics Stories
Interactive Foundational Stories
Canadian Indigenous Readers

Seven Teachings Stories

Seven Anishinaabe Teachings

Romance Series

8 Stories

Humour Series

8 Stories

Reading Planet - Pink B

Phonics in context

How-to Series

8 Stories

Health Series

4 Stories

Reading Planet - Pink C

Phonics in context

Print Books for CLB 2

Emergent Readers

Familiar images, word labels, direct picture-text match, and sight word vocabulary to help readers to develop phonemic awareness and phonic skills.

ER Starter Books

Starter Level 1-3

eBooks for CLB 3

ESL Literacy Readers

Level E - F -G

LifeStories 1

General Fiction

Photo Finish

Adventure - Crime

Sara Says No!

General Fiction

Shooting Stars

Adventure

Ski Race

General Fiction

L.A. Detective

Adventure - Crime

Moving in / Pack Up

life-skills topic & story

Community Services / a New Home

life-skills topic & story

Smart Grocery Shopping / Smart Shop

life-skills topic & story

Planning to Save / Something Big

life-skills topic & story

Starting at a New School / Fitting In

life-skills topic & story

The Heights series

Adventure - Fiction

River

Adventure

Swamp

Adventure - Suspence

Twister

Adventure

Sail

Adventure

Activists Series

hoopla - 16 stories

Maple Leaf Series

hoopla - 6 stories

Entertainers Series

hoopla - 4 stories

Women Who Inspire Series

hoopla - 4 stories

Stranded

Thriller

The Rules Have Changed

science fiction / thriller

Print Books for CLB 3

ER Starter Books

Starter Level 1-3

ER Beginner Books

Starter Level 4-6

ER Elementary Books

Series Level 1-2

Non-fiction Science Books

Beginner - Elementary

eBooks for CLB 4

All Night

General Fiction

Anna and the Fighter

General Fiction

Area 51

Non-fiction

Botchan

General Fiction

Cricket Magazine

Stories 450L - 750L

ESL Literacy Readers

Level E - F -G

Good Wives

Romance

New Year's Eve

General Fiction

Picture This

Adventure

Three Feathers

General fiction - crime

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 200L - 500L

Wildcat Run

Adventure

The Wherewood

Fantasy - Book 1

The Ooze

Science Fiction

Trapped

Adventure

Grave Message

Thriller - Fantasy

Willpower

Science Fiction

The Overwood

Fantasy - Book 3

Alien Road

Science Fiction

B Negative

Fiction

Dreaming in Color

Fiction - Indigenous

Crime Club

Mystery

Sulfur Heart

Fiction - Crime

VCR from Beyond

Mystery - Science fiction

Cloud Warrior

Adventure

Juba Good

Fiction - Crime

Print Books for CLB 4

ER Elementary Books

Series Level 1-2

ER Pre-Intermediate Books

Series Level 3 - 4

Orca Sports & Orca Soundings Books

Elementary - Pre-intermediate Levels

Non-fiction Science Books

Elementary - Intermediate

eBooks for CLB 5

Anna Sweet Mysteries

Mystery - 8 Stories

A Christmas Carol

General fiction

The Clear-Out

General fiction

Coyote's Song

General fiction

Cricket Magazine

illustrated stories 650L - 850L

Epic Game

General fiction

Hamlet

General fiction

Jumped In

General fiction

LifeStories 2

General fiction

Listen!

