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The dead and the gone (Life As We Knew It #2)
Par Susan Beth Pfeffer. 2008
After a meteor hits the moon causing a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of…
his younger sisters alone in the chaos of New York City. Companion to Life as We Knew It (RC 65047, BR 18228). For junior and senior high readers. 2008Life as we knew it
Par Tony Johnston, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Barry Moser. 2006
Sixteen-year-old Miranda keeps a journal describing her family's struggle to survive after an asteroid hits the Moon and causes disastrous…
climate change on Earth. She records her feelings about losing contact with friends and the outside world, locating food, and keeping hope alive. For junior and senior high readers. 2006Empire of bones
Par Liz Williams. 2002
India, 2030. Aliens arrive to integrate Earth into their empire. In exchange for a pardon and rights for the untouchable…
caste, ailing revolutionary Jaya Nihalani--a Receiver who can communicate with the visitors--acts as a liaison and discovers their true intent. Some violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2002Orangutan tongs: poems to tangle your tongue
Par Jon Agee. 2008
Houndsley likes the quiet of winter's first snow, but Catina worries they will be snowed in and miss the concert…
they have been practicing for. However, the two friends still plan ways to enjoy this snowy day together. Three short chapters. For grades K-3. 2008The ghost sister
Par Liz Williams. 2001
Eleres is fiercely protective of his ailing sister, Mevennen--called a ghost by their people because of her disconnect from their…
world's natural energies. Seeking a cure, Eleres takes Mevennen into the wilderness, where they meet Shu, a gaian spirit whose hope for healing may come at a terrible price. 2001The diamond of Darkhold: The Fourth Book of Ember (Books of Ember #Bk. 4)
Par Jeanne DuPrau. 2008
Lina's trade with a roamer gains Doon a battered old book that alludes to a mysterious device. Lina and Doon…
return underground to Ember to retrieve the machine, hoping it will help their new community, Sparks. Companion to The People of Sparks (DB 60098). For grades 5-8. 2008Mary Engelbreit's nursery tales: a treasury of children's classics
Par Mary Engelbreit. 2008
Twelve folk tales retold in a not-too-scary manner for younger readers. Anthology contains friendly versions of "Goldilocks and the Three…
Bears," "The Three Little Pigs," "Puss in Boots," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Hansel and Gretel," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Gingerbread Boy," and "The Ugly Duckling." For grades K-3. 2008Word nerd
Par Susin Nielsen-Fernlund. 2008
Seventh grader and social misfit Ambrose finds that correspondence courses and lots of free time allow him to finagle recently…
released criminal Cosmo--the landlord's son--into joining a Scrabble club. Becoming friends with Cosmo and improving his Scrabble game bring Ambrose unexpected adventures and acceptance. For grades 5-8. 2008Melonhead (Melonhead Ser.)
