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L'humain de trop: roman
Par Dominique Nantel. 2010
Fasciola n'a pas le droit d'exister. Un enfant par famille, c'est tout. Sa mère, Sarah, a caché sa fille jusqu'à…
ce que des voisines jalouses menacent de la dénoncer. La frêle Fasciola, ignare du monde et de la méchanceté des hommes, s'enfuit et se rend à Cité-Sur-Mer, la ville flottante et houleuse où les morts engraissent les poissons qui eux engraissent les pélicans qui eux engraissent Là- bas, il y a des chambres qu'on loue à l'heure et il y a les hommes du docteur. Il y a Mitri, Bylie, Sweet et le vieux O'Bomsawin. Là-bas, il y des survivants, chacun à leur manière À Cité-Sur-Mer, il y a le mouvement squat et les appartements de riches. À Cité-Sur-Mer, il y a la mort qui rode... -- 4e couvGallica: l'intégrale de la trilogie
Par Henri Loevenbruck. 2008
« Dans le comté de Tolsanne, on raconte que, pendant la nuit de la Saint-Jean, un jeune homme marcha dans…
les flammes pour sauver un loup du bûcher. Son nom était Bohem, le fils du louvetier. Quatre ans plus tard, sa vie bascule : son village et sa famille sont massacrés par de mystérieux guerriers. Terrorisé, il s'enfuit, traqué par des forces sanguinaires dont il ne sait rien... » -- 4e de couvHome: A novel
Par Marilynne Robinson. 2008
Events take place concurrently with those in Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead (RC 59561, BR 16160). Like his friend and fellow minister…
John Ames, Robert Boughton is dying. Boughton's daughter and his long-estranged son return home to care for him--and to take refuge from their own troubled lives. 2008The dead and the gone (Life As We Knew It #2)
Par Susan Beth Pfeffer. 2008
After a meteor hits the moon causing a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of…
his younger sisters alone in the chaos of New York City. Companion to Life as We Knew It (RC 65047, BR 18228). For junior and senior high readers. 2008Life as we knew it
Par Tony Johnston, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Barry Moser. 2006
Sixteen-year-old Miranda keeps a journal describing her family's struggle to survive after an asteroid hits the Moon and causes disastrous…
climate change on Earth. She records her feelings about losing contact with friends and the outside world, locating food, and keeping hope alive. For junior and senior high readers. 2006The heart of the matter (Penguin classics)
Par Graham Greene. 2004
Colonial West Africa. Trapped in a loveless marriage to his piteous wife Louise, Assistant Police Commissioner Scobie begins an affair…
with widowed shipwreck survivor Helen. The indiscretion precipitates a religious crisis and ultimately leads to dishonor, deceit--and death. Includes 2004 introduction by James Wood. 1948Empire of bones
Par Liz Williams. 2002
India, 2030. Aliens arrive to integrate Earth into their empire. In exchange for a pardon and rights for the untouchable…
caste, ailing revolutionary Jaya Nihalani--a Receiver who can communicate with the visitors--acts as a liaison and discovers their true intent. Some violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2002Grace: A Novel
Par Richard Paul Evans. 2008
1960s. Ninth-grader Eric is still adjusting to his family's move from California to Utah when he discovers his classmate Grace…
scrounging for food in a restaurant dumpster. Eric and his brother, Joel, hide Grace in their backyard clubhouse. But neither the boys nor Grace can keep their secrets forever. 2008The ghost sister
Par Liz Williams. 2001
Eleres is fiercely protective of his ailing sister, Mevennen--called a ghost by their people because of her disconnect from their…
world's natural energies. Seeking a cure, Eleres takes Mevennen into the wilderness, where they meet Shu, a gaian spirit whose hope for healing may come at a terrible price. 2001The diamond of Darkhold: The Fourth Book of Ember (Books of Ember #Bk. 4)
Par Jeanne DuPrau. 2008
Lina's trade with a roamer gains Doon a battered old book that alludes to a mysterious device. Lina and Doon…
return underground to Ember to retrieve the machine, hoping it will help their new community, Sparks. Companion to The People of Sparks (DB 60098). For grades 5-8. 2008Sweetwater gap (Women of faith fiction)
Par Denise Hunter. 2008
Josie Mitchell is summoned home to North Carolina to help run her family's apple orchard. Josie embraces old friends and…
family and, despite her guilty memories and illness, falls in love with orchard manager Grady Mackenzie. When a crisis occurs, Josie opens her heart to God. 2008Heart of a shepherd
Par Rosanne Parry. 2009
Eleven-year-old Ignatius Alderman--called "Brother"--promises to keep his family's Oregon ranch just as it is until his father returns from the…
war in Iraq. Brother's Quaker grandparents and his own Catholic faith help him face new challenges, like a wildfire that threatens the ranch. For grades 5-8. 2009Melonhead (Melonhead Ser.)
Par Katy Kelly. 2009
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Ten-year-old Adam "Melonhead" Melon, a friend of Lucy Rose, has a talent for landing in trouble.…
But right now he and his pal Sam are dreaming up inventions to win a science contest. For grades 2-4. 2009The book of Jude
Par Kimberley Burton Heuston. 2008
1989. Fifteen-year-old Jude and her Mormon family relocate to communist Czechoslovakia after Jude's mother wins a Fulbright fellowship to study…
art. But the move and the country's political turmoil overwhelm Jude until she is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and treated. For senior high readers. 2008When worlds collide (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)
Par Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer. 1999
Two planets, Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta, hurtle through space on a collision course with Earth. Scientist Cole Hendron secretly…
recruits fellow scientists to construct a powerful, Noah's ark-inspired spacecraft to evacuate a select few people before the inevitable cosmic disaster. Includes sequel After Worlds Collide. 1932The returning: a novel
Par Ann Tatlock. 2009
Andrea Sheldon awaits her husband John's return from a five-year prison sentence for vehicular homicide. Their son with Down syndrome…
welcomes John, who is now religious, but their two daughters reject him. Over the summer, the family members adjust to new roles amid personal turmoil. 2009Watchers on the hill (Pine Ridge Portraits Ser.)
Par Stephanie Grace Whitson. 2004
1890. Charlotte Bishop, a colonel's widow, flees her callous in-laws in Detroit and joins her father, Dr. Valentine, at Nebraska's…
Fort Robinson. Seeking refuge for herself and her young son, she instead faces situations she never anticipated--including a friendship with widower Nathan Boone and the possibility of new love. 2004The shiksa syndrome: A Novel
Par Laurie Graff. 2008
Manhattan. After breaking up with her goyishe boyfriend, thirty-nine-year-old Jewish advertising executive Aimee Albert gets a makeover, transforming herself into…
a red-haired, green-eyed "shiksa." At a synagogue-sponsored singles mixer Aimee meets her perfect man--Josh Hirsch--who only dates gentiles. Aimee, who longs for marriage and children, hides her true heritage. 2008Footprints on the horizon (Pine Ridge portraits #3)
Par Stephanie Grace Whitson. 2005
Nebraska, 1945. Josephine, daughter of the Reverend Hale, spend the summer on her aunt’s ranch. There she encounters Dieter Brock,…
a German prisoner of war being held locally at Fort Robinson. Dieter takes an interest in both Jo and her father’s sermons, though the town and Jo’s mother disapprove. AdultResponding to an interrupted message from the Reverend Shipton Cruet and his daughter, the Mumby family swiftly embarks on a…
mission to planet Georgium Sidus. They hope to rescue their friends and investigate the monstrous cloud encroaching on the known universe. Sequel to Starcross (BR 17670). For grades 6-9. 2008