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Falling in love with the boss's daughter was just the beginning of trouble for young cowhand Leo Postlewaite. Exile from…
the only home he had ever known, he rides into Denton and into a shoot-out with the infamous outlaw Ignacio McKenna. When Ignacio escapes from custody he rides back to Leo's old haunts and causes trouble for his adopted family. With Imogen held to ransom and Ignacio's gang causing havoc for his former boss Leo is forced to ride into the outlaw's den and face his deadly enemy. 2007.
Sixteen-year-old Terry stows away on a yacht that was stolen by young Mick and is sailing south. Mick is washed…
overboard during a tropical storm. Terry is rescued and held for ransom by an eccentric pirate family that is looking for buried treasure. Senior High. 2000.
Ten short stories that tell of the transition from innocent youth to adulthood. In "Wearing glasses", a shy young girl…
develops a passion for her new teacher. In "Camouflage", a 16-year-old mother gives up her child for adoption. For junior and senior high readers. 1988.
Three beautiful women are suspected of committing a series of brutal murders. The story races from London to Rome, Quebec…
and San Francisco. A startling turn of events leads to the arrest of just one of the three women. 1998.
Purports to be a manuscript written by John Watson describing a case that involved Sherlock Holmes and the world-famous Houdini.…
When the escape artist is accused of espionage and murder, Holmes sets out to prove Houdini innocent. 1985.
George and Harold sabotage the big football game and get into serious trouble with their principal, Mr. Krupp. To get…
out of it, they hypnotize him into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, which is lots of fun until Mr. Krupp begins to think he is Captain Underpants. He leads George and Harold to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen and save the world. Followed by "Captain Underpants and the attack of the talking toilets" (DC22010). Grades 2-4.
Retelling of the Greek epic describing Ulysses' ten-year voyage home after the fall of Troy. Ulysses and his crew encounter…
the deadly Sirens, who bewitch men with their magical songs; the giant man-eating Cyclops; and other strange creatures and unexpected obstacles. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1969.
Alan Jenkins is working late over a stolen Vanden Plas Princess, and taping his report while he does so. Suddenly…
he is blown to pieces. Was the bomb meant for the owner of the car, the head of the Foreign Office's Middle East section? Dr David Audley is not so sure, and the investigation takes him right into the choppy waters of Middle Eastern politics. 1971.
A high-spirited American beauty, Katie O’Malley, is rescued from the icy Atlantic in a storm by Rick Tempest, an English…
officer on the sloop of war, "Kangaroo." Headed for Australia, she believes she has no choice but to accept the love of the man who saved her and try to forget the only man she ever loved, George De Lancey. Sequel to "The explorers", followed by “The colonists”. 1983.
Zipporah Ransome believes she is a sensible, happily married woman until she meets a handsome French stranger. Although they are…
together for only a short time, Gerard's love will affect her whole life. Sequel to "Will you love me in September?". Followed by "Knave of hearts". 1982. (Daughters of England ; 9)
Traces the history of ideas held by economists and social philosophers that have influenced the world in the last two…
hundred years. Based on the BBC series released in 1977. 1977.
Matthias joins Alexander the Great's army after it has conquered the Persian empire and is advancing east into Afghanistan on…
its way to the riches of India. He chronicles his coming-of-age as a soldier as he enacts Alexander's scorch-and-burn strategies, experiences the joys and sorrows of a romance with an Afghan girl, and faces the barbarism of the Afghans, his fellow soldiers, and ultimately himself. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.
Nineteen-year-old Richard Clark agrees to go on a safari in Kenya with his parents. He documents his trip in a…
series of journal entries. Juxtaposed with the hostile environment, the already tense situation becomes explosive: Mom is going insane, Dad drinks compulsively, and Richard is busy getting high on drugs. Descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. Explicit strong language. c2001.
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.
Anne and her best friends Penelope and Hiro are tasked with an unwanted quest that could start a war between…
the Hierarchy and the dragon clan, and so to avoid disaster and save the world, the three friends must face dragon trials, defeat robots, and circumvent bureaucracy. Sequel to "The adventurer's guide to successful escapes". Grades 5-8. 2017.