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Stuck in the 70's
Par D. L Garfinkle. 2007
Los Angeles. Spoiled seventeen-year-old Shay travels in time from her boyfriend's 2006 Jacuzzi to Tyler's 1978 bathtub. Nerdy Tyler agrees…
to help Shay return home if she helps him become popular, but soon Shay wants to stay--and Tyler wants her gone. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. For senior high readers. 2007The year of the rat: a novel (A Pacy Lin Novel)
Par Grace Lin. 2013
A new year in the Chinese calendar brings a new set of challenges for Pacy, a Taiwanese-American girl growing up…
in upstate New York, in this endearing sequel to The Year of the Dog. For grades 3-6The chaos king
Par Laura Ruby. 2007
In this sequel to The Wall and the Wing (BR 16650), newfound fame and fortune have estranged friends Bug and…
Gurl--now called Georgie. But Georgie and Bug join forces again when a punk, vampires, and a giant sloth attack them in a future New York City. For grades 5-8. 2007Girl in landscape: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries Ser.)
Par Jonathan Lethem. 1998
When a global disaster blights the Earth's environment, fourteen-year-old Pella Marsh and her family escape to another planet where her…
father, a failed politician, hopes to restart his career. Pella assimilates into the alien society and discovers a terrible threat that could doom the Earthling colony. 1998Art Mumby, his younger sister, and their mother accept a free holiday at the Starcross Hotel in the Asteroid Belt,…
but the luxury resort is not as it seems. Soon the Mumbys are dealing with French spies, Yankee rebels, and man-eating starfish. Sequel to Larklight...(BR 17285). For grades 6-9. 2007Teen, Inc
Par Stefan Petrucha. 2007
Fourteen-year-old Jaiden Beale, who is being raised by the corporation responsible for his parents' deaths, is allowed to attend public…
school for the first time. After learning that the company is polluting the local water supply, Jaiden and his friends investigate. For junior and senior high readers. 2007Matilda
Par Roald Dahl. 1988
Matilda, a four-year-old genius, is unappreciated by her dishonest, used-car salesman father, her bingo-playing mother, and her older brother. Matilda's…
life is made bearable by her chance discovery of the public library and its librarian Mrs. Phelps--and by Matilda's own special powers. For grades 3-6. 1988WWW: 1], Éveil (Ailleurs et demain #1)
Par Robert J Sawyer. 2010
« Caitlin, seize ans, jolie, enjouée, surdouée (surtout en maths), est aveugle de naissance. Mais elle est capable de surfer…
sur la Toile mieux que personne grâce à quelques interfaces et logiciels adaptés. Elle peut retracer dans sa mémoire les itinéraires les plus compliqués qu'elle a empruntés. Elle a la Toile en tête. Ses yeux et ses centres optiques sont parfaits. Mais quelque chose dans son nerf optique transmet mal l'information. Lorsque le professeur Kuroda, spécialiste japonais, lui propose d'essayer une prothèse qui y remédiera, elle saute de joie. Voir enfin... Cependant, ce qu'elle découvre avec son implant est déconcertant. Elle ne voit pas le monde mais un réseau de lignes brillantes. La Toile, le Web. Le World Wide Web. Et tapi dans la Toile, quelque chose - quelqu'un - guette et tente d'entrer en contact avec elle. Une Intelligence. Non humaine. » -- 4e de couvLe destin des nains: 1, Le gouffre noir
Par Markus Heitz. 2011
"Deux cent cinquante cycles solaires se sont écoulés depuis la bataille du Gouffre Noir. Le Pays Sûr est tombé sous…
le joug de puissants adversaires qui sentre-tuent pour régner en maîtres sur les terres naines, elfiques et humaines. Lorsque la coupole qui surplombe labîme infernal cède, un mystérieux Nain vêtu dune sombre armure fait son apparition. Il prétend se nommer Tungdil Tandis que le retour du héros apporte de lespoir au peuple nain, le comportement étrange de Tungdil éveille rapidement des soupçons parmi ses anciens compagnons Sagit-il du véritable Tungdil ou de son double maléfique ?" -- 4e de couvThe warrior's apprentice (Vorkosigan Ser.)
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 2001
Born of royal lineage on Barrayar, Miles Vorkosigan tries to join the military, but he is rejected because of his…
stunted growth and brittle bones. Then a visit to his grandmother on Beta Colony changes everything. Some violence. 1986In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur Mumby and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one…
of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system. For grades 6-9. 2006Shards of honor
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 2000
While attacking an outpost planet, Barrayaran lord Aral Vorkosigan captures Betan astrocartographer Cordelia Naismith and holds her prisoner. They rely…
on each other to survive a trek across dangerous terrain, sparking a relationship that shares the struggles of culture and politics between their two worlds. 1986Howard who?: stories
Par Howard Waldrop. 1986
Twelve short stories. In "Heirs of the Perisphere" a robot dog, duck, and rodent spontaneously animated in a long-abandoned cartoon…
automaton factory find a world much different from their own. Also includes the Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning "The Ugly Chickens" and "Horror, We Got." 1986Muggie Maggie (Cleary Reissue Ser.)
Par Beverly Cleary. 1990
Third-grader Maggie refuses to learn cursive writing. After consulting with the principal, her parents, and a psychologist, Maggie's teacher appoints…
Maggie mail messenger and has her deliver notes that are written in cursive. Maggie suspects the messages concern her and finally teaches herself to read them. For grades 2-4. 1990Borders of infinity
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 1989
Billy Pilgrim, adrift in time, randomly revisits past and present manifestations: senile widower stalked by an assassin, hopeful young newlywed,…
giraffe on the planet Tralfamadore--where time is an illusion--and, most crucially, American POW during the firebombing of Dresden in World War II. Strong language. 1969Still just Grace (Just Grace Ser. #2)
Par Charise Mericle Harper. 2007
When a struggling student teacher assigns a group project, third-grader Just Grace gets so involved with Grace W. and Grace…
F. that she fails to understand why she and her best friend, Mimi, are drifting apart. Sequel to Just Grace (BR 17415). Beginning chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2007What my girlfriend doesn't know
Par Sonya Sones. 2007
Robin, Sophie's boyfriend from What My Mother Doesn't Know (BR 14156), relates in free verse his perspective on love and…
heartache. Robin fears that Sophie may dump him because he is a social outcast and she catches him kissing another girl. Uncontracted braille. For senior high readers. 2007Cam Jansen and the secret service mystery (Cam Jansen Ser. #26)
Par David A Adler. 2006
When the governor and a team of secret service agents come to Cam's school to dedicate the new library, a…
loud noise startles everyone. Then elderly Emma Pearl discovers that her pearl necklace is missing. Cam looks for a connection. A beginning chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2006Just Grace (The just Grace Ser. #1)
Par Charise Mericle Harper. 2007
When Grace Stewart, called Just Grace by her third-grade teacher, tries to help her neighbor Mrs. Luther feel better about…
wearing an arm cast that scares her cat Crinkles, Grace's good intentions backfire. Beginning chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2007