halifax (n.s.)

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halifax (n.s.)

Blizzard of glass

the Halifax explosion of 1917
Provides an account of the disaster that occurred on December 6, 1917, when two ships carrying munitions and relief supplies to Europe collided, causing an explosion that leveled the towns of Halifax and Dartmouth and resulted in the deaths of nearly two thousand people.

Gone bad

Cody begins to realize there is more to life than running with a tough group of friends and beating people up when he starts drumming with a new band, but he is unsure if his old friends will let him leave that way of life behind.

Sans havre

Charlotte Blackburn lors de la grande explosion
2012
A young Canadian girl uses her diary to record the events surrounding the December 1917 explosion that destroyed her small town in Nova Scotia and her own struggles to rebuild her life and family.
Cover image of Sans havre

The city speaks in drums

2010
Two boys from North End Halifax discover music is all around them while exploring their neighborhood.

Endangered

2015
Seventeen-year-old cub reporter and high school dropout Hayley Makk discovers a connection between a local teenager's murder and a fishing boat intent on capturing a rare sea turtle.

Blizzard of glass

the Halifax explosion of 1917
2014
Provides an account of the disaster that occurred on December 6, 1917, when two ships carrying munitions and relief supplies to Europe collided, causing an explosion that leveled the towns of Halifax and Dartmouth and resulted in the deaths of nearly two thousand people.

Penelope

terror in the harbour
2001
"Penny's father struggles to raise three daughters alone in Halifax. Then one morning, while he is at work, a catastrophic explosion rocks the town" Cf. Our choice, 2002.

17 minutes to live

1973
Traces the last few minutes before a burning French munitions ship exploded to bring death and destruction to the city of Halifax.

Blizzard of glass

the Halifax explosion of 1917
2011
Provides an account of the disaster that occurred on December 6, 1917, when two ships carrying munitions and relief supplies to Europe collided, causing an explosion that leveled the towns of Halifax and Dartmouth and resulted in the deaths of nearly two thousand people.

Gone bad

2011
Cody begins to realize there is more to life than running with a tough group of friends and beating people up when he starts drumming with a new band, but he is unsure if his old friends will let him leave that way of life behind.

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