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By Ursula K Le Guin. 2001
Ged, archmage of Roke, and Arren, young prince of Enlad, set out to find and challenge the evil that threatens…
to destroy Earthsea itself. Sequel to The Tombs of Atuan (BR 15379). For grades 6-9. National Book Award. 1972By Mark Twain. 2002
Fictional biography of French heroine Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431) told from the viewpoint of her page, secretary, and lifelong…
friend, Sieur Louis de Conte. Describes her early childhood, the "voices" that prompted her to aid the dauphin, the fight for Orleans, and her eventual capture, trial, and martyrdom. 1895By Aharon Appelfeld. 2008
"Fuyant le ghetto et la déportation, la mère de Hugo, onze ans, le confie à une femme, Mariana, qui "travaille"…
dans une maison close. Hugo passe ses journées reclus dans un réduit privé de fenêtres, attenant à la chambre de Mariana, et supporte l'insupportable en se remémorant son enfance avec ses parents, dont il se projette mentalement les silhouettes telles des ombres chinoises, en écrivant des lettres à sa mère et en épiant tous les bruits qui l'entourent. La nuit, il rejoint Mariana. Dans un monde en pleine destruction, il prend conscience à la fois des massacres en train de se perpétrer et des mystères de la sexualité." -- 4e de couvBy Carlo Collodi, Nancy L. Canepa, Carmelo Lettere. 2002
Geppetto carves a wooden puppet and names him Pinocchio. The rascally marionette walks and talks like a real boy, but…
his nose grows longer each time he lies. Classic Italian children's tale originally published in 1883. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2002By Gilles Legardinier. 2013
" Camille et ses amis se connaissent depuis la maternelle. Leur dernière année de lycée les a enfin tous réunis…
dans la même classe. À quelques mois du bac, en compagnie de sa meilleure amie, Léa, d'Axel, Léo, et toute sa petite bande, la jeune fille découvre joyeusement la vie. Tous se demandent quel chemin ils vont prendre. Ils ignorent encore que d'ici lété, le destin va leur en faire vivre plus que dans toute une vie. Du meilleur au pire, avec l'énergie de leur âge et leurs espoirs, entre convictions et doutes, entre illusions et réalité, ils vont expérimenter, échanger et affronter. Leur histoire est la nôtre. Bienvenue dans ce que nous partageons de plus beau et qui ne meurt jamais " -- 4e de couvBy Louisa Alcott, C. Dudash, Louisa Alcott. 1999
Stories by Alcott from the 1870s. In The Quiet Little Woman, thirteen-year-old Patty, an orphan, dreams of being adopted but…
is placed as a servant in the large Murray household. Through Aunt Jane's intervention on Christmas day, the Murrays begin to appreciate Patty's loving nature. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1999By C. S Lewis. 1997
Four English children find their way through a huge wardrobe in an old house to the mysterious land of Narnia,…
which is under the spell of the White Witch. Prequel to Prince Caspian, the Return to Narnia (BR 07238). For grades 4-7 and older readersBy Maryse Rouy. 1997
Suite de : Azalaïs, ou La vie courtoise. Cette deuxième partie retrace la jeunesse d'un apprenti chevalier, Guilhèm fils d'Azalaïs,…
et décrit la relation entre une mère et son fils au Moyen Âge. Amours, jalousies, espoirs intrigues et complots jalonnent le parcours de ces femmes et de ces hommes du XIIe siècleBy Chrystine Brouillet. 2006
" Un enfant est retrouvé mort sur les plaines d'Abraham. Près du cadavre, un homme se réveille, amnésique. Est-il coupable…
du crime? Qu'apprendra Maud Graham si elle réussit à lui parler? Y parviendra-t-elle avant qu'un autre enfant soit violé ou assassiné? Dans la chaleur de l'été et de cette troublante enquête, on retrouve Maud Graham, son univers et les personnes qui l'entourent, Grégoire, le jeune prostitué qu'elle aime tendrement, et Gagnon, le médecin légiste. Et c'est avec elle que l'on partagera l'angoisse de ses découvertes. " -- 4e de couvBy Catharine Maria Sedgwick. 1987
Set in seventeenth-century New England, Hope Leslie portrays early American life and celebrates the role of women in history. At…
the heart of the story is a cross-cultural friendship between Hope-Leslie, a spirited thinker in a repressive Puritan society and Magawisca, the passionate daughter of a Pequot chief. It challenges the conventional view of Indians, tackles interracial marriage and claims for women their rightful place in history. Adult. UnratedBy Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. 2022
"Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until…
Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist." -- Provided by publisherBy Nancy Springer. 2018
"London, 1889. Eluding her brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola sets up her own detective agency in London under…
an assumed name. Using many disguises and costumes, Enola investigates the disappearance of sixteen-year-old Lady Cecily, who may have eloped." -- Provided by NLSBy Nancy Springer. 2021
"Fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes--Sherlock's much-younger sister--tackles two mysteries: finding the missing Lady Blanchefleur, who disappeared in the seedy underbelly of nineteenth-century…
