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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Par Emmuska Orczy. 1989
Europe, 1792. With the republican mob in frenzy, French aristocrats are being guillotined indiscriminately. A group of British adventurers, led…
by the mysterious "Scarlet Pimpernel," are spiriting innocent victims out of Paris. French agent Chauvelin arrives in England to discover the leader's true identity and enlists the help of a clever French beauty married to the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney. For senior high and older readersJason's gold
Par Will Hobbs. 1999
When fifteen-year-old wanderer Jason Hawthorn decides to join the Klondike gold rush, he learns that his older brothers beat him…
to it. Jason spends a difficult year trying to find them, befriending writer Jack London and others along the way. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 1999Take it easy
Par David Hill. 1995
New Zealand. Rob Kennedy, still mourning his mother's passing, joins five other teenagers for a week-long hike through rugged mountains.…
But when they wake up one morning, their adult guide is dead. For junior and senior high readersThe baboon king
Par Anton Quintana. 1999
Always feeling like an outsider because of his mixed Kikuyu and Masai parentage, Morengru "the hunter" unintentionally kills a Kikuyu.…
Banished from his village, Morengru further questions his existence while living with a troop of baboons. Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. Mildred L. Batchelder Award. 1998Même le mal se fait bien
Par Michel Folco. 2008
"Marcello Tricotin, maître d'école revanchard, n'a de passion que pour les araignées. Il se faufile de son mieux sur le…
champ de bataille où s'affrontent un maire et son propre père, médecin atrabilaire et libre penseur. Marcello Tricotin, en ce début du XXe siècle, n'aspire qu'à poursuivre sa vie monotone au creux de la vallée du Piémont qui l'a vu naître. Mais les histoires de famille sont effroyables. À cause de l'ulcère gastro-duodénal paternel et d'une clause testamentaire résolument tordue, Marcello Tricotin, le plus casanier et le plus timoré des hommes, est contraint d'entreprendre un périple mouvementé à travers le royaume austro-hongrois. Il y découvre qu'il est un authentique fils de pute et propriétaire d'un bordel presque chic. Il rencontrera Sigmund Freud. Il sera frappé par la foudre céleste. Et il séjournera même, quinze minutes durant, à quinze mètres de fond, dans les eaux du Danube. Tout cela s'achèvera par une vengeance exemplaire, édifiante et radicale." -- 4e de couvLa mort de J. R. Berger: roman] / 3, [La fin des aventures de Caroline Pas de Pouces (Romanichels)
Par Bertrand Gervais. 2009
Dernier tome de la trilogie de lîle des Pas perdus. Au sortir de lîle, Caroline se retrouve dans un Montréal…
dévasté, une ville sur le déclin, vidée de son énergie vitale. Les ponts qui mènent à la rive sud se sont presque tous effondrés. La plupart des stations du métro ont été fermées. La ville sest transformée en une constellation de ghettos. Les journées de grandes pluies, les égouts ne suffisent pas à la tâche et les rues sont inondées. Comme la police ne parvient pas à assurer la protection des citoyens, des milices ont pris le relais, et ce quelles ont perdu en autorité, elle le regagnent en brutalité. Seule Caroline peut renverser le cours des choses [...]. La trilogie de lîle des Pas perdus est un conte philosophique contemporain. Un conte en trois tomes sur la littérature, limaginaire et les mythes de fin du monde. -- 4e de couvDarkness, be my friend
Par John Marsden. 1999
In this sequel to A Killing Frost (BR 11739) teenagers Homer, Lee, Kevin, Fi, and Ellie try to lead normal…
lives in New Zealand. But when Colonel Finley asks them to return to Australia to fight the invaders, they reluctantly agree, hoping to find their families. For junior and senior high and older readers. Some violence. 1996War of the scaleborn: Dragonflight) (World of Warcraft)
Par Courtney Alameda. 2023
Uncover the full story behind the War of the Scaleborn in this official companion novel to World of Warcraft :…
Dragonflight . When the world was young, all life shook before the might of Galakrond, a massive primal dragon whose hunger could not be sated. Five primal dragons rose valiantly beside the titan-forged Keeper Tyr to combat this threat. Though the fight was desperate, Galakrond fell by their teeth and talons, and the five were chosen to become protectors of Azeroth. The titans gifted Nozdormu, Ysera, Alexstrasza, Malygos, and Neltharion with Order magic, transforming them into the Aspects: powerful dragons with command of time, nature, life, magic, even the earth itself. Other primal dragons followed on their path, and, imbued with the titans’ power, the dragonflights rose to shape the world and serve the Aspects. That is the tale the dragonflights have always told . . . but it is not the whole story. For as Alexstrasza and her flights set to reshaping Azeroth, not all of dragonkind sees Order magic as a gift. Spurning the titans’ interference, a group of rebel primal dragons are imbued with the elemental powers of the planet and are reborn as the Incarnates. Led by Iridikron, the Incarnates believe that dragonkind should be subservient to no one. They foment a rebellion against the Aspects: what they are and all they represent. Despite the efforts of Alexstrasza and her primal friend Vyranoth to preserve peace, both sides slip closer to violence, as dragons are forced to choose a side or be swept up in the growing conflict. With battle lines and allegiances drawn, the war among dragonkind shakes the foundation of the world. Both sides realize they will have to make sacrifices to secure the future of their kind, sacrifices that will cascade through the agesThe fisherman's son
