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By Alice Walker. 1982
The story of two sisters in the harsh segregated world of the Deep South in the early twentieth century. Celie…
has been raped by the man she calls father; her two children are taken away from her; her beloved, younger sister, Nettie, has run away. Celie has no one to talk to but God. Then she meets Shug and discovers not the pain of rivalry but the love and support of women. Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 1986, c1982.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.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.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.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.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.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.By Arthur Bowie Chrisman. 1953
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.By Robert Penn Warren. 1953
By Katherine Paterson. 1978
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.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.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.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.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.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.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.By David A. Robertson. 2017
When Cole Harper returns to Wounded Sky First Nation, he finds his community in chaos: a series of murders, a…
mysterious illness ravaging the population and reemerging questions about Cole's role in the tragedy that drove him away ten years ago. With the aid of an unhelpful spirit, a disfigured ghost, and his two oldest friends, Cole tries to figure out his purpose, and unravel the mysteries he left behind a decade ago. Will he find the answers in time to save his community? For senior high readers. Winner of the 2018 Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction. 2017.By Thomas James Maltman. 2007
Minnesota, 1876. Lonely teenager Asa's aunt Hazel comes to live with his family after a long stay in a mental…
institution. Asa appreciates her company and stories, which teach him about his German-immigrant relatives, their divide over slavery, and Hazel's bond with a Dakota warrior. Violence, some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Alex Award. 2007.