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Saint Death
Par Marcus Sedgwick. 2016
Anapra is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Mexican city of Juarez. 20 metres outside town lies a fence,…
and beyond it, America, the dangerous goal of many a migrant. Faustino is one such trying to escape from the gang he's been working for. He's dipped into a pile of dollars he was supposed to be hiding and now he's on the run. He and his friend, Arturo, have only 36 hours to replace the missing money, or they're as good as dead. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.The dogs
Par Allan Stratton. 2015
Cameron and his mom have been on the run for five years. His father is hunting them. At least, that’s…
what Cameron’s been told. When they settle in an isolated farmhouse, Cameron starts to see and hear things that aren’t possible. Soon he’s questioning everything he thought he knew - including his own sanity. What’s hiding in the night? Buried in the past? Cameron must uncover the dark secrets before they tear him apart. For junior high and older readers. Winner of the 2016 Red Maple Fiction Award. Winner of the 2017 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. 2015.Shelter (Mickey Bolitar series. #1.)
Par Harlan Coben. 2012
When tragic events tear him away from his parents, 15-year-old Mickey Bolitar is sent to live with his estranged uncle,…
Myron. For a while, it seems his train wreck of a life is finally improving - until his girlfriend, Ashley, goes missing without a trace. Unwilling to let another person he cares about walk out of his life, Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld, revealing a conspiracy so shocking it will leave him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew. For junior and senior high readers. 2012.The boy in the burning house: a novel
Par Tim Wynne-Jones. 2000
Trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance from their rural Canadian community, fourteen-year-old Jim gets help from the…
disturbed Ruth Rose, who suspects her stepfather, a local pastor. Grades 5-8. 2000.The mariner's curse
Par John Lunn. 2004
Twelve-year-old Rory Dugan has always been captivated by the sea and ships. Then he gets the chance to sail on…
a ship, when his mother and her new husband invite him along when they cross the ocean on a luxury liner. But his excitement soon disappears when he encounters the mysterious Mr. Morgan. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. 2004It's a dog's life (Street detectives. #6th.)
Par Janis Ford. 2005
A film crew is shooting a film on Table Mountain. Part of the action is to have a model spaceship…
blown up. But a gang of baddies has their own agenda when they steal the crew's vans and explosives. Vuyo and his friends, Victor, Sizwe and Tembile, with the help of another kind of street kid, a badly neglected Border Collie, help Captain Charlie to stop the evil gang in their tracks. For junior and senior high readers. 2006.Virtually perfect
Par Dan Gutman. 1998
Yip, the computer-savvy 12-year-old son of a movie special-effects man, downloads the software being tested by his father's company and…
simulates a "vactor" (virtual actor). With help from his teenage sister Paige, Yip creates Victor, a perfect kid with great looks, super intelligence, and a sense of humour - but no conscience. Victor insists on getting out into the real world, but when he shows criminal tendencies, can Yip pull the plug? Grades 4-7. 1998.The reckoning (Darkest powers series. #3.)
