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L'étrange Odd Thomas: roman] / [1
Par Dean R Koontz. 2007
"Jeune cuisinier dans un grill d'une petite ville de l'Amérique profonde, Odd Thomas rêve d'être un garçon ordinaire. Mais il…
est pourvu d'un don encombrant : les morts communiquent avec lui. Parfois les âmes en peine veulent que Odd leur fasse justice. Parfois, elles lui donnent un tuyau afin qu'il puisse déjouer un meurtre avant qu'il ne se produise. Mais cette fois, c'est différent : un étranger débarque à Pico Mundo, accompagné d'une horde de créatures d'ombres, avides comme des hyènes - signe d'une catastrophe imminente. Avec l'aide de sa compagne, Stormy Llewellyn, et de ses amis d'outre-tombe (dont Elvis Presley en personne), Odd va se lancer dans une course contre la montre pour empêcher le drame. [...] -- 4e de couvLa ligne verte
Par Stephen King. 1996
De l'avis tant de la critique que des lecteurs chevronnés, il semblerait que voici l'oeuvre la plus caractéristique et la…
plus réussie du grand fantastiqueur. Intrigue bien élaborée, personnages en relief sans oublier la petite souris. [SDMAre You a Cheeseburger?
Par Monica Arnaldo. 2021
A Kids' Indie Next List pick! Laugh-out-loud humor and a tender friendship blossom in author-illustrator Monica Arnaldo’s charming picture book…
about a lonely raccoon and a glowing seed, and the world’s most important question: Can this seed grow cheeseburgers? Grub is a lonely racoon. Rumbling in the trash. Looking for food.Seed is, well, a seed! Patiently waiting in the trash. Hoping someone will plant it. When the two finally meet, they realize they might be able to help each other! Grub has just one big question first: What will Seed grow? Could Seed grow Grub’s favorite food, mouthwatering cheeseburgers? Seed isn’t sure what a cheeseburger is exactly, but . . . maybe!And so begins a hilarious friendship following two unlikely strangers learning more about the other and discovering the pressure that comes with fulfilling expectations. Author-illustrator Monica Arnaldo will leave readers giggling and clamoring for more in this charming story that celebrates the unexpected—and how the most special friendships bloom only when we are unapologetically ourselves.Naked prey
Par John Sandford. 2003
Minneapolis cop Lucas Davenport takes a specially created state position to handle politically sensitive cases. Confronted with the apparent lynching…
of a black man and a white woman in a small rural community, Davenport discovers that the real motive behind the murders is not what it seems. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2003In pursuit of the proper sinner (Inspector Lynley Ser. #10.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1999
Inspector Thomas Lynley's search for clues to connect a suicide and several murders provides him with multiple suspects. Lynley's longtime…
partner Barbara Havers works extra hard in hopes of redeeming her reputation lost in Deception on His Mind (DB 44764). Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1999Dust
Par Arthur G Slade. 2003
Saskatchewan, Canada; 1930s. Robert Steelgate is eleven when his seven-year-old brother, Matthew, disappears while walking from his parents' farm into…
town. After a mysterious stranger arrives with a promise to bring rain, more children vanish. Robert suspects the stranger may be behind these events. For grades 5-8. 2003Oryx and Crake: a novel
Par Margaret Atwood. 2003
In the near future, a lone human amidst genetically engineered creatures torments himself with memories of the devastation of the…
natural world. Calling himself "Snowman," he recalls the role of his best friend Crake and mourns the loss of their mutually beloved Oryx. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003Witch hill
Par Marcus Sedgwick. 2001
After his house burns down, twelve-year-old Jamie visits relatives in an English country village, Crownhill. The town, however, has a…
dark history of witchcraft, which Jamie's presence reignites and causes him to have terrible nightmares. For grades 5-8. 2001Haunted castle on Hallows Eve
Par Mary Pope Osborne. 2003
After climbing into their magic tree house, Jack and Annie are invited by master magician Merlin to King Arthur's realm…
where invisible beings, giant ravens, and haunted spells have put a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night. For grades 2-4. 2003The song of the earth: a novel
Par Hugh Nissenson. 2001
Mock biography of John Firth Baker, the first genetically engineered visual artist, born in 2037. On the tenth anniversary of…
Baker's murder at nineteen, a young reporter pieces together interviews and documents to portray his life, homosexuality, and art--a blend of science and religion. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001Villa incognito
Par Tom Robbins. 2003
Extravagant tale of three Americans declared missing-in-action who have chosen to remain in an edenic Laotian village decades after the…
