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Nightfall: 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. 1969Her name was Lola: a novel
Par Russell Hoban. 2003
Thirty-nine-year-old Max Lesser, struggling novelist and children's book author, meets his "destiny woman," beautiful, leggy Lola Bessington. Soon after, flirtatious…
Lula Mae Flowers distracts Max's attention, and in the ensuing drama he loses both women. Five years later a strange course of events again twists Max's fate. Some strong language. 2003The best Halloween ever (The Best Ever)
Par Barbara Robinson. 2004
The Herdman children create mayhem every year, so the town mayor cancels Halloween and trick-or-treating. Instead, the principal plans a…
safe, controlled holiday party at school, underestimating the Herdmans, who make their own plans. For grades 3-6. 2004Dr. Jekyll, orthodontist (The Zack Files)
Par Dan Greenburg. 1997
While ten-year-old Zack is being treated by Dr. Jekyll, the orthodontist undergoes a strange transformation into a growling monster and…
Zack's teeth become more crooked. Zack and his dad decide to investigate the doctor's office. For grades 3-6. 1997Flip
Par David Lubar. 2003
Eighth-grader Taylor and her twin brother, Ryan, are complete opposites. So when trouble-making Ryan discovers mysterious alien disks that enable…
him to become legends from the past--Babe Ruth, Albert Einstein, and others--Taylor tries to keep him out of trouble. For grades 5-8. 2003Strangers
Par Gardner R Dozois. 1978
On the planet Weinunnach, graphic artist Joseph Farber lives uneasily in a colony of Earthmen among the native Cian. One…
night he ventures from the enclave and meets Liraun, a humanoid Cian, and falls in love. Fundamental differences between their alien cultures complicate their blossoming romance. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 1978Hollywood hustle: Hollywood Hustle
Par Gordon Korman. 2004
Following Son of the Mob (RC 62117) Vince Luca, son of a mobster, and girlfriend Kendra Bightly, daughter of an…
FBI agent, move to Los Angeles for college. Vince enjoys his film classes until his older brother arrives on business. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2004Finding Grace
Par Alyssa Brugman. 2004
Australia. Quirky eighteen-year-old Rachel is hired as a live-in caretaker for Grace, recently brain-injured. Rachel starts university, makes friends, and…
learns never to leave Grace alone. While trying to piece together Grace's former life, Rachel gains insights about herself too. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2001Miss Smithers
Par Susan Juby. 2004
In this sequel to Alice, I Think (BR 14898) former home-schooled misfit Alice, sixteen, continues her journal describing her latest…
experiences. She makes new friends, joins clubs, and competes in the local beauty pageant that gives competitors a much-needed clothing allowance. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2004Evangeline Mudd and the golden-haired apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle
Par David Elliott. 2004
Nine-year-old Evangeline Mudd's parents, who study primates and raise her as one, travel to the jungle alone to observe apes.…
When they disappear Evangeline joins Dr. Aphrodite Pikkaflee to rescue them from the clutches of a developer. For grades 3-6. 2004Rockville Pike: a suburban comedy of manners
Par Susan Coll. 2005
Suburban Maryland soccer mom Jane Kramer has problems: her marriage is crumbling, her teenage son has turned "goth," and the…
family furniture store is bankrupt. Jane finds solace visiting F. Scott Fitzgerald's grave and in scrapbooking. But a weekend alone forces Jane to reevaluate her life. Some strong language. 2005Tripping over the lunch lady: and other school stories
Par Nancy Mercado. 2004
A collection of ten humorous short stories about school life. In the title piece an accident-prone fifth grader, nicknamed Jinx,…
