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By Jean Gervais. 1996
Sébastien éprouve des problèmes à l'école, chez lui et ailleurs : il est hyperactif. L'auteur trace le portrait, décrit le…
comportement de celui qui souffre d'un tel trouble. Un mot d'une dizaine de pages à l'intention des parents et des éducateurs complète cette présentation. Années 3-6.By Ruby Karp. 2017
Sixteen-year-old feminist, comedian, and journalist addresses issues every teen faces, by sharing her own experiences with humor and wit. She…
advises teens on relationships, social media, feminism, colleges, and more. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2017By Lynne Hinton. 2018
Divorced Forest Service worker Kate is an avid birder. She impulsively climbs a pine tree and decides not to come…
down. People in town think Kate is protesting a local developer, a reporter wants her story, a deputy tries to talk her down, and Kate just wants a new perspective. 2018By Gustavo Mazali, Jennifer Moore-Mallinos. 2013
When siblings learn that their father has lost his job, they launch Operation Save to cut expenses and help their…
family. Offers tips on ways parents can include their kids in family decisions and discusses changes caused by unemployment. For grades K-3. 2012A compelling, original, evocative young adult fantasy novel for all ages I am the daughter of winter. My people are…
strong and unbending as ice. I was born with the frozen winds sweeping through my hair, with snow dusted across my skin. I am. I am. I am . . . For Aeryn, a girl born to the remote, wintry Ice Crown region of Ilirya, the outside world is a fantasy: a series of wonderful stories told by occasional passing travelers. She never imagines anything for her life beyond following in her parents' footsteps. But the discovery that she has the rare gift of magic shatters her isolated world. Aeryn can create and tame fire. It's an intoxicating, raw, and thrilling power, but it also sets her apart. And her gift attracts attention. She is whisked from her home in the wilds to train at Windhall University and master her magic. There, Aeryn slowly learns the truth about the real world, with its strange mix of people and powers, and so many intertwining threads of shadows and light. She's drawn to unattainable Lyse, a beautiful healer in training who makes Aeryn's heart soar. But she also senses a creeping darkness all around that could threaten the future of the kingdom itselfNot three months ago, I'd been a daughter of the Ice Crown, the lands of snow and ice. Everything I…
had, everything I was, existed in a tiny world of its own, a single snowflake in a snowstorm. And then, like a candle blown out by careless lips, all of it had been extinguished in an instant. The kingdom is under threat. A secret, desperate plot to change the course of history has been hatched in dark rooms. Aeryn, a young student war mage from an isolated land of ice, has the powerful gift of fire. To save her world, she must draw around her a small group of fellow mages and allies at Windhall University. At her side is the beautiful healer in training, Lyse, who holds her heart. In front of her is nothing but questions, fears, and impossible decisions. Conspirators are everywhere, shifting shadows that she can barely see. The longer it takes for Aeryn to find the answers, the more people will die. Her choices might cost her everything. Does she have the strength to do what needs to be done? Can Aeryn protect a kingdom she may not even want to save?By Susan Trott. 1995
By C. D. Payne. 2001
The story covers six hectic months in the life of 14-year-old Oakland native and precocious diarist Nick Twisp - who…
struggles to make sense out of high school, deal with his divorced parents, and lose his virginity. In a series of bizarre adventures, he is transformed from a computer-hacking, book-reading teen into a rebel with a libidinous cause. Nick relies increasingly on his tough alter ego, Francois Dillinger, creating an active fantasy life. For high school and adult. Descriptions of sex, strong language, and violence. 1995By John Welwood. 1992
By Alvin Schwartz, Victoria Chess. 1991
By Jane Langton. 2001
Young Edward Hall receives from his uncle Prince Krishna a set of five stereoscope cards labeled Temples of the World.…
When Eddy grabs the tasseled rope in the picture, he finds himself inside the stereoscope world, and his sister Eleanor follows quickly after him. For grades 4-7. 1971By Steve Björkman, Jay McGraw. 2008
Describes verbal, physical, and online bullying and suggests ways to stop it. Discusses reasons some kids harass others, explains the…
damage such abuse can cause, and offers tips for handling threatening individuals. Also informs parents and teachers regarding their responsibility to help students. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2008By Sharon Dennis Wyeth. 2002
June 1858 to March 1859. Nine-year-old Corey Birdsong and his family, fugitive slaves from Kentucky, settle into their new life…
of freedom in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. Corey makes friends, goes to school for the first time, and rescues Mingo--an old friend. For grades 2-4. 2002By Lynda Madaras, Paul Gilligan. 2008
Explains what boys go through when puberty begins, which can occur as early as age eight or as late as…
age fifteen. Discusses gaining height, weight, and strength; growing body hair; and experiencing changes in sexual organs, including having more erections. For grades 4-7. 2008By Michael Burgan, Compass Point Books, Compass Point Books Staff. 2007
Provides an overview of social customs in modern Israel where people of varied religious, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds live together…
in a small country. Discusses schools, dress, food, religious practices, mandatory military service, and sports and other activities from a teen perspective. For grades 6-9. 2007By Said Hyder Akbar, Susan Burton, Said Akbar. 2005
Provides an insider's view of the post-Taliban Afghanistan government. The author describes his father's return to Afghanistan in December 2001,…
as President Hamid Karzai's spokesman and later governor of Kunar province, and his own experiences while spending summers there beginning in 2002. For senior high and older readers. 2005By Edward M. Hallowell, Catherine A. Corman. 2006
Profiles seventeen adults with attention deficit disorder--ADD--who use its special qualities to achieve success. Includes biographies of political advisor James…
Carville, professional athletes, a police officer, a Rhodes scholar, a physician, entrepreneurs, and others. Written by authors who have children with ADD. For junior and senior high readers. 2006By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Bill Nye, Bryn Barnard. 2005
Scientist from television show explains bacteria, viruses, germs, immune systems, vaccinations, and epidemics. Provides twelve step-by-step experiments that use common…
household materials to demonstrate the scientific facts discussed in each chapter. For grades 3-6. 2005By Marlo Morgan. 1999
Australia, 1930s. Aboriginal twins are taken from their mother at birth and raised separately outside their culture. Beatrice becomes a…
church ward, Geoff is adopted by Americans. Years pass before Beatrice reconnects with her brother, then in a California jail. Companion to Mutant Message Down Under (RC 39560). Some violence. 1998By Flora Rheta Schreiber. 1995
The history-making case of Sybil Isabel Dorsett, a woman with multiple personality disorder and sixteen different identities. Bestselling account chronicles…
eleven years of psychoanalysis, hypnosis, and treatment sessions with Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, who assisted Sybil in identifying the causes of her illness. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1973