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Quicksilver
Par Judith Reeves-Stevens. 1999
The testing of the new super weapon QUICKSILVER goes terribly wrong. Then a busload of midshipmen is ambushed and killed…
on the way to the Pentagon. Now the Pentagon is under attack by terrorists. It is up to two people, one inside the building and one outside, to insure America's survival. Violence and some strong language. 1999Tyranaël: 3 : Mon frère l'ombre
Par Élisabeth Vonarburg. 1997
Saga de science-fiction. Le cinquième et dernier tome résoud toutes les énigmes. La Terre surpeuplée essaime sur la planète Tyranaël…
où habite un être qui a vu "en rêve" la dramatique arrivée des Etrangers. L'auteure qui sait combiner le "réalisme de la science-fiction avec des études de caractère intensément dramatiques" (The Montreal Downtowner) jouit d'une réputation des plus enviables tant dans le monde francophone qu'anglophone. La critique souligne également sa capacité à concilier le sérieux, le luxuriant et le poétique. [SDMThe Cookie Company
Par Ross Venokur. 2000
Thirteen-year-old Alex, the unluckiest boy alive, opens an unusual fortune cookie and is whisked away into another world, where he…
is threatened by the evil game-show hostess Cypress Vine. For grades 4-7. 2000The boxes
Par William Sleator. 2000
Mysterious Uncle Marco gives fifteen-year-old orphan Annie two peculiar boxes and warns her not to open them. But curiosity overcomes…
her, and she peers into one--unleashing creatures who communicate with her telepathically. Then she wonders, "What is in the second?" For grades 5-8. 1998The Bostonians
Par Henry James. 1992
Satirical comedy involving impressionable young suffragette Verena Tarrant, who struggles to reconcile her love for Basil Ransom, a charming southern…
lawyer, with the demands of her patron, Olive Chancellor, a domineering Boston feminist who hates men. 1886Ramona Quimby, age 8: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Ramona #6)
Par Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers. 1981
As Ramona enters third grade, her father returns to college to become an art teacher. Having a working mother and…
a student father is tough on the family, but the Quimbys stick together through good times and bad. For grades 3-6 and older Cleary fansA year down yonder
Par Richard Peck, Steve Cieslawski. 2000
During the 1937 recession fifteen-year-old Mary Alice from Chicago is sent to live with feisty Grandma Dowdel in rural Illinois.…
There she learns about small-town ways and grows to love her grandmother. Sequel to A Long Way from Chicago (DB 50305, BR 12129). For grades 6-9. Newbery Medal. Bestseller. 2000Nuit noire
Par L. Beach. 1997
Arthur, aveugle, accompagné de son chien Lord, vient d'emménager au pensionnat de Chilleen. Ce dernier se trouve près d'un village…
indien hanté qu'Arthur visite. Des événements bizarres se produisent alors qui menacent sa vie. Et son chien réagit fortement à son nouvel environnement. [SDMDemocracy: an American novel
Par Henry Adams. 1983
A death in the family
Par James Agee. 1998
A modern classic about the impact of tragedy on a close-knit family in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the early twentieth century.…
The story begins a few hours before the death of Jay Follet and ends on the day of his funeral. Strong language. Pulitzer PrizeTomorrowland: ten stories about the future
Par Michael Cart. 1999
In honor of the new millennium these ten short stories by noted authors describe visions of past and future times.…
In James Cross Giblin's "Night of the Plague" a young monk in the year 1000 ponders the night sky and the end of the world. For grades 6-9. 1999The long valley (Penguin twentieth-century classics)
Par John Steinbeck. 1938
Collection of classic stories set in California and first published in 1938, reflecting Steinbeck's interests in the tensions between workers…
and owners, past and present, and city and country. Included in this volume are Steinbeck's "Red Pony" stories, "The Gift," "The Great Mountains," "The Promise," and "The Leader of the People."So big
Par Edna Ferber. 1995
The cat in the hat
Par Seuss. 1957
A story in rhyme tells about two bored children sitting at home on a rainy day while their mother is…
out. Then the Cat in the Hat arrives on their door mat to show them good fun with his tricks and games. For grades K-3. 1957Sionrah: 1, Les héritières (Tous continents)
Par Line Bordeleau. 2009
"Dans ce récit fantastique qui vous tiendra en haleine du début à la fin, se côtoient des phénomènes tels que…
la télékinésie, la télépathie, le don de clairvoyance et plusieurs autres facultés extrasensorielles. Vous ne pourrez plus vaquer à vos occupations régulières sans avoir obtenu le fin mot de l'histoire. D'autant plus que la treizième prophétie est inspirée d'un écrit véritable, rédigé il y a près de 1 000 ans par un dénommé Jean de Vézelay, plus connu sous le nom de Jean de Jérusalem et qui aurait même inspiré un certain Nostradamus..." -- 4e de couvTyranaël: 2 : Le jeu de la perfection
Par Élisabeth Vonarburg. 1996
Saga de science-fiction. Le cinquième et dernier tome résoud toutes les énigmes. La Terre surpeuplée essaime sur la planète Tyranaël…
où habite un être qui a vu "en rêve" la dramatique arrivée des Etrangers. L'auteure qui sait combiner le "réalisme de la science-fiction avec des études de caractère intensément dramatiques" (The Montreal Downtowner) jouit d'une réputation des plus enviables tant dans le monde francophone qu'anglophone. La critique souligne également sa capacité à concilier le sérieux, le luxuriant et le poétique. [SDMThe job: an American novel
Par Sinclair Lewis. 1945
An early 1900s story of an ordinary young woman who comes to New York seeking a career. She studies business,…
works a series of jobs, becomes disillusioned, and marries. When her marriage fails, she returns to the job market with renewed determination to succeed, and does. Introduction by Maureen HoneyAll by myself (Little critter book)
Par Mercer Mayer. 1983
Demonstrates all the things young children can do by themselves. They can dress themselves, brush their hair, ride a bike,…
help Mom and Dad, and even help take care of a baby sister. But there is still one thing they can't do. For preschool-grade 2. 1983Frindle
Par Andrew Clements, Brian Selznick. 1996
In the fifth grade Nick has his first difficult class--language arts with Mrs. Granger. He and his classmates decide to…
"beat her at her own game" by inventing a new word. They begin calling their pens "frindles," even though it means being on detention every day. For grades 3-6The plague (Modern library college editions)
Par Albert Camus. 1947
In a coastal town in Algeria the people struggle against ignorance and fear as the bubonic plague strikes. Dr. Bernard…
Rieux chronicles the trials and suffering of his patients during the quarantine, and their triumph over death