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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 couvNation
Par Terry Pratchett. 2008
After a devastating tsunami, Mau, the sole survivor of his island village, joins forces with Daphne, a shipwrecked English girl.…
Their beach fire draws other refugees who band together to rebuild a community based on what they value most. For junior and senior high and older readers. 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. 2008Tell me, pretty maiden (A molly Murphy Mystery Ser.)
Par Rhys Bowen. 2008
New York, 1902. Private investigator Molly Murphy finds a beautiful young woman lying unconscious in snow-covered Central Park. As Molly…
visits local theatres and flophouses in an attempt to learn what happened, she is aided by her beau, Daniel--a wrongfully suspended police captain--and influential friends like reporter Nelly Bly. 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. 2006Empire 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. 2002The widows of Eastwick
Par John Updike. 2008
Three decades after The Witches of Eastwick (RC 20906, BR 5835), the divorcées--Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie--have moved away, remarried, and…
become widows. They renew their friendships during trips to Egypt and China and decide to return to Eastwick--where some still remember them and wish them ill. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008Orangutan tongs: poems to tangle your tongue
Par Jon Agee. 2008
How to be bad
Par E Lockhart. 2008
Florida teenage girls Mel, Jesse, and Vicks leave their summer jobs and head to Miami for the weekend to visit…
Vicks's boyfriend Brady at college. The three weather adventures including hurricanes and arguments about family problems but manage to remain friends. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2008Flying too high: a Phryne Fisher mystery
Par Kerry Greenwood. 2007
Australia, 1928. PI Phryne Fisher juggles two unrelated cases involving kidnapping and murder. In one, Phryne searches for a lottery…
winner's missing daughter. In the other, Phryne sets out to exonerate a pilot charged with killing his brutish father. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1990Dead as a doornail (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #5)
Par Charlaine Harris. 2005
Louisiana. Telepathic cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse helps the were-people, who are being attacked by a stalker, even though Sookie's shapeshifting…
brother Jason is a suspect. Sookie asks sexy vampire Eric for help before becoming the killer's next target. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2005Liberty: a Lake Wobegon novel (Lake Wobegon Ser.)
Par Garrison Keillor. 2008
Lake Wobegon citizens demand the resignation of tyrannical Fourth of July committee chairman Clint Bunsen. Meanwhile sixty-year-old Clint, who is…
married, receives shocking DNA results, has an affair with Angelica Pflame--the parade's former Miss Liberty--and contemplates a bid for congress. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 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. 2008Mary Engelbreit's nursery tales: a treasury of children's classics
Par Mary Engelbreit. 2008
Twelve folk tales retold in a not-too-scary manner for younger readers. Anthology contains friendly versions of "Goldilocks and the Three…
Bears," "The Three Little Pigs," "Puss in Boots," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Hansel and Gretel," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Gingerbread Boy," and "The Ugly Duckling." For grades K-3. 2008Clean cut: An Anna Travis Mystery
Par Lynda La Plante. 2008
As Anna Travis begins questioning her live-in relationship with sloppy, selfish Detective Chief Inspector Langton, he is badly injured. While…
Langton recovers enough to track his assailant, Travis works a connected case and, still worried about Langton, secretly tries to cover some of his legwork. Violence and strong language. 2007Mudshark
Par Gary Paulsen. 2009
Principal Wagner confidently deals with a faculty washroom crisis, a psychic parrot, and a terrorizing gerbil, but when all the…
classroom erasers disappear, he turns to the school's best problem solver and locator of lost items, twelve-year-old Lyle Williams, aka Mudshark. For grades 3-6. 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. 2009Dead air: a Jessie Drake mystery
Par Rochelle Majer Krich. 2001
After radio talk-show doctor Renee Altman has LAPD detective Jessie Drake investigate a stalker, a kidnapper takes Renee's daughter Molly…
and taunts Renee on air. While racing to find Molly, Jessie deals with feelings for her ex-husband and accepting her Jewish heritage. Some violence and some strong language. 2000