Par Katy Kelly. 2009
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Ten-year-old Adam "Melonhead" Melon, a friend of Lucy Rose, has a talent for landing in trouble.…
But right now he and his pal Sam are dreaming up inventions to win a science contest. For grades 2-4. 200911 birthdays
Par Wendy Mass. 2009
Born on the same day, Leo and Amanda have shared nine birthday parties. But on their tenth, Amanda's feelings are…
hurt and she doesn't speak to Leo for a year. When their separate eleventh birthdays keep repeating, Leo and Amanda need to reconcile to get unstuck. For grades 4-7. 2009When worlds collide (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)
Par Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer. 1999
Two planets, Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta, hurtle through space on a collision course with Earth. Scientist Cole Hendron secretly…
recruits fellow scientists to construct a powerful, Noah's ark-inspired spacecraft to evacuate a select few people before the inevitable cosmic disaster. Includes sequel After Worlds Collide. 1932Responding to an interrupted message from the Reverend Shipton Cruet and his daughter, the Mumby family swiftly embarks on a…
mission to planet Georgium Sidus. They hope to rescue their friends and investigate the monstrous cloud encroaching on the known universe. Sequel to Starcross (BR 17670). For grades 6-9. 2008Man in the dark
Par Paul Auster. 2008
Recuperating at his daughter's Vermont home, insomniac widower August Brill suppresses painful memories of his wife by imagining an America…
mired in civil war. He commiserates with his granddaughter, Katya, whose boyfriend was murdered in Iraq, and eventually confronts his past. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2008Jumper: Griffin's story (Jumper)
Par Steven Gould. 2007
Nine-year-old Griff O'Conner causes his parents' murders in San Diego when he teleports himself to avoid a bully. Griff hides…
with friends until, at sixteen, he is ready to confront the killers. Sequel to Jumper (DB 37465, BR 9548). Violence and strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2007Junie B. Jones is a party animal (Junie B. Jones Ser. #No. 10)
Par Barbara Park. 1997
Dans le secret des dieux: roman
Par Pierre Billon. 2008
"David se retrouve un beau matin dans un ascenseur en compagnie d'un vieil homme qui, soudain, brandit un revolver pour…
se suicider. L'adolescent s'interpose spontanément, sans se douter que son geste va bouleverser le cours de sa vie. Embarqué dans une intrigue aussi surprenante que périlleuse, il renouera le mystérieux lien des origines entre l'être humain et son double - cette alliance sacrée dont parlent les textes les plus anciens de l'humanité. Mine de rien, David nous raconte sa saisissante histoire sans détour, avec une franchise troublante et un humour gentiment subversif. En chemin, il nous fera rencontrer Iris, petite prostituée de quatorze ans ; Guillaume, l'ami marginal et surdoué qui se console en écoutant le chant des étoiles ; et Gwen, la trop jolie psychologue qui ne sait plus où donner de la tête : doit-elle soigner David et le guérir de ses "hallucinations" ou bien l'accompagner, à ses risques et périls, dans une aventure à nulle autre pareille ?" -- 4e de couvLa femme du vampire
Par Nina Blazon. 2010
"Lhistoire se déroule en 1731, en Serbie actuelle, à lancienne frontière turco-autrichienne. Le titre original du livre, Die Totenbraut, fait…
écho à une ancienne coutume : lorsquun jeune homme mourait sans être marié, on lui choisissait une jeune fille qui lépousait sur sa tombe, afin que lâme du célibataire ne vienne pas hanter le village. La jeune Jasna, âgée de quatorze ans, vit avec ses six sœurs dans une cabane misérable, au crochet dun père alcoolique et brutal. Celui-ci la vend à un homme de passage qui cherche une épouse pour son fils Danilo. Une fois le mariage célébré et la nuit de noce passée, Danilo ne touchera plus jamais la jeune fille. Une rumeur court sur ce dernier : serait-il un vampire ? La jeune fille suit plusieurs pistes et découvrira la vérité en même temps que le lecteur. Tandis que le mystère plane, elle rencontre un jeune bûcheron, Dusan, dont elle tombe immédiatement amoureuse. Mais lui aussi cache un sombre secret..." -- 4e de couvA family of poems: my favorite poetry for children
Par Caroline Kennedy, Jon J. Muth. 2005
Treasury of Caroline Kennedy's best-loved childhood verses about animals, seasons, adventures, and bedtime. Features familiar classics by Shakespeare, Basho, Emily…
Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Ogden Nash as well as contemporary works by Nikki Giovanni, Jack Prelutsky, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Kennedy's mother, Jacqueline Bouvier, among many. For grades 4-7. 2005The chaos king
Par Laura Ruby. 2007
In this sequel to The Wall and the Wing (BR 16650), newfound fame and fortune have estranged friends Bug and…
Gurl--now called Georgie. But Georgie and Bug join forces again when a punk, vampires, and a giant sloth attack them in a future New York City. For grades 5-8. 2007