London, and deciphering a message from her own estranged mother." -- Provided by NLSBy Nancy Springer. 2020
"London, late 1850s. Enola, the much-younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, turns to Florence Nightingale for help when Enola's investigation into…
the disappearance of her landlady Mrs. Tupper, a Crimean War widow, grows cold." -- Provided by NLSBy Nancy Springer. 2018
"England, 1888. When her sixty-four-year-old mother disappears on Enola's fourteenth birthday, Enola sends telegrams to her much older brothers Mycroft…
and Sherlock Holmes. After deciphering why her mother left, Enola escapes to London to search for her and becomes involved in a second mystery." -- Provided by NLSBy Jessyca David. 2023
Pour nous faire patienter jusqu'à la conclusion de la trilogie de La note brisée et d'Une octave trop haut, on…
se replonge dans ces deux tomes et on les revisite cette fois-ci du point de vue de Liam et de Syd. Dans ce recueil de courtes histoires, on découvre de quelle façon les garçons ont vécu les évènements marquants qui ont chamboulé la vie - et le cœur - d'EmmaBy Laura Kasischke. 2008
"Véritable rituel, les vacances de printemps marquent le passage à l'âge adulte pour les élèves de terminale aux États-Unis. Quittant…
pour la première fois le nid familial, ils partent une semaine entre amis dans un cadre exotique. Face à l'insistance de leur amie Terri, Anne et Michelle renoncent à la croisière dans les Caraïbes qu'elles avaient prévues et lui préfèrent les plages mexicaines. En dépit des mises en garde maternelles, Anne et Michelle acceptent d'aller visiter les ruines de Chichén Itzá en compagnie d'un inconnu. Cette expérience les entraînera bien au-delà de la simple découverte culturelle, pour leur plus grand malheur... Laura Kasischke, dévoilant avec son talent habituel les égarements et les inquiétudes des jeunes gens, construit un roman aussi troublant que profond". -- 4e de couvBy Herman Melville. 1851
This nineteenth-century classic is at once a thrilling adventure, a timeless allegory, and &“the greatest of American novels&” (The Atlantic…
Monthly). Despite strange warnings, Ishmael, a young schoolteacher from Manhattan, signs up for a voyage aboard the Pequod, a whaling ship departing from New Bedford, Massachusetts. While on shore, he strikes up a friendship with Queequeg, a tattooed South Seas cannibal. The unlikely friends are hired for the journey—only to discover their commander will be Captain Ahab, a brooding, one-legged, tyrannical old man fixated on avenging Moby Dick, the great white whale who crippled him. Along with the rest of the crew, including unforgettable characters like the intellectual first mate Starbuck who risks standing up to Ahab, cheerful second mate Stubb, and African harpooner Daggoo, Ishmael sets out for a hair-raising adventure laden with danger and nameless horrors. As they dare to challenge God&’s most dreaded creation and nature&’s indifference to human survival, their fate lies with their monomaniacal captain, whose obsession can only lead to tragedy. Considered a masterpiece of American literature, Moby Dick—from its famous first line, &“Call me Ishmael,&” to its dramatic climax—has fascinated generations of readers.By Howard Bahr. 1997
A Confederate soldier confronts the horror of battle and the power of grace in this &“poignant, haunting, and important&” novel…
of the Civil War (The Tennessean, Nashville). A New York Times Notable Book and Winner of the William Boyd Award for Best Military Novel In November 1864, Gen. John Bell Hood&’s Army of Tennessee prepares to launch an assault on Union forces near Franklin, Tennessee. Dirty, exhausted, and hungry, the Confederate soldiers form a line of battle across an open field. Among them stands Pvt. Bushrod Carter, a twenty-six-year-old rifleman from Cumberland, Mississippi. Against all odds, Bushrod has survived three years of war unscathed—but his luck is about to run out. Wounded in the battle, Bushrod is taken to a makeshift hospital on a nearby plantation. There, he falls under the care of Anna Hereford, who bears her own scars from years of relentless bloodshed and tragedy. In the grisly aftermath of one of the Confederate army&’s most disastrous campaigns, Anna and Bushrod seek salvation and understanding in each other. Their fragile bond carries with it the hope of a life beyond the war, and the risk of a pain too devastating to endure. Written with profound empathy and meticulous attention to historical detail, The Black Flower brilliantly portrays the staggering human toll of America&’s bloodiest conflict. In his award-winning debut novel, &“Howard Bahr casts a tale of war as powerful as any you&’ll ever find&” (Southern Living).By Haruki Murakami. 2005
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world&’s greatest…
storytellers comes "an insistently metaphysical mind-bender&” (The New Yorker) about a teenager on the run and an aging simpleton. Here we meet 15-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder, in what is a truly remarkable journey.&“As powerful as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.... Reading Murakami ... is a striking experience in consciousness expansion.&” —The Chicago Tribune