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Skellig
By David Almond. 1998
With an ailing infant, Michael’s family is sad hearted as they settle into their new home. In the ramshackle garage…
Michael discovers Skellig, a sickly, winged man. As the boy and his intellectual next-door friend, Mina, nurse Skellig back to health, the mysterious man introduces them to life’s magical side. Grades 5-8. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. 1998.Skiffy and the twin planets
By William Mayne. 1982
Skiffy is on a new space mission. This time he is heading for the twin planets Clarke I and Clarke…
II which appear to be behaving in a very peculiar way. Thirty-eight days out from Earth things start going wrong on the ship and there is `something' out there that is very old and very uncuddly. Grades 4-7. 1982.Singing the Dogstar blues
By Alison Goodman. 1998
Joss Aaronson is close to being expelled from the university where she studies time travel. Mavkel, a newly arrived telepathic…
student from another planet, then selects her as his study partner and roommate. When Joss discovers she is being stalked by an assassin, the two combine skills to search for reasons. Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 1998.Silverwing
By Kenneth Oppel. 1997
When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in…
ways that prepare him for even greater journeys. Prequel to "Sunwing" (DC19512). Winner of the 1999 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Winner of the 1998 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. 1997.Sever (Chemical Garden trilogy. #3.)
By Lauren DeStefano. 2013
After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying…
at age twenty, teenaged Rhine finds hope for a brighter future from a surprising source. Sequel to "Fever". Junior and Senior High. 2013.Shooter
By Caroline Pignat. 2016
A lockdown catches five grade 12 students by surprise and throws them together in the only nearby unlocked room: the…
boys' washroom. There's Alice: an introverted writer, trapped in the role of big sister to her older autistic brother, Noah; Isabelle: the popular, high-achieving, student council president, whose greatest performance is her everyday life; Hogan: an ex-football player with a troubled past and a hopeless future; Xander: that socially awkward guy hiding behind the camera, whose candid pictures of school life, especially those of Isabelle, have brought him more trouble than answers. When Isabelle gets a text that says NOT A DRILL!! Shooter in the school!, suddenly, the bathroom doesn't seem so safe anymore. Especially when they learn that one of them knows more about the shooter than they realized. For junior and senior high readers. Winner of the 2017 Red Maple Fiction Award, the 2018 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award and the 2017 John Spray Mystery Award. 2016.School's out-- forever (Maximum Ride. #2.)
By James Patterson. 2006
After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal…
life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max’s ultimate destiny - to save the world, whether she wants to or not. Sequel to "The Angel Experiment". Followed by “Saving the world and other extreme sports". Junior High. 2006.Shine
By Jill Paton Walsh. 1988
Pattie called the new planet Shine. Now that the Earth was gone, it had to be their home, and all…
they had to help them survive was a few tools and some seeds. That meant a lot of hard work and only Pattie and the other children had time to make discoveries. Some were useful, like candy trees. Some were frightening, like the planet's other inhabitants. But the most frightening thing of all was something they had brought with them from earth - hunger. Grades 5-8. 1988.Sent (Missing. #2.)
By Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2009
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip…
and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging. Author's note includes historical facts about the princes and king. Sequel to "Found", followed by "Sabotaged". Grades 5-8. 2009.Shattered
By Eric Walters, Roméo A Dallaire. 2006
Fifteen-year-old Ian decides to work at "The Club" for his community service - but it turns out to be a…
soup kitchen in a bad part of town, and he is nearly mugged going there. He's saved by a pipe-wielding homeless man, a former soldier named Jacques who was stationed in Rwanda. Can Ian help Jacques, a man who has lost everything but his nightmarish memories? Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2007 White Pine Award. 2006.Shadow of a bull
By Maia Wojciechowska. 1964
Everyone expects Manolo to become a great bullfighter like his father, but he wants to follow his own heart and…
become a doctor. As he prepares to fight his first bull, Manolo realizes that he is afraid. Grades 5-8. 1965 Newbery Award winner. 1964.Shade's children
By Garth Nix. 1997
In a future world, four teenagers with different psychic skills form a bond while trying to defeat the gory rule…
of the Overlords. Encouraged and trained by Shade, their mysterious leader, Drum, Ella, Ninde, and Gold-Eye confront hideous monsters, who would rather capture them for their body parts than kill them. Violence and some strong language. Junior and senior high readers. 1997.Sang-de-lune (Électrogène)
By Charlotte Bousquet. 2016
Une cité où les femmes sont soumises à l'autorité des fils-du-soleil. Gia, comme toutes les sang-de-lune, doit docilement se plier…
aux règles édictées par le conseil des Sept, sous peine de réclusion, ou pire, de mort. Impossible d'échapper au joug de cette société où règne la terreur. Pourtant, le jour où sa petite soeur Arienn découvre la carte d'un monde inconnu, les deux jeunes filles se prennent à rêver à une possible liberté. Mais ce rêve est bientôt menacé par l'annonce du mariage de Gia. Le temps presse, elles doivent fuir. Or, pour atteindre ce monde mystérieux qui cristallise leurs espoirs, toutes deux doivent traverser les Régions Libres, un territoire effrayant où cohabitent hordes barbares et créatures monstrueuses, issues de la matière même de l'obscurité. 2016.Saving the world and other extreme sports (Maximum Ride. #3.)
By James Patterson. 2007
The time has come for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy - "the director,"…
who plans to reengineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race. The six fight to save the world, despite obstacles. Sequel to “School’s out -- forever”. Junior High. 2007.Rouge rubis
By Kerstin Gier, Nelly Lemaire. 2011
La jeune Gwendoline possède le don de pouvoir voyager dans le temps grâce à un gène présent dans sa famille.…
Les porteurs de ce gène sont appelés les Gardiens et peuvent contrôler leurs voyages dans le temps pour oeuvrer contre le mal. Chaque gardien est désigné par une couleur et par une pierre : pour Gwendoline c'est le rouge et le rubis. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2011. Titre uniforme: Rubinrot.Royal murder: the deadly intrigue of ten sovereigns
By Elizabeth MacLeod, Barbara Pulling, Heather Sangster. 2008
What would you do for absolute power? Step into the world of palatial intrigue, where holding the throne means evading…
death... or causing it. While Cleopatra of Egypt once rolled herself into a rug and was carried out past her enemies' noses, other royals were brutal when dealing with foes. Read the stories of ten sovereigns, including Vlad the Impaler, "Bloody Mary", and The Romanovs of Russia. Descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2009 Red Maple Non-fiction Award. 2008.Safe as houses
By Eric Walters. 2007
October 15, 1954. Thirteen-year-old Torontonian Elizabeth is a typical grade 8 girl, with a crush on a boy in her…
class and a baby-sitting job. Every day, she walks Suzie and her older brother David home after school, and then stays there until their mother gets home. On this particular evening, Hurricane Hazel roars down on Toronto, bringing torrential rains and flooding - and David and Suzie's house is on a street that will be practically wiped out. Grades 5-8 and older readers. Winner of the 2008 Red Maple Award. 2007.Saint George and the dragon: a golden legend
By Margaret Hodges, Edmund Spenser. 1984
A dramatic retelling of the classic tale recounts the battle between brave Saint George, the Red Cross Knight, and the…
deadly dragon that has terrorized the countryside for years. Grades 2-4. 1984.Sabotaged (Missing. #3.)
By Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2010
Time-travelers Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child from history, this time Virginia Dare from the Roanoke…
Colony, but their journey is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving them in the wrong time period. Includes author's note about the history of Roanoke Colony and Virginia Dare. Sequel to "Sent", followed by "Torn". Grades 5-8. 2010.Run
By Eric Walters. 2003
Winston is suspended from school and keeps running away from home, so his mother sends him to stay with his…
father, a well-known newspaper reporter who's covering the story of Terry Fox and his friend Doug Alward. Winston spends time with Terry and Doug, and their determination to achieve what seems like an impossible goal makes a big impression on him. But can Winston learn enough to deal with an article of his father's that characterizes Terry and Doug in an unflattering way, and with his own problems? Winner of the 2004 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Grades 5-8. 2003.