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One Mississippi (Southern voices audio)
Par Mark Childress. 2007
1973. Yankee transplant Daniel Msgrove can't seem to fit in at his new Mississippi school, Minor High. When he meets…
fellow outsider Tim Cousins, things begin looking up. The two begin a close friendship that includes time spent ridiculing celebrities and the world around them. Soon, a prom night accident sets them at odds with the school bully Red Martin. As their battle escalates, one violent act changes everything and threatens to shake the town to its core. Senior High. 2007.Offshore
Par Penelope Fitzgerald. 1988
Set in the 1960s among the houseboat community who rise and fall with the tide of the Thames on Battersea…
Reach. Maurice, a male prostitute, is the sympathetic friend to whom all the others turn. Nenna loves her husband but can't get him back. She feels drawn to Richard, the ex-RNVR city man whose converted minesweeper dominates the Reach. Some strong language. 1979 Man Booker Prize. 1988.Odd stockings
Par Elfie Donnelly. 1982
Mari meets Mrs Panacek from the local mental hospital. Friendship grows between them and Mari is surprised to discover how…
many very sane ideas an ordinary mad-woman can have. Grades 3-6. 1982.Objects in mirror are closer than they appear: a novel
Par Katharine Weber. 1995
At twenty-six, photographer Harriet Rose has established her career and has found her true love. Traveling to Geneva, she stays…
with her old friend, Anne, whom Harriet finds much changed, involved with a married man, and headed for disaster. Harriet is faced with the delicate task of rescuing a reluctant victim. Strong language. c1995.Nights of rain and stars
Par Maeve Binchy. 2005
Four strangers--American, English, Irish, and German--on holiday in a Greek village come together after they witness a tragic boating accident.…
Each of them is trying to escape from a troublesome situation back home. As they become friends and lovers, two locals help them to attain perspective and self-knowledge. Bestseller. 2005.Night noises and other mole and troll stories (A See and read book)
Par Tony Johnston. 1977
Night hoops
Par Carl Deuker. 2000
Nick Abbot works hard in his backyard basketball court to make the high school varsity team. Neighbor Trent Dawson--a tough…
kid and dirty player--makes Nick's life miserable until they both realize that teamwork and friendship mean the difference between success and failure. Junior and Senior High. 2000.Namesake
Par Sue MacLeod. 2013
It started with a history project. Mr. Gregor assigned a research paper on a figure from the Tudor era, and…
of course Jane Grey had to pick her namesake -- Lady Jane Grey. The project is engrossing from the start, but when Jane opens a mysterious prayer book and finds herself in the Tower of London in 1553, she finds herself literally drawn into her namesake's story. Junior and Senior High. c2013.Next-door neighbours
Par Sarah Ellis. 1989
Shy Peggy has problems making friends in her new class, so she turns to her two neighbours. On one side…
is George Slobodkin, an eccentric immigrant boy who is not afraid to be different; on the other is Sing, the middle-aged Chinese houseboy of a wealthy, unbending woman. Grades 5-8. 1989.Never look back (Cedar River daydreams. #27.)
Par Judy Baer. 1997
Never keeping secrets (Griot audio)
Par Niobia Bryant. 2013
Monica, a CEO with celebrity clients, loves her life. But when her man loses his high-powered corporate job and pressures…
her to start a family, Monica finds herself involved with a client who wants to mix business with pleasure - or else. Successful author Keesha is blowing through her money - and cheating on her fiancé. Danielle has fame and fortune as a TV co-host. Her relationships are strictly for pleasure - until she reconnects with the only man she ever loved. A full-time mom and preacher's wife, Latoya is feeling the strain of living under the eye of the church. After five years apart, the women don't expect to meet again - until they begin receiving mysterious taunts about their personal secrets. 2013.Netherland
Par Joseph O'Neill. 2009
Alone in New York, Dutchman Hans van den Broek seeks refuge in the game of his childhood - cricket. Years…
later a friend is found murdered and Hans is forced to remember his unlikely friendship with Chuck - a dreamer, visionary, and perhaps something darker. 2009.Nantucket nights
Par Elin Hilderbrand. 2002
Kayla, Antoinette, and Val became friends 20 years ago when they each rented a room in the same house, and…
when they started the tradition of a midnight swim. Each Labour Day weekend on Nantucket, they spend one night drinking champagne, eating lobster, skinny-dipping, and baring their souls. When Antoinette swims out to sea and never returns, a complex web of deceptions begins to unravel. Includes sex and strong language. 2002.My best friend's girl
Par Dorothy Koomson. 2006
What would you do for the friend who broke your heart? Best friends Kamryn Matika and Adele Brannon thought nothing…
could come between them - until Adele did the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn's fiancé, Nate. When Kamryn discovered the truth about their betrayal she vowed never to see any of them again. Two years later, Kamryn receives a letter from Adele asking her to visit her in hospital. 2006.Music by Morgan (First novels ; #43)
Par Ted Staunton. 2010
Morgan is not pleased when his parents sign him up to play floor hockey at the community centre; he stinks…
at hockey and it's no fun. So when Aldeen Hummel, the Godzilla of Grade Three and a good hockey player, is unhappily signed up for piano lessons, Morgan crafts a plan to trade places. Grades 2-4. 2010.Missing Mooch (First novels #Vol. 31)
Par Sarah Cummins, Gilles Gauthier. 1999
Carl is spending his summer holidays on the Magdalen Islands with his friend Gary and Gary's dog Dumpling. Terrified of…
everything, Dumpling clings tightly to Gary. Carl can't help remembering his noble and magnificent dog, Mooch, and wanting to do something to honour Mooch's life. Translation of: Petit Chausson, Grande Babouche. Grades 2-4. 1999. Uniform title: Petit Chausson, Grande Babouche.Missing Abby
Par Lee Weatherly. 2004
13-year-old Goth Abby Ryzner has vanished, and the last person to see her alive was her former best friend, who…
had distanced herself from Abby and a fantasy game the two of them had played. Knowing Abby was trying to set up a challenging, live-action game, Emma and Abby's friend Ski descend into the bowels of an industrial plant, armed only with flashlights against a scary, pitch-dark maze of tunnels with gurgling pipes. Some strong language. For junior high readers. 2004.Mountain girl, river girl
Par Ting-Xing Ye. 2008
Pan-pan and Shui-lian, two teenage girls born miles apart in modern-day rural China, leave home with dreams of a better…
future in Beijing or Shanghai. As dreams turn slowly into nightmares, they cross paths and decide to face their challenges together. Some descriptions of sex and violence. For senior high readers. 2008.Miss Emily
Par Nuala O'Connor. 2015
Reimagining the private life of Emily Dickinson through her own voice and through the eyes of her family's Irish maid.…
Eighteen-year-old Ada Concannon has just been hired by the respected but eccentric Dickinson family of Amherst, Massachusetts. Despite their difference in age and the upstairs-downstairs divide, Ada strikes up a deep friendship with Miss Emily, the gifted elder daughter living a spinster's life at home. 2015.Midnight Girls
Par Lulu Taylor. 2010
From the prestigious dormitories of Westfield to the irresistible socialite scene of present-day London: everywhere Allegra McCorquodale goes, scandal follows…
her. And in Allegra's shadow are her closest friends since school, the Midnight Girls - Romily de Lisle and Imogen Heath. Once free of the cloistered worlds of school and university, the Midnight Girls face new and different challenges, but they are for ever bonded by a terrible secret they've sworn never to break. Includes sex and strong language. 2010.