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La petite et le vieux: roman (Romanichels)
By Marie-Renée Lavoie. 2010
« Elle se nomme Hélène, mais se fait appeler Joe parce qu'elle veut vivre en garçon comme lady Oscar, son…
héroïne de dessins animés préférés qui est le capitaine de la garde rapprochée de Marie-Antoinette. Comme elle, elle aimerait vivre à une autre époque et réaliser de grands exploits, car elle a l'âme romantique et un imaginaire avide de grands drames. Mais elle doit se contenter de passer les journaux, puis de travailler comme serveuse dans une salle de bingo. Après tout, au début du roman, elle n'a que huit ans, même si elle prétend en avoir dix. » -- 4e de couvA child's garden of verses
By Robert Louis Stevenson. 2011
Liar, liar: the theory, practice, and destructive properties of deception
By Gary Paulsen. 2011
Fourteen-year-old Kevin, an exceptionally good liar, finds that lying usually makes life easier--until it doesn't. Now Kevin's in big trouble…
with his friends, family, and teachers and must figure out how to make amends. For grades 5-8. 2011Big girls do cry
By Carl Weber. 2010
Egypt, from Something on the Side (BR 19503), starts a Big Girls Book Club in Richmond, Virginia, where her husband…
Rashad is a wealthy hedge-fund manager. Egypt makes the mistake of taking in Isis, her emotionally troubled sister--and Rashad's former girlfriend. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2010The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks #3)
By Jeanne Birdsall. 2011
Skye, Jane, and Batty Penderwick depart for two weeks in Maine with their Aunt Claire and are separated from their…
oldest sister Rosalind for the first time. This leaves Skye in charge as the OAP--oldest available Penderwick. Sequel to The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (DB 66552). For grades 4-7. 2011Close to famous
By Joan Bauer. 2011
After escaping her mother's abusive boyfriend, twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother make a new start in Culpepper, West Virginia.…
Her mom wants to be a lead singer, while Foster dreams of becoming a famous TV chef--and of mastering reading, despite her learning disability. For grades 5-8. 2011Where things come back: a novel
By John Corey Whaley. 2011
Seventeen-year-old Cullen Witter believes he knows everything about his dreary town of Lily, Arkansas. Then his cousin dies from an…
overdose, his brother Gabriel goes missing, and an extinct woodpecker reemerges. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. Printz and Morris Awards. 2011Blue ribbon blues (Stepping stones humor)
By Jerry Spinelli. 1998
Tooter and her family have been living on her aunt's farm for two months when Tooter meets a neighbor boy.…
She decides to compete against him at the county fair. Early chapter book. Sequel to Tooter Pepperday (BR 11080). For grades 2-4. 1998Calico Joe
By John Grisham. 2012
In 1973 Chicago Cubs record-breaking rookie Joe Castle from Calico Rock, Arkansas, steps up to bat against New York Mets…
pitcher Warren Tracey--and the outcome changes both their lives. Decades later Warren is dying, and his son Paul tries to bring the two ballplayers back together. Bestseller. 2012Then came you: a novel
By Jennifer Weiner. 2011
Gold digger India finally snares billionaire husband Marcus. Unable to conceive, the couple hires Princeton senior Jules to donate eggs…
and married mother Annie to carry the baby. But Marcus's daughter Bettina vows to expose India's past and drive her away. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011Found: the missing (The missing Ser. #1)
By Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2009
After seventh-grader Jonah and his friend Chip receive threatening letters about their adoptions, they start to investigate their past. What…
they discover stuns them, as a conspiracy involving time travel and shadowy factions unravels. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2008Mystery of the missing luck (Orca echoes)
By Jacqueline Pearce. 2011
When Sara arrives at her grandmother's bakery, she is surprised that Maneki Neko, the lucky cat statue, is not in…
the window. Sara is determined to find the Japanese statue and bring good luck back to the bakery. For grades 2-4. 2011Sonoma Rose: a Elm Creek quilts novel
By Jennifer Chiaverini. 2012
Prohibition-era California. Rosa Barclay leaves her abusive husband for her first lover, Lars Jorgensen. Rosa, Lars, and her children find…
work on a vineyard in Santa Rosa until federal agents raid the ranch. But the family manages to purchase land--and a still--of their own. Some violence. 2012Dogs in the dead of night (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission #46)
By Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2011
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to a monastery in the Swiss Alps. With the help of St.…
Bernard dogs and magic, Jack and Annie search for the second of four objects needed to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin Penny. For grades 2-4. 2011A catered affair
By Sue Margolis. 2011
England. When Jewish lawyer Tally Roth is jilted at the altar by her fiancé, a doctor with commitment issues, her…
old boyfriend Hugh and the wedding caterer Kenny see an opportunity to court her. Meanwhile, her lesbian sister tries to have a baby. Some strong language. 2011Just Grace and the double surprise (Just Grace Ser.)
By Charise Mericle Harper. 2011
While Grace and her best friend Mimi are waiting for the arrival of the baby sister Mimi's family plans to…
adopt, Grace gets a big surprise from her father. For grades 2-4. 2011Fallen: a novel (Will Trent)
By Karin Slaughter. 2011
At her mother Evelyn's house, agent Faith Mitchell finds splattered blood, a man holding another at gunpoint, her baby locked…
in the shed--but no Evelyn. Faith's partner Will Trent and Dr. Sara Linton help with her desperate hunt for her ex-cop mother. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2011Great-Grandpa's in the litter box (The zack Files Ser. #1)
By Dan Greenburg. 1996
Ten-year-old Zack goes to the animal shelter to find a pet. He returns with a scruffy tomcat, who not only…
talks but claims to be the reincarnation of Zack's great-grandpa Julius. For grades 2-4. 1996Dolci di love, or, The sweetheart cantucci: a novel
By Sarah-Kate Lynch. 2011
Childless forty-four-year-old business executive Lily discovers that her husband Daniel has a secret family in Italy and goes there to…
confront him. In Tuscany, Lily stays with the matchmaking members of the Secret League of Widowed Darners, learns to bake, and falls in love. 2011The devil's door: a Salem witchcraft story (Historical fiction adventures)
By Paul B Thompson. 2011
1692. Sarah Wright and her father Ephraim move to Salem Village, Massachusetts, where they witness the growing witchcraft hysteria. When…
her father is arrested, Sarah plans his escape from jail. For grades 4-7. 2011