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Alex and Sam, two 10-year-old girls both going to Guelph for the summer, decide to switch places so athletic Sam…
can ride horses and quiet Alex can stay with the woman who runs a bookstore. Neither the horse people nor the book lady have met the girls, so even though each girl slips up a few times, things work out fine - until important news intended for Alex comes to Sam first. Grades 3-6. 2005.
Blue Van Meer, erudite daughter of an itinerant professor, settles into Stockton, North Carolina, for her senior year in an…
elite high school. But she is unprepared for the death of a favourite teacher and some startling truths about her own family. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. Bestseller. 2006.
A look at the lives of 50 women explorers and their journeys, drawing upon diaries and letters. Dissatisfied with the…
lives prescribed for them in the late Victorian era, they sought new horizons. From West Africa to Sarawak and the Rockies, their travels brought freedom and earned respect back home. 1989.
As the Malloreon saga continues, Garion, Belgarath, Polgara, and Ce'Nedra are in pursuit of the evil sorceress Zandramas. She has…
kidnapped Garion's infant son with plans to use him in an unspeakable ritual. They must battle the army of the demon lord Nahaz and the forces of Emperor Zakath as they continue on toward the Place Which Is No More and a showdown with Zandramas. Sequel to "Demon Lord of Karanda" (DC29081). 1990. (Malloreon ; 4)
Lincoln Kumalo has spent 25 years in a South African prison. In need of an operation for cancer, he is…
sent to the clinic of a renowned surgeon, but the plan is revealed as a plot to kill him. Includes strong language. 1988.
There's a death in the family. It's hard to grow up normally when Grandfather rides a white horse and wields…
a scythe, especially when you have to take over the family business and everyone mistakes you for the Tooth Fairy and especially when you have to face the new, addictive music that's entered the Discworld. It's lawless; it changes people; it's called "Music With Rocks In". 1994.
Colonial Singapore in the 1920s. Four young people struggle to make a life for themselves against a background of uncertainty…
and confusion. Alex seeks any challenge to compensate for his lack of freedom in a privileged home; his sister, Lydia, is over-protected. Martin has ended the war in shell-shock and into their lives comes the emancipated daughter of a risqué novelist. 1988.
Kramer of the Trekkersburg police and his Zulu sergeant investigate the death of a stripper and the uncanny speed with…
which two ruthless men had been gunning down small traders in a black township. 1975.
The young bard Kenofer and his sister were among the survivors of a terrible earthquake that devastated Kalliste in 1450…
BC. There followed many years of wandering before they found a new home. Junior High. 1978.
Mike Bastian must take over the reins of his father's outlaw gang. Soon he finds himself caught between the jealousy…
of other gang members, the growing love he feels for an innocent girl, and the relentless pursuit of two lawmen. Descriptions of violence and some strong language. 1984.
A series of historical vignettes portrays the challenges faced by pro-slavery and pro-emancipation settlers in the Kansas Territory before the…
Civil War. The connected episodes present a saga of westward expansion through 1876. Sequel to "Tallgrass" (DC19246). 1998.
In a futuristic war-torn region of Virginia, former soldier Jack Randall works as a guard on a spares farm, where…
cloned humans are kept to provide replacement parts for their originals. When Randall absconds with seven of the "spares," they are pursued through a nearby megamall. Strong language and violence. 1997.
In the world of Sorrow's Knot, the dead do not rest easy. Every patch of shadow might be home to…
something hungry, something deadly. Most of the people live on the sunlit, treeless prairies. But a few carve out an uneasy living in the forest towns, keeping the dead at bay with wards made from magically knotted cords. The women who tie these knots are called binders. And Otter's mother, Willow, is one of the greatest binders her people have ever known. But Willow does not want her daughter to lead the lonely, heavy life of a binder, so she chooses another as her apprentice. For junior high and older readers. 2013.
Crystal must choose between her dream of becoming the first college student in her family, or keeping a promise to…
her twin sister, Amber, to raise together the baby one had in high school. For senior high readers. 2016.
If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you? Erin is a documentary filmmaker…
on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water...? Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares? Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. After all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events...? Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave? Wonder no longer. Bestseller. 2018.
The authors, who interviewed over 300 women serving in the United States Navy, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines,…
offer information for those thinking of joining and those already in the service. Topics discussed include discrimination, sexual harassment, training, education and benefits. c1988.
French journalist chronicles the landmark achievements of humankind's space ventures from Yuri Gagarin's inaugural flight and Neil Armstrong's first steps…
on the moon to twenty-first-century Mars probes. Discusses Russian and American missions, technological developments, the International Space Station, challenges posed by deep space exploration, and more. 2000. Uniform title: Odyssée de l'espace.
Kipling's autobiography was his last work and has not received the attention it deserves. Thomas Pinney's edition of the work…
is an attempt to change that. Two of the additional items presented here, Kipling's Indian diary of 1884 and the illustrations he made for his autobiographical writing, reflect upon or complicate the narrative. This edition will shed new light on Kipling. 1990.