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Sum of things (The Levant trilogy. #3.)
Par Olivia Manning. 1980
Guy believes Harriet drowned on the ship that was to take her back to England, and devotes himself to Simon,…
the young officer in the hospital. Meanwhile, Harriet struggles to survive in the strange world of the Levant. Includes sex and strong language. 1980.Skeleton Key: l'île de tous les dangers (Les aventures d'Alex Rider. #3.)
Par Anthony Horowitz, Annick Le Goyat. 2004
Skeleton Key, une île des Caraïbes, proche de Cuba. Ce "paradis" tropical aux eaux infestées de requins est le repaire…
d'un inquiétant personnage, Alexei Sarov, ancien général de l'Armée rouge, qui a transformé sa propriété en un véritable camp retranché. Alex Rider est chargé par la CIA de découvrir ce qui se trame dans le bunker du général Sarov. Suite de "Pointe blanche", suivi de "Jeu de tueur". Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2004. Titre uniforme: Skeleton Key.Scorpia (Les aventures d'Alex Rider. #5.)
Par Anthony Horowitz, Annick Le Goyat. 2004
Alors qu'il participe à un voyage scolaire à Venise, Alex se lance à la recherche de Scorpia, qui doit lui…
permettre de connaître son destin... Il découvre qu'il s'agit d'une gigantesque organisation criminelle avec, à sa tête, Julia Rothman, qui affirme avoir connu le père d'Alex. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. Suite de "Jeu de tueur", suivi de "Arkange". 2004.Soldier doll
Par Jennifer Gold. 2014
When fifteen-year-old Elizabeth finds an antique doll in a garage sale, she thinks it would be a good gift for…
her dad who's about to ship out for Afghanistan. She doesn't realize that the doll might be a missing (and valuable) historical artifact. With the help of Evan, the cute guy who works at the local used bookstore, Elizabeth discovers that the doll is THE soldier doll: the inspiration for a famous World War I poem. Elizabeth becomes the newest link in an epic history of more than a century of war, her story ingeniously interwoven with a cast of characters who we follow from World War I to Nazi Germany in the 1930s, a Czech concentration camp during World War II, Vietnam in 1970, and the aftermath of September 11th. For junior and senior high readers. 2014.Shipwreck (Detective Murdoch mystery.)
Par Maureen Jennings. 2010
1873, Nova Scotia. A storm has wrecked a ship on the shores of a fishing village, and people work bravely…
to rescue the crew - but many die. When young Will Murdoch and the local priest examine the bodies, they discover gold and diamonds. They suspect that the shipwreck was not responsible for all the deaths. Some descriptions of violence. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. 2010.Send me safely back again (Napoleonic War. #3.)
Par Adrian Keith Goldsworthy. 2012
Facing the battles of Medellin and Talavera, the 106th will have their mettle severely tested on the battlefield. But if…
Napoleon is to be ejected from Spain, war must also be waged in more covert ways. For Hanley, the former artist who is a more natural observer than fighter, the opportunity to become an 'exploring officer' leads him into even more dangerous territory, the murky world of politics and partisans. And while Ensign Williams seeks to uncover the identity of the mysterious 'Heroine of Saragossa', a conspiracy of revenge within the regiment itself threatens to destroy him before he's even faced a shot from the French. Sequel to "Beat the drums slowly"; followed by "All in scarlet uniform". 2012.Siege 13: Stories
Par Tamas Dobozy. 2012
In December of 1944, the Red Army entered Budapest to begin one of the bloodiest sieges of the Second World…
War. By February, the siege was over, but its effects were to be felt for decades afterward. This collection of thirteen linked stories is about this terrible time in history, and of the legacy of silence, haunting, and trauma that shadows the survivors. Includes violence and strong language. 2012.Special Edward (Orca currents)
Par Eric Walters. 2009
Slacker Edward fakes a learning disability to gain a special-education designation in school. But instead of lowering his parents' expectations,…
Edward ends up working harder than ever. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. Grades 5-8. 2009.Song of ascent: stories
Par Gabriella Goliger. 2000
German Jews Ernst and Hannah Birnbaum flee Hitler but cannot escape the shadow of the Holocaust. In Montreal they attempt…
to create a shelter for their children, Rachel and Avi. This new generation struggles with the inherited alienation that accompanies exile, striving to both protect and escape their vulnerable elders. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2000.Seventeen tomatoes: tales from Kashmir
Par Jaspreet Singh. 2004
In a series of linked short stories, two Sikh boys, named Adi and Arjun, come of age in an Indian…
army camp in Kashmir. Each story builds upon a minor character from another story, creating a portrait of the border community. Some of the people the boys meet include a boatman's daughter, a captured officer, a celebrity cricket umpire, and Parachute Aunty. Some strong language. 2004.Spymaster: a thriller (Scot Harvath. #17.)
