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The first quarter of the moon
By Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.The fashion committee: a novel of art, crime, and applied design
By Susan Juby. 2017
Charlie Dean is a style-obsessed girl who eats, sleeps, and breathes fashion. John Thomas-Smith is a boy who forges metal…
sculptures in his garage and couldn't care less about clothes. But they share one thing in common: both are gunning for a scholarship to the private art high school that could make all their dreams come true. And whoever wins the fashion competition will win the scholarship. Told in the alternating voices of Charlie's and John's fashion journals which they're required to keep for the contest, this tale perfectly captures what it's like to have an artistic passion so fierce that nothing--not your dad's girlfriend's drug-addicted ex-boyfriend, a soul-crushing job at Salad Stop, or being charged with a teensy bit of kidnapping--can stand in your way. For senior high readers. 2017.The Confessions of Nipper Mooney: a novel
By Ed Kavanagh. 2001
On a beautiful morning out in the meadow, Nipper Mooney experiences both the phenomenon of lost time and the death…
of his father. Soon he is sent to All Angels, a rigid Catholic school where Nipper, a sensitive and inquisitive boy, only finds more questions. He survives this claustrophobic and often violent world by becoming a reader, a dreamer, and developing a scrappy toughness, as he journeys through the beauties and horrors of childhood. Some strong language. 2001.The healing time of hickeys
By Karen Rivers. 2003
Sixteen-year-old Haley is in her last year of high school, and she likes to think she's just a normal girl,…
plagued with all the normal teenage problems. But then disaster strikes: she comes down with the chickenpox and no one will speak to her. Worse still, her hippie dad is in trouble with the law. Junior and senior high readers. 2003.The host: a novel
By Stephenie Meyer. 2009
The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their…
bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Includes strong language, sex and violence. 2009.The Gryphon project
By Carrie Mac. 2009
In the future, the Chrysalis Corporation can bring people back to life, called a "recon", when they fall victim to…
an early death. Due to a premature birth and a drowning accident at the age of six, teenager Phoenix has already been brought back to life twice, leaving her with only one more recon and a jaded perspective on life, death, and the people around her. When Phoenix's beloved brother Gryphon has a suspicious accident and may not be reconned, she races to solve the mystery of Gryphon's death and save his life. For junior and senior high readers. Some strong language. c2009.The dark days of Hamburger Halpin
By Josh Berk. 2010
When Will Halpin transfers from his all-deaf school into a mainstream Pennsylvania high school, he faces discrimination and bullying, but…
still manages to solve a mystery surrounding the death of a popular football player in his class. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2010.The city & the city
By China Mieville. 2010
When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge…
of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything he could have imagined. Soon his work puts him and those he cares for in danger. Borlú must travel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own, across a border like no other. Strong language. 2010.The body of Christopher Creed
By Carol Plum-Ucci. 2000
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of…
the class outcast. As he searches for answers, he analyzes his own behaviour and discovers secrets in the victim's family. Some strong language. For Senior High readers. Michael L. Printz Honor. c2000.Terminus radieux: roman (Fiction & cie)
By Antoine Volodine. 2014
" Taïga sombre et immense, steppes infinies la Deuxième Union soviétique s'écroule et la Sibérie, dévastée par des accidents nucléaires,…
est inhabitable. Entourés de paysages grandioses, des soldats fantômes et d'inquiétantes princesses s'obstinent à poursuivre le rêve soviétique. Désormais le centre du monde a un nom, Terminus radieux, un kolkhoze dont la pile atomique s'est enfoncée sous terre. Solovieï, le président du village, met ses pouvoirs surnaturels au service de son rêve de toute-puissance. Assisté par l'immortelle Mémé Oudgoul, il règne en maître sur le destin des hommes et des femmes qui ont atterri là. Non loin du kolkhoze passe une voie ferrée où circule un unique convoi. Prisonniers et militaires cherchent en vain le camp où leur errance prendra fin. Mais, là encore, Solovieï ordonne l'histoire. Il leur faudra attendre des milliers d'années pour que s'éteigne sa présence dans leur cauchemar. " -- 4e de couv.Straight punch
By Monique Polak. 2014
Tessa McPhail has a bad habit—tagging—that lands her at New Directions, an alternative school in Montreal’s toughest neighborhood. The school…