Par Kelley Armstrong. 2010
Necromancer Chloe seeks an entrance to the headquarters of the sinister Edison Group to stage a rescue mission. Meanwhile, she…
struggles to understand her feelings for werewolf Derek and his sorcerer brother Simon. Sequel to "The Awakening" (EB75435). Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2010. (The darkest powers series ; 3)The summoning (Darkest powers ; #1)
Par Kelley Armstrong. 2008
After fifteen-year-old Chloe starts seeing ghosts and is sent to Lyle House, a mysterious group home for mentally disturbed teenagers,…
she soon discovers that neither Lyle House nor its inhabitants are exactly what they seem, and that she and her new friends are in danger. For junior high readers. Followed by "The awakening". c2008. (Darkest powers ; 1)Trash
Par Andy Mulligan. 2010
Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing…
it, sleeping next to it. Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael's world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls into his hands. It's a bag of clues. It's a bag of hope. It's a bag that will change everything. Soon Raphael and his friends Gardo and Rat are running for their lives. Wanted by the police, it takes all their quick-thinking, fast-talking to stay ahead. As the net tightens, they uncover a dead man's mission to put right a terrible wrong. And now it's three street-boys against the world. For junior high readers. 2010.Tenderness: a novel
Par Robert Cormier. 1997
Lori Cranston is looking for someone who will be tender with her. She has run away from home, mainly, to…
pursue Eric Poole, just released from youth custody. Eric also seeks tenderness. It's been three years and now he is free again. At first Eric is suspicious of Lori. But she appears to understand him, so they embark on a fateful journey that will either save or destroy them. Senior high readers.Flush
Par Carl Hiaasen. 2005
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that…
the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home. Grade 5-8. 2005.The Tulip touch: a novel
Par Anne Fine. 1997
Tulip's outlandish behaviour doesn't matter to Natalie. Natalie finds Tulip exciting, and at first she doesn't care that other people…
are so upset and unnerved by her bizarre games. But as the games become increasingly wild and sinister, Natalie realises that Tulip is going too far. And deep inside, Natalie knows that Tulip won't rest until she's won the most dangerous game of all. Junior high readers. 1997.School's out forever: A Maximum Ride Novel (Maximum ride ; #2)
Par James Patterson. 2006
After a short stay with an FBI agent, where they attend school and lead a normal life, six genetically altered,…
winged youths head toward Florida and fourteen-year-old Max's ultimate destiny - to save the world, whether she wants to or not. Sequel to "The Angel Experiment" (BR73692). Grades 5-8. 2006. (Maximum ride ; 2)The angel experiment: A Maximum Ride Novel (Maximum ride ; #1)
Par James Patterson. 2005
Fourteen-year-old Max and her adopted family - Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel - are part-human, part-bird lab experiments…
pursued by mutant predators. When Angel is kidnapped, Max leads the flock on a cross-country mission to rescue Angel, find their parents, exact revenge, and save the world. Some violence. Grades 5-8. 2005. (Maximum ride ; 1)The end (A series of unfortunate events ; #the 13th)
Par Lemony Snicket. 2006
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island…
populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe. Sequel to "The Penultimate Peril" (EB16300) and the thirteenth and last book in a Series of Unfortunate Events. For grades 4-7. 2006.The penultimate peril (Series of unfortunate events. #12.)
Par Lemony Snicket. 2005
Advising that this volume is the next-to-last chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans, the author declares that it involves "a harpoon…
gun, a rooftop sunbathing salon, two mysterious initials, three unidentified triplets, a notorious villain, and an unsavoury curry." Sequel to "The Grim Grotto" (BR73189). Grades 4-7. 2005. (Series of unfortunate events; 12)The carnivorous carnival (A series of unfortunate events ; #9)
Par Lemony Snicket. 2002
The Baudelaire orphans stow away in the trunk of Count Olaf's car after he frames them for murder and sets…
fire to "The Hostile Hospital" (EB69845). They resort to disguises as they hide at the Caligari Carnival where Count Olaf consults a fortune-teller. Followed by "The slippery slope" (EB73468). Grades 4-7. 2002. (Series of unfortunate events ; 9)Storm warning
Par Monica Hughes. 2001
Sandra Williams seems like just another teenaged diving fanatic, on holiday with her parents and looking for a diving partner.…
But the truth is that she and her family tracked Bryan MacDonald down and followed him to the resort. And now they're on the verge of finding what they've been hunting for all these years. For junior high readers. 2001.Meltdown (Special agents ; #6)
Par Sam Hutton. 2005
While working on a drug-dealing case, Maddie Cooper is dismayed to be falsely accused of drug dealing and suspended from…
Police Investigation Command. Her team mates Danny and Alex are horrified and know how ridiculous the accusation is, so they immediately get to work investigating who set Maddie up - and why. Meanwhile, a vicious computer virus is unleashed at headquarters - it seems someone is out to destroy PIC - and especially Maddie -at any cost. Sequel to "Full throttle". For junior high readers. 2005. (Special agents ; 6)