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Les filles du samouraï: 2, Le guet-apens
Par Maya Snow. 2009
Depuis la mort du sage Goku, leur maître et protecteur, Hana et Kimi sont plongées dans un profond désarroi. Un…
mince espoir demeure : celui de retrouver leur mère et leur petit frère Moriyasu, bien vivants. Reconnues par leur cruel oncle Hidehira lors des funérailles, les deux soeurs s'enfuient avec leur fidèle ami Tatsuya. Mais les chemins qui mènent jusqu'au Mont Fuji regorgent de dangers, et les visages amis ne sont pas toujours loyaux... Il leur faudra, une fois encore, faire preuve d'un courage sans faille. -- 4e de couvJulie's wolf pack (Julie of the Wolves Ser.)
Par Jean George, Wendell Minor. 1997
This sequel to Julie (DB 40306, BR 10116) chronicles six years of the wolf pack family led by Kapu. The…
Eskimos call these wolves "Julie's wolf pack" because of the past connection between Julie and the wolves. Now on their own, the members of the pack face famine and disease. When Kapu is captured for a scientific experiment, Julie intervenes on his behalf. For grades 5-8Jack and Jill: From the Original Publisher
Par Louisa Alcott, Jane Dyer, Louisa Alcott. 1999
Jack and Jill are the best of friends and when they are severely injured in a sledding accident they become…
even closer. With the help of Jack's mother, the two are provided with many amusements to pass the Christmas season. But will Jill ever walk again? For grades 5-8Swept Away: Ruth Mornay and the Unwanted Clues
Par Natalie Hyde. 2023
Suspicious of her neighbour Beatrice’s untimely death, Ruth Mornay teams up with Bea’s godson Saul to figure out what happened…
that night on the flooded banks of the Teeswater River. Ruth, Saul, and Ruth’s pet chicken Dorcas scour the box of seemingly random junk that Bea left behind for clues.Roll of thunder, hear my cry
Par Mildred Taylor, Jerry Pinkney. 1976
Nine-year-old Cassie Logan recalls a turbulent time in Mississippi during the Great Depression--a year of night riders, burnings, and threats.…
She describes her African American family's struggle to survive with their dignity and independence intact. Some strong language. For grades 6-9. Newbery Award. 1976Number the stars: A Newbery Award Winner
Par Lois Lowry. 1989
For ten-year-old Annemarie, life in occupied Copenhagen in 1943 is not much changed by the war--until the Nazi persecution of…
Danish Jews begins. Annemarie's family helps a Jewish friend by having her pose as Annemarie's dead sis- ter. When a packet must be taken to the captain of a ship smuggling Jews to Sweden, Annemarie learns that being brave means "not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do." For grades 3-6 and older readers. Newbery Medal. 1989Le temps s'enfuit (Roman + #56)
Par Stanley Péan. 1999
A long way from Chicago: a novel in stories
Par Richard Peck. 1998
In eight short stories an old man reminisces about the week each summer he and his little sister spent with…
his grandmother. Joey likes the train ride and his feisty, independent grandmother, who tells "whoppers," fishes, and shoots a shotgun. For grades 6-9Yara
Par Tamara Berger. 2023
FEATURED IN QUILL & QUIRE 'S 2023 FALL PREVIEW THE GLOBE AND MAIL : BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2023…
CBC BOOKS CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN FALL 2023 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BIG INDIE BOOKS OF FALL 2023 From the author of Maidenhead , a reverse cautionary tale about a young woman exploring the boundaries of sex and belonging in the early 2000s Distraught that her teenage daughter is in love with a woman a decade older, Yara's mother sends her away from their home in Brazil to Israel, on a Birthright trip for Jewish youth. Freed from her increasingly controlling and jealous girlfriend, Yara is determined to forge her own path and follow her desires. But Birthright takes a debaucherous turn, and Yara flees Israel for Toronto and then California. As she wanders, Yara is forced to reframe her relationship and her ideas around consent. Set in the sex-tape-panicked early 2000s, Yara is a reverse cautionary tale about what the body can teach usFamily tree
Par Katherine Ayres. 1996
When sixth-grader Tyler Stoudt gets an assignment to create a family tree, her heart sinks. Her widowed father won't talk…
about his own family or her mother's, so Tyler has no idea who her relatives are. For grades 3-6The good lord bird (national book award winner): A novel
Par James McBride. 2023
Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction From…
the bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store , Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive. Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856-a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces-when legendary abolitionist John Brown arrives. When an argument between Brown and Henry's master turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town-along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm. Over the ensuing months, Henry, whom Brown nicknames Little Onion, conceals his true identity to stay alive. Eventually Brown sweeps him into the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859-one of the great catalysts for the Civil War. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBride's meticulous eye for detail and character, The Good Lord Bird is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survivalMeet Josefina, an American girl (Historical Character)
Par Valerie Tripp, Jean-Paul Tibbles, Susan McAliley, Peg Ross. 1997
In 1824 nine-year-old Josefina lives with her father and three sisters on a rancho near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The…
girls try hard to take care of things the way Mama did before she died the previous year. When their grandfather comes for a visit, they are surprised by the guest he brings--Tia Dolores, their mother's sister. Prequel to Josefina Learns a Lesson (DB 45562). For grades 2-4Big red
Par Jim Kjelgaard. 1992
Seventeen-year-old Danny Pickett takes a shine to a big red Irish setter on a nearby ranch. Naming the dog "Red,"…
he uses him to help hunt a dangerous bear who's been killing livestock. Prequel to Irish Red (DB 49526, BR 12531). For grades 4-7. 1945A year down yonder
Par Richard Peck, Steve Cieslawski. 2000
During the 1937 recession fifteen-year-old Mary Alice from Chicago is sent to live with feisty Grandma Dowdel in rural Illinois.…
There she learns about small-town ways and grows to love her grandmother. Sequel to A Long Way from Chicago (DB 50305, BR 12129). For grades 6-9. Newbery Medal. Bestseller. 2000Dancing with Great-aunt Cornelia: a novel
Par Anne Quirk. 1997
Every year around her birthday, Cornelia has tea with her eccentric great-aunt Cornelia Witherspoon and her wolfhound at a hotel…
in Manhattan. On Cornelia's thirteenth birthday, her aunt invites Cornelia to spend the summer with her. Cornelia meets some colorful people, and a long hidden family secret is revealed. For grades 4-7Même 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 couvMad about Madeline: the complete tales (Madeline)
Par Ludwig Bemelmans. 1993
A collection of all six rhymed stories about Madeline. The first--published in 1939--introduces Madeline, the smallest of twelve girls who…
live together in Paris with Miss Clavel. She has various adventures involving animals, gypsies, travel, a boy called Pepito, and a magical Christmas. For grades K-3. 1961Tucket's ride (Tucket Adventures Ser. #Bk. 3)
Par Gary Paulsen. 1977
Francis Tucket is only a few years older than Lottie and Billy, the orphans he rescued in Call Me Francis…
Tucket (DB 43950, BR 10437). Searching for Oregon they end up in Mexico territory, right in the middle of the war. Francis kills an American soldier in self defense, landing himself in a mess of trouble. For grades 5-8The family under the bridge
Par Natalie Carlson, Garth Williams. 1958
Armand, an adventurous old hobo, lives under a bridge in Paris. One December day he arrives there to discover three…
redheaded children and a dog. Armand cares for the young Calcets while their mother works. During one of their escapades around the city, they tell Santa Claus they want a real home. For grades 3-6