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The first quarter of the moon
By Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.The Confessions of Nipper Mooney: a novel
By Ed Kavanagh. 2001
On a beautiful morning out in the meadow, Nipper Mooney experiences both the phenomenon of lost time and the death…
of his father. Soon he is sent to All Angels, a rigid Catholic school where Nipper, a sensitive and inquisitive boy, only finds more questions. He survives this claustrophobic and often violent world by becoming a reader, a dreamer, and developing a scrappy toughness, as he journeys through the beauties and horrors of childhood. Some strong language. 2001.Special topics in calamity physics
By Marisha Pessl. 2006
Blue Van Meer, erudite daughter of an itinerant professor, settles into Stockton, North Carolina, for her senior year in an…
elite high school. But she is unprepared for the death of a favourite teacher and some startling truths about her own family. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. Bestseller. 2006.Shadow season: a novel
By Tom Piccirilli. 2009
Ex-cop Finn was left blind by violence, but he can still see the body of his wife, Dani, and a…
crime scene that won't fade from his mind's eye. Now a professor, Finn learns that an isolated girls' prep school can be every bit as dangerous as city streets when he stumbles upon a local girl lying in a graveyard during a raging blizzard. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.Hey Nostradamus!: a novel
By Douglas Coupland. 2003
Pregnant and secretly married, Cheryl Anway scribbles her last will and testament - and eerie premonition - on a school…
binder shortly before a trio of misfit classmates gun her down in a high school cafeteria. Overrun with paranoia, teenage angst, and religious zeal in the ensuing massacre's wake, the sleepy Vancouver neighbourhood where it occurs declares its saints, brands its demons, and finally moves on. 2003.Pay it forward: a novel
By Catherine Ryan Hyde. 1999
It all started with the social studies teacher's extra-credit assignment: come up with a plan to change the world for…
the better, and do it. Twelve-year-old Trevor McKinney began by doing something good for three people; but instead of paying him back, he asked them to "pay it forward" by doing a favour for three more people, who in turn would help three others, and so on. No one in his small California town could ever have dreamed of how far Trevor's plan would go. 1999.The Berenstain Bears and the red-handed thief (Big chapter book.)
By Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain. 1993
There's a thief at Bear County School! Mr. Dweebish, the new social studies teacher, thinks that the cubs shouldn't make…
accusations until they have proof. But when they catch the thief red-handed, nobody is more surprised than Mr. Dweebish! Grades K-3. 1993.The nine planets
By Edward Riche. 2004
Marty Devereaux and Hank Lundrigan are the founders of St. John's, Newfoundland's Red Pines private school, and the time has…
come for them to take their brand of education to the global market. But obstacles abound, including Hank's ecological crusade, personal relationships, and the bogged down project to paint the planets on the walls of the science department. On top of that, a force seems to be driving Marty and his young niece Cathy together. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 2004.La voix du maître: [roman] ((AmÉrica).)
By Benoit Séguin, Olivia Pelka. 2009
"Au début de la session d'automne, Simon, un jeune chargé de cours marginal et ténébreux doit partager le bureau de…
Normand, un vieux prof aphone, au sous-sol d'un cégep, lieu inhospitalier surnommé l'Enfer dont Normand a fait son sanctuaire, son monastère privé. À la faveur du silence de l'Enfer et des longs échanges qu'ils ont le soir, sur MSN, où ils confrontent leur vision de l'école, de l'éducation, des rapports parents-enfants, une curieuse relation d'amitié naîtra entre les deux. Normand invitera le jeune Simon à l'observer dans sa classe, son fameux Purgatoire, où nul ne pénètre sauf lui-même et ses élèves… et Simon y fera deux rencontres marquantes : d'abord Saint-Exupéry avec Pilote de guerre, écrivain jusqu'alors jugé mièvre à cause de son insupportable Petit Prince; puis Stéphanie, une jeune élève surprotégée qui semble incapable d'affronter le monde. Quand l'aphone poussera Stéphanie jusque dans ses derniers retranchements, en pleine classe, la vie des trois protagonistes changera à tout jamais." -- 4e de couv.La mère morte (269 p. ; 23 cm.)