is far from Tessa’s home and full of troubled kids. To make matters worse, half of every school day is devoted to boxing. The other students think boxing is cool. Not Tessa, who cannot handle violence of any kind. But when a neighbour starts a petition to have New Directions closed down, Tessa discovers something worth fighting for, both in and out of the ring. For junior and senior high readers. 2014.Stranger: A Novel
By David Bergen. 2016
Íso, a young Guatemalan woman working at a fertility clinic, becomes the secret lover of the resident American doctor, Eric…
Mann. But Dr. Mann decides to return to the US, and before Íso can tell Dr. Mann that she is pregnant, he is gone. After the birth of her daughter, the baby is taken from her. The director of the clinic informs Íso that her child is in America. Determined to reclaim her stolen daughter, Íso makes her way north through Mexico, eventually crossing illegally into a United States divided into military zones. Travelling without documentation, and with little money, Íso descends into a world full of danger. In a place of shifting boundaries, Íso must determine who she can trust and how much, aware that she might lose her daughter forever. 2016.Stitches
By Glen Huser. 2003
When Travis transfers to a new school, he becomes a big target for his old nemesis Shon and his thug…
friends. Maybe it's because Travis lives in a trailer park with his gentle aunt, his uncle Miserable Mike, and lots of little cousins while his country-and-western singer mother is on the road. Or maybe it's because he loves to sew, wants to be a professional puppeteer, and his best friend is a girl, Chantelle, who comes from an even stranger family than he does. Some strong language. For junior high readers. Winner of the 2003 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 2003.Starclimber
By Kenneth Oppel. 2008
Paris. Matt Cruse is looking forward to spending time with Kate de Vries over the summer, but first he is…
attacked and then Kate's parents summon her home. Things look up when the Canadian government makes an exciting offer to them both - Canada wants to reach space first, and the Canadian Minister of Air wants Kate to join the first expedition as an expert in aerial zoology. There's a place for Matt, too - if he can pass the gruelling tests to become one of the world's first astralnauts onboard the incredible ship Starclimber. For junior and senior high readers. Sequel to "Skybreaker" (DC27968). Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2008.Specials (Uglies series ; #3)
By Scott Westerfeld. 2006
Fifteen-year-old Tally from "Pretties" (DC29400), her boyfriend Zane, and their boss Shay have been reconstructed into super-strong paramilitary "specials." When…
they are sent to capture rebels who want to return to an unaltered state of mind, part of Tally wants to resist her programming. Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. Followed by "Extras" (DC32654). 2006. (Uglies series ; 3)Special topics in calamity physics
By Marisha Pessl. 2006
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.Someday Angeline
By Louis Sachar. 1983
Angeline could read the first time she picked up a book and play the piano without lessons. But being smart…
means that the mean kids in school call her a freak, her teacher finds her troublesome, and even her own father doesn't know what to do with her. Angeline just wants the chance to be herself, but it's only when she makes friends with a boy the kids call "Goon" and the teacher they call "Mr. Bone" that she gets that chance. Grades 4-7. c1983.Shadow season: a novel
By Tom Piccirilli. 2009
Ex-cop Finn was left blind by violence, but he can still see the body of his wife, Dani, and a…
crime scene that won't fade from his mind's eye. Now a professor, Finn learns that an isolated girls' prep school can be every bit as dangerous as city streets when he stumbles upon a local girl lying in a graveyard during a raging blizzard. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.Roid rage
By Lesley Choyce. 1999
When Craig makes first string on his high school football team, he is surprised to learn that his best friend…
Ray has also made the team and has become the best player on the field. Craig soon discovers Ray's secret, and begins taking steroids too. However, he begins to experience side effects, including periods of rage. Now he must come clean with his coach and family and convince Ray his health is in danger. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.Rex Zero, the king of nothing (Rex Zero Ser.)
By Tim Wynne-Jones. 2007
Rex and his friends begin grade six against the backdrop of the 1962 Ban the Bomb protests on Parliament Hill,…
but other problems capture Rex's attention - a bully for a teacher, his father's sadness over Remembrance Day, not to mention dad's secret stash of photographs and letters - written in German. Then Rex finds a lost address book whose owner is Natasha, the victim of an abusive husband. Though he wishes he had heroic powers to help her, Rex finds all the answers in his own ingenuity and with the help of good friends. Grades 4-7. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.