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Screwed: a novel (Daniel McEvoy. #2.)
By Eoin Colfer. 2013
Despite solving a strange series of murders, people around Daniel McEvoy continue to die under tragic circumstances. Now the bar…
bouncer and his rag tag team are on the search for answers once again. Sequel to "Plugged". 2013.See you later, gladiator (Time warp trio. #9)
By Jon Scieszka. 2000
Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their favourite professional wrestling moves, including the "Time Warp Trio Blind Ninja Smackdown,"…
when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Coliseum. Grades 3-6. 2000. (The time warp trio)Second fiddle
By Mary Wesley. 1988
Forty-year-old Laura Thornby meets Claud, a struggling 23-year-old writer. She is overcome with an irresistible desire to interfere and manipulate…
him -- all for his own protection. However, Laura may have to play second fiddle to a character in Claud's novel. Strong language and descriptions of sex.Sans queue ni tête
By Jacques Pasquet. 1991
Samantha, bonne à rien faire (Mille comédies)
By Sophie Kinsella, Daphné Bernard. 2007
Une autre comédie de moeurs anglaise contemporaine qu'anime une avocate trentenaire écervelée quoiqu'intelligente. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle et quelques…
passages où le langage est grossier. 2008, c2005. Titre uniforme: Undomestic goddess.Salty
By Mark Haskell Smith. 2015
Turk Henry, an overweight, unemployed rock star married to a supermodel, has discovered that Thailand is probably the last place…
a recovering sex addict should go on vacation, yet here he is, surrounded by topless groupies and haunted by the stares of hundreds of luscious bar girls. Turk's struggles with monogamy, however, pale beside a greater challenge when his wife is abducted by a group of renegade, shipless Thai pirates. As Turk, his life skills limited to playing bass and partying, navigates the back alleys of Bangkok and the deadly jungles of Southeast Asia to save his wife, Salty heats up and sweats bullets. Featuring skinflint American tourists, topless beaches, a hypochondriac U.S. government agent, suitcases loaded with cash, an overeager full-service personal assistant, a horny Australian commando, inventive prostitutes, and an urbane pirate with a fetish for alabaster skin, this is a hilariously entertaining, thoroughly debauched caper novel--with a happy finish. 2015.Save Rafe! (Middle school novels. #6.)
By James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts. 2014
After a rough summer, Rafe has just learned that he's going to be held back a year unless he can…
prove himself on an outdoor survival excursion--complete with dangerous white-water rafting, dizzying rock climbing, and fanatical counselors. Sequel to "Ultimate showdown", followed by "Just my rotten luck". Grades 5-8. 2014.Sammy's hill: a novel
By Kristin Gore. 2004
As domestic-policy advisor Samantha Joyce works on Senator Robert Gary's latest health-care-related bill, she finds herself attracted to Aaron Driver,…
a speechwriter for John Bramen, a powerful senator with questionable ethics. A misdirected, racy personal e-mail, a critical newspaper story, and political and personal betrayal follow. Written by the daughter of former vice-president Al Gore. Some strong language. 2004.Sandstone
By Robert Rhode. 1982
Sarah Binks (New Canadian Library ; #44)
By Paul Hiebert, A. Lloyd Wheeler. 1947
A critical, satirical biography of the mythical poet Sarah Binks, "the Sweet Songstress of Saskatchewan". Binks found inspiration in everything…
from Ole, the hired man, to Rover the dog, and died a martyr to her poetic muse. Includes a wide selection of the poet's tenderest and most inspiring writings. Canada Reads 2003. Winner of the 1947 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. 1947.Salmon fishing in the Yemen
By Paul Torday. 2007
When he is asked to become involved in a project to create a salmon river in the highlands of Yemen,…
fisheries scientist Dr Alfred Jones rejects the idea as absurd. But the proposal catches the eye of several senior British politicians. And so Fred finds himself forced to set aside his research and instead figure out how to fly ten thousand salmon to a desert country - and persuade them to swim there. 2007.Sammy Keyes and the psycho Kitty Queen (Sammy Keyes mystery. #Bk. 9)
By Wendelin Van Draanen. 2004
Sammy's never been what you might call lucky, but finding a dead cat on her birthday ranks right up there…
on her list of top-ten unluckiest moments. That sets off a chain of wacky events, like getting hosed down by a crazy cat lady who blames Sammy for the death of her pet, being chased through a back alley by a guy with a cleaver, and getting thrown into the ring by a cranky pro wrestler named El Gato. All because Sammy and her friend Holly are trying to find out why cats are suddenly mysteriously disappearing in Santa Martina. Some violence. Grades 5-8. 2004.Rumpole: drôles d'affaires (Justice selon Rumpole ; #2)
By John Mortimer, William Olivier Desmond. 1990
Nous retrouvons l'ineffable avocat londonien Horace Rumpole dans quatre nouvelles histoires où l'humour, le crime et les portraits au vitriol…
se côtoient dans une folie joyeuse. 1990. (Justice selon Rumpole ; 2) Titre uniforme: Rumpole and the golden thread.Sacrée famille: roman
By Catherine Barret, David Safier. 2012
Emma a sacrifié sa carrière à sa famille, chose qu'elle regrette. Sa librairie périclite, sa fille a honte d'elle, son…
fils vit reclus et son mari est constamment fatigué. Lorsqu'un ancien collègue lui propose d'accueillir Stephenie Meyer, Emma y voit l'occasion de relancer son commerce. Mais le soir de la rencontre une vieille dame jette un sort à toute sa famille. Livre comportant du langage grossier, de la violence et des passages de nature sexuelle. 2012. Titre uniforme: Happy family.Sacré Victor! (Tipik cadet plus ; #48.)
By Yaël Hassan. 2005
Sadie Shapiro's knitting book: a novel
By Robert Kimmel Smith. 1973
Saints of Big Harbour
By Lynn Coady. 2002
Guy Boucher is a fatherless Acadian teenager, dominated by his alcoholic uncle, and also bullied at school and on the…
hockey rink. All he wants is to use his uncle's truck to attract a girlfriend, but when a courtship goes sour, Guy us caught up in violence and rumour fuelled by malice, booze and ennui. Strong language and descriptions of violence. 2002.Russell sprouts
By Johanna Hurwitz. 1987
Six-year-old Russell has all sorts of concerns. He worries about his Hallowe'en costume; he thinks his parents should be nicer…
to him; and he can't understand why his science project, a potato plant, will not sprout. Sequel to "Russell rides again". Grades K-3. c1987.Rumpole a la carte (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 1990
Rumpole of the Bailey (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 1978