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Par Will Weaver. 2005
In the summer of 1965, teenager Paul Sutton, a northern Minnesota farm boy, takes a job at a gas station…
in town. His strict religious upbringing is challenged by the people and situations he encounters during his employment. For senior high readers. 2005The time of the uprooted: a novel
Par Elie Wiesel. 2005
As a boy, Jewish Gamaliel Friedman survived World War II in the care of Hungarian cabaret singer Ilonka. Now settled…
in New York among fellow exiles, Gamaliel visits a hospital patient who could be Ilonka. The meetings trigger emotional memories of life, love, and loss. Some descriptions of sex. 2003The darkest child
Par Delores Phillips. 2004
Thirteen-year-old African American Tangy Mae Quinn and her siblings suffer the cruel madness of their mother, Rozelle, amid poverty and…
racial inequalities of rural Georgia. Tangy fights for the strength to survive, finish school, and one day escape Rozelle's abuse. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004The daybreakers: A Novel (Sacketts, The)
Par Louis L'Amour. 1960
1860s. Young brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett leave Tennessee bound for the frontier town of Santa Fe, New Mexico. But…
before Orrin and Tyrel can settle down, they must bring law and order to the Wild West. Orrin becomes a marshal while Tyrel rules without a badge. 1960Toxic bachelors
Par Danielle Steel. 2005
The perilous gard
Par Elizabeth Marie Pope, Richard J. Cuffari. 1992
In 1558 young Kate Sutton is exiled to a remote castle called Perilous Gard, where she becomes captive of an…
ancient fairy folk--the last practitioners of druidic magic. Kate struggles to prevent them from sacrificing Christopher Heron and to effect her own escape. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor Book. 1974Pardonable lies: a Maisie Dobbs novel (Maisie Dobbs Novels #3)
Par Jacqueline Winspear. 2005
London, 1930. Psychologist/investigator Maisie Dobbs is hired by Sir Cecil Lawton to discover the fate of his son Ralph, who…
was supposedly killed in France during the Great War. Maisie, a former battlefield nurse, faces her own demons from the past when she returns to the continent. 2005Ride the river: A Novel (Sacketts Ser. #5)
Par Louis L'Amour. 1983
1840s. Sixteen-year-old Echo, youngest of the Sackett line, travels from Tennessee to Philadelphia to claim her inheritance. When lawyer James…
White tries to swindle her, Echo flees town with the money. James's thugs and Dorian Chantry, a man sent to protect Echo, pursue her. 1983Last dance on Holladay Street
Par Elisa Carbone. 2005
After thirteen-year-old biracial Eva's adopted parents die in 1878, Eva heads to Denver to find her birth mother. She's shocked…
to discover that her mother and half-sister live in a house of ill repute and hatches a plan to improve their lot. For senior high readers. 2005Let the lion eat straw
Par Ebele Oseye, Ellease Southerland. 2004
Young African American Abeba Williams moves from rural North Carolina to Brooklyn to live with her mother, who dreams of…
a better life. Abeba begins to develop a promising musical talent but soon becomes distracted by marriage and children. Despite economic and social hardships, Abeba perseveres with dignity. 1979Pippi in the South Seas (Pippi Longstocking Ser.)
