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By Trish Cook. 2018
Seventeen-year-old Katie Price has a rare disease that makes exposure to even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Confined to…
her house during the day, it isn't until after nightfall that Katie's world opens up. Charlie Reed is a former all-star athlete at a crossroads in his life--and the boy Katie has secretly admired from afar for years. When he happens upon her playing guitar one night, fate intervenes and the two embark on a star-crossed romance. For senior high readers. 2018.By Florence Parry Heide, Marina Heide, Bjørn Sortland, Tom Heide. 2015
Frida, 17 ans, apprend qu'elle est atteinte d'une maladie des yeux, et risque de perdre la vue. Elle, qui rêvait…
de visiter l'Italie, décide d'aller à Florence avant qu'il ne soit trop tard. Là-bas, elle rencontre Jakob, 19 ans, norvégien comme elle. Le jeune homme doit écrire des articles sur l'histoire de l'art et parcourt l'Europe pour admirer quelques-uns des 34 tableaux dont il a choisi de parler. Pour Frida, c'est le coup de foudre ! Jakob lui raconte Giotto, Brunelleschi, Raphaël... et elle voudrait qu'il ne s'arrête jamais. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2015.By Eric Walters. 2000
Fourteen-year-old Tadashi his family are forced to abandon their fishing village on the northwest coast of British Columbia and move…
into an internment centre in Vancouver with other Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. For Tadashi, detention becomes both an adventure and a dilemma as he struggles to understand the undercurrents of racism and injustice that have overtaken his life and those of his community. Ruth Schwartz Book Award. Sequel to "War of the eagles." Grades 5-8. 2000.By Julie Lawson. 1996
Eleven-year-old Sam's first visit to the remote west coast of Vancouver Island is not what she expected. She's teased by…
her cousins for being a "city kid", when they're not ignoring her. Then, while exploring the woods on her own, she comes face-to-face with a wild cougar and her two cubs and her summer vacation gets much more exciting. 1996.By Andrea Spalding. 1998
Fifteen-year-old Rowan is sent to spend a summer with her cousins in an isolated area in British Columbia while her…
parents are on assignment in Africa. In an attempt to keep herself busy she decides to camp out on a near-by island to study an endangered group of sea otters. With the help of her family, friends, journalists and a marine biologist Rowan fights for the protection of the otters. Grades 5-8. 1998.By Anique Poitras. 2004
Mandoline, personnage secondaire et amie de Sara dans la trilogie regroupant La lumière blanche, La deuxième vie et La chambre…
d'Éden, est l'héroïne de ce roman. Elle a maintenant 19 ans. Elle a suivi une cure de désintoxication, a repris les études et fréquente les Alcooliques anonymes. Elle vit avec son amie et marraine Claire. Elle rencontre un jeune journaliste, Nicolas Chevalier. Ils tombent amoureux. La vie semble donc bien s'annoncer pour Mandoline, mais elle doit composer avec son lourd passé: les abus sexuels de son ex-beau-père, l'incrédulité malsaine de sa mère, sa période de danseuse nue, la chute dans la drogue et l'alcool... Le texte, narré à la première personne et composé de chapitres courts, est rythmé. Il comprend une bonne dose d'émotion et aborde avec crédibilité le thème de la toxicomanie. -- 4e de couv.By Vicki Grant. 2017
By Sarah Crossan, Brian Conaghan. 2017
Appearances matter to Jess. She's got a lot to hide. Nicu thinks Jess is beautiful but Nicu's parents want to…
go back home to find Nicu a wife. His dad's fists are the most powerful force in Nicu's life, and in the end, he'll have to do what his dad wants. As Nicu and Jess get closer, their secrets come to the surface like bruises. The only safe place they have is with each other. But they can they be together forever? For senior high readers, 2017.By Jennifer E Smith. 2012
Hadley and Oliver fall in love on the flight from New York to London, but after a cinematic kiss they…
lose track of each other at the airport until fate brings them back together on a very momentous day. For senior high readers. 2012.By Karen Rivers. 2011
Dex Pratt's life has been turned upside down: his parents have divorced, his mother has remarried, and his father attempts…
suicide and fails. Dex returns to their small town to care for him, but he's not prepared for his father’s grow-op or his rotting rented house. Unable to cope, Dex begins smoking himself into a state of surrealism. He begins to lose touch with what is real and what he is imagining - and then there are the aliens and the girl-of-his-dreams and the crop circle. Strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. For senior high and older readers. c2011.By Catherine Doyle. 2015
When five brothers move into the abandoned mansion next door, Sophie Gracewell's life changes forever. Irresistibly drawn to bad boy…
Nic Falcone, Sophie finds herself falling into an underworld governed by powerful families. When Sophie's own family skeletons come to life, she must choose between two warring dynasties--the one she was born into, and the one she is falling in love with. For junior and senior high readers. 2015.By Garth Nix, Brenna Yovanoff, Tessa Gratton, Veronica Roth, Rae Carson, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Justina Ireland, Katie Cotugno, Julie Murphy, Bethany Hagen, Brandy Colbert, Sabaa Tahir, Renée Ahdieh, E. K Johnston, Natalie C Parker, L. R Giles. 2017
A collection of sixteen short stories involving love triangles. Includes stories written by Renée Ahdieh, Rae Carson, Brandy Colbert, Katie…
Cotugno, Lamar Giles, Tessa Gratton, Bethany Hagen, Justina Ireland, Alaya Dawn Johnson, E. K. Johnston, Julie Murphy, Garth Nix, Natalie C. Parker, Veronica Roth, Sabaa Tahir, and Brenna Yovanoff. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.By Barbara Delinsky. 1997