Vietnam War's end, trafficking in opium. The unruly cast of characters includes an alluring woman descended from Japanese folklore's libidinous, sake-swilling, badgerlike tanuki. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2003Playing for the ashes (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1994
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers are assigned the murder case of cricket star Kenneth Fleming. Separated…
from his wife, Fleming was living with his doting former teacher, Miriam Whitelaw, and having an affair with Gabriella Patten. In a parallel story, Whitelaw's daughter, now dying of a debilitating disease, describes her own wild youth. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerA swiftly tilting planet (A wrinkle In Time Quintet Ser. #4)
Par Madeleine L'Engle. 1978
Charles Wallace, the youngest of the Murry children, must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil…
dictator who wants to destroy the entire universe. Sequel to A Wind in the Door (BR 14880). For grades 5-8. 1978The virgin blue: A Novel
Par Tracy Chevalier. 1997
American midwife Ella Turner moves to France with her husband and researches her French family origins. Tormented by strange dreams,…
she discovers a sixteenth-century ancestor, Isabelle Tournier, whose Huguenot beliefs led to tragedy and whose life seems somehow mysteriously linked to Ella's. Meanwhile, Ella has an affair providing complications. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1997In the presence of the enemy (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1997
Newspaper editor Dennis Luxford receives a threatening note demanding that he publicly reveal he is the father of ten-year-old Charlotte…
Bowen, the kidnapped daughter of a member of parliament with whom Luxford had an affair years earlier. Scotland Yard inspector Thomas Lynley enters the case when a body is discovered. Strong language. Bestseller. 1996A wind in the door
Par Madeleine L'Engle. 1973
Evil in the form of the Echthroi is spreading throughout the galaxy, but Meg Murry is not involved in the…
struggle until the Echthroi invade her younger brother. Sequel to A Wrinkle in Time (BR 09403). For grades 5-8. 1973Many waters (Wrinkle in Time Quintet #3)
Par Madeleine L'Engle. 1986
After innocently typing "take me someplace warm" into their father's new computer, the Murry twins find themselves stranded in a…
desert. Rescued by a man called Japheth, they begin to realize that they have time-tripped to a pre-flood Earth, and their hosts are the biblical Noah and his family. Both boys fall in love with the beautiful Yalith and are caught up in a fierce stuggle of good versus evil. Sequel to A Swiftly Tilting Planet (DB 49606). For grades 5-8. 1986Abandon in place
Par Jerry Oltion. 2000
When astronaut Rick Spencer boards a ghost Saturn V rocket, he can't resist landing on the moon--collecting his girlfriend and…
a mission astronomer on the way. During their return quarantine, Rick and Tessa discover they have psychic powers. Expanded version of Nebula Award-winning novella. Some strong language. 2000An unthymely death and other garden mysteries (China Bayles Mystery #12)
Par Susan Wittig Albert. 2003
China Bayles has settled into the quaint town of Pecan Springs, fallen in love with a former detective and opened…
an herb shop, all the while solving more than her share of mysteries. Interspersed in this collection of then puzzling cases are wonderful herbal tidbitsPourquoi Bologne: roman (Série QR #no 71)
Par Alain Farah. 2013
'' Un écrivain dédoublé entre deux époques ne se sent bien dans aucune. Nous sommes en 1962, nous sommes en…
2012, en même temps, pourquoi choisir. Le problème est ailleurs, et lui aussi est double: on surveille le narrateur jour et nuit, et un psychiatre expérimente à McGill le mind control sur ses patients. Nab Safi, l'oncle du narrateur, en sait quelque chose, mais il n'est bientôt plus là pour en témoigner. Hanté par des cauchemars énigmatiques, l'écrivain s'enfoncera dans les spirales d'une enquête où se télescopent les lieux et les gens. Une mère trop endettée du ghetto libanais joue son fils aux dés dans un casino improvisé pour se refaire, un veilleur aux allures de minstrel show monte la garde, une Suissesse blonde fait avancer les recherches, les dinosaures reviennent et un drôle de pistolet décidera de l'issue des choses, si on y croit assez. Nous sommes tour à tour dans le bureau du narrateur à McGill, devant la télé qui diffuse des séries japonaises, à l'intérieur d'une photo d'enfance, aux commandes d'un vaisseau spatial, dans une salle d'accouchement, sur la terrasse d'une villa italienne, dans les profondeurs traumatisantes du Réservoir McTavish, sur le mont Royal, mais surtout autour de Ravenscrag, le manoir lugubre aux trente-six chambres. Ni roman de S.-F. rétro ni autofiction, Pourquoi Bologne est le roman nouvelle-vague d'un agité du bocal, un livre sur la résilience et la fiction comme remède, sur la nécessité de raconter des histoires pour s'en sortir. '' -- 4e de couv