Par Michael Koepf. 1998
Shipwrecked and adrift on a raft, a commercial fisherman reflects on his life and the events that brought him to…
this desperate pass. He recalls shipping aboard his father's boat at age twelve, the arduous work on the water, and the loss of friends at sea. Some strong languageKidnapped
Par Robert Stevenson. 1994
Young David Balfour relates his adventures of 1751 when he was kidnapped and marooned after a shipwreck, his journey through…
the wild highlands of Scotland, his friendship with the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart, and his suffering at the hands of his uncle Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws. For senior high and older readersThe mysterious island
Par Jules Verne. 1986
During the Civil War, engineer Cyrus Smith, a Northerner, is captured. He escapes by hot-air balloon, along with three men,…
a boy, and a dog. After a storm blows them to an island, mysterious events help them survive. Sequel to Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (BR 9469). For senior high and older readers. 1874Mary Tempête: le destin d'une femme pirate
Par Alain Surget. 2007
"Depuis sa plus tendre enfance, Mary est fascinée par la mer. Elle aimerait tant se laisser emporter au gré des…
vagues et du vent, partir à l'aventure ! Elle sait pourtant qu'il n'y a pas de place pour une fille sur un bateau. Mais Mary Read est prête à tout pour accomplir son rêve, même à se glisser dans la peau d'un garçon et défier les pirates les plus terribles..." -- 4e de couvGryphon in light (Kelvren's Saga #1)
Par Mercedes Lackey. 2023
Set in the beloved and New York Times bestselling world of Valdemar, this first book in a new trilogy returns…
to the tales of the majestic gryphons. On the border between Valdemar and the deadly Pelagirs Forest, the gryphon hero Kelvren returns from a near-fatal self-sacrifice that won him the approval of Valdemar's ground troops, but caused a diplomatic crisis. Frustrated by his lack of a hero's welcome, Kelvren is talked into helping with an expedition by his old friend, Firesong. Firesong struggles with his own age and mortality, and he intends to solve a vast mystery at the center of legendary Lake Evendim as his crowning achievement. Just getting the multicultural fleet underway is a challenge, but what awaits them is a situation none of them could expectReef of death
Par Paul Zindel. 1998
Maruul, an Aboriginal girl, and PC McPhee, an American boy, help their relatives dive for ancient treasure beneath the Australian…
reefs. But a killer fish and an unscrupulous scientist are also hunting in the sea. Some violence. For junior and senior high readersThe author defines travel stories as oriented to the actual act of traveling, rather than to the destination. This collection…
of more than thirty such tales spans more than a century and includes works by Evelyn Waugh, Rebecca West, Edith Wharton, Anthony Trollope, Paul Theroux, and William TrevorThe thief
Par Megan Turner. 1996
Gen, who boasts he can steal anything, is in the king's prison. He is offered a chance of freedom by…
joining the king's scholar in trying to recover the legendary Hamiathes's Gift Stone. Gen accepts the offer but endures many psychological and physical dangers. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readersThe olympian affair (Cinder Spires #2)
Par Jim Butcher. 2023
The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the…
author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon—one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires. A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents. It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion—assuming that it is not already too lateFlash fire
Par Caroline Cooney. 1995
The teenagers living in a wealthy California canyon neighborhood are aware of fires raging nearby, but have been told they're…
not in any danger. Suddenly that all changes, and, without any adults to take charge, they must try to save themselves, their siblings, and their pets. For junior and senior high readersSouth Sea tales
Par Jack London. 1994
Eight tales of adventure on the seas of the South Pacific. Salty, often violent characters pit themselves against each other…
and against nature. In "The Seed of McCoy," a smoldering ship is boarded at Pitcairn by a descendant of one of the famous Bounty's survivors, who guides the ship to safety. Introduction by A. Grove Day tells of London's own adventure in the south seas, which inspired and financed his writing. Some violenceThe tenth insight: holding the vision
Par James Redfield. 1996
In The Celestine Prophecy (RC 38075, BR 9732), the author experienced nine ancient spiritual insights. Now he searches for the…
tenth insight as he looks for his friend Charlene Billings, who has disappeared into the Appalachian Mountains. Some strong language. Bestseller