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The years of fire (Charles the Bold ; #2)
Par Yves Beauchemin, Wayne Grady. 2007
Charles Thibodeau's high school years are truly years of fire: he discovers girls and politics. Fire also changes his life…
when his estranged father threatens his stepfather's store with arson. Charles must begin dealing drugs to pay him off, desperate to escape that life and fulfil his dreams of becoming a writer. Sequel to "Charles the bold" (DC29961). Descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007. (Charles the Bold ; 2) Uniform title: Saut dans le vide.The beautiful and damned
Par F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1922
A story of the reckless life of the twenties in which Anthony Patch, grandson and heir apparent to millions, falls…
in love with and marries a glamour girl from Kansas City. Because of their extravagant style of living, their marriage fails, and Grandfather Patch decides against the intended inheritance. 1922.The call of the wild (Penguin classics #Set I)
Par Jack London, Stephen Feinstein. 1999
Watership Down
Par Richard Adams. 1972
Only a few rabbits escape with their lives when men destroy their warren. Many dangers have to be faced as…
they search for a safe place to establish a new one. Followed by "Tales from Watership Down". Grade 5-8. 1972.The Immaculate Conception
Par Lazer Lederhendler, Gaétan Soucy. 2005
In 1920s Montreal, 75 parishioners die one terrible night at the hands of an arsonist. Among the survivors are Remouald,…
whose nightmarish, repressed childhood memories cause him constant turmoil; Séraphon, his invalid father who holds a self-destructive secret; and schoolteacher Clémentine Clément, who obsesses in solitude over past tragedies, unrequited passions, and the grim suspicion that something is woefully amiss with a group of young boys in her class. Some descriptions of sex and strong language. Descriptions of violence. 2005. Uniform title: Immaculée Conception.The flying canoe
Par Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier. 2004
Retelling of the classic Quebec folklore "La chasse-galerie". On New Year's Eve, 1846, 11-year-old Baptiste finds himself far from his…
friends and family and has come to the woods of Ottawa Valley to live and work among some lumberjacks. As the New Year approaches, they grow more and more homesick. Grades 3-6. 2004. Uniform title: Chasse-galerie.Ivanhoe
Par Walter Scott, Elizabeth V DiSomma, Mary Louise McTiernan. 1987
England during the time of Richard I is the background for this novel of chivalry. Among the characters are Robin…
Hood, King Richard, and Rebecca and Rowena, two beautiful women who love Ivanhoe. First published in 1819. (Simple English classics series)Two solitudes (New Press Canadian classics)
Par Hugh MacLennan. 1945
The division between French and English Canadians is dramatically shown in this novel about two families -- one, French landowners…
in a small Quebec village; the other, English businessmen from Montreal. Winner of the 1945 Governor General's Award for Fiction.Mad shadows (New Canadian Library)
Par Marie-Claire Blais. 1990
A harrowing pathology of the soul centering on a family group: Patrice, the beautiful and narcissistic son; his ugly and…
malicious sister, Isabelle-Marie; and Louise, their vain and uncomprehending mother. These characters inhabit an amoral universe where beauty reflects no truth and love is an empty delusion. The characters are ultimately annihilated by their own obsessions. Original French edition published in 1959. 1990. Uniform title: Belle bête.The tin flute (New Canadian Library)
Par Alan Brown, Gabrielle Roy. 1989
Trapped by poverty and unemployment in the slums of Montreal, Rosanna LaCasse and her eldest daughter cope differently with the…
problems of urban living. Winner of the Governor General's Award. 1989. Uniform title: Bonheur d'occasion.Anne's house of dreams (Anne of Green Gables. #5.)
Par L. M Montgomery. 1989
Anne is now 25 and about to be married to Gilbert Blythe, who is setting up in practice 60 miles…
away at Four Winds Harbour. He has found the house of her dreams, and the young couple are to meet and love a whole new set of characters. Grades 5-8. 1989. (Anne of Green Gables ; 5)Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-pooh Ser.)
Par A. A Milne. 1992
Anne of Green Gables
Par L. M Montgomery. 1977
When Anne Shirley 'erupts' into their lives, the Cuthberts little guess how fond they will become of the skinny, red-haired…
orphan. Both entertained and exasperated by her constant chatter and imaginings, they soon find it hard to remember what Green Gables was like without its irrepressible adopted daughter. Followed by "Anne of Avonlea". Grades 5-8. 1977, c1908. (Anne of Green Gables ; 1)Lady Chatterley's lover
Par D. H Lawrence. 1973
An earthy love story, once banned in the United States, of the affair between Lady Chatterley and her gamekeeper, Mellors.…
Married to an impotent, disabled husband, she is attracted to Mellors’s strength and independence from industrial society. Explicit descriptions of sex. 1973.The old man and the sea
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1952
An old Cuban fisherman hooks a giant marlin after eighty-five days without a catch. He then fights a losing battle…
with sharks that deprive him of his triumph. Recorded in textbook format. Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. 1952.The great Gatsby
Par F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1953
The glitter and recklessness of the Jazz Age is the backdrop for this novel about Jay Gatsby's desperate attempt to…
recapture the past and, along with it, the love of Daisy Buchanan. Grade I braille.Women in love
Par D. H Lawrence. 1921
Set in Midlands mining country against a background of class consciousness, the development of the love affairs of two sisters…
is examined through their relationship with each other and through the feelings between the men with whom they are in love. 1921.Within a budding grove (In search of lost timet ; #2)
Par Marcel Proust. 1918
Recollections of a youth in French society at the turn of the century. As the young narrator succumbs to the…
charms of the enchanting Gilberte, we are presented with an unparalleled account of the pangs of adolescent life. Following an illness, Marcel is sent to recuperate at the seaside resort of Balbec, together with his grandmother. Sequel to "Swann's way" (DC31597) followed by "Guermantes way" (DC31599). Some strong language. 1918. (In search of lost time ; 2)Whistle down the wind
Par Mary Hayley Bell. 1997
A classic novel about a group of siblings who find a man in a barn who they believe is Jesus,…
and they keep the secret to themselves until the adults find out and suspect the man is a recently escaped convict. Grades 3-6. 1997, c1961.When we were very young & Now we are six
Par A. A Milne. 2004
Poems about the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace; the three little foxes who kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard…
boxes; and, of course, Christopher Robin, named for A. A. Milne's son. Read about the naughty Mary Jane and bears on the corners of London's streets. Grades K-3. First published in 1924. 2004.