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By Boualem Sansal. 2011
Né en 1949 d'une mère prostituée, Yazid est élevé par sa grand-mère, maquerelle, jusqu'à ses 8 ans. Puis il retourne…
chez sa génitrice, rue Darwin, à Alger, jusqu'à la guerre d'indépendance. Il est ensuite forcé d'émigrer à l'étranger. A la mort de sa mère, il retourne à Alger et se remémore son enfance. Livre comportant de la violence. c2011.By Pamela L Laskin. 2017
Ronit, an Israeli girl, lives on one side of the fence. Jamil, a Palestinian boy, lives on the other side.…
Only miles apart but separated by generations of conflict--much more than just the concrete blockade between them. Their fathers, however, work in a distrusting but mutually beneficial business arrangement, a relationship that brings Ronit and Jamil together. And lightning strikes. The kind of lightning that transcends barrier fences, war, and hatred. The teenage lovers fall desperately into the throes of forbidden love, one that would create an irreparable rift between their families if it were discovered. But a love this big can only be kept secret for so long. Ronit and Jamil must face the fateful choice to save their lives or their loves, as it may not be possible to save both. For senior high readers. 2017.By Barry Unsworth. 1992
A tale of the mid-eighteenth-century slave trade. In 1752, William Kemp has a cargo ship built to transport slaves from…
Africa to the West Indies. Shipboard life is terrifying. The ship is becalmed, the crew and slaves sicken and die, the ship's doctor leads a mutiny, and the remaining crew and slaves find shelter on the uninhabited coast of Florida. Some violence. Booker Prize 1992.By Calvin A Ramsey, Gwen Strauss. 2011
When Ruth and her parents take a motor trip from Chicago to Alabama to visit her grandma, they rely on…
a pamphlet called "The Negro Motorist Green Book" to find places that will serve them. Includes facts about "The Green Book." Grades K-3. 2011.By Mahbod Seraji. 2009
A 17-year-old boy in Tehran finds his rooftop the perfect escape for taking in the night sky, smoking cigarettes and…
catching occasional glimpses of his beautiful neighbour. But when his lofty perch allows him to witness the brutality of the regime under which he lives, everything changes for the boy and those close to him. 2009.By Lori Lansens. 2002
Adelaide Shadd was born in southwestern Ontario in the first decade of the 20th century in an all-black town settled…
by fugitive slaves. Tragedy strikes more than once but she endures. Now an old woman, she lives a quiet existence in a trailer park not far from her birthplace. When five-year-old Sharla Cody is abandoned on her doorstep, she is forced to relive the unbearable sorrows of her past. Some descriptions of sex. 2002.By Uri Orlev, Hillel Halkin. 2003
Eight-year-old Srulik escapes from Warsaw's Jewish ghetto and survives the rest of the war in Nazi-occupied Poland by pretending to…
be a Christian. After the war, having lost an arm, he reaffirms his original faith. Some violence. Grades 5-8. 2003. Uniform title: Ruts, yeled, ruts.By Sorj Chalandon. 2011
L'auteur se glisse ici dans la peau de Tyrone Meehan, un traître. Sur trois générations, il raconte la vie de…
cet homme originaire d'Irlande du Nord, qui a grandi entre un père violent et une mère qui ploie sous le fardeau des naissances et de la misère. La haine des Anglais, très tôt enseignée par le père, pousse le jeune Tyrone dans l'IRA. Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française 2011.By Eduardo Manet. 1996
En 1959, Edelmiro Sargats, inquiet de la révolution castriste, émigre à Miami, emmenant sa femme Magdalena et son jeune fils…
Julian. Julian, qui va être le narrateur de cette histoire, poursuit ses études à Harvard et revient à Miami, pour y retrouver sa mère, alcoolique et droguée, ainsi que son père qui donne des dîners pour les émigrés cubains. Au cours d'un meeting anticastriste, il rencontre Emma Alvarez, fille d'un commandant emprisonné à La Havane par Castro. Il l'épousera. Les destins croisés des deux familles Sargats et Alvarez forment la trame du roman. Parmi ces personnages pittoresques, on a la surprise de découvrir un travesti. C'est que l'exil de tous ces Cubains à Miami, pendant ces dizaines d'années, jusqu'en 1995, perturbe leur esprit et leur coeur. Les victimes, les dupes, les chimériques et les traîtres se côtoient, vivant moins d'espoirs que d'illusions.By Kevin Kwan. 2017
When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside.…
but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake a claim on their matriarch's massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park, a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore, Nicholas's childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by her ex-husband, a man hell bent on destroying Astrid's reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to China's second richest man, billionaire Jack Bing, still feels second best next to her new step-daughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing. A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong's most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace, caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan's hilarious, gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems. Sequel to "China Rich Girlfriend". 2017.By Lutishia Lovely. 2010
