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Par Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. 2005
In 1954 soldier George West falls for colonel's daughter Josella Grace, unaware of her tragic past. Jo leaves George and…
for a decade wanders Great Britain, taking various jobs and lovers. Only when George helps Jo confront her heartache do they realize their love. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2005Par Catherine Anderson. 2006
Colorado, 1880s. Rachel Hollister isolates herself after her parents and siblings are murdered during a picnic. Five years later terror…
returns when her foreman, Darby, is shot near the same area. Neighbor Joseph Paxton offers his help and falls in love with Rachel. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2006Par Amanda Quick. 2006
Victorian England. Venetia Milton visits Gabriel Jones's estate to photograph relics of the Arcane Society, a secret organization founded by…
Gabriel's alchemist ancestor. Gabriel is reported dead but surfaces later to protect Venetia and catch a murderous thief who is after his family's secrets. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006Par Laura Ruby. 2006
In a wacky, futuristic New York, Gurl can't fly like most other people but she can become invisible. Her orphanage…
matron, a reclusive professor, a rat man, and a gangster, all figure in Gurl's adventures as she and her friend Bug team up on a quest. For grades 5-8. 2006Par Susan Palwick. 2005
Darroti's entire family is exiled to the planet Earth after he is accused of killing a high-born woman. The clan…
is interned in a Nevada refugee camp where Darroti commits suicide. Surviving family members escape with the help of an American. For senior high and older readers. Alex Award. 2005Par James Clavell. 1975
Seventeenth-century Japan. Saga of the struggle between Japanese warlords vying for the military title of shogun. John Blackthorne, a shipwrecked…
British sea pilot, and Mariko, a Japanese noblewoman, figure prominently in the intrigues and confrontations. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 1975Par Keith Brooke. 2006
Flint, a truebred human, becomes separated from his sister, Amber, at a market festival where genetically impure "mutts" are auctioned.…
Flint believes their abusive father sold Amber to the mutt trade and ventures into the wildlands to find her. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2006Par Jon Courtenay Grimwood. 2005
Ashraf Bey, chief of detectives in El Iskandryia, Ottoman North Africa, investigates a series of brutal murders seemingly linked to…
wealthy industrialist Hamzah Effendi--the father of Zara, the girl he should have married. Sequel to Pashazade (BR 16404). Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2002Par Catherine Fisher. 2006
Avebury, England. While his younger sister Chloe lies in a coma after a riding accident, talented teen Rob works at…
a secret archaeological dig. There he encounters a centuries-old shapeshifting Druid called Vetch, who promises to help retrieve Chloe from her imprisonment. For grades 6-9. 2005Par Liz Williams. 2004
Martian Matriarchy elders send warrior Dreams-of-War to Earth to protect Lunae, a genetically engineered girl who can manipulate time. Perceiving…
the child as a threat, rival clan leader Elaki orders her niece Yskatarina to kill Lunae and destroy the Matriarchy's power. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. 2004Par Andrea White. 2005
By 2083 a deteriorating American civilization is dominated by "reality" television programs. Five fourteen-year-olds reenact Scott's 1910 failed expedition to…
the South Pole as contestants on the Historical Survivor series. They overcome obstacles with the covert help of a Department of Entertainment employee. For junior and senior high readers. 2005Par Pete Hautman. 2006
United Safer States of America, 2070s. Sixteen-year-old Bo Marsten is locked up for unsociable behavior like fighting. At an Arctic…
work camp, he's recruited to play the illegal game of football until the disgruntled warden releases him into a wilderness full of polar bears. For senior high readers. National Book Award. 2006Par Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2010
Time travelers Jonah and Katherine help another missing child, Virginia Dare, return home to the past. But their journey to…
the sixteenth-century Roanoke Colony is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving Jonah, Katherine, and Virginia in the wrong time period. Sequel to Sent (BR 19515). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011Par Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2012
Time travelers Jonah and Katherine arrive in James Bay in 1611 to rescue missing child John Hudson, son of the…
explorer Henry Hudson. When mutiny on the Discovery nears, Jonah and Katherine's knowledge of history becomes a lifeline. Sequel to Sabotaged (BR 20679). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011Par Francis Berthelot. 2001
Sur Erda-Rann, planète où la mer a sa volonté propre et, sous le nom de Loumka, fait figure d'inconscient collectif,…
il y a plusieurs façons d'être intouchable. Etre un Gurde, par exemple, un natif du désert au corps couvert d'écailles. Et rencontrer un Yrvene, habitant des eaux à la muqueuse pigmentée. Car la guerre entre les races a beau être finie, la Loi d'Instinct interdit tout contact. -- 4e de couvPar Isaac Asimov. 2002
Par Brian W Aldiss. 2001
En trois nouvelles fulgurantes d'une densité incroyable, B. Aldiss met en scène ces superjouets, les Supertoys, ainsi que les limites…
de l'intelligence artificielle, et s'interroge sur ce que peut être l'humanité et le rapport au réel. Kubrick et Spielberg en ont fait la trame du film A.I (Intelligence Artificielle). Les autres nouvelles qui composent ce volume sont d'autres histoires de notre avenir sur la capacité de l'homme à contrôler les progrès irrésistibles de la technologie sans perdre son humanité. -- 4e de couvPar René Barjavel. 2002
La très vraisemblable, très féroce et humoristique histoire des 3ème et 4ème guerres mondiales. C'est pour la Lune qu'on se…
bat. Mais à 1500 mètres au-dessous du Sacré-Coeur, un homme mystérieux a construit l'Arche enterrée... -- 4e de couvPar Fredric Brown. 2000
Huit nouvelles par un des maîtres de la forme courte, huit chefs-d'oeuvre savoureux d'humour et de sagesse où cohabitent pour…
le meilleur Napoléon Bonaparte et d'improbables Monstres-aux-Yeux-Pédonculés. -- 4e de couvPar Stephen King. 2003