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The gargoyle at the gates (Lost gargoyle series. #3)
By Philippa Dowding, Allister Thompson. 2012
Christopher has a problem. He has just moved to Toronto; he’s now in a new school and has no friends.…
But even worse, the park next door is creepy: voices whisper in the bushes, and something throws apples at his window and howls at the moon. But what? Gargoyles! Grades 3-6. 2012.The friends of meager fortune
By David Adams Richards. 2006
Postwar New Brunswick. Mary Jameson, the widow of a lumber magnate, hopes to stymie the prophecy she receives from a…
fortune-teller - that her oldest son will be powerful and her younger son will bring glory upon the family, but they will be the end of the family. When Will, the brash older brother, suffers a fatal logging accident, and Owen, the intellectual younger son, returns a wounded hero from WWII, it seems the prophecy may come true. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2006.The foundling and other tales of Prydain: And Other Tales Of Prydain (Prydain chronicles. #6)
By Lloyd Alexander. 1999
Eight tales dealing with happenings before the birth of Taran, assistant pig keeper, whose adventures in the Prydain Chronicles begin…
with “The Book of Three” (DC04224) and end with the Newbery Medal-winning “The High King” (DC10994). Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. c1999.The falling machine (Society of steam. #1)
By Andrew P Mayer. 2011
In 1880 women aren’t allowed to vote, much less dress up in a costume and fight crime, but twenty-year-old socialite…
Sarah Stanton still dreams of becoming a hero. Her opportunity arrives in tragedy when the leader of the Society of Paragons, New York's greatest team of gentlemen adventurers, is murdered right before her eyes. To uncover the truth behind the assassination, Sarah joins forces with the amazing mechanical man known as The Automaton. Descriptions of violence. 2011. (Society of steam ; 1)It is 1862, though not the 1862 it should be - time has been altered, and Sir Richard Francis Burton,…
the king's agent, is one of the few people who know that the world is now careening along a very different course from that which Destiny intended. When a clockwork-powered man of brass is found abandoned in Trafalgar Square, Burton and his assistant, the wayward poet Algernon Swinburne, find themselves on the trail of the stolen Garnier Collection - black diamonds rumoured to be fragments of the Lemurian Eye of Naga, a meteorite that fell to Earth in prehistoric times. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, explicit violence. 2011.The gargoyle overhead (Lost Gargoyle Ser. #2)
By Philippa Dowding. 2010
What if your best friend was a naughty 400-year-old gargoyle, and what if he just happened to be in terrible…
danger? Katherine Newberry is friends with a gargoyle named Gargoth of Tallus who lives in her backyard. Gargoth has lost the only creature on the planet who can help him, Ambergine, his greatest friend. What Katherine and Gargoth don't know is that Ambergine is searching for Gargoth too - but so is his greatest enemy. Sequel to "The Gargoyle in My Yard". Grades 5-8. 2010.The griffin of Darkwood
By Becky Citra, Kathryn Cole. 2016
Twelve-year-old Will Poppy has always been fascinated by writing, but when his mother dies and he has to live with…
his crabby aunt, he finds himself unable to write a word. When he is sent a mysterious package that includes an old picture of his grandparents and a piece of cloth with the words "The Griffin of Darkwood" on it, his aunt takes him to a run-down castle with servants who are up to no good. Now Will must find his way in this new world, and discover the magic all over again. Grades 3-6. 2016.The Halifax connection: A Novel Of Canada And The American Civil War
By Marie Jakober. 2007
1862. As the American Civil War heats up, Southern Confederates flood into Montreal and Halifax, planning secret missions against the…
Union, missions they hope will provoke a war between England and the United States. Erryn Shaw, a British aristocrat banished to the colonies, is convinced to spy for the British. On a mission to Montreal, he gets wind of a sinister plot - and he can't seem to find a way to stop it. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2007.The dragon prince
By Vicki Blum. 2005
Pursued by their own herd and by human enemies, two young dragons embark on a dangerous journey. Ember and Brand…
must fly over mountains, desert and sea to save the life of a young boy - and the future of the Dragon Lords. Grades 3-6. 2005.The dragons of blueland (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Blue #3)
By Ruth Stiles Gannett. 1951
The deception of Livvy Higgs
By Donna Morrissey. 2012
For two traumatic days, Livvy Higgs is besieged by a series of small heart attacks while the ghost of her…
younger self leads her back through her past. She must pick apart the lies and secrets told by her greedy, prideful father, Durwin Higgs, who judges her a failure, and her formidable Grandmother Creed, who has mysteriously aligned herself with Livvy's father, despite their mutual hatred. 2012.The curse of the bologna sandwich (Melvin Beederman, superhero.)
