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Un enfant à soi (Littératures étrangères (Belfond (Firme)))
Par Clare Brown. 2011
"Porté par une écriture sensible, un roman troublant, d'une grande tension dramatique, le portrait d'une femme meurtrie, entraînée dans une…
quête désespérée d'identité et d'amour. À trente-deux ans, Jennifer se sent prisonnière d'un quotidien qu'elle déteste. Ses journées s'égrènent, sans joie ni bonheur. Un soir, son chemin croise celui de Sam, un petit garçon de deux ans maltraité par sa mère. Emportée par un formidable élan d'affection, Jennifer va se convaincre qu'elle seule peut sauver l'enfant de la violence des adultes. Qu'elle doit enlever Sam. Une nouvelle vie commence pour Jennifer. Un nouveau départ avec son fils. L'occasion de tirer un trait sur le passé, de combler le silence et de retisser des liens avec sa mère, qu'elle n'a pas vue depuis tant d'années. Mais un jour, la réalité la rattrape, brutalement. Soudain, le voile du mensonge se déchire, libérant les terribles secrets d'une famille brisée..." -- 4e de couvEn proie au temps: thriller
Par Sandrine Monfort. 2011
"Alisson Ackensil, jeune pédiatre cancérologue s'introduit illégalement dans un laboratoire nucléaire pour y dérober de l'astate-211 et tenter l'injection de…
la dernière chance auprès d'un de ses patients. Mais du jour au lendemain sa vie bascule dans l'horreur. Ses nuits sont peuplées de cauchemars des plus terrifiants et autour d'elle des meurtres aux mises en scène inquiétantes se multiplient. Tout semble désigner la jeune femme comme suspect numéro un. Délires ? Folie ? Hallucinations ? Non, bien pire que cela..." -- 4e de couvThe goodbye summer: a novel
Par Patricia Gaffney. 2004
Shy, thirty-two-year-old music teacher Caddie Winger is on her own after her grandmother, who raised her, moves into a convalescent…
home. Alone, Caddie uncovers startling family truths, gets her heart broken, and develops a new romance. Some descriptions of sex. 2004Ask me anything: a novel
Par Francesca Delbanco. 2004
Twenty-six-year-old Rosalie Preston writes an advice column for teens. She loves the theater and has very close friends in the…
First Born Company. But when she starts dating her best friend's father, she suddenly needs to take her own advice. Some strong language. 2004The cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends #1)
Par George Selden, Garth Williams. 1960
Lost in New York City, musical country cricket Chester befriends a cat, a streetwise mouse, and young Mario, whose father…
owns a newsstand in the Times Square subway station. While dreaming of home Chester turns the stand into a concert hall to help the family business. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor Book. 1960The tears of the salamander
Par Peter Dickinson. 2003
Italy, 1700s. Twelve-year-old choirboy Alfredo loses his family in a fire and goes to live with his uncle Giorgio. He…
discovers that his uncle controls the fires of Mt. Etna in Sicily, is a sorcerer, and has sinister plans for Alfredo. For grades 6-9. 2003Betrayal at Cross Creek
Par Kathleen Ernst. 2004
North Carolina, 1775. Twelve-year-old Elspeth and her grandparents, Scottish refugees, feel torn between the warring English loyalists and the colonists.…
After a cousin is killed and her grandfather is arrested, Elspeth must unmask the spy in the family. For grades 4-7. 2004Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow murders
Par John Mortimer. 2004
Shocked that his colleagues never heard of the case that launched his career, British barrister Rumpole puts it to pen.…
Rumpole interceded when a son convicted of murdering his father, a decorated war hero, headed to the gallows. Rumpole also met his future wife and the infamous Timson family. 2004Smoky, the cowhorse
Par Will James. 1993
The life of a spirited smoke-colored horse told in the cowboy vernacular. Follows Smoky's experiences from his birth on the…
open range and his capture by humans to working as an outlaw rodeo star and saddle horse. For grades 6-9. Newbery Medal. 1926Eve Green
Par Susan Fletcher. 2004
During her first pregnancy, Evangeline Green recalls her childhood in Wales, where she came to live with her grandparents after…
