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Jumper: 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. 2007Forever Rose
Par Hilary McKay. 2008
As Christmas approaches, eleven-year-old Rose, the youngest member of the eccentric Casson family, discovers that life is filled with both…
catastrophic problems and wonderful surprises. Sequel to Caddy Ever After (RC 62869, BR 16746). For grades 4-7. 2008Dashing through the snow
Par Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark. 2008
Regan Reilly, Alvirah Meehan, and their families come to Branscombe, New Hampshire, for a holiday festival. Although four local market…
employees won millions in a lottery, a fifth coworker who normally plays is missing. While searching for the missing man, Regan and Alvirah discover wrongdoing in the town. Bestseller. 2008Wildfire!
Par Elizabeth Starr Hill. 2004
Living with his grandparents and great-grandmother in rural Florida, ten-year-old Ben looks forward to the Fourth of July celebrations. But…
newcomer Elliot annoys Ben by adopting the puppy that Ben wanted and by daring Ben to set off forbidden fireworks. For grades 3-6. 2004The haunted hotel (A to Z Mysteries, Stepping Stone Book)
Par Ron Roy. 1999
As Halloween nears, strange sightings and bizarre sounds scare guests away from Green Lawn's hotel. Friends Dink, Josh, and Ruth…
Rose approach Mr. Linkletter--whose family owns the hotel--and offer to help get rid of the ghost before it puts him out of business. For grades 2-4. 1999Dans 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 couvSugar and spice
Par Fern Michaels, Beverly Barton, Joanne Fluke, Shirley Jump. 2006
Four short holiday love stories. In "The Christmas Stocking," two separate trips home to Virginia at Christmastime to help elderly…
parents turn into one shared love affair for Gus and Amy. In "Twelve Days," Natalie is the "secret Santa" for her secret love. Some descriptions of sex. 2006The last noel
Par Heather Graham. 2007
Craig Devon joins two crooks who abandon him, wounded, during a robbery gone wrong on Christmas Eve. When their car…
gets stuck in a blizzard, the robbers hold the O'Boyle family hostage. Kat O'Boyle escapes and encounters Craig, her ex-lover, before she hides. Some violence and some strong language. 2007Me and the pumpkin queen
Par Marlane Kennedy. 2007
Fifth-grader Mildred is determined that this year she will finally grow the town's biggest pumpkin in honor of her mother,…
who died of cancer. Mildred also helps in her Dad's veterinary office, goes shopping to please her aunt, and plays chess with her best friend Jacob. For grades 4-7. 2007The 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. 2007Girl in landscape: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries Ser.)
Par Jonathan Lethem. 1998
When a global disaster blights the Earth's environment, fourteen-year-old Pella Marsh and her family escape to another planet where her…
father, a failed politician, hopes to restart his career. Pella assimilates into the alien society and discovers a terrible threat that could doom the Earthling colony. 1998The New Year's quilt: an Elm Creek quilts novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #11)
Par Jennifer Chiaverini. 2007
During the holidays, late-in-life newlywed Sylvia recalls New Year festivities of her youth as well as the tragic circumstances that…
distanced her from her sister. Determined not to repeat past mistakes, Sylvia reaches out to her new stepdaughter, Amy, who disapproved of Sylvia's marriage to Amy's father, Andrew. 2007A Christmas beginning: a novel
Par Anne Perry. 2007
Superintendent Runcorn of Scotland Yard takes a December holiday on the Isle of Anglesey off the Welsh coast. During a…
stroll through a churchyard, Runcorn discovers the body of Olivia, the town vicar's spirited sister. Runcorn must determine who among Olivia's friends, neighbors, and suitors, murdered her. 2007Art Mumby, his younger sister, and their mother accept a free holiday at the Starcross Hotel in the Asteroid Belt,…
but the luxury resort is not as it seems. Soon the Mumbys are dealing with French spies, Yankee rebels, and man-eating starfish. Sequel to Larklight...(BR 17285). For grades 6-9. 2007The warrior's apprentice (Vorkosigan Ser.)
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 2001
Born of royal lineage on Barrayar, Miles Vorkosigan tries to join the military, but he is rejected because of his…
stunted growth and brittle bones. Then a visit to his grandmother on Beta Colony changes everything. Some violence. 1986In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur Mumby and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one…
of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system. For grades 6-9. 2006Shards of honor
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 2000
While attacking an outpost planet, Barrayaran lord Aral Vorkosigan captures Betan astrocartographer Cordelia Naismith and holds her prisoner. They rely…
on each other to survive a trek across dangerous terrain, sparking a relationship that shares the struggles of culture and politics between their two worlds. 1986Howard who?: stories
Par Howard Waldrop. 1986
Twelve short stories. In "Heirs of the Perisphere" a robot dog, duck, and rodent spontaneously animated in a long-abandoned cartoon…
automaton factory find a world much different from their own. Also includes the Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning "The Ugly Chickens" and "Horror, We Got." 1986Borders of infinity
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 1989