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Slot machine
Par Chris Lynch. 1996
Fourteen-year-old Elvin, his two best friends, and other incoming male freshmen of a Christian high school spend three weeks at…
summer camp. The goal is to find an athletic slot for each boy. Unfortunately, as overweight Elvin sarcastically explains in letters to his mother, he's not the athletic type. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 1996.Small avalanches: and other stories
Par Joyce Carol Oates. 2003
In a string of twelve short stories, the author visits the sometimes dark psyche of the teenage years, exploring the…
consequences of choices that are made. In "The Sky Blue Ball", a high-school girl is confronted by a haunting memory of childhood. In "Capricorn", a jealous teen lets her cousin go off alone with a dangerous person, aware of the terrifying possibilities. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and some strong language. Senior high readers and older. 2003.Skippy dies
Par Paul Murray. 2010
Why does Skippy, a student at Dublin's venerable Seabrook College, end up dead on the floor of the local doughnut…
shop? Could it have something to do with his friend Ruprecht Van Doren, who is determined to open a portal into a parallel universe using ten-dimensional string theory? Or Carl, the teenage drug dealer who is Skippy's rival in love? Strong language. 2010.Silver thaw (Mystic Creek novel. #1.)
Par Catherine Anderson. 2015
After years of living in fear of her husband, Amanda Banning has left him and moved to Mystic Creek, Oregon,…
for a fresh start. But she's having a tough time providing for herself and her six-year-old daughter. Writing her secret yearnings on slips of paper and sending them into the wind helps her cling to the hope that things will get better. Jeb Sterling has no idea that the handwritten messages he finds scattered across his land are the first hints that his life is about to change. 2015.Second chance summer (Cedar Ridge novel. #1.)
Par Jill Shalvis. 2015
Despite hating her home town, Lily Danville must stay where the work is--in this case, a job at the hottest…
resort in Cedar Ridge, Colorado--and when rescue worker and firefighter Aidan Kincaid regrets letting her walk out of his life, it's all he can do to get her to give Cedar Ridge--and him--a second chance. Followed by "My kind of wonderful". 2015.Sidekicks
Par Jack D Ferraiolo. 2011
Scott Hutchinson has an alternate identity as Bright Boy, the sidekick of Phantom Justice. But with the help of his…
rival sidekick, Monkeywrench, Scott begins to question whether Phantom Justice is really a hero, which leads to a dangerous confrontation. Junior High. 2011.Shopaholic & sister (Shopaholic Ser. #Bk. 4)
Par Sophie Kinsella, Jacqui Bishop. 2004
Becky and Luke have returned from their honeymoon and Luke is furious; two truckloads of souvenirs have arrived and the…
bills are outrageous. Luke insists she go on a budget. And her best friend has found a new best friend. She's thrilled to discover she has a long-lost sister - until she meets Jessica, who hates shopping! Sequel to "Shopaholic ties the knot", followed by "Shopaholic and baby". c2004.Shooter
Par Caroline Pignat. 2016
A lockdown catches five grade 12 students by surprise and throws them together in the only nearby unlocked room: the…
boys' washroom. There's Alice: an introverted writer, trapped in the role of big sister to her older autistic brother, Noah; Isabelle: the popular, high-achieving, student council president, whose greatest performance is her everyday life; Hogan: an ex-football player with a troubled past and a hopeless future; Xander: that socially awkward guy hiding behind the camera, whose candid pictures of school life, especially those of Isabelle, have brought him more trouble than answers. When Isabelle gets a text that says NOT A DRILL!! Shooter in the school!, suddenly, the bathroom doesn't seem so safe anymore. Especially when they learn that one of them knows more about the shooter than they realized. For junior and senior high readers. Winner of the 2017 Red Maple Fiction Award, the 2018 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award and the 2017 John Spray Mystery Award. 2016.Shelter mountain (Virgin River novel. #2.)
Par Robyn Carr. 2009
Marine veteran John "Preacher" Middleton intimidates just about everyone who walks into his bar. But when an abused young mother…
comes in, seeking protection from her ex-husband, Preacher promises to become her guardian - and maybe something more. Includes sex and strong language. Sequel to "Virgin River", followed by "Whispering rock". 2009.Second chance pass (Virgin River novel. #5.)