By Robert Gagnon. 2007
"Paillard, rabelaisien, parfaitement irrévérencieux, La Mère morte est une irrésistible satire de la vie universitaire. Le lecteur y perdra peut-être…
quelques illusions, mais il y trouvera la preuve irréfutable que les plaisirs de la chair sont la panacée contre les maux de l'esprit. [...]" -- 4e de couv.The red word
By Sarah Henstra. 2018
As her sophomore year begins, Karen dives into the back-to-school revelry--particularly at Gamma Beta Chi, a favored fraternity. But when…
she wakes up one morning on the lawn of Raghurst, a house of radical feminists, she gets a crash course in the notoriety of GBC and the state of feminist activism on campus. Despite continuing to party at GBC, Karen is equally seduced by the intellectual stimulation and indomitable spirit of the Raghurst women, and finds herself caught between two increasingly polarized camps. Winner of the 2018 Governor General’s Award for Fiction. 2018.The irresistible Henry House
By Lisa Grunwald. 2010
In the mid-twentieth century in a home economics program at a prominent university, real babies are being used to teach…
mothering skills to young women. For a young man raised in these unlikely circumstances, finding real love and learning to trust will prove to be the work of a lifetime. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2010.The syllabus
By Mike Barnes. 2002
Tracing the crooked path by which one student makes his way through, and beyond, the school system. The narrator, M,…
recalls his childhood in strange e-mail messages, pulling up memories that he had once thought were lost, to contribute to a friend's research project on memory. 2002.The dancers dancing
By Eölös Nö Dhuibhne. 1999
It is 1972, and teenagers from Dublin are spending a month in Donegal, learning Irish from their teachers and the…
local people. Urban dwellers released from parental control, they respond to the untamed landscape and find their own wildness.Crazy about Lili
By William Weintraub. 2005
Montreal, 1948. Richard Lippman is desperate for two things - a sense of direction in life and a sexual experience…
with a real, live girl. His uncle introduces him to stripper Lili L'Amour, and he quickly falls in love, and uses his poetic talents to write the text for Lili's routines. By day a respectful McGill student courted by campus Communists, by night a free-spending night-club sampler and reviewer - it's quite a year for Richard. Strong language, some descriptions of sex. 2005.The divine economy of salvation
By Priscila Uppal. 2002
Fourteen-year-old Angela is sent to a Catholic boarding school when her mother's health declines, and her sadness and frustration lead…
her to a group called The Sisterhood. An initiation ritual goes wrong, leading a tormented Angela to seek refuge in religious life. However, evidence of her old crime has come to light, causing Angela to confront her past, her mother's death, and to wonder whether the sins of the past can ever be redeemed. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 2002.Angels and men
By Catherine Fox. 1997
Mara is still suffering from the wounds inflicted by a sinister sect, and has built an invisible fortress around herself.…
Initially rebutting the overtures of her fellow students, she hadn't reckoned on the persistent attentions of handsome Johnny, the giddy warmth of Maddy and May or the noble desires of Rupert. Awkwardly succumbing to the lure of college romance - and rivalry - Mara slowly begins to confront her raging dilemma.The sign for home: a novel
By Blair Fell. 2022
Arlo Dilly is DeafBlind, a Jehovah's Witness, and under the strict guardianship of his controlling uncle. His chances of finding…
someone to love seem slim to none. And yet, it happened once before: many years ago, at a boarding school for the Deaf, Arlo met the love of his life. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2022Dinner on Primrose Hill (Honey Creek novel #03)
By Jodi Thomas. 2021
"Benjamin Monroe is pretty sure how his life will play out. He'll continue teaching chemistry in his small college, and…
spend his free time biking through the valley. Eventually, he'll retire to putter around in his garden and greenhouse. His colleague, Virginia Clark, is not one for routines. She's chatty, spontaneous, and bubbly, and before Benjamin realizes what happened, she's talked him into collaborating on a research project-studying the mating habits of college students. Virginia knows her desire to work with Benjamin is motivated by more than the potential prize money . . . and hopes he might not be quite as indifferent as he seems to be. Ketch Kincaid, one of Benjamin's star students, returned to college after serving in the army. He needs something to get his mind off his recent breakup and collecting research data might do it. And there's another distraction on the horizon--a woman who looks like she, too, knows about heartache. Soon enough, their project, "The Chemistry of Mating," is gaining notoriety. Friends, neighbors . . . the whole town has become involved. But no matter what the data determines, one conclusion seems inescapable: love follows its own rules . . ." -- Provided by publisherFrostbite (Vampire Academy #02)
By Richelle Mead. 2008
"Rose protects her best friend and charge Lissa at a ski resort when immortal vampires attack. Rose's warrior-mother's return forces…
Rose to reflect on her feelings of abandonment and her responsibilities as a guardian." -- Provided by NLS