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Doing time online
Par Jan Siebold, Wendy McClure. 2002
Twelve-year-old Mitch is sentenced to community service after his prank harms an elderly woman. To make amends he must chat…
online with a nursing home resident twice a week. Over time he bonds with Wootie Hayes, and the two become friends. For grades 4-7. 2002Saving Lilly
Par Peg Kehret. 2001
Sixth-graders Erin and David have researched the topic of circus animal abuse, so when their teacher schedules a field trip…
to the Glitter Tent Circus they refuse to go. Instead they raise money to send a mistreated elephant, Lilly, to an animal sanctuary. For grades 3-6. 2001The people of Sparks: The Second Book of Ember (Books of Ember #Bk. 2)
Par Jeanne DuPrau. 2004
Lina and Doon from The City of Ember (DB 59907) help relocate fellow underground Ember inhabitants to the surface town…
of Sparks. At first residents of Sparks and Ember share food and shelter. But when resources become scarce, the two groups begin to fight. For grades 5-8. 2004Anna Casey's place in the world
Par Adrian Fogelin. 2001
Twelve-year-old orphan Anna runs out of relatives and is placed in Miss Dupree's foster home with another neglected child, ten-year-old…
asthmatic Eb. After they spend the summer in Tallahassee making friends with the neighbors and finding adventure, Anna hopes to stay. For grades 5-8. 2001Eeyore has a birthday (Beginning chapter book)
Par Stephen Krensky. 1926
In this adaptation of the famous classic by A.A. Milne (1882-1956), Eeyore the donkey feels ignored on his birthday so…
Pooh and Piglet attempt to provide a proper celebration. Beginning chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2001Gateway: a novel
Par Frederik Pohl. 2004
Wealthy prospector Robinette Broadhead wins a one-way trip to Gateway, an abandoned interstellar depot of the vanished Heechee race. Unsettled…
by the experience and with the help of his computerized psychoanalyst, Broadhead begins a personal journey that could lead to his destruction. Strong language. 197617 heures, Scotty's Square
Par Robin Kowalczyk. 2008
"Premier roman d'un jeune auteur de la rive sud de Montréal, "17 heures, Scottys Square" est une œuvre inclassable. Quelque…
part entre le roman historique (l'histoire se déroule dans le Londres des années 50), le roman psychologique et le thriller fantastique, le roman raconte l'histoire de trois personnages mus par des motivations différentes, qui s'embarquent à bord du bus 51 lequel ne prend le départ qu'une fois tous les cinq ans pour traverser l'Angleterre du sud au nord... et dont personne n'est jamais revenu. Qu'y a-t-il au bout cette route ? Et surtout, en cours de route ?" -- 4e de couvÉtat d'urgence: roman (Best-sellers)
Par Michael Crichton. 2006
Le réchauffement de la planète est-il un mythe ? Dans un techno-thriller d'une vitesse supersonique, Michael Crichton s'attaque aux tabous…
de l'écologie. San Francisco, corniche de Point Moody. Le milliardaire George Morton s'écrase du haut d'une falaise à bord de sa Ferrari - il venait d'annoncer qu'il retirait son soutien à la NERF, mouvement écologiste international... Meurtre ou accident ? Avant de disparaître, le milliardaire a laissé un message énigmatique. Peter, son avocat, et Sarah, son assistante, le décryptent... et se trouvent emportés dans une course-poursuite qui va les précipiter des glaces de l'Antarctique aux forêts vierges de Mélanésie en passant par les déserts de l'Arizona... -- 4e de couvCornes: ou, Les chèvres de Pan (Roman)
Par Alain Gagnon. 2009
Nous sommes toujours en Euxémie, région mythique d'Alain Gagnon, pays du policier Olaf Bégon et terre d'accueil de l'insolite, des…
