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Crazy for you
Par Jennifer Crusie. 1999
Art teacher Quinn is bored, but her live-in boyfriend Bill, the high school coach, is happy and wants to marry.…
After Quinn adopts a stray dog against Bill's wishes, she moves out, buys a house, and tries to seduce her ex-brother-in-law. Bill, however, can't let go. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexTessa: roman (Bibliothèque étrangère)
Par Margaret Kennedy. 2006
La fragile Tessa, quinze ans à peine, aime en secret le compositeur Lewis Dodd, un élève de son père Albert…
Sanger, musicien anglais de génie. Mais Lewis ne voit en elle que la petite fille qu'il a toujours connue. Sur un coup de tête, il épouse la belle, riche et impérieuse Florence, pour s'apercevoir très vite que son mariage est un échec. Il réalise alors que la seule à vraiment le comprendre, la seule dont il ne peut se passer, c'est la jeune Tessa... Publié en Angleterre en 1924 sous le titre La nymphe au coeur fidèle, ce roman a très vite connu un énorme succès. Traduit dans le monde entier, il a inspiré trois films à Hollywood et Jean Giraudoux l'a adapté au théâtre sous le nom de Tessa. -- 4e de couvMoving as one
Par Elizabeth Rees. 1998
Pennsylvania high school junior Sophy Bartlett realizes her plans to be a ballerina are in jeopardy when the Ballet Academy…
has to close for financial reasons. But she also hates the alternative: Carlos Vargas's suggestion that the institution should merge with the ballroom dance school he attends. For junior and senior high readersLight in August: the corrected text
Par William Faulkner. 1932
Joe Christmas, an orphan of mixed blood, travels to the South, seeking a place and people with whom he can…
belong. But he is soon hardened by white and black bigotryThe learning tree
Par Gordon Parks. 1963
The story of a black family living in a small Kansas town during the 1920s, when African Americans were relegated…
to second-class citizenship and terrorized by racial violence. Adolescent Newt experiences his first romance, tangles with the town tough, and wrestles with his awe of death. Strong language and violence. For high school and older readersThe velveteen rabbit, or How toys become real: The Classic Children's Book
Par Margery Bianco. 1922
A velveteen rabbit stuffed with sawdust learns from an older toy that a child's love can make him real. Rabbit…
happily experiences the joy of this love and at last learns of another kind of reality. For grades 2-4 and older readersFaraway summer
Par Johanna Hurwitz. 1998
In 1910, orphaned Dossi, twelve, lives with her seamstress sister, Ruthi, in a New York tenement. Ruthi signs Dossi up…
for a Fresh Air Fund vacation on a Vermont farm. Dossi knows the family members are puzzled by her Jewish customs, but she can't understand why the daughter is so unfriendly to her. For grades 5-8The age of innocence
Par Edith Wharton. 1996
A novel of manners set in New York society in the 1870s, an age of convention, propriety, and tribal solidarity.…
Newland Archer is torn between his attraction to Countess Olenska, a femme fatale, and his security in a bland, but proper, marriage to her cousin May. Pulitzer Prize. 1920The trial
Par Franz Kafka. 1998
On his thirtieth birthday, Josef K., a conscientious bank official, is arrested in his lodgings on unstated charges. He is…
constantly thwarted in his attempts to clarify his situation even in court. A new translation by Breon Mitchell based on the restored 1914 textMystery at Moorsea Manor (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1999
Nancy Drew and her girlfriend George are vacationing in England, enjoying horseback riding in the country. There they discover that…
a series of deadly pranks are forcing the inn into bankruptcy. The duo investigate in order to help the owners stay in business. For grades 4-7. 1999Honor's pledge
Par Kristen Heitzmann. 1998
Seventeen-year-old Abigail Martin falls in love with southerner Montgomery Farrel, who has moved to Colorado after the Civil War. He…
returns her love but is committed by oath to another. Abigail trusts in God to find a solution. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 1998The house of the seven gables
Par Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1995
The fortunes of the Pyncheon family of New England have declined through the generations, leaving them in a decaying house…
with little money. Interactions among family members are based on past mistakes and misdeeds that now dictate their lives. But love can change everything. 1851Don't die, my love
Par Lurlene McDaniel. 1995
High school juniors Julie and Luke have known each other for years and are in love. Luke is the star…
football player and Julie's father is his coach. Julie is waiting to see where Luke gets a football scholarship so she can apply to the same school. Then Luke is diagnosed with cancer. For junior and senior high readersJack 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 5-8Stands a Calder man
Par Janet Dailey. 1983
Montana, 1909. With the passing of the Enlarged Homestead Act, newcomers threaten the old way of ranching. Webb Calder resists…
the immigrants fencing in the range. Then he falls in love with one of their wives. Sequel to This Calder Range (BR 13464). Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 1983Falling up: poems and drawings
Par Shel Silverstein. 1996
A collection of brief and humorous poems featuring silly situations and a gallery of zany characters. You will see the…
world from "a different angle" as you meet the Terrible Toy-Eating Tookle, attend the "Rotten Convention," and visit Hungry Kid Island. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerThe smuggler's treasure (History Mysteries, American Girl)
Par Sarah Buckey. 1999
1814. Eleven-year-old Elisabet Holder travels from Boston to New Orleans to live with relatives after her father, a ship's captain,…
is captured by the British during the War of 1812. There she stumbles upon a treasure map that could provide her father's ransom. For grades 4-7. 1999Come back, Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Level 2 Ser.)
Par Peggy Parish. 1995
Amelia Bedelia cannot keep a job because she does exactly as she is instructed. For example, as an office clerk…
Amelia jumps up and down on letters that she is asked to stamp. For K-3The 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 readersSammy the seal (I Can Read Level 1 Ser.)
Par Syd Hoff. 1959
Eager to try life outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the…
children but decides that, after all, home is best. For grades K-3. 1959