Par Brad Thor. 2018
Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the identity…
of a highly placed covert asset. In the balance hang the ingredients for all-out war. With his mentor out of the game, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath must take on the role he has spent his career avoiding. But, as with everything else he does, he intends to rewrite the rules-all of them. In Spymaster, Scot Harvath is more cunning, more dangerous, and deadlier than ever before. Bestseller. 2018.Strange meeting
Par Susan Hill. 1972
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider adventure. #1.)
Par Anthony Horowitz. 2000
When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, Alex Rider goes from schoolboy to superspy within days as his world is…
turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training. Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, he's off on his first mission. For Junior High readers. Followed by "Point blank" (DC26006). 2000. (Alex Rider adventure ; 1)Strangers in company
Par Jane Aiken Hodge. 1973
Storm warning
Par Jack Higgins. 1976
In August 1944 Captain Berger decided to risk sailing the Deutschland to Kiel, 5000 miles across oceans dominated by the…
Allied navies. This is the epic account of his act of reckless courage. 1976.Solitaire
Par Jane Thynne. 2017
June 1940: the first summer of the war. Berlin is being bombed and nightly blackouts suffocate the city. Then France…
falls and a shadow descends. A shadow has fallen over Clara Vine's own life, too. She is an Anglo-German woman in a country that hates England. Virulent anti-British propaganda is everywhere. Then she is summoned to meet the Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels who has decided that Clara should adopt a new role--as his spy--and that she must go to Paris on a mission. Much as she dislikes the idea, Clara realises this might be the chance to find an escape route to England. But Goebbels has other ideas and soon Clara is drawn into a web that threatens to destroy her. As everything she holds dear is taken as ransom, she must fight to protect her family--and to survive. 2017.Soldier boys
Par Dean Hughes. 2016
At the age of fifteen, Dieter's blind devotion gets him promoted from Hitler Youth into the German army, where he…
is determined to prove his allegiance and bravery at all costs. Spence, sixteen, drops out of his Utah high school to begin training as a paratrooper. He's seen how boys who weren't much in high school can come home heroes, and Spence wants to prove to his friends and family that he really can be something. Their worst fear was that the war would end too soon -- that they wouldn't get the chance to prove themselves. But when they finally see the action they were hoping for, it's like nothing they could have ever imagined. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.Spoils
Par Brian Van Reet. 2017
April 2003, Iraq. This novel explores the lives on both sides of the battle lines: Cassandra Wigheard, a nineteen-year-old gunner…
on an American Humvee who is captured during a deadly firefight and awakens in a prison cell; Abu Al-Hool, a lifelong mujahideen beset by a simmering crisis of conscience as he struggles against enemies from without and within, including the next wave of far more radicalized jihadists; and Specialist Sleed, a tank crewman who goes along with a "victimless" crime, the consequences of which are more awful than any he could have imagined. 2017.Stepping stones: a refugee family's journey
Par Margriet Ruurs, Nizar Ali Badr. 2016
A young girl and her family are forced to flee their village to escape the civil war that has engulfed…
Syria, and make their way toward freedom in Europe. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2016.Stephen Coonts's deep black (Deep Black. #1)
Par Stephen Coonts, Jim DeFelice. 2004
When the National Security Agency intercepts and decodes an obscure email message indicating a severe threat to the US, the…
American President considers his options. What if the same technology that made the interception possible could be used as an offensive weapon? Armed with satellites, ships, planes, and an array of sophisticated hardware, the NSA proves as competent at covert action as it is at spying. Success leads to a permanent NSA Group that acts directly for the NSA Director. Followed by "Deep black: biowar". 2004.