phénomènes mystérieux. Un monstre cornu, apparemment jailli de nulle part, frappe, tue. Un professeur de psychologie et ses étudiants ont, en gros, repris l'expérience de Phillip le fantôme et engendré par la fusion de leurs capacités mentales une entité malfaisante qui terrorise toute l'Euxémie. Avec l'aide du curé radiesthésiste Timothéus Burle, du prestidigitateur occultiste et métaphysicien Miroslav Jenkell, et de Sam Edwards, qui remplace Olaf Bégon à la direction de la Sûreté municipale, l'enquêteur sur le paranormal Marc Darlan tentera de résoudre toute l'affaire d'une façon assez originale. Tout comme les grands fauves d'Afrique, on prendra le monstre au piège grâce à une chèvre, en l'occurence une femme dont l'être maléfique s'est épris. -- 4e de couvJunie B. Jones is Captain Field Day
Par Barbara Park. 2001
Junie B. Jones is selected as her classroom's captain in the kindergarten field day. After her group loses several races…
to another team, Junie B. rallies her schoolmates to victory. For grades K-3. 2001Twelve-year-old Australian Cedar misses her brother who ran away from boarding school and her mother who works all the time.…
But she copes by roaming the neighborhood, romping with her dog, and learning acrobatics from a new neighbor whose parents are in a circus. For grades 5-8. 2002Cairo Kelly and the Mann
Par Kristin Butcher. 2002
Cairo and Midge, mischief-making baseball players, have been sent to their middle school principal's office fifty-five times in one year.…
But when they learn that their favorite umpire, Harold Mann, can't read, they rally to help him pass the sports league's new test. For grades 4-7. 2002The seeing summer
Par Jeannette Eyerly. 1981
At first Carey is disappointed when she learns Jenny, the new girl next door, is blind. She soon discovers, though,…
that she and Jenny are more alike than different, especially after they are kidnapped. For grades 3-6. 1981The dream bearer
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2003
Twelve-year-old David seeks refuge in his Harlem neighborhood park from his mentally unstable father and unruly teenage brother. David and…
his best friend, Loren, meet elderly eccentric, Moses Littlejohn, who becomes their mentor with stories about his visions. For grades 5-8. 2003The new rules of high school
Par Blake Nelson. 2003
Seventeen-year-old Max has been the perfect high school student--on the honor roll, debate-team captain, and school-paper editor--but during his senior…
year he begins questioning his approach to life, and things start to change. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2003The city of Ember: The First Book of Ember (The City of Ember #1)
Par Jeanne DuPrau. 2003
A city planned to survive for two hundred years, now in year 241, suffers shortages--and a secret message-bearing box is…
missing. Independent-thinking twelve-year-olds Doon and Lina exchange obligatory jobs and make a discovery that could change their known world. For grades 5-8. 2003The farther you run
Par Davida Hurwin. 2003
Eighteen-year-old Samantha has a hard time adjusting to life without her friend, Juliana, who died of cancer in A Time…
for Dancing (BR 10714). But Samantha meets Mona in summer school. They graduate, get jobs, boyfriends, and an apartment, and Samantha learns to cope. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2003Nothing wrong with a three-legged dog
Par Graham McNamee. 2000
Shy and the only white kid in his fourth grade class, Keath is an easy target for bullies. His friendship…
with classmate Lynda and her three-legged dog, Leftovers, helps Keath cope with visiting his beloved, stroke-victim grandmother and stand up to his major tormentor in school. For grades 3-6. 2000The Beast
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2003
When sixteen-year-old "Spoon" receives a scholarship to a New England prep school, he leaves Harlem and his girlfriend Gabi behind.…
Returning home at Christmastime, he discovers Gabi is a drug addict and he no longer is in step with street life. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2003The spirit of Covington
Par Joan A Medlicott. 2003
When fire destroys the farmhouse of Amelia, Grace, and Hannah the three devastated ladies and Hannah's daughter, Laura, seek temporary…
refuge elsewhere. The stress of rebuilding, losing their keepsakes, and living apart affects their relationships. Sequel to From the Heart of Covington (RC 54508, BR 14151). 2003