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1) Grind
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When Wally is badly injured skateboarding, Phillip must decide what is more important--skating or making things right with his friends.
2) Underdog
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A new player on the Mississauga Magic rep basketball team has talent but doesn't want to be a team player.
3) Surfer dog
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Day after day a dog waits faithfully to join up with a boy so they can go surfing together. The boy doesn't own the dog but their daily routine has created a special friendship between them.
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Seven-year-old Christina desperately wants a dog. When a greyhound called Prince befriends her at the kennel for retired racing dogs her parents agree she can take him home. But Prince has never been a pet and Christina will have to work at making him part of the family.
5) Hunter
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Hunter knows humans are dangerous to himself and the other cats of his colony. He avoids them, as all wild cats should. So when a neighborhood boy starts showing up in Hunter's junkyard to chase away dogs and bring the colony food, Hunter keeps his distance. But a new condo development puts the whole colony in danger, and Hunter soon realizes the only way to save his family is to put his trust in the boy.
The story of Catboy told through...
The story of Catboy told through...
6) Splat!
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Keegan and Alex are the only kids in Leamington who haven't volunteered to help out with the town's annual tomato festival. In an attempt to teach them a sense of responsibility, their fathers put them in charge of the tomato toss. The boys decide it's their responsibility to add a little excitement to the event. They exchange the traditional wooden targets for human targets and, before they know it, they are running the most popular event at the...
7) Hoop crazy!
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When Nick and his pals suddenly find themselves short a man for the NBA-sponsored three-on-three tournament they plan to enter during the summer holidays, the solution seems simple enough. Nick, Kia and Mark are the key players on the team, so the fourth, though mandatory according to the rules, doesn't really have to be good at the game. A surprise visit from Nick's mother's cousin brings Ned, who is exactly Nick's age but not exactly an athlete,...
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It's summertime and hoops season is over, but that doesn't keep Nick and Kia off the court.
One very hot day they head to the rec center for a swim but end up on the outdoor courts that are usually dominated by older players. Their enjoyment of the court is short-lived, however, when three teens show up and kick the kids and their ball off the court. Nick and Kia don't take well to being bullied, but there's nothing they
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During WWII, Jed's English father serves as a fighter pilot overseas, while Jed and his mother move back to her Tsimshian community on Canada's west coast. When the military sets up a naval base in town, Jed is hired to help out, honored it seems, for both his father's bravery and his own native skills as a hunter. Presented with a military jacket, Jed finds an allegiance to his country and a pride in his mixed heritage that he's never felt before.
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10) Catboy
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Taylor and his mom have moved from a small northern town to the heart of Toronto. When Taylor comes across a colony of feral cats he does everything he can to protect them.
11) Long shot
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When Nick and Kia arrive for try-outs for the basketball team they played on the previous year, they are surprised to meet their new coach. Coach Barkley is a former college star known for his fierce desire to win. Though the coach has been away from the game for many years, his competitive instincts are as strong as ever and his aggressive coaching techniques are a new experience for these kids. Suddenly making the rep team no longer seems the sure...
12) Road trip
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Nick, Kia and their teammates feel outmatched in a basketball tournament that they take part in.
13) In a flash
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To impress Julia Ian tries to initiate a political flash mob. And when Julia's ongoing war with the new school principal results in her suspension, Ian sees an opportunity for relevant and persuasive flash mob activism.
14) Off season
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During their summer vacation, Nick and Kia visit Nick's cousin Ned and are just beginning to get the hang of life in the wilderness when a raging forest fire threatens to destroy Ned's home and cut off their escape.
16) Full Court Press
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With the three-on-three tournament over, it's now time for tryouts for the school rep team. The question is will grade three students Nick and Kia have any chance to make the team? After all the rep team is normally made up only of grade five players. When Nick and Kia decide that they will try out for the team, they find they get a chilly and somewhat hostile reception from the older students. But their determination pays off and they make the team,...
17) Three on Three
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Nick and Kia get excited when their school gym teacher announces a "three-on-three" basketball tournament. The two most dedicated players in grade three, they know they'll be tough to beat. But when Nick finds out they'll be up against teams in grade four and five, he is ready to throw in the towel before they start. How can shrimps like them ever hope to beat the older kids? Easy, get the best player in the school to be your third player. Marcus...
18) Boot camp
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Nick and Kia attend Jerome "Junk Yard Dog" Williams' basketball summer camp.
19) Caged eagles
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When Canada went to war with Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbour, Canadians of Japanese descent were declared "Enemy Aliens." Without recourse of any kind, they were forced to leave their homes along with the British Columbia coast, their possessions were sold, and their rights as citizens denied. Caged Eagles follows fourteen-year-old Tadashi Fukushima and his family as they embark on a tortuous physical and emotional journey. Along...
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