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Straydog
Par Kathe Koja. 2002
Rachel, a misfit at her high school, is teased by the other kids. She finds solace in writing and volunteering…
at the local animal shelter. When a feral collie is brought in, Rachel wants to save it and seeks help. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2002The guide dog mystery (The boxcar Children Mysteries Ser. #53)
Par Gertrude Chandler Warner. 1996
When Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny visit a guide dog training school, mysterious things begin to happen. After someone breaks…
into the kennel, all the dogs are still there, but Ginger's pen is covered with scratch marks. The Boxcar Children investigate. For grades 3-6. 1996Naked prey
Par John Sandford. 2003
Minneapolis cop Lucas Davenport takes a specially created state position to handle politically sensitive cases. Confronted with the apparent lynching…
of a black man and a white woman in a small rural community, Davenport discovers that the real motive behind the murders is not what it seems. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2003In pursuit of the proper sinner (Inspector Lynley Ser. #10.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1999
Inspector Thomas Lynley's search for clues to connect a suicide and several murders provides him with multiple suspects. Lynley's longtime…
partner Barbara Havers works extra hard in hopes of redeeming her reputation lost in Deception on His Mind (DB 44764). Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1999Lord of the kill
Par Theodore Taylor. 2002
With his parents in India, sixteen-year-old Ben Jepson--from Sniper (BR 8709)--is in charge of Los Coyotes Preserve, a family-run refuge…
for big cats near Los Angeles. Two powerful groups try to shut down the shelter by intimidation, murder, and kidnapping the largest tiger in captivity. For grades 5-8. 2002The silent spillbills
Par Tor Seidler. 1998
Thirteen-year-old bird watcher Katerina, plagued by stuttering and lack of self-confidence, stands up to her cantankerous grandfather, head of Farnsworth…
Aeronautics, to save the unique Connecticut wetland birds that inspired the design of his latest airplane but twice caused it to crash. For grades 5-8. 1998Haunted castle on Hallows Eve
Par Mary Pope Osborne. 2003
After climbing into their magic tree house, Jack and Annie are invited by master magician Merlin to King Arthur's realm…
where invisible beings, giant ravens, and haunted spells have put a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night. For grades 2-4. 2003The Dark Horse
Par Marcus Sedgwick. 2003
Before recorded history, an isolated coastal people known as the Storn fight to defend themselves against the nomadic and destructive…
Dark Horse. It all starts when Sigurd rescues a small girl--called Mouse by her adoptive family--whose true identity leads to betrayal. For grades 6-9. 2003Villa incognito
Par Tom Robbins. 2003
Extravagant tale of three Americans declared missing-in-action who have chosen to remain in an edenic Laotian village decades after the…
Vietnam War's end, trafficking in opium. The unruly cast of characters includes an alluring woman descended from Japanese folklore's libidinous, sake-swilling, badgerlike tanuki. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2003Rugby and Rosie
Par Nan Parson Rossiter. 1997
A young boy tells about his beloved dog, Rugby, and what happens when Rosie, a puppy, comes to stay with…
them. After a year, Rosie leaves for training to become a guide dog for a blind person. For grades K-3. 1997Playing for the ashes (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1994
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers are assigned the murder case of cricket star Kenneth Fleming. Separated…
from his wife, Fleming was living with his doting former teacher, Miriam Whitelaw, and having an affair with Gabriella Patten. In a parallel story, Whitelaw's daughter, now dying of a debilitating disease, describes her own wild youth. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe virgin blue: A Novel
Par Tracy Chevalier. 1997
American midwife Ella Turner moves to France with her husband and researches her French family origins. Tormented by strange dreams,…
she discovers a sixteenth-century ancestor, Isabelle Tournier, whose Huguenot beliefs led to tragedy and whose life seems somehow mysteriously linked to Ella's. Meanwhile, Ella has an affair providing complications. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1997In the presence of the enemy (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1997
Newspaper editor Dennis Luxford receives a threatening note demanding that he publicly reveal he is the father of ten-year-old Charlotte…
Bowen, the kidnapped daughter of a member of parliament with whom Luxford had an affair years earlier. Scotland Yard inspector Thomas Lynley enters the case when a body is discovered. Strong language. Bestseller. 1996The wild cat crime (The nancy Drew Files #Vol. 141)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1998
While working with a television news team, Nancy covers the birth of four baby cougars at the zoo. When the…
cubs are stolen, Nancy sets out to rescue them and finds herself in danger too. American Action Fund. For grades 4-7. 1998The talking T. Rex ( a To Z Mysteries Ser. #No. 20)
Par Ron Roy. 2003
Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus, a giant action figure, has a secret compartment to store the money three college boys are collecting…
for a dinosaur museum. When almost five thousand dollars go missing, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose try to figure out who is the thief. For grades 2-4. 2003Put me in the zoo (Beginner books, B-17)
Par Robert Lopshire. 1960
Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: a novel
Par Rebecca Wells. 1996
At forty, Sidda Walker is a famous theater director whose life spirals downward after a New York Times interview implies…
that her mother, Vivi, was a child abuser. Vivi disowns Sidda, but the Ya-Yas, Vivi's longtime friends, intervene. Sequel to Little Altars Everywhere (BR 14278). Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1996In this mountain
Par Jan Karon. 2002
Father Tim Kavanagh and his wife, Cynthia, return to Mitford and renew old friendships. Father Tim, however, struggles with retirement…
and aging while Cynthia achieves success as a children's writer. Father Tim's failure to control his diabetes leads to near-tragedy. Sequel to A Common Life (RC 52101, BR 13422). Bestseller. 2002Knocked out by my nunga-nungas: further, further confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Par Louise Rennison. 2002
Georgia continues her journal entries following On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God (RC 52090,…
BR 13560). Her parents drag her on a vacation to Scotland. Then back home she sees two boys at the same time. For senior high readers. Bestseller. 2001Polar bears past bedtime (Magic Tree House (R) #12)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 1998
The magic tree house whisks Annie and Jack off to the frozen Arctic. They meet polar bears, cracking ice, and…
a seal hunter with his dogsled and huskies. For grades 2-4. 1998