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Anna Christie
By Eugene O'Neill. 1922
A symbolic play about the daughter of a Swedish boat captain, a cynical young woman who falls in love with…
a brawny Irish seaman. When she confesses that she worked as a prostitute in Minnesota for a time, both her father and her lover repudiate her. The play won a Pulitzer Prize in 1922.Rabbit is rich (Rabbit series. #3.)
By John Updike. 1981
In 1979 Harry (Rabbit) Angstrom finds himself fat, forty-six, and, at long last, affluent. He lives with his wife and…
mother-in-law in Brewer, Pennsylvania, and runs the Toyota dealership that the two women have inherited. For the first time in his life he feels almost happy - until a girl shows up at his shop. Sequel to "Rabbit Redux". Includes strong language and sex. 1981.The bronze bow
By Elizabeth George Speare. 1961
Daniel, a young Jew, joins a brutal band of outlaws to avenge the Roman soldiers who killed his parents and…
destroyed his home. The boy's consuming hatred orders his life until he meets a rabbi from Capernaum named Jesus. Grades 5-8 and older readers. Winner of the 1962 Newbery Medal. 1961.The fixer
By Bernard Malamud. 1966
Based on an actual court case involving the attempt by the Russians to discredit Judaism by trying a Jew for…
a ritualistic murder. The book describes the dehumanizing abuse and torture endured by an innocent man awaiting trial. Winner of the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. 1966.Steppenwolf
By Hermann Hesse. 1927
Harry Haller, considering himself half man, half wolf of the steppes, embodies the conflict between spirit and nature. An indictment…
of Germany between the two World Wars. Nobel Prize 1946. 1955, c1927. Uniform title: Steppenwolf.The house of sixty fathers
By Meindert De Jong. 1956
A small Chinese boy is separated from his family in wartime as their sampan breaks loose from its moorings and…
rushes down the river. When the sampan finally drifts ashore, the little boy finds himself in enemy territory with only his pet pig for comfort. A realistic story based on the author's experience in China during World War II. Grades 5-8. 1956.Shen of the sea: Chinese stories for children
By Arthur Bowie Chrisman. 1953
Arrowsmith
By Sinclair Lewis. 1925
Follows the scientific career of an inquisitive, dedicated physician from medical school and early practice to his work on a…
West Indian island and a directorship of a medical institute. Winner of the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for the novel. 1925.All the king's men (The Modern library of the world's best books, 170)
By Robert Penn Warren. 1953
Bridge to Terabithia
By Katherine Paterson. 1978
The secret river
By Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. 1955
Because her father cannot catch any fish to sell, Calpurnia sets out with her dog, Buggy-horse, to find a secret…
river that will always be full of fish. Grades 2-4. 1956 Newbery Honor book. 1955.Blueberries for Sal
By Robert McCloskey. 1976
One day in Maine, Little Sal goes blueberry picking with her mother. Little Bear also comes with his mother to…
eat blueberries on the other side of the hill. There is quite a mix up when the little ones stray from their mothers. Grades P-2. Caldecott Honor. c1976.My side of the mountain
By Jean Craighead George. 1959
A New York City boy who wants the independent, self-sufficient life of the country runs away to the Catskill Mountains.…
Followed by "On the far side of the mountain" (DC09392). Grades 4-7. 1975, c1959.Gone with the wind
By Margaret Mitchell. 1974
A romantic Civil War epic in which Scarlet O'Hara, a forceful and ruthless heroine, and Rhett Butler, a war profiteer,…
play out their tempestuous love affair against the background of the war-torn South. 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner. 1974, c1936.The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
By Mark Haddon. 2003
This is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and…
has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. Winner 2003 Whitbread Prize. Some strong language. 2003.Mise à feu
By Clara Ysé. 2022
Nine et Gaspard vivent dans la maison de leur mère, l'Amazone. Nouchka, leur pie, veille sur le trio. La nuit…
du réveillon, un incendie ravage le paradis de l'enfance. Le lendemain, le frère et la soeur se réveillent seuls chez leur oncle, l'inquiétant Lord. Ils reçoivent tous les mois une lettre de l'Amazone qui leur dit préparer dans le Sud la nouvelle demeure qui les réunira bientôt. Quel pacte d'amour et de rêve vont-ils nouer pour conjurer l'absence ? Récit magique et cruel, féérie moderne, roman d'initiation et d'aventure, ode à la liberté, à l'adolescence, à la tendresse, aux amitiés qui sauvent, Mise à feu envoûte par son émotion. La douce voix grave de Clara Ysé en décuple la puissance poétique et musicale. Les virgules musicales ont été composées par Camille El Bacha.Celui qui veille
By Louise Erdrich. 2022
Dakota du Nord, 1953. Thomas Wazhashk, veilleur de nuit dans l'usine de pierres d'horlogerie proche de la réserve de Turtle…
Mountain, n'est pas près de fermer l'œil. Il est déterminé à lutter contre le projet du gouvernement fédéral censé « émanciper » les Indiens, car il sait bien que ce texte est en réalité une menace pour les siens. Contrairement aux autres jeunes employées chippewas de l'usine, Pixie, la nièce de Thomas, ne veut pour le moment ni mari ni enfants. Pressée de fuir un père alcoolique, insensible aux sentiments du seul professeur blanc de la réserve comme à ceux d'un jeune boxeur indien, elle brûle de partir à Minneapolis retrouver sa soeur aînée, dont elle est sans nouvelles. Pour « celui qui veille », n'ayant de cesse d'écrire aux sénateurs dans le but d'empêcher l'adoption de la loi, quitte à se rendre lui-même à Washington, comme pour Pixie, qui entreprend le premier voyage de sa jeune existence, un long combat commence. Il va leur révéler le pire, mais aussi le meilleur de la nature humaine. Inspirée par la figure de son grand-père maternel, qui a lutté pour préserver les droits de son peuple, Louise Erdrich nous entraîne dans une aventure humaine peuplée de personnages inoubliables. Couronné par le prix Pulitzer, ce majestueux roman consacre la place unique qui est la sienne dans la littérature américaine contemporaine.The trumpeter of Krakow
By Eric Philbrook Kelly. 1992
The commemoration of an act of bravery and self-sacrifice in Krakow, Poland, saves the lives of a family two centuries…
later. For junior and senior high readers. Newbery Medal winner in 1928. 1992.The Gutenberg galaxy: the making of typographic man
By Marshall McLuhan. 1977
Controversial when first published, this classic book theorizes that the invention of printing has shaped our lives. McLuhan looks at…
politics, economics, philosophy, literature and post-Newtonian physics. Winner of the 1962 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. c1962, 1977.Disgrace
By J. M Coetzee. 1999
A divorced, middle-aged professor finds himself increasingly unable to resist affairs with his female students. When discovered by the college…
authorities he is expected to apologize to save his job, but instead he refuses and resigns, retiring to live with his daughter on her remote farm. 1999 Man Booker Prize. 1999.