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By Françoise De Luca. 2015
Quand la voisine italienne sait éteindre toutes les tristesses d'un garçon né dans une famille effrangée, la mère se venge.…
Mais comme pour donner de la force au petit, la voisine l'enchante en cousant des habits aux poignets mousquetaires, en tricotant des pulls au point de riz, des écharpes au point de sable et, pour lui, un bonnet en côtes torsadées. Jusqu'au jour où il délaisse le silence de fossile de sa famille pour découvrir l'ailleurs, la douceur, et se souvenir de l'odeur du tilleul. C'est sur une banquette en cuir dans le bar du restaurant Le Train Bleu que ce garçon devenu homme réalisera toute la détresse provoquée par sa famille. Son incapacité à vivre son histoire avec la belle Sèna est inversement proportionnelle à l'amour qu'il ressent pour elle. Pourquoi la trahit-il ? Peut-il la retrouver ? 2015.By Paul Yee. 2004
Fourteen-year old Bing-wing Chan resents his father not only because the man gambles away all their money, but also because…
he now forces Bing to help him in his gruesome job. Ba is the bone collector, digging up the bones of the deceased Chinese so they can be sent to China. Bing encounters some strange incidents after they dig up a skeleton with no skull, but ghosts, magic and a fortune teller help him find his courage. For junior high readers. 2003.By Alexis Von Konigslow. 2015
Mathematician Emily Kogan's family is good at keeping their secrets. But when she uses her visit to the vacation lodge…
they own to conduct research for a graduate thesis on measuring the influence of interpersonal relationships, she learns far more than she bargained for. During her investigation at the Treasure Island Lodge - a resort that has catered to the Jewish community since the early 1930s, when their clientele would have been turned away from segregated hotels - she discovers long-buried clues to the mystery of her family's true identity, and how old friends, kind neighbours and even the famous Harpo Marx all played their roles in an astonishing tale of ill-fated love, extraordinary courage and a daring transatlantic escape. 2015.By Janette Oke. 1995
Berta Berdette grows increasingly resentful and jealous of her vivacious, outgoing, younger sister Glenna. Berta struggles for her sense of…
self-identity and worth in the eyes of God and her family. Sequel to "Too long a stranger", followed by "A gown of Spanish lace". 1995. (Women of the West ; 10)By Gillian Chan. 2001
Fifteen-year-old Callum has just arrived from Scotland when he hands over his savings to a stranger in exchange for a…
filthy, half-starved dog and a carved box that he has been warned never to open. Callum is unprepared for the grinding physical labour of working on a farm; his only source of comfort is Dog, who seems to know all his secret wishes and fears. Then the mysterious carved box accidentally breaks open, and Callum is faced with some astonishing revelations and difficult decisions. Grades 5-8. 2001.By Bernice Friesen. 2007
1965. James, a half-English, half-Irish boy, is taken on a visit home to Ireland by his mother. She soon decides…
to leave her husband and stay there, and although James is initially traumatized, he eventually becomes close to his uncle and his grandmother. His grandmother decides that James should become a priest, and he studies to do so, only to lose his faith as he enters adulthood. Through it all, James is deeply embittered at his father's apparent abandonment. Explicit descriptions of sex. Strong language. Some descriptions of violence. c2007.By Ann Hood. 2016
Ava's twenty-five-year marriage has fallen apart, and her two grown children are pursuing their own lives outside of the country.…
Ava joins a book group, not only for her love of reading but also out of sheer desperation for companionship. The group's goal throughout the year is for each member to present the book that matters most to them. Ava rediscovers a mysterious book from her childhood--one that helped her through the traumas of the untimely deaths of her sister and mother. Meanwhile Ava's troubled daughter Maggie, who, living in Paris, descends into a destructive relationship with an older man. Ava's mission to find that book and its enigmatic author takes her on a quest that unravels the secrets of her past and offers her and Maggie the chance to remake their lives. 2016.By Suzanne Bugler. 2013
When Rachel and her husband lose their unborn child, feelings of grief and resentment drive them apart. Desperate for empathy,…
Rachel reaches out to a man from her past who's also lost someone, but their relationship soon spirals into a destructive affair. 2013.By Sandra Dallas. 2011
Traces the experiences of three generations of women who live in a Victorian Colorado house, from Nealie, a hired girl…
torn between two suitors; to motherless Pearl, whose grieving father sabotages her happiness; to proud Susan, who resolves to protect the house's secrets and legacy. 2011.By Jacques Couvillon. 2008
When eleven-year-old Don Schmidt wins a chicken-judging contest in his small town of Horse Island, Louisiana and goes from outcast…
to instant celebrity, even his neglectful mother occasionally takes notice of him and eventually he discovers some shocking family secrets. Junior and Senior High. 2008.By Iain Lawrence. 2007
Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are…
taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important new friends and enemies. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The cannibals". 2007.By Iain Lawrence. 2006
Tom Tin and his friend Midgely - with assorted juvenile criminals - escape the ship taking them to serve their…
terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The convicts", followed by "The castaways". 2006.By Louis Sachar. 2010
Seventeen-year-old Alton turns cards for his wealthy uncle Lester, a champion bridge player who lost his vision to diabetes. Alton…
becomes intrigued by his eccentric relative, the game of bridge, and a mysterious girl. Junior and Senior High. 2010.By Gerald Green. 1980
Portrays three generations of the Chains, a Jewish Brooklyn family, from 1919 to 1960. A passionate, streetwise story that begins…
with the founding father of the dynasty, "Crazy Jake" Chain. Strong language. 1980.By Laura Conway. 1974
This is a fictional account of the lives of the six daughters of George III, the "mad king" of England.…
Trapped by fear of disapproval from their father, the young princesses resort to living like nuns, or to secret love affairs. Though cherished and protected, their lives were sad and frustrated. 1974.By A. S Byatt. 2009
Olive Wellwood, a famous writer, writes for each of her children a separate private book, bound in different colours and…
placed on a shelf. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh the children play in a story-book world, but their lives, and those of their rich cousins, children of a city stockbroker, and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the new Victoria and Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. 2009.By Catherine Gaskin. 1988
The three daughters of an acclaimed actor and a famous pianist are part of the charmed circle, a small group…
of people who appear to have everything - talent, fame, beauty, money and power. Even the tragedies which strike their lives seem to bring compensating loves and joys - until the final blow, the shadow of which none of them would ever escape. 1988.By Anne McCaffrey. 1988
A saga of Ireland and the Irish, full of characters and, not least, horses. Cornanagh, the Carradyne family estate, is…
flourishing, and, under the sternly knowledgeable eye of her father, Michael, 13 year old Catriona is growing in stature as a rider. Behind the easy life an emotional abyss is to open however, as her mother slips over the edge into a shadowy world of fanaticism and madness. 1988.By Dewey Lambdin. 2004
British captain Alan Lewrie is sent to 1799 New Orleans in pursuit of pirates. New Orleans seems dominated by seductive…
women, especially the pirate ringleader Charité, who is plotting an insurrection against Louisiana's slothful Spanish rulers that will reunite it with Republican France, and forestall a takeover by the uncouth but energetic Americans. Some strong language. Descriptions of violence. Explicit descriptions of sex. c2004. (Alan Lewrie ; 12)By Betsy Cromer Byars. 1981
The attic is Alfie's refuge when his not very satisfactory life gets too much for him. There he can draw…
the cartoons that are the centre of his existence, a secret world more precious than the one around him, even his friendship with Tree - so called, logically, because he looks like one. When his mother tries to take over the attic, Alfie barricades himself in, determined to sit it out. The solution to his problems is not one he expects. Grades 4-7. 1981.