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The fault in our stars
By John Green. 2013
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis, until a chance meeting with a boy…
at a cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. For senior high readers. 2013.The hostile hospital (Series of unfortunate events. #8.)
By Lemony Snicket. 2003
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans--Violet, Klaus, and Sunny--find themselves in Heimlich Hospital,…
with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit. Sequel to The Vile Village. Grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001.The crazy man
By Pamela Paige Porter. 2005
1965. After Emaline, 11, is crippled in a tractor accident, Daddy kills her beloved dog, Prince, and walks away from…
their Saskatchewan farm. Mom takes in Angus from the local mental hospital to help with the farm work, but the neighbours jeer and complain about the crazy man. Emaline sees Angus' kindness and strength, but it is only when he performs the ultimate act of heroism that others in the town finally recognize his worth as a human being. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2007 Golden Oak Award. Winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 2005.The Beetle and me: a love story
By Karen Romano Young. 1999
At fifteen, Daisy, who is as obsessed with cars as the rest of her family, convinces her reluctant father to…
let her try to restore his purple 1957 Volkswagen Beetle. While she struggles to work on the car, Daisy experiences her first relationships with boys. For Junior and Senior high readers. 1999.Taggerung (Redwall Abbey. #14.)
By Brian Jacques. 2003
A young otter, kidnapped in his infancy and raised as a warrior-thief by a band of vermin, leaves the tribe…
and goes off to seek adventures of his own. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "Lord Brocktree", followed by "Triss". Bestseller. 2003.Strawberry girl
By Lois Lenski. 1995
Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer and her family have just moved to the Florida backwoods and are struggling to make a living…
by raising strawberries. Making the new farm prosper is not easy, with the heat, droughts, and cold snaps to get through. Perhaps the most worrisome thing for the Boyers is the rowdy family on the adjoining farm, who are ready and waiting to start a feud. Grades 4-7. 1995.Shopgirl: A Novella
By Steve Martin. 2000
Artistic Mirabelle has an uninspiring job behind the glove counter at Neiman Marcus in Los Angeles, but what she really…
craves is love. Then smitten Seattle millionaire Ray Porter sends Mirabelle the gloves he purchased from her, beginning an unconventional relationship. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2000.Rilla d'Ingleside (Collection Littérature d'Amérique #No. 8)
By L. M Montgomery, Hélène Rioux. 1992
La maison aux pignons verts dans lequel les enfants d'Anne et de Gilbert continuent à nous charmer par leur imagination…
fertile. La jeune Rilla s'avère aussi vive d'esprit que sa mère Anne. Un portrait saississant sur la Première Guerre mondiale vu par des enfants, de quoi faire réfléchir les adultes. Huitième roman de la populaire série Anne. Années 5-8. 1992, c1920. Titre uniforme: Rilla of Ingleside.Pax
By Sara Pennypacker. 2016
Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. One day, the unimaginable happens, Peter's…
dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's house, three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be, with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief, to be reunited with his fox. Meanwhile Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own. Grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2016.One Fifth Avenue
By Candace Bushnell. 2008
Social-climbing and famous tenants have trouble co-existing in a coveted Greenwich Village art-deco apartment building. As novelist Philip Oakland begins…
an affair with his new research assistant, famed actress and his former lover Schiffer Diamond returns home. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2008.Chroniques d'Avonlea II: nouvelles (Collection Litterature D'amerique Ser.)
By L. M Montgomery, Hélène Rioux. 1991
Dixième titre de la série Anne qui a conquis les publics de monde entier. Dans ces chroniques littéraires du merveilleux,…
l'auteure évoque comme toujours des personnages attachants qui évoluent dans les paysages ensorcelants de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. c1991. Titre uniforme: Further chronicles of Avonlea.Chroniques d'Avonlea I: nouvelles (Collection Littérature d'Amérique)
By L. M Montgomery, Hélène Rioux. 1991
Romancière connue et lue dans le monde entier, Lucy Maud Montgomery poursuit dans ces 12 chroniques les aventures d'Anne Shirley…
et de ses amis. Qui dit chronique dit conte. Lire Lucy Maud Montgomery, c'est avoir envie de conter aux autres l'histoire des personnages et des paysages de notre vie. Douze invitations à s'émerveiller dans les paysages envotants de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Suivi de "Chroniques d'Avonlea II" (FD02524). 1991, c1912. Titre uniforme: Chronicles of Avonlea.La vallée Arc-en-ciel: roman (Collection Litterature D'amerique Ser.)