Par Astrid Lindgren. 1959
Pippi takes her friends Annika and Tommy with her to Kurrekurredutt Island in the South Seas, where her father is…
king. Sequel to Pippi Longstocking (BR 16298). For grades 3-6. 1959Grimm's last fairytale: a novel
Par Haydn Middleton. 2001
Journeying through his homeland, the elderly professor Jacob Grimm recalls his childhood when he and his brother, Wilhelm, listened to…
the stories of their mother. His memories are interwoven with a retelling of The Sleeping Beauty and the tales of his companions, his niece and servant. 1999The Christmas quilt: an Elm Creek quilts novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #8)
Par Jennifer Chiaverini. 2005
Sarah discovers an unfinished Christmas quilt, along with antique ornaments and heirlooms, in the attic of her elderly friend Sylvia.…
Although Sylvia prefers a quiet holiday reminiscing about her family's traditions and the hardships they endured, Sarah infuses the season with joy. 2005The fatal fashione: an Elizabeth I mystery (Elizabeth I Mysteries Ser. #8)
Par Karen Harper. 2006
London, 1566. Someone has murdered the royal household's starcher. Elizabeth Tudor goes undercover with the help of her herb mistress…
Meg Milligrew to expose the culprit desperate enough to kill for the monopoly in the new starch industry. 2006Crazy in love
Par Luanne Rice. 2006
Georgie Symonds leads an idyllic life with her Wall Street lawyer husband, Nick, in seaside Connecticut. But as Nick spends…
more time with his sexy colleague, Georgie becomes plagued by suspicions and immerses herself in her own work, through which she meets a tempting stranger. Some descriptions of sex. 1988An unfinished season: A Novel
Par Ward S Just. 2004
Suburban Chicago, early 1950s. During the summer before college, nineteen-year-old Wils Ravan works for a newspaper and attends debutante parties.…
He falls in love with Aurora Brule, daughter of psychiatrist and WWII veteran Jack Brule. But tragedy changes everything. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2004Somewhere in time
Par Richard Matheson. 1998
California, 1971. Richard Collier, a young writer with a brain tumor, becomes obsessed with nineteenth-century actress Elise McKenna and travels…
back in time to woo her. Originally published as Bid Time Return. Basis for the film starring Christopher Reeve. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 1980La reine oubliée: roman] / 1, Les enfants d'Alexandrie (La reine oubliée. #1.)
Par Françoise Chandernagor. 2011
" Des amours de lImperator et de la reine dEgypte étaient nés trois enfants : Séléné et Alexandre, des jumeaux…
fille et garçon, brun et blond, et le petit Ptolémée. Princes éphémères, qui grandissaient dans la pourpre et lencens du Quartier-Royal auprès de leur demi-frère, lenfant-pharaon né de César. Tous si jeunes encore, si fragiles, quand la tourmente sabattit sur eux. Quatre enfants au destin tragique. Séléné, lunique rescapée, noubliera jamais lanéantissement de son royaume, de sa dynastie, de ses dieux. Prisonnière en terre étrangère, elle vivra désormais pour venger ses frères et faire survivre dans le monde des vainqueurs la lignée des vaincus " -- 4e de couvLa saison des armes: roman (Reliefs)
Par Ginette Durand-Brault. 2021
Au tournant des années soixante, de grandes réformes et une vague d'affirmation nationale ébranlent les vieilles colonnes du Québec. Après…
avoir longtemps suivi les révolutions d'ailleurs en tant que journaliste, Denis Deschamps décide de rentrer à Montréal et de se joindre à l'effervescence générale tout en enseignant à l'université. Épris de libération, il se fait le mentor d'une jeunesse dont le militantisme ardent oscille entre la parole démocratique et la violence pure du terrorisme. Confronté à la tragédie qui afflige sa cousine Carmen et ses amis, il se posera la question du choix des armes et cherchera la fine ligne qui sépare le vrai courage de la lâchetéLa renaissance de l'Interlope: un récit montréalais, 1838-2031
Par François Bellemare. 2022
Érigé au cœur de l'ancien Red Light, et désormais du Village gai, L'Interlope traîne depuis plus de cent ans une…
réputation d'édifice "à double fond". Sous le couvert d'activités culturelles édifiantes, sa façade patrimoniale abrita longtemps les amours illicites, dont la teneur suivait les interdits qu'imposait chaque époque. Mais l'inclusivité tous azimuts des années 2020 a sonné le glas de l'opprobre social garantissant son modèle d'affaires, faisant perdre à l'immeuble sa rentabilité. Et si la proclamation de la nouvelle Charte de la prohibition par la Coalition du Progrès était l'occasion rêvée de le faire renaître dans toute sa splendeur?