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Par 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 Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1998
Troy Alleyn, wife of Inspector Roderick Alleyn, paints a portrait of Shakespearean actor Sir Henry Ancred, a patriarch preparing to…
marry a young chorus girl. After a tense birthday dinner, Henry is found dead. Troy, finally reunited with Roderick after a prolonged separation, suspects poisoning and enlists Roderick's aid. 1947Par John Sandford. 1989
Maddog, a serial rapist and murderer, is terrorizing Minneapolis. At each crime scene he leaves one of his rules of…
killing. Detective Lucas Davenport exploits the media to try to catch the culprit but becomes a target in the deadly game. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 1989Par 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 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 Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 2000
Montague Reece invites Scotland Yard's Roderick Alleyn and artist wife Troy to his New Zealand estate and commissions Troy to…
paint his mistress, opera star Sommita. As Roderick tries to protect the singer from a nuisance photographer, rumors of drug involvement surface and Sommita is found murdered. 1980Par Joseph Wambaugh. 2006
While trying to avoid allegations of racial profiling, a seasoned LAPD sergeant known as the Oracle dispatches veteran cops with…
rookies to deal with the addicts, crazies, and gangbangers that inhabit Hollywood. After a jewelry-store robbery, the investigation leads to the Russian Mafia. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2006Par Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1999
When the beloved "queen of the British theater" is murdered in a cloud of perfume, the case literally reeks with…
likely suspects. It is up to Superintendent Roderick Alleyn to sniff out the motives and bring the killer to justice. 1960Par Jess Walter. 2005
Spokane, Washington; 1980. Vince Camden is working as a baker in the Witness Protection Program and debating whether to vote…
for Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan. When another gangster recognizes him, Vince heads to New York to make amends with the mob. Strong language and violencePar Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1999
Under cover on an international drug smuggling investigation, Scotland Yard inspector Roderick Alleyn accompanies a motley group of sightseers on…
a tour of Italian ruins. When their unscrupulous guide disappears and a postcard vendor is murdered, Alleyn advises the travelers not to leave town before the killer is apprehended. 1971Par 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 Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1972
Artist Troy Alleyn visits Hilary Bill-Tasman's estate to paint Hilary's portrait. As Hilary prepares for a Christmas pageant, one of…
his eccentric guests disappears. Troy's husband, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn, arrives from London to help unravel the mystery and to interrogate Hilary's staff members--all of whom are convicted murderers. 1972Par 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