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When fourteen-year-old Beth's entire family is killed in a car accident, she has to live with her aunt and uncle…
and spoiled cousin Terri in another state. Beth misses her family and friends terribly, but with help she learns to cope while never forgetting. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.
It is 1850, and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm. The satisfying routines of Omakayas's…
days are interrupted by a surprise visit from a group of desperate and mysterious people. The chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island in Lake Superior and move farther west. Grades 4-7. Sequel to "The Birchbark House" (DC21985). c2005.
Reef is an embittered young offender, hardly able to contain his anger at the world over the death of his…
grandmother, the only person who had shown him any love. Seventeen-year-old Leeza is mourning the death of her older sister. A stone hurled in rage shatters both their lives and throws them together in the most unexpected way - and offers them a chance at healing. Followed by "The fifth rule" (DC41432). For junior and senior high readers. Descriptions of violence, explicit strong language. 2003.
When an MI5 operation goes disastrously wrong, James Adams needs all of his skills to get out of Russia alive.…
Meanwhile, his sister Lauren is on her first solo mission, trying to uncover a brutal human trafficking operation. And when James does get home, he finds that his nightmare is just beginning! For Junior High readers. Sequel to "Man vs beast" (DC38144). Followed by "Mad dogs". 2007. (CHERUB ; 7)
1886. The winter floods bring to light the remains of a long-dead Icenian warrior. Henry Turner, the son of a…
farm bailiff, gifted with an intuitive understanding of their heavy work horses, feels he is unaccountably chosen for a mysterious purpose. Turning his back on the Cambridgeshire village and the future everyone assumes he has with Annie Lilley, Henry Turner is taken on as a groom by a former army officer with an estate in turbulent Ireland and a sinister past. While in the officer's London house, Henry befriends a Sioux Indian with similar gifts to his own. Together they seek to understand the mind of the Icenian warrior as he compels them to fulfil his purpose and, in doing so, discover their own destinies. For junior high and older readers. 2007.
In the future, the Chrysalis Corporation can bring people back to life, called a "recon", when they fall victim to…
an early death. Due to a premature birth and a drowning accident at the age of six, teenager Phoenix has already been brought back to life twice, leaving her with only one more recon and a jaded perspective on life, death, and the people around her. When Phoenix's beloved brother Gryphon has a suspicious accident and may not be reconned, she races to solve the mystery of Gryphon's death and save his life. For junior and senior high readers. Some strong language. c2009.
Still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the…
Florida Keys and have a harrowing adventure at sea. Some strong language. Grades 5-8. 2008.
Six determined Australian teenagers try to find their missing friends while continuing to resist the enemies who have invaded their…
country. For junior high and older reader. Sequel to "Tomorrow, when the war began" (DC28219). Followed by "The third day, the frost" (DC28218). 1995, c1994. (Tomorrow series ; 2)
Manny is a fourteen-year-old homeless boy in the Mexican border town of Juarez. Always hungry and struggling to survive, he…
dreams of making the crossing to the U.S. Robert, an alcoholic American sergeant, is haunted by the memories of friends who died in Vietnam. When Manny tries to steal from Robert, they begin a strange relationship that leads to Robert's death and Manny's chance for survival. Some descriptions of violence. For high school and older readers. 2006.
Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. They become inseparable but then Bertie is sent to…
boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to the circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see each other again. Grades 4-7. 1996.
Qajack est un jeune Inuk de 15 ans très attaché à son coin de pays et aux coutumes ancestrales. Quand…
une tempête s'abat sur la rivière Caniapiscau, Qajack devra puiser dans les enseignements de son grand-père pour aider sa communauté à rétablir le fragile équilibre naturel le long du cours d'eau obstrué de barrages. Quelques descriptions de violence. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2006.
Tayaout, fils d'Agaguk est un roman d'action sur fond de blizzard dans lequel les passions se déchaînent. Tayaout, de la…
race des Inuit du Grand Nord, nous entraîne en pleine nature, dans l'immensité de la toundra, à la recherche de son destin. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 1981, c1969.
Eleven-year-old Jessica and her family are not prepared for the changes a new baby makes in their lives. Then tragedy…
strikes and the family must find new strengths. Grades 4-7. 1986.
Collection qui retrace des périodes phares de l'Histoire à travers le journal intime de jeunes héroïnes, offrant pour chaque titre…
une aventure inspirée de faits véridiques. Ici, la jeune Élisabeth de Bavière, dite Sissi, raconte deux années de sa vie au cours desquelles elle s'apprête à devenir impératrice d'Autriche. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2008. (Mon histoire)
Darren est un lycéen de 16 ans, timide et plein de doutes mais très séduisant, meilleur espoir de l'équipe de…
natation. Sa beauté lumineuse lui attire même les faveurs de son professeur d'anglais, M. Tracy, qui le surévalue. Le jour où, par la faute de M. Tracy, un de leurs copains est renvoyé de l'équipe de natation, les amis de Darren décident de se venger. Inspirés par les manières efféminées de leur prof, ils adressent au directeur du lycée un courrier anonyme et des photos pornographiques accusant Tracy de pédophilie. La farce devient rumeur et bascule dans le drame. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle, quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2007. Titre uniforme: Sexy.
Sri Lanka, 1980. There is mystery surrounding the death of Amrith's beloved mother and alcoholic father, and because of the…
circumstances of his parents' marriage, his extended family shuns him. So when his Canadian cousin Niresh turns up with his father, Amrith is anxious to make a connection. Eventually, he realizes his feelings for Niresh go beyond friendship. For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2005.
One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mailbox: Who are you? and Where does…
the world come from? This is the start of her adventure in philosophy; but this is not the only mystery - who is Hilde, and why do her possessions appear among Sophie's? For Senior High readers. 1995. Uniform title: Sofies verden.
Sixteen-year-old Sandy Rawlins' world is falling apart. She is coping with the recent loss of her father, her mother's strangely…
distant behaviour, and a feeling of detachment from the world. Her friend Lennie also has mother problems, and as secret histories and old scars are uncovered, it appears that there is more to all four women than meets the eye. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2010.
Back at her elegant English boarding school for another term, Californian Calypso Kelly continues her pursuit of Prince Freddy with…
style. For junior and senior high readers. Sequel to "Pulling princes" (DC28228). Followed by "Dueling princes". 2005. (The Calypso chronicles ; 2)
Mysterious things happen when an American girl and her family come to France to claim an abandoned country cottage that…
was willed to them. Jan learns that a murder was committed in the attic of the cottage years ago by someone apparently looking for something of great value. An atmospheric mystery for grades 5-8. 1981.