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The fall of light
Par Niall Williams. 2001
Saga of the Foley family in nineteenth-century Ireland. Francis and his four sons, their mother gone, flee from their tenant…
farm after Francis steals a telescope. When their father is presumed drowned, the four brothers eventually separate and find their own destinies at home and abroad. 2001Triss (Redwall Ser.)
Par Brian Jacques, David Elliot. 2002
Triss the squirrelmaid, Shogg the otter, and Welfo the hedgehog escape from slavery at Riftgard and are pursued across the…
sea toward Redwall by Princess Kurda--a pure ferret--her brother Prince Bladd, and a band of freebooters who seek the rumored treasure of Brockhall. For grades 5-8. 2002The Big Burn
Par Jeanette Ingold. 2002
In the summer of 1910, drought in Idaho and Montana has led to forest fires. On August 20, three teens--homesteader…
Lizbeth, fire fighter Jarrett, and buffalo soldier Seth--are caught in a blaze and face the choice of fleeing or staying to confront the conflagration. For junior and senior high readers. 2002Danny and the dinosaur go to camp (I Can Read Level 1)
Par Syd Hoff. 1996
Horse thief: a novel
Par Robert Newton Peck. 2002
Chickalookee, Florida; 1938. First, rodeo worker and seventeen-year-old orphan Tullis Yoder loses two fingers on his first bull ride. Then,…
when he learns that his only family--the thirteen horses he cares for--are going to be sold for dog food, he steals them--with help, of course. For junior and senior high readers. 2002So long, and thanks for all the fish
Par Douglas Adams. 1984
Arthur Dent returns to Earth after eight years, with only a ratty towel and a plastic bag to prove he…
ever left. A gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic message and the disappearance of all dolphins make him think something otherworldly is happening. Sequel to Life, the Universe, and Everything (BR 14440). 1984Mostly harmless (Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy part five)
Par Douglas Adams. 1992
Arthur Dent, looking for an Earth-like home, lands on a remote planet and opens a sandwich shop. But things go…
wrong. There's an all-new version of the Hitchhiker's Guide, and a teenage girl claims to be Arthur's daughter. Sequel to So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (BR 14441). 1992Life, the universe, and everything
Par Douglas Adams. 1982
While Arthur Dent and his alien companions work to prevent destruction of the universe by the deadly white robots of…
Krikkit, Dent encounters various strange beings, including the immortal Wowbagger, who's decided to insult everyone in alphabetical order. Sequel to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (BR 14439). 1982En inquiétante compagnie: récits (Du monde entier)
Par Carlos Fuentes. 2007
"À l'instar d'Alejandro de la Guardia, cerné par la folie de ses deux vieilles tantes, tous les personnages de ce…
recueil sont plongés dans un univers inquiétant, peuplé de dangers visibles ou invisibles. Carlos Fuentes s'amuse à faire peur au lecteur. En jouant avec les codes issus de la tradition littéraire du conte gothique et fantastique, il nous offre un livre riche et haut en couleur, où tout le talent du grand romancier mexicain éclate dans un genre inhabituel." -- 4e de couvThe restaurant at the end of the universe
Par Douglas Adams. 1980
Earthman Arthur Dent and his motley companions continue traveling around the galaxy. They encounter an odd assortment of aliens, attend…
a thirty-megaton rock concert, and wind up at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe where the floor show is doomsday. Sequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (BR 14438). 1980The other side of dawn
Par John Marsden. 2002
The war to defeat Australia's invaders is drawing to a close. Ellie and her guerilla band of teenagers assist the…
liberators from New Zealand in a final assault. But peacetime resettlement isn't easy. Sequel to The Night Is for Hunting (BR 13778). Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 1999The salmon of doubt: hitchhiking the galaxy one last time
Par Douglas Adams. 2002
Editor Peter Guzzardi pieces together what may have been the third Dirk Gently novel by the late author of The…
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (BR 14438). Includes Adams's letters, writings, and ruminations on numerous diverse subjects, including the Beatles, Monty Python, and a young, two-headed Zaphod. 2002Icebones
Par Stephen Baxter. 2002
When Silverhair's daughter, Icebones, awakens from a thousand year sleep, she finds the world changed and the Fireheads gone. Now…
the mammoths must once again survive on their own. It is up to Icebones, and her accumulated knowledge of their history, to lead them. Sequel to Longtusk (BR 14632). 2001Crispin: the cross of lead
Par Avi. 2002
In 1377 England, the manor steward falsely accuses a thirteen-year-old orphan of murder. Before he runs away, the boy learns…
his name from the village priest. On the road with Bear, a juggler, Crispin learns who his father is--and the reason the steward wants him dead. For grades 6-9. Newbery Medal. 2002Longtusk
Par Stephen Baxter. 2001
As a twelve-year-old renegade calf in his own clan, Longtusk senses his destiny to become a hero. Setting out on…
his own, he is captured by the Fireheads. Yet even in captivity Longtusk gathers the knowledge that will help him escape and return to his old clan. Sequel to Silverhair (BR 14631). 1999Wild man island
Par Will Hobbs. 2002
Fourteen-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group in Alaska to visit the wilderness site where his archaeologist father died.…
Stranded on an island by a storm and injured, Andy is rescued by a Newfoundland dog and his owner--who live in a cave. For grades 6-9. 2002Moby-Dick
Par Herman Melville. 1991
The sailor Ishmael tells the story of Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of the white whale in this novel which includes…
chapters on the natural history of the whale, the whole making an allegory of human potential and limitations. 1851Silverhair
Par Stephen Baxter. 1999
The mammoths have survived many springs, but their numbers are dwindling. Only one family remains, and Silverhair, soon to become…
a mother, looks to the future. But first, the mammoths must face the two-legged menace Silverhair calls the Lost. Prequel to Longtusk (BR 14632). 1999Have space suit-- will travel
Par Robert A Heinlein. 1958
High school senior Kip Russell longs to go to the moon but is kidnapped by space pirates. He meets other…
prisoners on a flying saucer--an eleven-year-old girl named Peewee and a strange creature they call the Mother Thing. For junior and senior high readers. 1958Captain Blood
Par Rafael Sabatini. 2003
Great Britain, 1685. When physician Peter Blood is accused of treason against King James II for treating a wounded rebel,…
he is sentenced to slavery in Barbados. Once on the island he escapes to become a buccaneer--and eventually governor of Jamaica. 2003 introduction by Gary Hoppenstand. 1922