The young Reverend Nate Thicke has made quite the reputation for himself, but when he falls in love and gets…
married, he swears to become a one-woman man. Most of his congregation forgives him for his past sins, but some aren't quite ready to give the Reverend a second chance. 2010.By Mary Monroe. 2018
A successful, happily married mother suddenly finds herself feeling far from joyful. But Christmas brings an unexpected chance to rediscover…
herself, and what happiness really means. For Beatrice Powell, the holidays are usually an extra-special time to celebrate. Between her twenty-year-plus marriage, gorgeous Berkeley, California, home, and three wonderful adult children, she has everything she could desire. But change-of-life doubts are making Beatrice a stranger to herself and her bewildered family. She only finds peace volunteering at the local soup kitchen, especially helping out homeless Charles Davenport. And his sensitivity and honesty soon comfort her in ways she never imagined. Charles thought he had it all-until a devastating betrayal and the shattering loss of his family drove him to living on the streets. Beatrice is the first person who's truly cared about him in a long time. And little by little, he's finding reasons to care about rebuilding his life-and risking a sudden, courageous choice. Drawn to Charles and the temptation of a second chance, Beatrice is faced with the hardest of decisions. But his insight, secrets-and the reminder of a profound past encounter-will give her unexpected inspiration, gratitude, and the strength she needs to find her way-perhaps in time for Christmas. 2018.By Alejandro Saravia, María José Giménez. 2017
In Montreal, Alfredo struggles with his memories of being ordered to commit an atrocity by the Bolivian army. Despising his…
nation as an oppressive sham, he falls for a woman who has no nation--a Kurdish freedom-fighter trying to blast an independent Kurdistan into existence. As the net of intrigue closes in on his lover, Alfredo must finally face his past. 2017. Uniform title: Rojo, amarillo y verde.By Pamela Mordecai. 2015
Growing up on the Caribbean island of St. Chris, Grace Carpenter never feels like she really belongs. Although her large,…
extended family is black, she is a redibo. Her skin is copper-coloured, her hair is red, and her eyes are grey. A neighbour taunts her, calling her “a little red jacket,” but the reason for the insult is never explained. Only much later does Grace learn the story of her birth mother and decipher the mystery surrounding her true identity. 2015.By Mary Monroe. 2005
San Francisco. Six diverse women down on their luck feel they have no choice but to work for pimp Clyde…
Brooks. The women bond together despite their problems and help Clyde raise his handicapped daughter Keisha - until tragedy strikes. 2005.By Susan Isaacs. 1998
At the turn of the century, two immigrants new to America marry and start a family. Generations later, two of…
their great-great-grandchildren, FBI agent Charlie and journalist Lauren, meet and fall in love while investigating a hate bombing in Wyoming. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. c1998.By Cheris F Hodges. 2012
Marie Charles' party-girl days come to a screeching halt with a DWI arrest and a totaled Jaguar. Sentenced to 500…
hours of community service at a local women's shelter, her only bright spot is a fellow volunteer, TV star Devon Harris. But Devon wants nothing to do with Marie and her selfish ways - until her work at the shelter has her turning over a new leaf. 2012.By Meesha Mink. 2012
Rapper Make$'s wifey, Harriet Jordan, finds herself out in the cold financially after Make$ is imprisoned for his role in…
the brutal rape of Luscious' friend and his business partner, Kaeyla "Goldie" Dennis, a misguided young woman who once ran a strip club out of her apartment. 2012.By Stephen Marche. 2005
Just before a nine-month trip to Jerusalem to study the Torah, 20-something Hannah meets Raymond. A Gentile English literature doctoral…
candidate, he is attracted to Hannah at once. What begins as a passionate one-night tryst morphs into a full-scale global love affair, with e-mail and telephone exchanges building the relationship's momentum. Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language. 2005.By Néhémy Pierre-Dahomey. 2017
Belliqueuse Louissaint, jeune Haïtienne au caractère intrépide, tente une traversée clandestine de la mer des Caraïbes pour rejoindre les États-Unis.…
Le voyage échoue. Elle y laisse un enfant. De retour sur le sol natal, elle est forcée de s'installer sur une terre désolée, réservée par l'État aux infortunés rescapés. L'endroit est baptisé Rapatriés. Les conditions de vie dans ce lotissement de boat people contraignent Belli à une décision déchirante : elle fait adopter ses deux filles, Bélial et Luciole. Bélial va grandir en France sous la tutelle de Pauline, une employée d'ONG qui voit en l'enfant une nouvelle raison de vivre. Quant à Luciole, elle disparaît dans les vastes confins de l'Amérique du Nord. Plus tard, l'une des deux jeunes filles reviendra en Haïti, mais quand se présentera le moment des retrouvailles, un ultime exil aura marqué leur mère. 2017.