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Strange happenings: five tales of transformation
Par Avi. 2005
Five stories of fantasy in which strange changes occur. A boy and a cat trade places, a young man learns…
the price of selfishness, and an invisible princess finds herself. In "Curious," twelve-year-old Jeff is overwhelmed by curiosity about the local baseball team's alien mascot. For grades 5-8. 2006The necessary beggar
Par 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. 2005Genetopia
Par 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. 2006When Shlemiel went to Warsaw and other stories: and Other Stories (Sunburst Ser.)
Par Isaac Bashevis Singer, Margot Zemach. 1968
Eight tales based on traditional Jewish themes from Eastern Europe and filled with fools and wise men, witches, demons, and…
devils. In the title story, Shlemiel is so stubborn that he won't believe his own eyes. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Newbery Honor Book. 1968Learning to kill: stories
Par Ed McBain. 2006
For this anthology the author selected twenty-five of his earlier stories published in pulp magazines under the bylines of Evan…
Hunter, Richard Marsten, and Hunt Collins. Written in the 1950s, the tales are filled with damsels in distress, PIs, and cops. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006The hanging in the foaling barn: stories (Woodford Reserve series in Kentucky literature)
Par Susan Starr Richards. 2006
Nine stories set mostly in Kentucky concerning horse lore and human nature. In the title piece, forty-one-year-old former jockey Maurice…
calls his friend Luther at 3:30 a.m. to announce his intention to commit suicide in a most inappropriate place, the barn where mares are giving birth. 2006Effendi: the second arabesk (Arabesk Ser. #2)
Par 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. 2002Darkhenge
Par 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. 2005Banner of souls
Par 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. 2004Surviving Antarctica: reality TV 2083
Par 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. 2005Zelda and Ivy, the runaways: Candlewick Sparks (Beginning chapter book)
Par Laura McGee Kvasnosky. 2006
Three short stories featuring fox sisters Zelda and Ivy. They run away from home, but only as far as their…
own backyard; bury a time capsule; and try a secret concoction when Zelda has writer's block. Beginning chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2006Rash
Par 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. 2006Dude!: stories and stuff for boys
Par David Harrison, David L. Harrison, Sandy Asher. 2006
Original stories, poems, plays, and real boyhood reminiscences offered by popular writers. The poem "Take It from Me, Kid" warns…
good-humoredly about the pitfalls of being a teenager. After learning about his half brother's suicide, in a "Family Meeting," Kevin makes a secret promise to live fully. For grades 5-8. 2006The golden ball: and other stories
Par Agatha Christie. 1924
Fifteen short mysteries of bizarre romantic entanglements, supernatural visitations, and classic murder written in the 1920s and 1930s. Includes "The…
Girl in the Train," "The Rajah's Emerald," "Swan Song," "The Hound of Death," "The Gipsy," "The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael," "The Call of Wings," and others. 1924Sabotaged: the missing (The missing Ser. #3)
Par 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. 2011Torn: the missing (The missing Ser. #4)
Par 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. 2011Rivage des intouchables (Folio. Science-fiction #43)
Par 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 couvLa fin de l'éternité: roman
Par Isaac Asimov. 2002
Supertoys: intelligence artificielle et autres histoires du futur (Bibliothèque anglo-saxonne)
Par Brian W Aldiss. 2001
En trois nouvelles fulgurantes d'une densité incroyable, B. Aldiss met en scène ces superjouets, les Supertoys, ainsi que les limites…
de l'intelligence artificielle, et s'interroge sur ce que peut être l'humanité et le rapport au réel. Kubrick et Spielberg en ont fait la trame du film A.I (Intelligence Artificielle). Les autres nouvelles qui composent ce volume sont d'autres histoires de notre avenir sur la capacité de l'homme à contrôler les progrès irrésistibles de la technologie sans perdre son humanité. -- 4e de couvLe diable l'emporte: roman extraordinaire (Folio. Science-fiction #48)
Par René Barjavel. 2002
La très vraisemblable, très féroce et humoristique histoire des 3ème et 4ème guerres mondiales. C'est pour la Lune qu'on se…
bat. Mais à 1500 mètres au-dessous du Sacré-Coeur, un homme mystérieux a construit l'Arche enterrée... -- 4e de couv