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A northern light
Par Jennifer Donnelly. 2003
Working at an Adirondacks resort in 1906, teenaged Mattie encounters pregnant, unmarried Grace Brown, who gives her a packet of…
letters. After Grace's drowning, the letters help Mattie decide whether to marry a farmboy or pursue her education. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2003Dead girls don't write letters
Par Gail Giles. 2003
Sunny Reynolds is stunned when a letter comes from her sister Jazz, presumed dead in a fire, saying she is…
alive. Realizing she is an imposter despite her knowledge of family secrets, Sunny must uncover what this stranger really wants. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2003Entre deux os: roman (Best-sellers)
Par Kathy Reichs. 2007
The song of the earth: a novel
Par Hugh Nissenson. 2001
Mock biography of John Firth Baker, the first genetically engineered visual artist, born in 2037. On the tenth anniversary of…
Baker's murder at nineteen, a young reporter pieces together interviews and documents to portray his life, homosexuality, and art--a blend of science and religion. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001The best mysteries of Mary Roberts Rinehart: Four Complete Novels By America's First Lady Of Mystery
Par Mary Roberts Rinehart. 2002
Collection of four classic mystery tales by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) written in the early twentieth century. Includes The Circular…
Staircase, The Man in Lower Ten, The Window at the White Cat, and The Buckled Bag. 2002A place of hiding (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 2003
Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley's colleague, forensic scientist Simon St. James, comes to the aid of his wife's American friend…
China River. China is accused of murdering millionaire Guy Brouard on the island of Guernsey after she and her half-brother deliver a package of blueprints to him there. Strong language and some violence. 2003Playing for the ashes (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1994
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers are assigned the murder case of cricket star Kenneth Fleming. Separated…
from his wife, Fleming was living with his doting former teacher, Miriam Whitelaw, and having an affair with Gabriella Patten. In a parallel story, Whitelaw's daughter, now dying of a debilitating disease, describes her own wild youth. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerA swiftly tilting planet (A wrinkle In Time Quintet Ser. #4)
Par Madeleine L'Engle. 1978
Charles Wallace, the youngest of the Murry children, must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil…
dictator who wants to destroy the entire universe. Sequel to A Wind in the Door (BR 14880). For grades 5-8. 1978Moon over Manhattan: mystery and mayhem
Par Larry King. 2003
Wealthy teenager Allison Vandameer, daughter of a liberal television commentator in New York City, plots a fake elopement to blackmail…
dad into letting her attend film school. The plan goes awry when her dim-witted boyfriend, Goonie, gets confused. Further schemes involve Goonie, a doorman, a reporter, and other hustlers. Some strong language. 2003In the presence of the enemy (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1997
Newspaper editor Dennis Luxford receives a threatening note demanding that he publicly reveal he is the father of ten-year-old Charlotte…
Bowen, the kidnapped daughter of a member of parliament with whom Luxford had an affair years earlier. Scotland Yard inspector Thomas Lynley enters the case when a body is discovered. Strong language. Bestseller. 1996A wind in the door
Par Madeleine L'Engle. 1973
Evil in the form of the Echthroi is spreading throughout the galaxy, but Meg Murry is not involved in the…
struggle until the Echthroi invade her younger brother. Sequel to A Wrinkle in Time (BR 09403). For grades 5-8. 1973Many waters (Wrinkle in Time Quintet #3)
Par Madeleine L'Engle. 1986
After innocently typing "take me someplace warm" into their father's new computer, the Murry twins find themselves stranded in a…
desert. Rescued by a man called Japheth, they begin to realize that they have time-tripped to a pre-flood Earth, and their hosts are the biblical Noah and his family. Both boys fall in love with the beautiful Yalith and are caught up in a fierce stuggle of good versus evil. Sequel to A Swiftly Tilting Planet (DB 49606). For grades 5-8. 1986L'empreinte du renard: roman (Fayard noir)
Par Moussa Konaté. 2006
À Bamako, le célèbre commissaire Habib, vieux flic dont la sagesse et le flair sont quasi légendaires, est expédié au…
coeur du pays dogon pour élucider une série de morts bizarres, vraisemblablement des meurtres. Affaire d'autant plus délicate que les Dogons sont très attachés à leurs traditions et vivent pratiquement en marge des autorités officielles du Mali. En outre, ils sont connus et redoutés pour la puissance de leur magie. [...] Avec les Dogons, un peuple qui a fasciné Marcel Griaule, Michel Leiris ou Jean Rouch, Moussa Konaté, sans le trahir, nous fait toucher du doigt une partie des secrets inviolés de l'Afrique. Il donne ainsi au lecteur, en le divertissant, une belle leçon d'humanité. -- 4e de couvThe case of capital intrigue (The nancy Drew Files #Vol. 142)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1998
At the White House to help her friend George take photos of a solid gold statue of a hummingbird, Nancy…
is knocked out cold and the statue disappears. In the course of investigating what happened to this priceless treasure, she recklessly chases kidnappers around Washington, D.C. For grades 4-7. 1998The secret of Candlelight Inn (Nancy Drew #139)
Par Carolyn Keene. 2002
Nancy and her friends Bess and George visit an old country inn that is being turned into a training center…
for Seeing Eye dogs. Nancy's discovery of a hidden room filled with counterfeit money threatens her life. For grades 4-7Abandon in place
Par Jerry Oltion. 2000
When astronaut Rick Spencer boards a ghost Saturn V rocket, he can't resist landing on the moon--collecting his girlfriend and…
a mission astronomer on the way. During their return quarantine, Rick and Tessa discover they have psychic powers. Expanded version of Nebula Award-winning novella. Some strong language. 2000The mistletoe mystery (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #Vol. 169)
Par Carolyn Keene. 2002
During the pre-Christmas shopping season, someone is stealing dresses from Albemarle's, a department store where Bess works. When Bess's friend,…
Ali Marie, is accused, Bess asks Nancy Drew to find the real thief. For grades 4-7. 2002The wild cat crime (The nancy Drew Files #Vol. 141)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1998
While working with a television news team, Nancy covers the birth of four baby cougars at the zoo. When the…
cubs are stolen, Nancy sets out to rescue them and finds herself in danger too. American Action Fund. For grades 4-7. 1998L'empire des loups: roman
Par Jean-Christophe Grangé. 2003
Une femme qui ne reconnaît plus son mari, haut fonctionnaire de la justice; un policier qui enquête sur trois jeunes…
femmes retrouvées horriblement mutilées dans le quartier du Sentier, à Paris: deux récits parallèles dont la collision plongera le lecteur dans le milieu mal connu des immigrants turcs clandestins exploités par l'industrie textile. Un suspense efficace et dur, dans la lignée des Rivières pourpresA suitable vengeance
Par Elizabeth George. 1991
In this prequel to A Great Deliverance (BR 07624), Scotland Yard detective Thomas Lynley and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James…
are both in love with Deborah Cotter. When the three visit Lynley's mother's estate in Cornwall, the men bury their differences to solve two murders. Some violence and some strong language. 1991