Par Robyn Carr. 2009
Two lonely hearts long for a second chance at love. Within a few short months, Vanessa buried her husband and…
birthed his son. When serendipity brings a man into her life again, her heart flutters anew. But just as he plans to reveal his love, another woman stakes her claim on him - a claim his sense of honour can't easily shake off. Includes sex and strong language. Sequel to "Virgin River Christmas", followed by "Temptation Ridge". 2009.Secrets to happiness
Par Sarah Dunn. 2009
Recently divorced Holly Frick is still in love with her ex and woefully depressed, but that doesn't mean her friends…
will stop asking her for relationship advice. Her best friend is on the verge of having an affair, and another woman wants her help too - getting with Holly's ex! So what's a girl to do? Get two new men at once, of course - one a lovable dog, and the other a much younger lover. 2009.Sheer abandon
Par Penny Vincenzi. 2005
One night in 1986 an abandoned baby girl is found in a cleaning cupboard at Heathrow airport. A year earlier,…
three girls, Martha, Clio and Jocasta had met by chance, at the start of a backpacking adventure. It would be a long time until they met again: when Kate, the foundling, is a teenager, and the three women are all leading successful lives. Which of them is Kate's mother? Why was she desperate enough to do such a thing, and how did she survive it? 2005.Shadow season: a novel
Par Tom Piccirilli. 2009
Ex-cop Finn was left blind by violence, but he can still see the body of his wife, Dani, and a…
crime scene that won't fade from his mind's eye. Now a professor, Finn learns that an isolated girls' prep school can be every bit as dangerous as city streets when he stumbles upon a local girl lying in a graveyard during a raging blizzard. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.Sexy
Par Joyce Carol Oates. 2005
Darren Flynn, high school student and star swimmer, is incredibly good-looking with a perfect life, until 'the thing' happens -…
'the thing' with Mr. Tracy, his English teacher. 'The thing' was how Darren would think of it afterwards, but did it happen at all? As everything and everyone around him changes, and Darren feels he can trust no one, he searches for his identity, finding answers in the most unexpected places. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2005.Shades of grace
Par Barbara Delinsky. 1996
Grace Dorian, sixty-one, is nationally known for her advice column. Her daughter Francine and granddaughter Sophie help manage Grace's empire…
from their Connecticut home. But things begin to crumble when, at times, Grace becomes confused. A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease sets in motion a chain of events that leads to romance and uncovers shocking secrets. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1996.September
Par Rosamunde Pilcher. 1990
Set in Scotland, the novel begins in the month of May as invitations are being written for a party in…
September, a moment which will be the turning point in the lives of a small group of people. Rosamunde Pilcher assembles a cast of characters linked by friendship, love or birth, telling their stories - some happy, some tragic - each unfolding as the seasons change and September comes. 1990.School for murder
Par Robert Barnard. 1984
At a second-rate English school, the students are dissatisfied, the faculty and staff depressed and the administrators addled. A student…
rebellion erupts in pranks. Finally a schoolboy is poisoned and Superintendent Pumfrey is called to investigate. 1984. Uniform title: Little victimsSeparate beds
Par LaVyrle Spencer. 1985
The wedding of Clay Forrester and Catherine Anderson was the social event of the season. But everything about it was…
a lie. Catherine had reluctantly agreed to Clay's need for a marriage of convenience, not expecting that passion and love would arrive to threaten the arrangement. 1985.Sauve-moi: roman
Par Guillaume Musso. 2005
Un soir d'hiver en plein coeur de Broadway, Juliette, jolie Française de vingt-huit ans, croise la route de Sam, un…
jeune pédiatre new-yorkais. Par crainte de le décevoir, elle lui cache qu'elle multiplie les petits boulots en nourrissant des rêves d'actrice. Par peur de s'attacher, il prétend qu'il est marié alors que sa femme vient de mourir. Malgré ce double mensonge, ils vont s'aimer le temps d'un week-end intense, magique, inoubliable. 2005.Samantha, bonne à rien faire (Mille comédies)
Par Sophie Kinsella, Daphné Bernard. 2007
Une autre comédie de moeurs anglaise contemporaine qu'anime une avocate trentenaire écervelée quoiqu'intelligente. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle et quelques…
passages où le langage est grossier. 2008, c2005. Titre uniforme: Undomestic goddess.