By Greg Trine. 2006
Melvin Beederman's a pretty good superhero, even though it always takes him five or six tries to get launched and…
flying. His weakness (every superhero has one) is bologna, which makes it hard to go into a deli. Still, Melvin, with the help of his friend Candace, manages to keep the city of Los Angeles free of nasty villains like the evil McNasty brothers - once he's airborne (crash!) Grades 2-4. 2006. (Melvin Beederman ; 1)The Blythes are quoted
By L. M Montgomery. 2009
Adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death - usually not the terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. In…
this her last work, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront, in stories featuring a grown up Anne and her family around the time of the First World War. 2009.Sirènes (Ailes d'Alexanne. #t. 6.)
By Anne Robillard. 2015
Les ailes d'Alexanne est une série fantastique enlevante peuplée de créatures intrigantes. Elle met en vedette des adolescents dotés de…
pouvoirs paranormaux qui ont chacun une mission bien précise à accomplir. Dans ce sixième tome toujours plus palpitant que les précédents, la jeune Sara-Anne, accompagnée d'Alexanne et de leurs amis, se rend aux Bahamas afin de rencontrer un mystérieux bienfaiteur. En chemin, le hasard place sur leur route l'équipage du Rédemption, un navire à la recherche des vestiges de l'Atlantide. Cette rencontre inopinée changera-t-elle leurs plans? Suite de "Spirales", suivi de "James". Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2015.The bishop's man
By Linden MacIntyre. 2009
Father Duncan MacAskill is called The Exorcist, for at his bishop's bidding he drives out priests who molest children to…
discreet clinics or far-off parishes. When MacAskill is sent to a rural parish in his native Cape Breton, he encounters a troubled young man who appears to be the victim of a notorious priest. MacAskill, struggling with his own demons, is determined to help this man, regardless of the consequences for the church. Strong language and some descriptions of sex and violence. Winner of the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize. 2009.The battle for Duncragglin
By Andrew H Vanderwal. 2009
Twelve-year-old Alex, whose parents disappeared on a trip to Scotland many years ago, is spending the summer there. He and…
three newfound friends want to discover the secret of a sealed cave along the coast. The secret is far more powerful than anything they could have imagined, as they're catapulted back to the late 13th century to find the Scottish rebel William Wallace fighting a guerrilla-style war against the British. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. c2009.The adventurer's guide to dragons (Adventurer's guide series. #2.)
By Wade Albert White. 2017
Anne and her best friends Penelope and Hiro are tasked with an unwanted quest that could start a war between…
the Hierarchy and the dragon clan, and so to avoid disaster and save the world, the three friends must face dragon trials, defeat robots, and circumvent bureaucracy. Sequel to "The adventurer's guide to successful escapes". Grades 5-8. 2017.Seeing red
By Anne Louise MacDonald. 2009
Frankie Uccello seems like just another average, normal fourteen-year-old boy, until he discovers that he can dream the future, especially…
when something bad is about to happen. But seeing the future is only cool in movies and TV; in real life, not only does everyone think you're a whacko, but the future doesn't look good. And then Maura-Lee starts hanging around: she can read minds, and she seems to be reading his. For junior high readers. 2009.Small change for Stuart
By Lissa Evans. 2011
Stuart Horten, ten-years-old and small for his age, moves to the dreary town of Beeton, far away from all his…
friends. And then he meets his neighbours, the unbearable Kingley triplets, and things get even worse. But in Beeton begins the strangest adventure of Stuart's life as he is swept up in a quest to find his great-uncle's lost workshop. Grades 3-6. 2011.Sara-Anne (Ailes d'Alexanne. #4.)
By Anne Robillard. 2013
Se voyant confier une très ancienne pierre noire par une petite Amérindienne effrayée de ce qu'elle entend dans cet objet,…
Alexanne voudra à tout prix percer son mystère. Sa quête la ramènera à Montréal, la ville de son enfance, où une autre fée lui viendra en aide. Toutefois, seul un groupe de gens possédant des talents hors du commun pourra contrer les plans des terroristes révélés par la pierre qui les épie. Malgré lui, Christian Pelletier se verra mêlé à cette conspiration visant à réduire de moitié la population de la Terre. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. Suite de "Le faucheur", suivi de "Spirales". 2013.