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Par Dean R Koontz. 2007
"Jeune cuisinier dans un grill d'une petite ville de l'Amérique profonde, Odd Thomas rêve d'être un garçon ordinaire. Mais il…
est pourvu d'un don encombrant : les morts communiquent avec lui. Parfois les âmes en peine veulent que Odd leur fasse justice. Parfois, elles lui donnent un tuyau afin qu'il puisse déjouer un meurtre avant qu'il ne se produise. Mais cette fois, c'est différent : un étranger débarque à Pico Mundo, accompagné d'une horde de créatures d'ombres, avides comme des hyènes - signe d'une catastrophe imminente. Avec l'aide de sa compagne, Stormy Llewellyn, et de ses amis d'outre-tombe (dont Elvis Presley en personne), Odd va se lancer dans une course contre la montre pour empêcher le drame. [...] -- 4e de couvLa ligne verte
Par Stephen King. 1996
De l'avis tant de la critique que des lecteurs chevronnés, il semblerait que voici l'oeuvre la plus caractéristique et la…
plus réussie du grand fantastiqueur. Intrigue bien élaborée, personnages en relief sans oublier la petite souris. [SDMA wanted man
Par Nancy J Parra. 2002
Feisty librarian Brianna McGraw needs a thousand dollars to buy the freedom of her little brother and other orphans who…
were "adopted" by unscrupulous Nevada miners. To get the money, Brianna sets out to collect the bounty offered for capturing fugitive Trey Morgan. She captures his heart instead. 2002Where the ground meets the sky
Par Jacqueline Davies. 2002
During World War II, Hazel and her parents move to New Mexico where her father works on a confidential army…
project. Hazel's mother has trouble adjusting while Hazel and her curious classmates ferret out spies and the big secret. For grades 5-8. 2002Are You a Cheeseburger?
Par Monica Arnaldo. 2021
A Kids' Indie Next List pick! Laugh-out-loud humor and a tender friendship blossom in author-illustrator Monica Arnaldo’s charming picture book…
about a lonely raccoon and a glowing seed, and the world’s most important question: Can this seed grow cheeseburgers? Grub is a lonely racoon. Rumbling in the trash. Looking for food.Seed is, well, a seed! Patiently waiting in the trash. Hoping someone will plant it. When the two finally meet, they realize they might be able to help each other! Grub has just one big question first: What will Seed grow? Could Seed grow Grub’s favorite food, mouthwatering cheeseburgers? Seed isn’t sure what a cheeseburger is exactly, but . . . maybe!And so begins a hilarious friendship following two unlikely strangers learning more about the other and discovering the pressure that comes with fulfilling expectations. Author-illustrator Monica Arnaldo will leave readers giggling and clamoring for more in this charming story that celebrates the unexpected—and how the most special friendships bloom only when we are unapologetically ourselves.Soldier boys
Par Dean Hughes. 2001
Two teenagers--Spencer Morgan, an American Mormon from Utah, and Dieter Hedrick from Germany--eagerly join the armies of their countries during…
World War II. Their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge, where they learn that war is more than bravado. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001Dust
Par Arthur G Slade. 2003
Saskatchewan, Canada; 1930s. Robert Steelgate is eleven when his seven-year-old brother, Matthew, disappears while walking from his parents' farm into…
town. After a mysterious stranger arrives with a promise to bring rain, more children vanish. Robert suspects the stranger may be behind these events. For grades 5-8. 2003Oryx and Crake: a novel
Par Margaret Atwood. 2003
In the near future, a lone human amidst genetically engineered creatures torments himself with memories of the devastation of the…
natural world. Calling himself "Snowman," he recalls the role of his best friend Crake and mourns the loss of their mutually beloved Oryx. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003The outlaw and the lady
Par Lorraine Heath. 2001
Fortune, Texas; 1891. Outlaw Lee Raven and his gang kidnap a bank robbery witness and realize later that beautiful Angela…
Bainbridge is blind. At Raven's Mexican home the two fall in love before the Texas Rangers arrive. Explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2001The fruit of stone
Par Mark Spragg. 2002
Late-twentieth-century Wyoming. McEban has been in love with his best friend's wife all his life. Gretchen loved McEban first but…
married Bennett. Now two decades later she leaves them both for another man, and McEban and Bennett set out together to find her. Some violence and some strong language. 2002Death in Dublin: a novel of suspense
Par Bartholomew Gill. 2003
A dangerous gang of criminals called the New Druids steal the ancient Book of Kells from the library at Trinity…
College, Dublin, and kill a guard. Chief superintendent Peter McGarr suspects an inside job and continues to investigate even after he is pulled off the case. Violence and strong language. 2003The 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. 2001A 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. 1978A 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. 1986The big sky: a novel
Par A. B Guthrie. 2002
1830s. Seventeen-year-old Boone Caudill leaves Kentucky and heads west after trying to kill his strict father. Traveling the Missouri River…
to the Rockies, Boone joins other mountain men, takes a native wife, and becomes as harsh as the wilderness. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Some violence and some strong language. 1947Abandon 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 Chili Queen: A Novel
Par Sandra Dallas. 2002
On the train to Nalgitas, New Mexico, brothel owner Addie French meets Emma Roby, a mail-order bride. When Emma's prospective…
husband fails to show, Addie takes her in at her "boarding house"--The Chili Queen. There Emma meets Welcome, the African American cook, and Ned, an outlaw. Together, they devise a moneymaking scheme. Spur Award. 2002The heart remembers
Par June Masters Bacher. 1990
Oregon Territory, nineteenth century. After ten years in prison Julius Doogan returns to Lordsburg, and Yolanda fears he will jeopardize…
her marriage to Maynard Killjoy. She relies on her faith in God and the strength of her best friend, Rachel, as she and Maynard face several crises. Sequel to My Heart's Desire (BR 14935). 1990Lynching at Broken Butte ; Sunblade
Par Lewis B Patten. 1995
Traveling to pick up a prisoner, U.S. Marshal August Cragg overnights at Broken Butte, where someone tries to kill him,…
and Cragg intends to find out who. In Sunblade, in the 1870s a greedy rancher, who has more enemies than friends, winds up dead. Some violence and some strong language. 1952