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The Blythes are quoted
By L. M Montgomery. 2009
Adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death - usually not the terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. In…
this her last work, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront, in stories featuring a grown up Anne and her family around the time of the First World War. 2009.Seeing red
By Lina Meruane, Megan McDowell. 2016
This autobiographical novel describes a young Chilean writer recently relocated to New York for doctoral work who suffers a stroke,…
leaving her blind and increasingly dependent on those closest to her. Fiction and autobiography intertwine in an intense, visceral, and caustic novel about the relation between the body, illness, science, and human relationships. Winner of the Sor Juana IneÌs de la Cruz Prize (Mexico), 2012, and of the Anna Seghers Prize (Germany), 2011. 2016. Uniform title: Sangre en el ojo.Star gazing
By Linda Gillard. 2008
Blind since birth, widowed in her twenties, now lonely in her forties, Marianne's passionate nature finds solace and expression in…
music, a love she finds she shares with Keir, a man she encounters on her doorstep one winter's night. Can Marianne trust her feelings for this reclusive stranger who wants to take a blind woman to his island home on Skye, to 'show' her the stars? 2008.Shadow season: a novel
By Tom Piccirilli. 2009
Ex-cop Finn was left blind by violence, but he can still see the body of his wife, Dani, and a…
crime scene that won't fade from his mind's eye. Now a professor, Finn learns that an isolated girls' prep school can be every bit as dangerous as city streets when he stumbles upon a local girl lying in a graveyard during a raging blizzard. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.Rescue pup (Orca young readers)
By Jean Little. 2004
Shakespeare, a Seeing Eye puppy, is sent to the home of a troubled foster child, Tessa, whom he expects to…
love him on sight. Shakespeare soon realizes why his new owner is called 'Stoneface', and begins to teach Tessa to love. Before he knows it, Shakespeare finds himself in a variety of dangerous situations, from being attacked by Zorro, a very tough rooster, to nearly drowning in a creek. Grades 3-6. 2004.Derrière la façade de mes yeux: récit
By Marie-Claude Bernier. 2010
Laurence Saint-Germain a vingt-quatre ans. Elle travaille, habite un appartement en ville et a un amoureaux. Sa vie ressemble en…
tout point à celle des jeunes femmes de son âge. Enfin, presque, puisque Laurence est aveugle. Elle n'était encore qu'un petit être dans le ventre de sa mère, que déjà, elle était différente. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2010.La maison habitée: [roman] ((Voix narratives).)
By Geneviève Lévesque. 2014
" Une jeune femme aveugle hérite de la maison de son oncle et replonge malgré elle dans une enfance peuplée…
de personnages inquiétants, qu'on ne sait réels ou imaginaires, et où les souvenirs-choc se matérialisent. Avec La maison habitée, un premier roman vivant et original dans lequel le cauchemar, le rêve et la réalité s'entrecroisent, Geneviève Lévesque nous entraîne dans un monde troublant, presque surréaliste. " -- 4e de couv.Mistress Pat: a novel of Silver Bush
By L. M Montgomery. 1935
When she was twenty, nearly everyone thought Patricia Gardiner ought to be having beaus - except Pat herself. For Pat,…
Silver Bush was both home and heaven, and she was too busy planning the Christmas family reunion, entertaining a countess, playing matchmaker, and preparing for the arrival of the new hired man. Yet as those she loved started to move away, Pat began to question the wisdom of her choice of Silver Bush over romance. 1988, c1935.La jeune fille au piano: [dans l'univers de La Saline]
By Louise Lacoursière. 2015
Montréal, 1894. Anne Alarie, seize ans, débarque dans la métropole afin d'entamer des études en musique à l'Institut Nazareth. Aveugle…
depuis l'enfance, la fille du ramancheur de Saint-Léon-le-Grand se retrouve loin du cocon familial, et son arrivée dans ce nouvel environnement ne se fera pas sans heurt ; la vie au pensionnat, l'enseignement des religieuses, les amitiés féminines et les premiers émois amoureux baliseront ce passage vers l'âge adulte et la métamorphoseront. Nul besoin d'avoir lu La Saline pour savourer La Jeune Fille au piano. Toutefois, les lecteurs de cette trilogie seront heureux de retrouver l'univers de cette saga puisque Louise Lacoursière reprend le fil de son histoire en développant des personnages secondaires forts qui croiseront Anne Alarie dans des moments riches en rebondissements. 2015.Look: [roman]
By Romain Villet. 2014
" Lucien est pianiste de jazz. Il est aveugle. Un soir, il rencontre Sophie, une architecte qui plane dans l'air…
du temps. Avec elle, sortant de sa nuit presque noire, guidé par cette main rassurante dans les tourbillons colorés de la société de l'image, il entrevoit bientôt un avenir. Mais, un jour, Sophie ressent le besoin de voyager. Voir du pays? Lucien résiste, lui le détracteur du tourisme de masse, du fun et des charters, lui le casanier qui ne voyage d'ordinaire que par la musique ou les mots. Il accepte pourtant de la suivre pour un trek au Maroc... " -- 4e de couv.La porte d'en face ((Les Premiers romans).)