By L. M Montgomery, Hélène Rioux. 1991
Il y a une nouvelle famille à Ingleside, un pasteur veuf plus doué pour écrire ses sermons que pour élever…
ses enfants. Et il y a aussi une orpheline en fuite de sa famille d'accueil où on la maltraitait. Années 5-8. Suite de "Anne d'Ingleside" (FD02536). Suivi par "Rilla d'Ingleside" (FD02652). 1991. (Anne...La Maison aux pignons verts ; 7)L'étrange amour d'Edgar (Roman Jeunesse Ser.)
By Gilles Gauthier, Jules Prud'Homme. 1993
Voici de nouvelles aventures d'Edgar Alain Campeau, plus que jamais trouble par l'etrange similitude de son destin avec celui d'Edgar…
Allan Poe, un auteur de romans fantastiques auquel il s'identifie etroitement. A douze ans, Edgar experimente les joies et peines d'un drole de premier amour, un amour impossible avec Jezabel. Precede par "Edgar le bizarre". Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. c1993.Lipstick jungle: A Novel
By Candace Bushnell. 2005
New York. Three women juggle careers and relationships. Editor Nico faces competition at work while contemplating an affair; producer Wendy…
completes a new film while her husband remains unemployed; fashion designer Victory's new line fails while a billionaire courts her. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2005.Margy
By Margaret Smith. 1992
During the 1930s, 13-year-old Margy is sent from her father's Manitoba farm to live with two aunts in Ontario. Margy's…
irrepressible spirit carries her into many misadventures as she adapts to her new life. Grades 5-8. 1992.Ma soeur orpheline: au fil de ma plume, Victoria Cope (Cher journal)
By Jean Little, Martine Faubert. 2005
Chroniques inspirées du destin d'orphelins anglais envoyés au Canada, relatant le quotidien d'une famille pieuse royaliste ontarienne de Guelph, ayant…
accueilli une domestique anglaise de douze ans sous leur toit alors que la mère attendait un autre enfant. Le tout est raconté par leur fille Victoria Joséphine, du même âge, à travers son journal. En plus d'y suivre le déroulement des événements, y sont décrits les moeurs et coutumes de l'époque et le sort réservé aux orphelins à leur arrivée au pays, entre 1875 et 1930, la plupart du temps séparés de leurs frères et soeurs et n'ayant pour seul bagage qu'un coffre de bois étiqueté à leur nom. Années 4-7. 2005. Titre uniforme: Orphan at my door.Le sang de l'Olympe (Héros de l'Olympe. #5.)
By Rick Riordan. 2015
" La Colonie des Sang-Mêlé est harcelée de toutes parts, Octave et ses légions approchent, Gaïa et son armée de…
géants vont détruire le Monde. Percy et ses amis doivent absolument l'arrêter avant la fête de Spes à Athènes où se déroulera l'ultime sacrifice. Une terrible bataille se prépare, quelle qu'en soit l'issue, une chose est sûre : ce sera la dernière... " -- 4e de couv.Le livre de la jungle
By Rudyard Kipling, Louis Fabulet, Robert D'Humières. 1899
Les aventures de Mowgli, un jeune garçon élevé dans la jungle au milieu des loups et de ses amis l'ours…
Baloo, la panthère Bagheera et le serpent Kaa. Années 4-7. 1993, c1899.Harry Potter and the deathly hallows (Harry Potter ; #7)
By J. K Rowling. 2007
Voldemort has taken control - the Ministry of Magic has fallen, The Order of the Phoenix face death at every…
turn, and Snape is the new Headmaster of Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are in danger as they try to find and destroy the horcruxes, while struggling to decipher the mysterious clues left behind by Dumbledore. Doubts about Dumbledore, tragedies, and disasters all cause despair for Harry, as he tries to solve the riddle of the Deathly Hallows and defeat Voldemort. Junior and Senior High. Sequel to "Harry Potter and the half-blood Prince. Bestseller. 2007. (Harry Potter ; 7)