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The hot kid: a novel
Par Elmore Leonard. 2005
Oklahoma, 1930s. Young U.S. marshal Carlos "Carl" Webster loves chasing felons and savors the publicity. While searching for rich-boy-gone-bad Jack…
Belmont, Carl falls for gun moll Louly Brown. Hack writer Tony Antonelli tags along looking for new material. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2005Not the end of the world: a novel
Par Geraldine McCaughrean. 2004
The animals and humans on Noah's ark describe suffering through many trials including a tidal wave and hunger. Noah's daughter…
Timna defies him and rescues a boy and his baby sister from drowning. Many on board begin to question Noah's faith in God. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2004The case of the glow-in-the-dark ghost (A Jigsaw Jones Mystery)
Par James Preller. 2004
Jigsaw's school is haunted! Some kids saw a ghost dancing in the classroom. Jigsaw Jones is not afraid. He will…
catch this glowing ghost, even if he has to stay after school to do it! For grades 2-4. 2004Heroes don't run: A Novel of the Pacific War (Boy at War Ser.)
Par Harry Mazer. 2005
1944. To honor his father, who died during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, seventeen-year-old Adam Pelko eagerly enlists…
in the Marine Corps. Adam goes through boot camp and faces combat on the tiny island Okinawa. Sequel to Boy No More (DB 59432). For grades 6-9. 2005The Bellmaker: A Tale From Redwall (Redwall Ser. #7)
Par Brian Jacques. 1994
Joseph the Bellmaker learns from a dream that his daughter, the warrior mouse Mariel, is in danger. He and his…
companions undertake a journey to find Mariel and help defeat a new menace--Foxwolf Urgan Nagru and his rat hordes, which have overrun the land of Southsward. For grades 5-8. 1994The yellow yacht (A to Z Mysteries Ser. #25)
Par Ron Roy. 2005
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Sammi for his birthday. While they stay at his home in a small…
island country, they help catch thieves who have stolen gold from Sammi's parents, the king and queen of Costra. For grades 2-4. 2005Norman Tuttle on the last frontier: a novel in stories
Par Tom Bodett. 2004
Fifteen short episodes follow Alaskan teen Norman Tuttle from age thirteen to almost sixteen. Living in a small town Norman…
has adventures fishing, falling in love, and being grounded by his parents. For junior and senior high readers. 2004Le mystère des jumelles Barnes (Collection Zèbre)
Par Carole Tremblay. 2011
" Mauvaise nouvelle : Arnaud ne rejoindra pas ses cousins pour les traditionnelles vacances estivales, laissant Victor au milieu d'une…
horde de filles. La situation ne pourrait être pire, à moins que l'adolescent ne s'initie au geocaching, sorte de chasse au trésor moderne. Parti à l'aventure, Victor tombe sur un message crypté, en lien avec la légende des jumelles Barnes; une sombre histoire du XIXe siècle qui raconte le meurtre non élucidé d'une petite fille, et d'un pacte de sang avec une créature diabolique. Or, Victor ne tarde pas à récolter des indices sur un prochain sacrifice et à découvrir l'identité de la victime. Sa soeur en danger, il devra tout mettre en oeuvre pour briser cette malédiction et révéler son mystère. " -- 4e de couvLes mille automnes de Jacob de Zoet
Par David Mitchell. 2012
" Japon, 1799. Dejima, près de Nagasaki, sert de port dattache à la Compagnie néerlandaise des Indes orientales. Jacob de…
Zoet, un jeune clerc ambitieux qui y est envoyé pour redresser les finances troubles de la Compagnie, est vite désemparé devant la corruption ambiante et létrangeté des moeurs. Il croit trouver refuge auprès dOrito, une Japonaise au visage partiellement brûlé. Mais Orito est enlevée puis emprisonnée dans le mystérieux temple Shiranui, où labbé Enomoto garde captives douze femmes dont il a fait ses esclaves. Uzaemon, linterprète de Jacob, lui aussi épris dOrito, partira à la recherche de la jeune femme avec une bande de samouraïs. Navigateur solitaire, Jacob de Zoet sera pris au coeur dun océan houleux où les humains ne sont, en surface, que des pièces sur un jeu de go. " -- 4e de couvFollowing Blue at the Mizzen (DB 49105), Jack Aubrey, now a rear admiral, is ordered to South America. Trouble brews…