By Ester Rota Gasperoni. 2002
Gianni est intrigué par le nouveau voisin ainsi que par son chien. Grand-mère dit qu'il est aveugle mais Gianni a…
l'impression qu'il voit. Peu à peu, il apprend des choses sur cet homme qui parle anglais, joue du piano et cache un gros secret. Années 3-6. 2002.Le coeur en braille
By Pascal Ruter. 2012
Jusque là, pour Victor, une année scolaire c'est du saut à l'élastique sans l'élastique. Ce qu'il préfère ? Écouter les…
Rolling Stones, se gaver de loukoums avec son copain Haïçam, parler mécanique avec son drôle de père Quand il ne s'amuse pas à planquer le PQ des toilettes des filles, il essaie d'échapper aux punitions qui pleuvent sur lui comme la foudre sur le paratonnerre. Mais lorsque Marie-José, génie absolue, déboule dans sa vie un beau jour de contrôle de math, c'est tout son univers qui implose Pourquoi soudainement cette première de la classe, violoncelliste de talent, va-t-elle avoir besoin de lui ? Une amitié étrange va naître entre ces deux ados que tout oppose Vont-ils pouvoir cacher le secret de Marie-José jusqu'au bout ? Années 5-8. 2012.Juste un coin de ciel bleu: roman
By Gilbert Bordes. 2006
Forward, Shakespeare! (Orca young readers)
By Jean Little. 2005
Seeing Eye dog Shakespeare from "Rescue Pup" (DC30998) is about to be matched up with a blind boy, ready to…
begin his working life. Tim is enraged by his blindness and wants nothing to do with a guide dog. But he is no match for Shakespeare. Grades 4-7. 2005.Diamond in the rough: more fun adventures with Abby Diamond
By Kristie Smith-Armand. 2010
Abby Diamond, Girl Detective, doesn't let her visual impairment stand in the way of solving the mysteries that surround her…
and Neils, Alison, Andrea, Jaxson and Glen. Now Abby and her friends have met up with children and adults who are not what they seem to be. Are the new friends really ghosts or the figment of Abby's imagination? Grades 4-7. c2010.Coming to terms (Cover-to-cover Books)
By Rose Bevins. 2004
Gina isn't looking forward to the weekend - instead of spending it at her best friend's house, her mother's friends…
are visiting with their son, Ricky, who's blind. She'll be stuck in the house with him while the adults go to a high school reunion. How is she supposed to act around Ricky when she's never even met a blind person before? Grades 4-7. 2004.Adventures of Abby Diamond: out of sight (Abby Diamond)
By Kristie Smith-Armand. 2009
Abby Diamond is an eleven year old girl who loves to solve the mysteries that surround her and her three…
best friends: Neils, Andrea and Alison. Being blind does not stop this girl detective from solving the cases that happen in her home and at school, including anonymous Braille notes, a missing parent, a haunted doll, and neighbourhood break-ins. Grades 4-7. 2009. (Abby Diamond)A different kind of Beauty
By Sylvia McNicoll. 2004
Elizabeth's at it again - she's raising a puppy for the guide dog program. But this time, for sure, she…
won't fall in love. She's too busy, for one thing: it's her first year at high school, she's going to be an aunt, and she's engaged to be married - sort of, maybe, in sixteen years or so, if Scott's still around. Sequel to: "Bringing Up Beauty". For junior and senior high readers. 2004.18 seconds: A Novel
By George D Shuman. 2006
Wildwood, New Jersey police lieutenant Kelly O'Shaughnessy is stymied over the disappearance of young women. When an old man's untimely…
death leads investigative consultant Sherry Moore, blind and with the extraordinary ability to "see" the deceased's last eighteen seconds of memory by touching the corpse, to Wildwood, O'Shaughnessy's desperation forces her to accept Sherry's help, but not without consequence. Descriptions of sex, explicit violence and strong language. 2006.The sleeping sword
By Michael Morpurgo. 2002
Blinded in an accident, Bun Bendle stumbles one day into an underground tomb containing a shield and a beautiful ancient…
sword. As he touches the hilt, his whole body is gripped by an incredible, centuries-old power. It is a power that will change Bun's life forever. Grades 2-4. 2002.