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Run
Par David Skuy. 2017
Terrified of being targeted by bullies for being overweight, Lionel tries to go through grade 8 attracting as little notice…
as possible. But Lionel discovers something about himself: he's fast. So Lionel takes up running. That leads to joining a running group, and being recruited for the school track team. But being on the track team and getting more attention brings him closer to the bullies he's been avoiding - and makes him a target. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.Roid rage
Par Lesley Choyce. 1999
When Craig makes first string on his high school football team, he is surprised to learn that his best friend…
Ray has also made the team and has become the best player on the field. Craig soon discovers Ray's secret, and begins taking steroids too. However, he begins to experience side effects, including periods of rage. Now he must come clean with his coach and family and convince Ray his health is in danger. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.Rude behavior (Lone Star audio)
Par Dan Jenkins. 2009
Billy Clyde Puckett, former football halfback and now bored TV sports commentator, returns to Fort Worth, Texas. Bankrolled by his…
father-in-law, Puckett gains the NFL franchise for the West Texas Tornadoes and starts putting a team together, while his wife is making a movie in Switzerland. 2009.Rumpole and the Primrose Path (Rumpole mysteries)
Par John Mortimer. 2003
Solving the mystery of the Primrose Path Home proves to be the first of a collection of great new cases,…
as Rumpole defies hospital and returns triumphantly to defend the innocent and the not-so-innocent. 2007. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole rests his case (Rumpole mysteries)
Par John Mortimer. 2002
Horace Rumpole, one of the finest barristers ever to defend a client, weaves his way elegantly among the intricacies of…
the courtroom and the human heart, only to find that the advancing years catch up with even the most indomitable spirit. 2002. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole and the golden thread (Rumpole mysteries)
Par John Mortimer. 1991
Horace Rumpole, whom the nation has taken to its collective bosom, who continues to untie the knots in the English…
law and the contradictions of the human heart in his death-defying performances on behalf of justice, is back on form in another collection of short stories. 1991. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole (Rumpole mysteries ;)
Par John Mortimer. 1980
Rumpole is the oldest Junior in Chambers, a barrister who never prosecutes, is apt to quote poetry, and has a…
wife known as "She Who Must Be Obeyed". The stories in this collection were previously published as "Rumpole of the Bailey" and "The Trials of Rumpole". 1980. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole and the angel of death (Rumpole mysteries)
Par John Mortimer. 1996
Six mysteries featuring Horace Rumpole. In one case, Rumpole defends an animal-rights activist who clashes with fox hunters. In another…
a doctor is accused of hastening the end of an Alzheimer's patient. And "She Who Must Be Obeyed," i.e., Hilda Rumpole, recounts his defence of a young boy charged with using a golf club to beat his father to death. 1996. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole a la carte (Rumpole mysteries)
Par John Mortimer. 1990
Rumpole and the reign of terror (Rumpole mysteries)
Par John Mortimer. 2007
British barrister Horace Rumpole takes on the government when he accepts the case of a Pakistani doctor accused of aiding…
Al Qaeda. He also alienates his colleagues, his wife Hilda, and other clients, while he battles his own doubts. Meanwhile Hilda writes her memoirs. c2006, 2007. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole of the Bailey (Rumpole mysteries)
Par John Mortimer. 1978
Rooting for Rafael Rosales
Par Kurtis Scaletta. 2017
In the Dominican Republic, a boy who dreams of playing professional baseball in the United States crosses paths with a…
young environmentalist from Minneapolis who is passionate about saving bees. Grades 4-7. 2017.Roughnecks
Par Thomas Cochran. 1997
High school senior Travis Cody feels responsible for his football team's one loss of the season. But he has a…
chance to redeem himself in the big championship game. On the day of the playoff, Travis finds the confidence to overcome his fears and look forward to the future. For junior and senior high and older readers. c1997.Rough justice (Rosato And Associates Ser. #Bk. 3)
Par Lisa Scottoline. 1997
Attorney Marta Richter has argued persuasively on behalf of her client, Elliot Steere, who is charged with murdering a homeless…
man. But as they wait for the verdict, arrogant millionaire Steere lets it slip that it wasn't self-defence after all. Knowing she is risking her life, Richter attempts to gather last-minute proof that Steere is guilty. Strong language and violence. c1997.Rosa's dilemma (Romance Ser.)
Par Michael Underwood. 1990
Solicitor Rosa Epton has vowed never to work with Malcolm Palfrey again, yet here she was, helping him defend a…
young couple charged with malicious damage. He was elusive as she prepared the case, culminating in his non appearance on the day of the trial. Then Palfrey was discovered on a park bench with a bullet in his brain and a revolver beside him. Was it suicide or murder? 1990.Roberto & me (Baseball card adventure. #10.)
Par Dan Gutman. 2011
Stosh travels back to 1969 to try to prevent the untimely death of Roberto Clemente, a legendary baseball player and…
humanitarian, but upon his return to the present, he meets his own great-grandson who takes him into the future, and what he finds there is more shocking than anything he has encountered in his travels to the past. Sequel to "Ray and me", followed by "Ted and me". Grades 4-7. 2011.Rocket blues
Par David Skuy. 2014
Being cut from the Huskies, the AAA hockey team he has played on for three years, Bryan Rockwood (aka "Rocket")…
reluctantly joins a AA team, the Blues, at his best friend Maddy's insistence. Things only get worse when Rocket sees that the Blues don't take hockey seriously. Facing the Huskies in the round robin will give Rocket the chance to prove his skills, but in order to keep his hockey dreams (and his friends) Rocket will have to realize that while hockey is his passion, it is not his entire life. Grades 4-7. 2014.Rocky
Par Marie José Thériault, Julia Sorel. 1978
C'est à Philadelphie qu'a lieu le championnat poids lourds 1976. Les adversaires? Apollo Creed et l'aspirant Rocky Balboa, l'étalon italien,…
un anti-héros venu de nulle part qui a ce qu'il faut dans les tripes pour être, ne serait-ce qu'une fois, un véritable héros. Quelques descriptions de violence. 1978.Rink rivals (Sports stories series ; #49)
Par Jacqueline Guest. 2010
Evan and Brynley are twins, but they are very different. So when Brynley decides to take up hockey, which is…
Evan's sport, the boys find themselves facing off. Descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. 2010.Revelation (Shardlake series. #4.)
Par C. J Sansom. 2008
King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled…
Protestant faction at court are watching keenly, for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies. Matthew Shardlake, meanwhile, is working on the case of a teenage boy, a religious maniac locked in the Bedlam hospital for the insane. When an old friend is horrifically murdered Shardlake promises his widow, for whom he has long had complicated feelings, to bring the killer to justice. His search leads him to both Cranmer and Catherine Parr - and with the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation. Sequel to "Sovereign" (DC38179). 2008.