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Shipwreck (Detective Murdoch mystery.)
By Maureen Jennings. 2010
1873, Nova Scotia. A storm has wrecked a ship on the shores of a fishing village, and people work bravely…
to rescue the crew - but many die. When young Will Murdoch and the local priest examine the bodies, they discover gold and diamonds. They suspect that the shipwreck was not responsible for all the deaths. Some descriptions of violence. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. 2010.Le torrent (Littérature)
By Anne Hébert. 1989
Ces contes écrits au cours de plusieurs années attirent le lecteur dans le monde claustrophobe d'Hébert. Quant aux personnages, s'ils…
réussissent à s'en échapper, leur liberté ne leur apporte pas la joie, mais une écrasante réalisation personnelle. La première nouvelle de ce recueil est un puissant récit. 1989, c1950.Le facteur émotif (Romanichels)
By Denis Thériault. 2005
Un facteur modèle s'adonne à des activités illicites. S'étant immiscé dans une correspondance amoureuse, le voilà forcé d'écrire des haïkus…
(lui qui n'en a jamais produit un seul !) et entraîné dans une aventure amoureuse qui se terminera d'une incroyable façon. 2005.Merci
By Daniel Pennac. 2004
Un court roman en forme de monologue. Un auteur à qui l'on vient de décerner un prix pour l'ensemble de…
son oeuvre doit prononcer une allocution de remerciement d'une durée d'un peu plus d'une heure. Mais il ne sait guère qui remercier - jury, parents, amis, lecteurs - et, tout compte fait, n'a guère envie de dire merci. Son laïus se transforme graduellement en un jeu de massacre qui ne laisse personne intact, pas même le discoureur. Habile, roublard et vif. 2004.Willow and Twig
By Jean Little. 2000
When their mother breaks her parole and runs off, 10-year-old Willow and her four-year-old brother Twig are on their own.…
They journey from the mean streets of Vancouver to stay with their grandmother in rural Ontario. There, the children learn valuable life lessons about pride, a sense of belonging, and being true to who you are. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2002 CNIB Tiny Torgi Award. 2000.Une nuit très longue (Roman+ #Vol. 41)
By Chrystine Brouillet. 1992
Disparition mysterieuse d'Isabelle au cours d'une fête d'Halloween organisée par l'école. Avec son cousin Pierre, Natasha mène l'enquête. Amour et…
intrigue policière sont au rendez-vous. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 1992.Une terrifiante histoire de coeur (Roman Noir Ser. #Vol. 5)
By Carole Tremblay. 2007
Yann aime les histoires d'horreur et a horreur des histoires d'amour. Quand, le jour de la Saint-Valentin, des phénomènes inquiétants…
commencent à survenir à son école, il est loin de s'imaginer qu'il va bientôt découvrir de nouvelles façons d'avoir des frissons! Des néons qui s'éteignent, des taches rouge sang, des objets qui se déplacent... Années 3-6. 2007.Voyages avec mes parents (Boreal Junior Ser. #Vol. 89)
By Marie-Louise Gay. 2006
Un petit garçon relate les vacances cocasses de toute sa famille. Alors que lui et son jeune frère ne rêvent…
que de vacances calmes, dans des lieux tout à fait convenus, leurs parents, eux, aventuriers et un peu anti-conformistes, préfèrent les destinations désertées par les voyageurs. Ainsi, ouragan, tempête de sable, alligators et même révolution sont au programme. Avec de telles destinations, les vacances promettent mille et une aventures inoubliables. Années 2-4. 2006.Une drôle de ministre (Charlotte ; #4)
By Dominique Demers. 2001
Après avoir été tour à tour maîtresse d'école, bibliothécaire et factrice, revoici mademoiselle Charlotte dans la peau d'une politicienne! On…
soupçonne que cette bonne vieille dame viendra brouiller les cartes à sa façon pour changer la vie des gens. Une fois de plus, la magie de Dominique Demers opère à merveille pour donner aux enfants un contact privilégié avec un monde imaginaire où il fait bon laisser libre cours aux rêves les plus fous. Années 3-6. 2004.Treasure island (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Robert Louis Stevenson, Janice Greene. 1999
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her…
son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's work, published in 1883. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.The red badge of courage (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Stephen Crane, Emily Hutchinson. 1999
Henry Fleming, an unsophisticated country boy, enthusiastic to serve his country, enlists with the Union forces at the beginning of…
the Civil War. At first, the shock of war causes him to retreat and his heroic vision of himself fades. In the next battle, however, his courage revives as he carries forward the regiment's colours in a crucial advance. Adaptation of the American classic by Stephen Crane, originally published in 1895. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.Frankenstein (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Emily Hutchinson. 1999
The monster created by Dr. Frankenstein was supposed to be man's benefactor but, scorned for his ugliness, he swears revenge…
on his creator and the human race. Adaptation of Mary Shelley's work, published in 1831. For junior and senior high readers. c1999.Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Saddleback classics #Set Ii)
By Robert Louis Stevenson, Janice Greene. 1999
A kind and well-respected doctor can turn himself into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug he has created.…
Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", first published in 1886. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.The adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin classics #Set Ii)
By Mark Twain, Joanne Suter. 1999
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Mark Twain, Joanne Suter. 1999
Walking backward
By Catherine Austen. 2009
When twelve-year-old Josh loses his mother in a freak car accident, his grief therapist suggests he keep a journal. Josh…
describes his father's withdrawal into the basement where he's building a time machine, his younger brother running wild, and how he tries to find some meaning and order in all the chaos. For junior high readers. Some strong language. 2009.The magic boot
By Rémy Simard. 1995
Pipo's feet are so enormous that he can win races without even moving, but he keeps outgrowing his shoes. Luckily…
a good fairy decides to give him magical red boots that will grow with watering. But these boots quickly change hands - Pipo loses them to an ogre, Pipo's jealous neighbour steals them from the ogre and then buries them. One is found by Pipo's sister, who does something very interesting with it! Grades K-3. 1995. Uniform title: Bottine magique de Pipo.The shaman's apprentice: a tale of the Amazon rain forest
By Lynne Cherry, Mark J Plotkin. 2001
Kamanya dreams of becoming his tribe's next shaman, and spends his time following the current shaman into the forest and…
learning the secrets of the plants. But local plants can't cure the new diseases brought to the area by strangers, and the pills the strangers bring with them cause the native people to lose faith in the ability of their shaman. Eventually a woman named Gabriella, who comes to study the properties of the rain forest plants, restores the tribe's faith. Grades K-3. 2001. c1998.The thief
By Ruth Rendell. 2006
What you do in childhood may come back to haunt you. Stealing things from people who had upset her was…
something Polly did quite a lot. There was her Aunt Pauline; a girl at school; a boyfriend who left her. And there was the man on the plane... Humiliated and scared by a total stranger, Polly does what she always does - she steals something. But she never could have imagined that her desire for revenge would have such terrifying results. 2006.Cleanskin (Quick reads)
By Val McDermid. 2006
When career criminal Jack Farrell's body is found washed up on a Suffolk shore, it looks to the police like…
a clear-cut case. Heartbroken at his daughter's death, he has drowned himself-- good riddance and one less crime to solve, according to CID. Then again, maybe not. For, one by one, Farrell's enemies are being killed. And the horrific manner of their deaths makes drowning look like a day at the beach. 2006.