General fiction

Missing

History

Orca Sports Series

General fiction - 12 stories

The Promise

General fiction

Shipwreck

Mystery

Tales of Wonder

General fiction

The Way It Works

General Fiction

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 300L - 700L

Sink or Swim

Adventure

All Good Children

Science Fiction

Baygirl

Fiction

Allegra

Fiction

Elephant Mountains

Adventure - Thriller

Escape Velocity

Fiction - Adventure

A Thousand Shades of Blue

Fiction - Adventure

Stuffed

Fiction

Careful What You Wish For

Fiction - Fantasy

Print Books for CLB 5

ER Pre-Intermediate Books

Series Level 3 - 4

ER Intermediate Books

Series Level 5 -6

Orca Rapid Reads

Pre-intermediate - Intermediate Levels

Non-fiction Science Books

Elementary - Intermediate

Good Reads Books

Elementary - Intermediate

eBooks for CLB 6

Battle Cry at Batoche

General fiction - history

Book of Trees

General fiction

The Breadwinner

General fiction

Deadly Storms

Non-fiction

The Drop

General fiction

From Scratch

General fiction

In from the Cold

General fiction

Italian Cure

Romance - humour

Miracleville

General fiction

Orca Young Readers

Adventure - 5 Books

The Picture of Nobody

General fiction

Portrait of a Lady

General fiction

No Return Address

General fiction

The Reunion

General fiction

Rooms with a View

General Fiction

Seven Series Collection

Adventure - Mystery

Treasure of Monte Cristo

Adventure - Mystery

Tribb's Troubles

General fiction

Yossi's Goal

General fiction

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1050L

Guardians of Porthaven

Science Fiction

Infiltrate

Thriller

Exposed

Thriller

Away Running

Fiction-Adventure

Middle of Everywhere

Fiction - Adventure

War of the Eagles

Historical Fiction

Caged Eagles

Historical Fiction

Before Wings

Fiction - Fantasy

Lost

Adventure - Mystery

Stolen

Mystery

Bones

Mystery

Taste of Rain

Historical Fiction

Weird Rules to Follow

Fiction - Indigenous

What World Is Left

Historical Fiction

Temple Alley Summer

Fantasy - Mystery

When Dimple Met Rishi

Romance - Humour

Print Books for CLB 6

ER Intermediate Books

Series Level 5 -6

Orca Rapid Reads

Pre-intermediate - Intermediate Levels

Good Reads Books

Elementary - Intermediate

Non-fiction Science Books

Intermediate - Advanced

eBooks for CLB 7-8

Best Girl

Mystery

Blank

General fiction

Desert Legends Trilogy

General fiction - history

Dirty Work

Mystery

Fahrenheit 451

Science fiction

Hairdresser of Harare

General fiction - humour

Heidi

General fiction

Juba!

hoopla - General Fiction

Just Gone

Mystery

Leaving Fletchville

General fiction

LifeStories 3

General fiction

Little Women

General fiction

Lost in the Backyard

Adventure - humour

Not a Chance

General fiction

Secrets Boxed Set

General fiction - Mystery

Seven Series Collection

Adventure - Mystery

Short Stories

Story - interactive exercises

Something Noble

General fiction

This Place I Call Home

General fiction - stories

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1200L

Worst Date Ever

Romance - Humour

Third Act

Historical Fiction

Drawn Away

Fantasy

Whisper

Science Fiction

Redwing

Fantasy

Juggling Fire

Fiction - Adventure

Waiting for Sarah

Fiction - Romance

Voice of the Valley

Fiction - Romance

Bonemender

Fantasy

Bonemender's Oath

Fantasy - Book 2

Bonemender's Choice

Fantasy - Book 3

Lit Report

Fiction

Unleashed

Thriller

Escalate

Thriller

Frozen

Historical fiction

Print Books for CLB 7-8

Orca Rapid Reads

Pre-intermediate - Intermediate Levels

Good Reads Books

Elementary - Intermediate

Non-fiction Science Books

Intermediate - Advanced

ER Advanced Books

Levels Intermediate - Upper Intermediate

eBooks for CLB 9-10

Alif the Unseen

Science fiction

Animal Farm

Classic fiction

Bean Trees

Fiction

Camp Nine

General fiction - History

Cold Mountain

Fiction - history

Frankenstein

Science fiction

Generation Us

Non-fiction

Ortona Street Fight

Non-fiction - History

Precipice

General fiction

Refugee Boy

General fiction

Salmon Bears

Non-fiction

Sense and Sensibility

General fiction

Short Stories

Story & interactive exercises

A Tale of Two Cities

General fiction

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1300L

Voice of the River

General fiction

What World Is Left

Historical Fiction

Audacious

Fiction

The Lottery

Science Fiction

Raybearer

Fantasy

Cold White Sun

Hoopla: Fiction - Ethiopia

 

Justice Trilogy

Fantasy - Science Fiction

Keyword Cypher #1

Mystery - Adventure

Finding Home

Non-fiction - Stories

Racing North

Adventure - Romance

Persephones Choice

Fiction - Romance

Print Books for CLB 9-10

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