when Catholic inhabitants along the coast resent the Protestant crew and the nations they represent. Manuscript unfinished at the author's death in 2000. Afterword by Richard Snow. Strong language. 2004I am David
Par Anne S. Holm, L. W. Kingsland. 2004
A twelve-year-old boy who has spent most of his childhood in a concentration camp seizes an opportunity to escape. Facing…
tremendous obstacles he heads toward Denmark, running by night, stowing away on a boat, hitchhiking, and always fearing recapture. Formerly titled North to Freedom. For grades 5-8. 1963The hero Beowulf
Par Leonard Everett Fisher, Eric A. Kimmel. 2005
A brief retelling of the ancient Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic deeds of Beowulf. Recounts Beowulf's journey to the land…
of the Spear-Danes to combat the slimy-green, scaly monster Grendel. For grades 3-6. 2005Heat wave: Surviving the Fourth Bowl Judgment (Left Behind: The Kids #37)
Par Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins. 2004
As the six-year mark of the Tribulation approaches, a heat wave devastates the world. Reunited in Wisconsin, Judd and Vicki…
grow closer while working together. Then Judd becomes stranded in New Babylon, far from Vicki. Sequel to Ominous Choices (DB 58481). For grades 5-8. 2004The perils of love: Breaking through the Darkness (Left Behind: The Kids #38)
Par Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins. 2004
After the Heat Wave (DB 61768), darkness falls on New Babylon, causing suicides. Vicki and Lionel fly to Petra, where…
Judd joins them and they watch Chloe's statement of faith and televised execution. The Kids celebrate new beginnings with Judd and Vicki's marriage. For grades 5-8. 2004The lion's game (A john Corey Novel Ser. #2)
Par Nelson DeMille. 2000
New York. Former NYPD homicide detective John Corey and his FBI mentor Kate Mayfield are at the airport to meet…
a Libyan terrorist nicknamed "the lion." But the aircraft lands with all passengers dead and the lion missing. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2000The cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends #1)
Par George Selden, Garth Williams. 1960
Lost in New York City, musical country cricket Chester befriends a cat, a streetwise mouse, and young Mario, whose father…
owns a newsstand in the Times Square subway station. While dreaming of home Chester turns the stand into a concert hall to help the family business. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor Book. 1960Betrayal at Cross Creek
Par Kathleen Ernst. 2004
North Carolina, 1775. Twelve-year-old Elspeth and her grandparents, Scottish refugees, feel torn between the warring English loyalists and the colonists.…
After a cousin is killed and her grandfather is arrested, Elspeth must unmask the spy in the family. For grades 4-7. 2004Ghost light on Graveyard Shoal (History Mysteries Ser. #Vol. 21)
Par Elizabeth McDavid Jones. 2003
Glenn Island, Virginia; 1895. Twelve-year-old Rhoda's father operates a U.S. Lifesaving Station where he risks his life to save people…
from shipwrecks. Rhoda becomes suspicious that someone is luring boats into treacherous waters in order to salvage their bounty, and she searches for the culprit. For grades 4-7. 2003The warlord's son
Par Dan Fesperman. 2004
A burned-out war correspondent named Skelly, seeking the scoop of a lifetime meets up with an exiled warlord's quixotic expedition…
to Afghanistan. Guiding Skelly's way is Najeeb, a tribal Pakistani with his own objectives. UnratedWinter of the ice wizard: Magic Tree House (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission #32)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2004
Jack and Annie travel with Teddy and Kathleen to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds to retrieve Merlin's Staff of Strength. But the…
Ice Wizard has already captured Merlin and Morgan and possesses the staff. The Wizard will only exchange them for his missing eye. For grades 2-4. 2004