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Light a penny candle
Par Maeve Binchy. 1983
From the time in 1940 when shy, ten-year-old Elizabeth White is evacuated from wartime London and plunged into a large…
and contentious family in the Irish village of Kilgarret, she and Aisling O'Connor are destined to be the best of friends. This novel follows their lives together and apart over the decades. 1983Me 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 boy who returned from the sea
Par Clay Morgan. 2007
Continuing from The Boy Who Spoke Dog (BR 17057), Jack is reunited with his beloved sheepdog Moxie on the island…
where they first met--but the dangerous Blackburn Jukes is there, too! He takes Jack prisoner and makes him search the bogs for amber. For grades 5-8. 2007Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel
Par Lauren Weisberger. 2008
New Yorkers Leigh, Emmy, and Adriana, friends since college, seek changes in their lives as they near thirty. Newly dumped…
Emmy wants to date lots of men, gorgeous Brazilian Adriana decides to pick a man to marry, and editor Leigh meets a brilliant author. Strong language. Bestseller. 2008The 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. 2007Daisy Dooley does divorce
Par Anna Pasternak. 2007
Daisy Dooley, a thirty-nine-year-old divorced Londoner living with her dachshund-breeder mum, rejoins the dating world. For support, Daisy relies on…
her friends--bachelorette Jess, seemingly happily married Lucy, and commitment-phobic Miles--as she navigates the singles scene searching for true love. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 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. 1998Peaches: a novel (Peaches Ser. #1)
Par Jodi Lynn Anderson. 2005
Three teenage girls become friends when homeschooled Birdie's wealthy cousin Leeda begins a summer job in Birdie's dad's peach orchard.…
Joining them is Murphy, who's been assigned community service. The three bond over chores and boys, even when they don't see eye to eye. For senior high readers. 2005Night of the howling dogs
Par Graham Salisbury. 2007
Hawaii, 1975. A Boy Scout campout on a remote beach goes terrifyingly wrong when an earthquake hits in the night.…
The boys and their leaders are separated during the resulting tsunami. But eighth-grader Dylan finds an unexpected ally as he and fifteen-year-old Louie rescue the group. For grades 5-8. 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. 2007Secret scribbled notebooks
Par Joanne Horniman. 2004
Australia. On the day her unwed sister Sophie gives birth to a daughter, seventeen-year-old Kate O'Farrell buys three notebooks--red, yellow,…
and blue--for scribbling down her secret thoughts. Through writing about what she reads, observes, and loves, Kate makes discoveries about herself. For senior high readers. 2004WWW: 1], Éveil (Ailleurs et demain #1)
Par Robert J Sawyer. 2010
« Caitlin, seize ans, jolie, enjouée, surdouée (surtout en maths), est aveugle de naissance. Mais elle est capable de surfer…
sur la Toile mieux que personne grâce à quelques interfaces et logiciels adaptés. Elle peut retracer dans sa mémoire les itinéraires les plus compliqués qu'elle a empruntés. Elle a la Toile en tête. Ses yeux et ses centres optiques sont parfaits. Mais quelque chose dans son nerf optique transmet mal l'information. Lorsque le professeur Kuroda, spécialiste japonais, lui propose d'essayer une prothèse qui y remédiera, elle saute de joie. Voir enfin... Cependant, ce qu'elle découvre avec son implant est déconcertant. Elle ne voit pas le monde mais un réseau de lignes brillantes. La Toile, le Web. Le World Wide Web. Et tapi dans la Toile, quelque chose - quelqu'un - guette et tente d'entrer en contact avec elle. Une Intelligence. Non humaine. » -- 4e de couvLe destin des nains: 1, Le gouffre noir
Par Markus Heitz. 2011
"Deux cent cinquante cycles solaires se sont écoulés depuis la bataille du Gouffre Noir. Le Pays Sûr est tombé sous…
le joug de puissants adversaires qui sentre-tuent pour régner en maîtres sur les terres naines, elfiques et humaines. Lorsque la coupole qui surplombe labîme infernal cède, un mystérieux Nain vêtu dune sombre armure fait son apparition. Il prétend se nommer Tungdil Tandis que le retour du héros apporte de lespoir au peuple nain, le comportement étrange de Tungdil éveille rapidement des soupçons parmi ses anciens compagnons Sagit-il du véritable Tungdil ou de son double maléfique ?" -- 4e de couvSheer abandon: a novel
Par Penny Vincenzi. 2007
English schoolgirls Clio, Martha, and Jocasta meet en route to Thailand in 1985. Upon her return a year later, one…
of them abandons her newborn at Heathrow. The three women reunite in 2000, along with a teenager seeking her birth mother. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2007Moon pies and movie stars
Par Amy Wallen. 2006
When spunky, small-town Texas widow Ruby Kincaid spies her wayward daughter, Violet, in a television commercial, she packs up the…
Winnebago and heads for Hollywood to bring her home. Along for the ride are Ruby's game-show-loving sister Loralva, Violet's mother-in-law Imogene, Violet's unruly children, and plenty of MoonPies. Some violence and some strong language. 2006The 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." 1986Muggie Maggie (Cleary Reissue Ser.)
Par Beverly Cleary. 1990
Third-grader Maggie refuses to learn cursive writing. After consulting with the principal, her parents, and a psychologist, Maggie's teacher appoints…
Maggie mail messenger and has her deliver notes that are written in cursive. Maggie suspects the messages concern her and finally teaches herself to read them. For grades 2-4. 1990