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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 hate u give
By Angie Thomas. 2017
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school…
she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, at the hands of a police officer - and Khalil was unarmed. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.The Hoboken chicken emergency
By Daniel Manus Pinkwater. 1999
The handmaid's tale
By Margaret Atwood. 1985
Futuristic novel set in a society that has reverted to the repressive intolerance of the original puritans. Offred, the handmaid…
whose job is to function as surrogate mother to the sterile marriage of an elderly leader, longs to escape. Canada Reads 2002. Runner-up to the CNIB Talking Book for the Year Award. Nominated for the Booker Prize. Winner of the Governor General's Award. Some strong language. 1985.The hearts and lives of men
By Fay Weldon. 1987
Comic novel of the London art world of the 1960s and 1970s, featuring an artsy couple whose love-hate relationship results…
in their daughter’s mysterious disappearance. The characters include a wealthy villainess, eccentric grandparents, and assorted lovers and mates. Includes strong language and sex. 1987.The herring seller's apprentice
By L. C Tyler. 2007
Ethelred Tressider is a crime writer with problems - his latest novel is going nowhere, mid-life crisis is looming, and…
he's burdened by literary agent Elsie Thirkettle, who claims to enjoy neither the company of writers nor literature of any sort. Then his ex-wife Geraldine vanishes, and when the disappearance becomes a murder enquiry, the police decide that Geraldine has been the victim of a local serial killer. Elsie bullies Ethelred into embarking upon his own investigation, but as their enquiries proceed, she begins to suspect that her client's own alibi is not as solid as he claims. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2007.The help
By Kathryn Stockett. 2010
Jackson, Mississippi; 1962-1964. College grad and fledgling writer Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, who is white, searches for a publication-worthy project. She…
interviews two African American maids about their relationships with their employers. Dangerously violating integration laws, the women collaborate on a book that breaks new ground. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2010, c2009.The haunting of Hill House
By Shirley Jackson. 1985
Hill House, an ugly, abandoned old mansion, attracts four strangers to its haunted domain. Dr. Montague, an occult scholar, visits…
the house with three other people to find evidence of haunting. At first, they find little of interest beyond some odd noises, but the House is gathering its powers to make one of them its own. 1985, c1959.The haunted toolshed (Joe Sherlock, kid detective ; #1)
By David Keane. 2006
Fourth-grader Joe Sherlock aspires to follow in the footsteps of the famous Sherlock Holmes by solving local mysteries for $10…
a day. He bumbles toward the solutions but manages to solve the cases in the end. Here he attempts to discover who has been stealing things from his neighbour's house, including a glass eyeball and a bundt cake. Grades 3-6. 2006. (Joe Sherlock, kid detective ; 1)The girl who played with fire (Millennium trilogy ; #2)
By Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland. 2009
Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salander's prints are on…
the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. Blomkvist, editor-in-chief of Millennium, does not believe the police. Using all his magazine staff and resources to prove Salander's innocence, Blomkvist also uncovers her terrible past, spent in criminally corrupt institutions. Sequel to "The girl with the dragon tattoo" (DC36314), followed by "The girl who kicked the hornet's nest". Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009. (Millennium trilogy ; 2)The girl who kicked the hornets' nest (Millennium trilogy ; #3)
By Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland. 2009
Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that…
very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. Sequel to "The girl who played with fire" (DC37532). 2009. (Millennium trilogy ; 3)The glittering prizes (Glittering prizes. #1.)
By Frederic Raphael. 2007
Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Barbara Ransome and the others leave Cambridge University to discover varying degrees…
of satisfaction, success and material comfort. But over all of them lies the common memory of those heady, golden days spent in unravelling the knots of friendship, in exploratory sex and in Badinage, that none of them will ever quite forget. Followed by “Fame and fortune”. Includes strong language. 2007.The girl with the dragon tattoo (Millennium trilogy ; #1)
By Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland. 2008
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger…
clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. Followed by "The girl who played with fire" (DC37532). 2008. (Millennium trilogy ; 1)The glass castle: A Memoir
By Jeannette Walls. 2006
Reporter for MSNBC.com looks back on her unsettled life. Describes growing up in a dysfunctional family, which was always on…
the move. She recalls her father's dream of building a "glass castle," and relates how she and her siblings escaped to make lives of their own. Bestseller. 2006.The green mile: a novel in six parts
By Stephen King. 1996
At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers await death, whilst their…
guards watch over them. Good or evil, innocent or guilty, none of them have ever seen the likes of brutal new prisoner John Coffey, seemingly a devil in human form. Strong language. 1998, c1996.The gunslinger (Dark tower. #1.)
By Stephen King. 1982
The story begins with the introduction of the gunslinger and his evil nemesis, "the man in black." The enemy is…
actually a sorcerer who creates many problems for the gunslinger as the gunslinger travels through time seeking vengeance for the death of his father and the dishonouring of his mother. Some strong language. 1989, c1982.The gun seller
By Hugh Laurie. 1996
If you're selling double glazing, or cosmetics, or vacuum cleaners, then your job is difficult, but it's straightforward. You must…
ring bells and smile a lot. But when you have an entirely different kind of product on offer - when, for example, you're trying to unload a prototype military helicopter, capable of five hundred miles an hour and a thousand corpses a minute - the technique is more complicated. Includes strong language. 1996.The growing pains of Adrian Mole (Panda ; #513)
By Sue Townsend, Caroline Holden. 1984
Further adventures of the newly 15-year-old: his nose is still swollen from its humiliating encounter with a model aeroplane; he…
has 38 spots, 28 on his face and the rest on his shoulders; perhaps worst of all, he has "never seen a dead body or a real female nipple. This is what comes of living in a cul-de-sac." He is to experience love and the pangs of its loss, blind dates and neuroses - in short, all the agonies of growing up. For junior and/or senior high readers. Sequel to "The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4" (DC28787). 1984. (Panda : 513)The great train robbery
By Michael Crichton. 1975
The gruffalo
By Julia Donaldson. 1999
When Mouse takes a stroll through the woods, he meets a fox, an owl, and a snake who all want…
to eat him! So Mouse invents a gruffalo, a monster with "terrible tusks and terrible claws, terrible teeth, and terrible jaws." But will Mouse's frightful description be enough to scare off his foes? After all, there's no such thing as a gruffalo... is there? Grades K-3. 1999.