Bree Miller, hit by a jeep, recovers after a near-death experience. She remembers being granted three wishes, and decides that…
her biggest desires are for a home, a soul mate and a family. Tom Gates, the reclusive author who was driving the car that struck Bree, helps her through recuperation. When they fall in love, Bree's wishes begin to come true. For senior high and older readers. 1997.By Kate Cann. 1997
Art wants and expects sex - and Coll wants it too. It's not a matter of "if" any longer but…
when and where. Finally they do take the plunge and Coll finds herself caught up in a welter of new emotions. In the midst of powerful and exciting sexual feelings, Coll must keep the rest of her life afloat. Exams, commitments to friends - and trying to get Art to discuss his feelings. Senior high readers. Sequel to "Diving in."By Tillie Cole. 2023
Un baiser dure un instant. Mille baisers durent une éternité. Poppy et Rune sont amoureux depuis l'enfance. Ils pensaient que…
rien ni personne ne pourrait jamais les séparer. Jusqu'au jour où Rune doit rentrer en Norvège... Alors qu'ils s'étaient promis de s'attendre sans jamais s'oublier, Poppy cesse de répondre aux appels de Rune. Ce dernier a le sentiment qu'on lui a arraché le cœur. Pourquoi avoir coupé les ponts, sans raison, sans explications ? Inclus un chapitre bonusBy Jacqueline Woodson. 1998
A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature…
Jacqueline Woodson--now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and including a new preface by the authorJeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock, and after that they know they fit together--even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. Jacqueline Woodson's work has been called “moving and resonant” (Wall Street Journal) and “gorgeous” (Vanity Fair). If You Come Softly is a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering "why" and "if only . . ."By B. G. Thomas. 2000
Blue McCoy has lived on the streets for a long time, surviving by his wits and doing what he must,…
and he’s not above using his youthful appearance and air of innocence to his advantage. It’s not an easy life, but he’s happy. He has everything he really needs: the clothes on his back, a house to squat in, a sweet dog. Everything except that special someone to love him. Six months ago, John Williams’s wife left him because she was bored. “Even your *name* is boring” were her last words to him before she walked out. Now he’s by himself in a big house, trying to figure out what direction his life should take. He’s never been so alone. A chance encounter sets John on a new path, a path that becomes clearer when loneliness sends him to a local animal shelter to get a dog—and he finds an angel instead. An angel named Blue. A crisis brings them together, but it is something else that keeps them there. Could it be love? A love that can forever end two men's deep loneliness and bring them the support and sense of belonging they've searched for all their lives?By Michele Bacon. 2016
Seventeen years is a long time to keep secrets, and Xander Fife has gotten very good at it.Everyone believes Xander…
has a normal life and a normal family. If he can just get through this summer, he’ll start his real life in college with a clean slate-no risk, no drama, no fear.Even better, his plans for summer are awesome: lots of pick-up soccer, relaxing afternoons with friends, and an epic road trip. Xander is banking on some long-overdue nights with his ideal girlfriend, the amazing Gretchen Taylor.Instead of kicking off what had promised to be an amazing summer, however, graduation day brings terror. His family’s secrets are thrust out into the open, and Xander must confront his greatest fear. And survive doing so.Armed with a fake ID, cash, and a knife, Xander skips town and assumes a new identity. Hundreds of miles from home and in danger, one thing is clear: Xander’s real life is already in progress and just getting through it isn’t enough.By Brianna Shrum. 2018
Seventeen-year-old Carter Lane has wanted to be a chef since she was old enough to ignore her mom’s warnings to…
stay away from the hot stove. And now she has the chance of a lifetime: a prestigious scholarship competition in Savannah, where students compete all summer in Chopped style challenges for a full-ride to one of the best culinary schools in the country. The only impossible challenge ingredient in her basket: Reid Yamada. After Reid, her cute but unbearably cocky opponent, goes out of his way to screw her over on day one, Carter vows revenge, and soon they are involved in a full-fledged culinary war. Just as the tension between them reaches its boiling point, Carter and Reid are forced to work together if they want to win, and Carter begins to wonder if Reid’s constant presence in her brain is about more than rivalry. And if maybe her desire to smack his mouth doesn’t necessarily cancel out her desire to kiss it.By Rebecca Christiansen. 2017
Keira Braidwood lands in Paris with her autistic brother, Levi, and high hopes. Levi has just survived a suicide attempt…
and months in the psych ward-he’s ready for a dose of the wider world. Unlike their helicopter mom and the doctors who hover over Levi, Keira doesn’t think Levi’s certifiable. He’s just . . . quirky. Always has been.Those quirks quickly begin to spoil the trip. Keira wants to traipse all over Europe; Levi barely wants to leave their grubby hotel room. She wants to dine on the world’s cuisine; he only wants fast food. Levi is one giant temper tantrum, and Keira’s ready to pull out her own hair.She finally finds the adventure she craves in Gable, a hot Scottish bass player, but while Keira flirts in the Paris Catacombs, Levi’s mental health breaks. He disappears from their hotel room and Keira realizes, too late, that her brother is sicker than she was willing to believe. To bring him home safe, Keira must tear down the wall that Levi’s sickness and her own guilt have built between them.