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  White Hearts

  Nnamdi Okose

  Woven together with the lore and magic of the Igbo, the story of this debut novel follows two young boys seeking to be initiated into an order of warriors, when an accident awakens a vengeful goddess and unleashes a curse that could mean the end of the world. A great army of both humans and mythical creatures requires a white heart to lead it and defend the world.

  (Griots Lounge Publishing Canada, $23.99 Paperback, 384 pages, ISBN: 978-17-38699-36-0)  

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  Maggie Lou Meets Her Match

  Arnolda Dufour Bowes, Karlene Harvey (Illustrator)

  In this second book about the irrepressible Métis girl, Maggie Lou meets her match in the form of a new cousin Rosie, who is a rival in all kinds of ways until they become friends; a horse of her own named Hot Cocoa and the challenge of learning to ride; and finally, training for the famous Otipîm’sowak Race, a Métis voyageur relay. Maggie Lou meets all these challenges with enthusiasm and the help of her parents, kokhom and moshôm, and aunty and uncle.

  (Groundwood Books Ltd, $14.99 Paperback, 232 pages, ISBN: 978-77306-774-2)  

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