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Scènes du coeur
Par Greta Thunberg. 2019
Militante écologiste de 16 ans, G. Thunberg est rapidement devenue le symbole de la défense du climat. Elle se livre…
sur ses combats personnels, sur la naissance de sa vocation en faveur de la préservation de l'environnement ainsi que sur le soutien sans faille des membres de sa famille pour ses actions quotidiennesHello, future me
Par Kim Ventrella. 2020
Eleven-year-old June is a problem-solver. Some people might call her a busybody, but that's okay. Just look at all the…
couples she helped find love! (Grateful newlyweds Marlene and Big Vic have even promised June free hot chocolate for life at their café.)However, when June learns that her parents are getting divorced, she has to face the fact that there are some problems too big even for her. At least, that's what the adults in her life keep saying.But June's convinced there's a way to make her parents fall back in love. While brainstorming ideas on her new secondhand laptop-purchased from a mysterious store in town called The Shop of Last Resort-June gets a strange IM from someone named JuniePie28…someone who claims to be an older version of June messaging her from the future.At first, she assumes it's a prank. But JuniePie28 knows too much about June's life to be a fraud, and future June warns her against interfering with her parents' marriage. But June can't just sit around and watch her parents' marriage dissolve, not when there's a magical shop in town that could be the answer to all her problems! Will June prove her older self wrong and stop the divorce? Or will she have to accept that there are some things she can't control?Earth hates me: true confessions from a teenage girl
Par Ruby Karp. 2017
Sixteen-year-old feminist, comedian, and journalist addresses issues every teen faces, by sharing her own experiences with humor and wit. She…
advises teens on relationships, social media, feminism, colleges, and more. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2017Americanized: rebel without a green card
Par Sara Saedi. 2018
Television show writer and novelist recounts her teenage years in the 1990s, and reveals how she discovered that her family…
had entered the United States as undocumented immigrants. Provides a humorous account of balancing teen angst with trying to become an American citizen. For senior high and older readers. 2018Just ask!: be different, be brave, be you
Par Rafael López, Sonia Sotomayor. 2019
Who killed Christopher Goodman?: based on a true crime
Par Allan Wolf. 2017
Four friends who were last seen with fellow student Christopher Goodman question what happened on the summer night leading up…
to the discovery of his body a few miles outside town. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2017A shelter in our car
Par Monica Gunning. 2014
Since she left Jamaica for America after her father died, Zettie has lived in a car with her mother while…
they both go to school and plan for a real home. For preschool-grade 2. 2004Il y a 25 ans, le déluge: des héros et des témoins racontent
Par Mikaël Lalancette. 2021
Du 19 au 21 juillet 1996, des pluies diluviennes s'abattent sur les régions du SaguenayLac-Saint-Jean, de Charlevoix, de la Haute-Mauricie…
et de la Haute-Côte-Nord. Jusqu'à 275 millimètres d'eau tombent 50 heures durant, phénomène météorologique qui ne se produit qu'une fois tous les 10 000 ansRescue: a novel
Par Anita Shreve. 2010
Young EMT Webster's strong attraction to drunken car-crash victim Sheila quickly leads to dating, pregnancy, marriage, and the birth of…
Rowan. When Sheila's drinking becomes dangerous, Webster sends her away and raises Rowan alone. Now seventeen-year-old Rowan is drinking and Sheila reappears. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2010What is love? (What is?)
Par Etan Boritzer, Robbie Marantz. 1996
The second book in the series on character education and social values by Etan Boritzer. Explains love as an "inside…
rainbow feeling" experienced by all the different people "held together by love" in the same world. For grades 3-6Waiting for the owl's call (Tales of the world : Afghanistan)
Par Gloria Whelan, Pascal Milelli. 2009
A young Turkoman girl spends her days hand-making rugs while wishing she could attend school. Includes author's note about exploitation…
of children in the carpet-making industry in Middle Eastern countries. For grades 4-7. 2009A mom for Umande
Par Susan Kathleen Hartung, Maria Fasal Faulconer, Maria Faulconer. 2014
Because his own mother is too young to take care of him, Umande, a newborn gorilla, is fed and cuddled…
by human zookeepers until a surrogate mother is found. For grades K-3Terrible typhoid Mary: a true story of the deadliest cook in America
Par Susan Campbell Bartoletti. 2015
Mary Mallon, who became known as "Typhoid Mary," was hired as a cook for a wealthy family in 1906. A…
few weeks later an outbreak of typhoid fever swept through the household. Eventually it was determined that Mallon was a healthy carrier, spreading the disease but not suffering it herself. She was arrested and quarantined against her will. This biography explores the many violations of Mallon's human and civil rights, the culture of the period, how the public and health officials responded, and the sensationalism of "yellow journalism." For grades 5-8Drive
Par Nathan Clement. 2008
The skin you live in
Par Michael Tyler, David Lee Csicsko. 2005
A squirrel's story: a true tale
Par Jana Bommersbach, Jeff Yesh. 2013
A squirrel moves into a birdhouse to keep her babies safe from the neighborhood cat. However, she worries that her…
son is becoming overly afraid of the world that awaits him outside. For grades K-3The death of Jayson Porter
Par Jaime Adoff. 2009
In the Florida projects, sixteen-year-old Jayson struggles with the harsh realities of his life which include an abusive mother, a…
drug-addicted father, and not fitting in at his predominately white school, and bring him to the brink of suicideFreedom in Congo Square
Par Carole Boston Weatherford, R. Gregory Christie. 2016
The story in rhyme of Congo Square--the one place that slaves could congregate in New Orleans on Sundays to celebrate…
their heritage by dancing and sharing music together. For grades K-3October mourning: a song for Matthew Shepard
Par Lesléa Newman, Leslea Newman. 2012
Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay…
college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. Violence and strong language. Award winnerIn the wake of the tragic suicide of a young, gay, university student, Tyler Clementi, the movement "It Gets Better"…
began, as thousands of user-created videos posted online echoed this message for LGBT youth of all races, backgrounds, and colors. Stemming from this movement, this collection of stories addresses the longstanding issues of sexual abuse, suicide, HIV/AIDS, racism, and homophobia in the African American and Latino communitites, and more specifically among young gay men of color. Contains some explicit descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some violence