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The golden compass (His dark materials. #1.)
By Philip Pullman. 1995
A tale set in Victorian England on an alternate Earth. Young Lyra Belacqua and her daemon enjoy an idyllic life…
among the scholars at Jordan College. Then her friend Roger and other children are abducted by the Gobblers. Venturing north in pursuit, Lyra encounters an alien and sinister world. Descriptions of violence. For Junior and senior high readers. 1995. (His dark materials ; 1) Uniform title: Northern lightsThe great Gilly Hopkins
By Katherine Paterson. 1979
Galadriel, named out of Tolkien, is a tough, clever, angry 11-year-old and victor of many a foster home and despair…
of the social services lady! This time she meets her match. Newbery Honor book. Grades 5-8. 1979.The Giver
By Lois Lowry. 1993
Jonas's world is perfect - every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve he is…
singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life, and now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth. Winner of the Newbery Award. Grades 5-8. 1993.The ghosts
By Antonia Barber. 1969
The general (CHERUB. #10.)
By Robert Muchamore. 2008
The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being hunted…
by an entire American battalion. But their commander has an ace up his sleeve: he plans to smuggle in ten CHERUB agents, and fight the best war game ever. Includes violence and strong language. Junior high readers. 2008.The fall (CHERUB ; #7)
By Robert Muchamore. 2007
When an MI5 operation goes disastrously wrong, James Adams needs all of his skills to get out of Russia alive.…
Meanwhile, his sister Lauren is on her first solo mission, trying to uncover a brutal human trafficking operation. And when James does get home, he finds that his nightmare is just beginning! For Junior High readers. Sequel to "Man vs beast" (DC38144). Followed by "Mad dogs". 2007. (CHERUB ; 7)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 Elephant Man
By Frederick Drimmer. 1985
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 city of Ember (The city Of Ember Ser. #1)
By Jeanne DuPrau. 2003
A city planned to survive for two hundred years, now in year 241, suffers shortages - and a secret message-bearing…
box is missing. Independent-thinking twelve-year-olds Doon and Lina exchange obligatory jobs and make a discovery that could change their known world. Bestseller. Grades 5-8. 2003.The Cassandra virus
By K. V Johansen. 2006
Jordan shadows his sister, Cassie, a graduate student studying computer engineering. First the bored computer geek designs a program that…
develops a mind of its own, then Jordan uses Cassie's computer parts to create a robot that responds to voice and visual commands. When a self-serving university administrator wants to use it for sinister purposes, danger ensues as men trash Cassie's lab and, finding nothing, set out for Jordan's house. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.The Carrie diaries (Carrie Diaries #1)
By Candace Bushnell. 2010
Tells the story of Manhattan columnist Carrie Bradshaw's high school years, her relationships with her peers, and how she became…
a writer. Prequel to "Sex in the City". Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. For Senior High and older readers. c2010.The breadwinner (Breadwinner Ser. #1)
By Deborah Ellis. 2000
A story about loyalty, survival, families and friendship, set against the backdrop of an intolerable existence in war-torn Afghanistan. Eleven-year-old…
Parvana lives in Taliban-controlled Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. Masquerading as a boy, Parvana goes to work in the streets so that her family can eat. Parvana becomes the breadwinner. Grades 5-8. 2000.The book thief
By Markus Zusak. 2007
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to…
a concentration camp. She befriends blond-haired Rudy Steiner, her neighbour obsessed with Jesse Owens. Together Liesel and Rudy steal books - from Nazi book burning piles, from the mayor's library, from the richer people of Molching. By 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail. For Junior and Senior High readers. Some strong language. 2007.The boy in the striped pyjamas
By John Boyne. 2006
Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted…
by his people. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2006.Tentation (Twilight. #2)
By Stephenie Meyer, Luc Rigoureau. 2009
Rejetée par celui qu'elle aime passionnément, Bella ne s'en relève pas. Fascinée par un vampire, comment pourra-t-elle retrouver goût à…
la pâle existence humaine? Bella n'a de goût pour rien, sinon le danger : alors, elle entend la voix d'Edward, et éprouve l'illusion de sa présence. Comme s'il ne l'avait pas abandonnée. Bella échappera-t-elle à cette obsession amoureuse qui la hante? Suite de «Fascination» (FD05312). Suivi par «Hésitation» (FD06120). Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2009. (La saga Twilight ; 2)Tenderness
By Robert Cormier. 2008
A psychological thriller told from the points of view of a teenage serial killer and the runaway girl who falls…
in love with him. For junior and senior high readers. 2008.Tex
By S. E Hinton. 1999
At 15, Tex is spirited as a wild mustang and good-natured as a pup. He and his 17-year-old brother Mason…
have been on their own since Pop left for the summer rodeo tour. Come October, the money has run out and still no Pop. None of this bothers Tex much - until Mason sells Tex's horse to pay the bills. After that things turn sour between the brothers. Tex is constantly getting into trouble, but he resents Mace acting like a parent. Friends like Johnny and his gorgeous sister Jamie help Tex forget his problems. But when it all comes to a head one day, the explosion that follows may cost Tex his life. Junior and Senior High. 1999.Soeurs de sang (Vampire academy. #1.)
By Richelle Mead, Karen Degrave. 2013
Saint-Vladimir est une école privée hors du commun dans laquelle de jeunes vampires apprennent la magie. Rose Hathaway est une…
vampire, elle doit assurer la protection de sa meilleure amie, Lissa, princesse moroï. Entre intrigues, rituels nocturnes et premières amours, elles tentent d'échapper aux Strigoï, vampires immortels et ennemis jurés des Moroï qui veulent faire de Lissa l'une d'entre eux. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. Suivi de "Morsure de glace". 2013. Titre uniforme: Vampire Academy.Stormbreaker (Les aventures d'Alex Rider. #1.)
By Anthony Horowitz, Annick Le Goyat. 2007
Suite à la mort de son oncle et unique parent, Alex Rider, quatorze ans, voit son existence tranquille de collégien…
londonien complètement bouleversée: il est enrôlé, contre son gré, par le MI 6, les services secrets britanniques. Sa première mission : découvrir ce qui se cache derrière le Stormbreaker, un nouvel ordinateur ultra-puissant. Suivi de "Pointe blanche". Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2007.