her mother's death. Eve puzzles over family secrets, has a few comfortable friendships, and becomes involved in the drama of a local girl's disappearance. Whitbread Book Award. 2004Fat boy swim
Par Catherine Forde. 2004
Scottish teen Jimmy is teased mercilessly for being overweight. When the swimming coach discovers Jimmy's secret cooking skills, he trades…
swim lessons for Jimmy's help with a fundraiser. Jimmy unexpectedly excels at the sport and also develops an interest in visually impaired Ellie. For junior and senior high readers. 2003Dinner for two
Par Mike Gayle. 2004
London. Hopeful would-be father Dave Harding copes with his wife's miscarriage and his newfound unemployment by taking a job as…
a teen magazine advice columnist. A letter from a thirteen-year-old girl claiming to be his daughter soon rekindles his fatherly instincts, but the revelation could threaten his marriage. 2002Wake up, sir!: a novel
Par Jonathan Ames. 2004
Thirty-year-old Jewish author Alan Blair receives insurance money, hires a valet named Jeeves, leaves his aunt's house, and heads to…
a Sarasota artists' colony. For a week Blair meets eccentric characters while Jeeves tries to keep him out of trouble. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004Caïn et Abel: le premier crime : roman
Par Max Gallo. 2011
" C'est dans l'île grecque de Patmos, au fond d'une grotte, que l'apôtre Jean a dicté à son disciple le…
texte de l'Apocalypse. Chaque été, Paul Déméter, titulaire de la chaire d'histoire du christianisme au Collège de France, réunit là six étudiants et un vieux philosophe, Louis Veraghen. Il fréquente la bibliothèque du monastère voisin. Un jour, on y découvre son cadavre, la gorge tranchée. Le commissaire principal Di Pasquale est envoyé de Paris pour conduire l'enquête au côté du policier grec Vassilikos. Toute mort violente est une sorte d'apocalypse. Avec ce crime, c'est à la fois le mystère de la mort et le sens de la vie qu'on affronte. Di Pasquale découvre des textes de Déméter rassemblés sous le titre Apocalypse et Espérance. L'enquête le transforme comme elle transforme chacun des personnages. Le commissaire français se confie, va du texte de l'Apocalypse de saint Jean à ceux de Déméter..." -- 4e de couvGhost light on Graveyard Shoal (History Mysteries Ser. #Vol. 21)
Par Elizabeth McDavid Jones. 2003
Glenn Island, Virginia; 1895. Twelve-year-old Rhoda's father operates a U.S. Lifesaving Station where he risks his life to save people…
from shipwrecks. Rhoda becomes suspicious that someone is luring boats into treacherous waters in order to salvage their bounty, and she searches for the culprit. For grades 4-7. 2003The warlord's son
Par Dan Fesperman. 2004
A burned-out war correspondent named Skelly, seeking the scoop of a lifetime meets up with an exiled warlord's quixotic expedition…
to Afghanistan. Guiding Skelly's way is Najeeb, a tribal Pakistani with his own objectives. UnratedMarika
Par Andrea Cheng. 2002
World War II. Although Marika has been raised Catholic, her family name, Schnurmacher, reveals her Jewish heritage. This legacy is…
dangerous because Marika lives in Hungary, where Jews face discrimination and persecution. For grades 6-9. 2002Nightfall: and other stories
Par Isaac Asimov. 1969
Twenty science fiction stories written between 1941 and 1967. The title piece, considered a classic of the genre and later…
expanded into a novel, depicts civilization on the planet Lagash, where night falls once in two thousand years. Asimov's comments and notes precede each story. 1969Winter of the ice wizard: Magic Tree House (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission #32)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2004
Jack and Annie travel with Teddy and Kathleen to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds to retrieve Merlin's Staff of Strength. But the…
Ice Wizard has already captured Merlin and Morgan and possesses the staff. The Wizard will only exchange them for his missing eye. For grades 2-4. 2004Indigo's star
Par Hilary McKay. 2004
England. After a long illness, twelve-year-old Indigo returns to school filled with dread. Encouraged by his younger sister Rose, Indigo…
sticks up for an American boy who has replaced him as the primary target of school bullies. Sequel to Saffy's Angel (DB 56168). For grades 4-7. 2003