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The money pit mystery
By Eric Walters. 1999
Sam and Beth accompany their mother on a visit to their grandfather's home on Oak Island. Something strange seems to…
be happening to grand-dad. Apart from losing his memory, he's also spending a lot of time on a hunt for a 200-year-old treasure. Sam is bitten by the treasure bug too, and he and the whole family set out to solve the mystery. Grades 4-7. 1999.The stone and the maiden (House of Pandragore. #1.)
By Dennis Jones. 1999
Mandine Dascaris, heiress to the throne of the Ascendancy, and Key Mec Brander, a young soldier and outlander from the…
distant lands of the Elthame, must overcome insurmountable odds to unlock the secret of the Signata, the place that contains all places, the moment that contains all moments. Haunted by their passion and their fate, their adventure is a tale of loyalties tested and betrayed, of terror and vengeance. Followed by "The mask and the sorceress". 1999.The trade mission
By Andrew Pyper. 2002
Tagging along on a Canadian government trade mission to South America is a strange dot-com startup called Hypothesys, an Internet-based…
"morality machine" that helps users navigate through the thorniest of personal problems. After a brief spate of convention-going, the Hypothesys team - tycoons Marcus Wallace and Jonathan Bates, an American executive, a fashionable, pregnant Brit, and their translator, Crossman - embark on an ecotour cruise up the Rio Negro. They are abducted and tortured, seemingly at random, by a handful of anonymous guerrillas, and then things really take a turn for the worse. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.Stanley, flat again (Flat Stanley Ser.)
By Jeff Brown. 2003
The first time Stanley Lambchop flattened out (when a bulletin board fell on him), his brother blew him back up…
with a bicycle pump, but the second time, that didn't work. Even so, Stanley managed to have some interesting adventures, like becoming a sail on a boat and trying to rescue a rude girl from a demolished building. Grades 2-4. 2003.Saving fish from drowning
By Amy Tan. 2006
Chinese American art expert Bibi Chen organizes a trip to Burma for her friends. Although Bibi dies beforehand the group…
continues with its plans. Bibi watches from the spirit world as the tourists are kidnapped by a native tribe who claim one of them as their savior. Bestseller. 2006.The hungry tide
By Amitav Ghosh. 2004
Off the eastern coast of Inda lies an extraordinary cluster of islands known as the Sundarbans. It is a raw…
but a beautiful sea--a place of man-eating tigers, river dolphins, huge crocodiles and devistating tides that sweep across the terrain without remorse. In this exotic land, marine biologist Piya, fisherman Fokir and translator Kanai meet. As they travel deep into the remote archipelago, they experience a territory at risk not only from natural disaster, but also from human foolishness and volatile politics. 2004.It is 1807 and Sharpe has joined the newly formed Greenjackets - but his future in the army seems hopeless.…
He is rescued from disgrace by General Sir David Baird, who needs a "disposable" man for a mission in Copenhagen. But unless Sharpe can complete the mission, the army will meet disaster. 2001.Esau
By Philip Kerr. 1996
During a climb in the Himalayas, mountaineer Jack Furness finds a hominid skull that belongs to an extant, but unknown,…
species. When Furness and his biologist-lover decide to pursue the creature, a CIA agent with a sinister agenda joins their expedition. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1997.Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
By Adeline Yen Mah. 2005
During the Japanese occupation of parts of China, twelve-year-old Ye Xian is thrown out of her father's and stepmother's home,…
joins a martial arts group, and tries to help her aunt and the Americans in their struggle against the Japanese invaders. Includes historical notes. Grades 4-7. 2005.Golden lion (The Courtneys of Africa ; #13)
By Giles Kristian, Wilbur A Smith. 2015
East African Coast, 1670. The Golden Bough, captained by Henry 'Hal' Courtney, is running south from Ethiopia to Zanzibar. Below…
deck, both his crew and his lover, the fearless warrior Judith Nazet, sleep. Although there is an uneasy truce between the warring English and Dutch, Hal scents danger when he sights a ship passing close by. When the Bough is boarded, the crew must defend their ship and their lives. Hal will face even graver danger when he discovers his mortal enemy still lives and is hell-bent on revenge. He must pursue his nemesis across desert savannah, through the seedy underbelly of Zanzibar's slave markets and shark-infested waters, his life in danger at every turn. Sequel to "Assegai", followed by "War cry". 2015.Forest of the pygmies (City Of The Beasts Ser. #Bk. 3)
By Isabel Allende. 2005
Along with Alex's friend Nadia Santos and a photographic crew from International Geographic magazine, Alex and his indomitable journalist grandmother…
Kate have travelled to Kenya to work on an article about the continent's first elephant-led safaris. But when a missionary approaches their camp in search of companions who have mysteriously disappeared, Alex, Nadia, and their group find themselves embarking on a dangerous mission to Africa's equatorial forest to aid a clan of Pygmies. Senior high readers. 2005. Uniform title: Bosque de los Pigmeos.Le livre du roi ((Bibliothèque nordique).)