hopes to excel at square dancing. In "Tied to Zelda" the best athlete in the class is paired with a computer nerd for a three-legged race. For grades 4-7. 2004A Sterkarm kiss (Sequel to The Sterkarm Handshake)
Par Susan Price. 2004
Andrea Mitchell from The Sterkarm Handshake (DB 51934) returns to sixteenth-century Great Britain in the Time Tube. Her lover Per…
marries into a rival clan, rekindling a civil war. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2003Born too short: the confessions of an eighth-grade basket case
Par Dan Elish. 2002
Matt, a short nerd, is envious of his best friend, Keith, who is five inches taller and a stud/athlete with…
plenty of girlfriends. But Matt feels guilty when his luck improves and the bad luck he wished on Keith starts happening. For grades 6-9. 2002Alien in a bottle
Par Kathy Mackel. 2004
Eighth-grader Sean Winger feels destined to be a glassblower but his parents strongly disapprove. His stargazer classmate Olivia Ricci assists…
him. So does an odd assortment of extraterrestrials Sean came to know after discovering two of them in a glass bottle in the ocean. For grades 5-8. 2004The King of Slippery Falls
Par Sid Hite. 2004
Rural Idaho, early 2000s. When Lewis Hinton turns fifteen, his parents tell him he is adopted. Now an ensuing identity…
crisis thwarts his simple goals of catching an elusive giant trout and getting Amanda to be his girlfriend. For grades 6-9. 2004Le destin des nains: 2, Le mage maudit
Par Markus Heitz. 2011
"La coupole magique qui scellait le Gouffre Noir a disparu et des hordes maléfiques menées par un mystérieux sorcier sapprêtent…
à déferler sur le Pays Sûr. Seul le Mage Lot-Ionan est capable de vaincre ce puissant adversaire. Mais il sest retranché dans les montagnes et aurait sombré dans la folie. Flanqué de Furibard et dune poignée de braves, Tungdil décide de quérir de laide auprès du vieil enchanteur. Mais, lancien héros du peuple nain est-il digne de confiance ? Sa froideur et sa cruauté sèment bientôt le doute parmi ses compagnons" -- 4e de couvWariwulf: 3, Les hyrcanoï (Wariwulf. #3.)
Par Bryan Perro. 2010
" Après un long périple, le Râjâ est enfin de retour au sanctuaire du lac, mais rien ne va plus…
dans son royaume. Ses armées sont moribondes, sa mère, Électra, est morte, et son peuple est apeuré et perdu. Sénosiris, son seul ami, le quitte pour se lancer à la poursuite de son fils unique... " -- 4e de couvOksa Pollock: 1, L'inespérée
Par Anne Plichota. 2010
Oksa Pollock, 13 ans, pensait être comme tout le monde, mais ce soir tout a changé Un peu angoissée par…
la rentrée dans son nouveau collège, Oksa déclenche tout à coup des phénomènes étranges dans sa chambre. Un coin de son bureau prend feu, ses cartons de déménagement pas encore défaits explosent Elle qui a toujours rêvé dêtre une ninja, voilà quelle se découvre des dons surnaturels ! Perdue et terrifiée, elle se garde bien den parler. Mais ce nest pas fini. Le même soir apparaît sur son ventre une mystérieuse empreinte. Mise dans la confidence, sa grand-mère, lexcentrique Dragomira, lui avoue le secret de ses origines : la famille Pollock vient dÉdéfia, un monde invisible caché quelque part sur Terre.Oksa est leur Inespérée, leur seul espoir dy retourner. Oksa ne sera plus jamais la même. Et malgré laide de son meilleur ami Gus, il va lui être bien difficile de concilier sa vie de collégienne ordinaire avec laccomplissement de son stupéfiant destin. -- 4e de couvBig Will: roman
Par Alain Ulysse Tremblay. 2010
« [...] D’un paradis ambulant sur la Basse-Côte-Nord des Innus, jusqu’à son petit appartement montréalais rempli de westerns, en passant…
par Shippagan, les Îles de la Madeleine, Halifax et l’Océan Indien, Big Will raconte l’histoire d’une vie, l’histoire d’une fugue trop longue, l’histoire d’un homme et de ses péchés, l’histoire d’un peuple et d’un pays... L’histoire d’un continent et de ses laissés pour compte. » -- 4e de couv