By Arnaldur Indridason, Patrick Guelpa. 2013
'' En 1955, un jeune étudiant en histoire arrive pour faire ses études à Copenhague, là il va se lier…
d'amitié avec un étrange professeur, peu soigné et buvant sec, spécialiste des Sagas islandaises, ce patrimoine culturel inestimable qu'ont protégé les Islandais au long des siècles comme symbole de leur nation. Il découvre le secret du professeur, l'une de ces Sagas, Le Livre du roi, dont les récits ont été à l'origine des mythes germaniques mis en scène par Wagner dans la Tétralogie, a été volée par les nazis pendant la guerre. Ensemble le professeur et son disciple réticent qui ne rêve que de tranquillité vont traverser l'Europe à la recherche de l'inestimable manuscrit. Un trésor pour lequel certains sont prêts à voler et à tuer. Un trésor aussi sur lequel on peut veiller et qu'on peut aimer sans en connaître la valeur. Une histoire inhabituelle sur ce qu'on peut sacrifier et ce qu'on doit sacrifier pour un objet aussi symbolique qu'un livre. '' -- 4e de couv. 2013. Titre uniforme: KonungsbókLog jam
By Monica Hughes. 1987
Fourteen-year-old Lenora does not want to go on a camping expedition in the Alberta foothills with her mother, new step-father…
and two new step-brothers. Her attitude changes when she encounters 17-year-old Isaac Manyfeathers who has escaped from jail. For junior and senior high readers. c1987.The beach
By Alex Garland. 1997
The Beach is a legend among young travellers in Asia: white sands circling a lagoon hidden from the sea, coral…
gardens and freshwater falls surrounded by jungle. In this earthly paradise, it is rumoured, a select community lives in blissful innocence. For Richard, haunted by the glamour of Vietnamese war movies, a trek into unknown Thai territory is irresistible. Strong language. 1997, c1996.The stolen lake
By Joan Aiken. 1981
On Dido's journey to London from Nantucket, her ship is summoned to the aid of the Queen of New Cumbria.…
The Queen is in distress because a neighbouring king has stolen her lake and is holding it for ransom. Sequel to "Night birds on Nantucket" (DC05057). Grades 5-8. 1983, c1981.The shadow thief (Strangest adventures. #1.)
By Alexandra Adornetto. 2008
Millipop Klompet lives in stultifying boring Drabville with her slightly offbeat family, and spends her days longing for adventure. She…
and her cautious best friend and amateur geologist, Ernest Perriclof, decide to explore Hog House, the notorious gothic mansion at the edge of town. Followed by "The lampo circus". Grades 4-7. 2008. (The strangest adventures ; 1)Sir Thursday (Keys to the kingdom. #4.)
By Garth Nix. 2006
When Arthur is drafted into the Glorious Army of the Architect by Sir Thursday, he must survive basic training, avoid…
getting posted to the Front, and figure out how to free Part Four of the Will, while Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppelganger on Earth. Sequel to "Drowned Wednesday" (EB74683). Followed by "Lady Friday" (EB74686). Grades 4-7. 2006. (Keys to the kingdom ; 4)The Kootenay kidnapper (A Tom Austin mystery.)
By Eric Wilson. 1983
The fox busters
By Dick King-Smith. 1999
The Foxearth fowls have a tradition of battling with the crafty foxes whose cunning is hard to outwit. Then the…
bold rooster fathers three exceptional chicks - Ransome, Sims and Jeffries - who fly faster, higher and further than any chicken has ever done before. They are the Fox Busters. Grades 2-4.Holes
By Louis Sachar. 1998
Stanley Yelnats IV finds himself in a detention centre for possessing stolen property that he didn't take. While digging holes…
under the summer Texas sun, he sees a fellow inmate running away--and follows him. Legends, loyalty, and buried treasure are revealed as Stanley learns to survive. Newbery Medal winner. Grades 5-8.