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Variations sur un même t'aime (Collection Échos. Nouvelles)
By Angèle Delaunois. 1997
Terrasse à Rome
By Pascal Quignard. 2000
Au 17e siècle, un fiancé jaloux défigure l'amant de sa belle, un graveur, en lui jetant au visage de l'eau-forte.…
S'ensuit, en 47 "gravures", une histoire grave faite de non-dits et de clairs-obscurs propres à envouter le lecteur. Prix de l'Académie française, 2000.Un été de Jade (Roman +. #59.)
By Charlotte Gingras. 1999
Théo, âgé de 17 ans, devient l'héritier d'une tante éloignée. Nouveau propriétaire d'une maison à l'île Eiders, il fait la…
connaissance de Jade qui a bien connu sa tante. Suite de "La liberté?" (FD03227). (Roman + ; 59). Pour lecteurs d'école secondaire.Le champ de glace
By Thomas Wharton, Anne Damour. 2000
En 1898, lors d'une expédition dans les Rocheuses, le docteur Edward Byrne glisse dans une crevasse et y distingue une…
mystérieuse forme ailée. Hanté par cette vision, chaque printemps, pendant 25 ans, il revient sur les lieux pour étudier la progression et le déclin du glacier, et retrouver la crevasse. Prix du 1er roman des écrivains du Commonwealth.Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (Harry Potter ; #1)
By J. K Rowling, Jean-François Ménard. 1998
Le jour de ses onze ans, Harry Potter est enlevé par un géant qui l'amène à l'école des sorciers. Il…
est appelé à vivre des moments insoupçonnés dont il se sort plutôt bien. Ce roman s'est mérité le Smarties Book Award, le National Book Award et le Children's Book Award. Années 4-7. Suivi de "Harry Potter et la Chambre des secrets" (EA93264). 1998. (Harry Potter ; 1)Harry Potter et la Chambre des secrets
By J. K Rowling, Jean-François Ménard. 1999
Deuxième volume des aventures de Harry Potter qui entre en deuxième année à l'école des sorciers. Une malédiction s'abat sur…
ses camarades de classe. Aura-t-il le temps de découvrir le mystère de la chambre des secrets? Prix British Book Award. Années 4-7. 1999.La terre ferme: roman
By Christiane Frenette. 1997
La vie de trois femmes est bouleversée par le suicide de deux jeunes gens. Bien qu'il aborde le suicide, le…
livre porte sur ceux qui restent et sur l'attachement à la vie. Prix du Gouverneur général 1998. 1997.Sarah Binks (New Canadian Library ; #44)
By Paul Hiebert, A. Lloyd Wheeler. 1947
A critical, satirical biography of the mythical poet Sarah Binks, "the Sweet Songstress of Saskatchewan". Binks found inspiration in everything…
from Ole, the hired man, to Rover the dog, and died a martyr to her poetic muse. Includes a wide selection of the poet's tenderest and most inspiring writings. Canada Reads 2003. Winner of the 1947 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. 1947.Bat summer
By Sarah Withrow. 1998
Terence's best friend has gone to camp, and he is left in the city with a seemingly endless summer stretching…
out before him. He does not know whether he should hang out with the sleazy element at the park, try to make friends with the old chess player, or follow up his interest in Lucy, a very weird but oddly compelling girl who thinks she is a bat. Winner of the Groundwood Twentieth Anniversary First Novel for Children Contest. Grades 5-8. 1998.Snow falling on cedars: A Novel
By David Guterson. 1995
Set on an island in Puget Sound after World War II. Carl Heine has drowned, and fellow fisherman Kabuo Miyamoto…
is accused of murder. Covering the trial is a local reporter who was the defendant's wife's first love. As the trial begins, the entire once-peaceful community is tense with suspicion and prejudice. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. PEN/Faulkner Award. 1995.The stream
By Brian Clarke. 2000
Apart from a few protesters, the announcement of an industrial park in a depressed rural area is widely welcomed, it…
promises new jobs and new hope for those who live there. A few miles away, in a small valley with a stream running through it, the management of a farm passes from father to son after years of wrangling between them about the way it should be run. Over time, unnoticed by anyone, these two events begin to take their toll on the valley and the surrounding land. Winner of the 2000 BP Natural World Book Prize. 2000.These festive nights
By Sheila Fischman, Marie-Claire Blais. 1997
Renata, convalescing from surgery, is enjoying a sun-drenched paradise in the Gulf of Mexico with her husband, Claude. But under…
the world of wealth, privilege, and beauty lie poverty and an uncertain future as the world approaches a millennial crisis. Winner of the 1996 Governor General's Award for French Fiction. 1997. Uniform title: Soifs.The maestro: a novel
By Tim Wynne-Jones. 1995
Fourteen-year-old Burl Crow lives just north of Sudbury with his parents. Burl wants to leave his pill-popping mother and abusive…
father, so he escapes into the bush. He stumbles upon an isolated cabin where he meets an eccentric concert pianist. The unlikely meeting launches Burl on a journey of personal discovery. Winner of the 1995 Governor General's Award. Some strong language. For Junior High readers. 1995.Deux amis dans la nuit (Premier Roman Ser.)
By Louise Leblanc. 1996
En l'absence de ses parents, Léonard reçoit son ami Julio, un jeune vampire. Les événements l'obligent à dévoiler l'identité du…
visiteur. Prix du livre jeune public Québec/Wallonie - Bruxelles 1998. Années 4-7. 1996.La danse juive (Collection Roman)
By Lise Tremblay. 1999
The hollow tree
By Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn. 1997
In 1777, fifteen-year-old Phoebe Olcott is thrown into the turmoil of the American Revolutionary War when her cousin Gideon is…
hanged as a British spy. When she finds a secret message from Gideon, containing the names of Loyalist families to be protected by British soldiers, she must deliver it to the British general at Fort Ticonderoga. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 1998 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 1997.En l'air: roman
By Helen Humphreys, Jean-Pierre Quijano. 1999
Oeuvre de fiction dont les détails techniques reposent sur des faits historiques et qui s'inspire de la vie des aviatrices…
américaines, Grace O'Gorman et Willa Briggs, "fragiles et téméraires", qui établirent un record national d'endurance entre le 20 et le 30 décembre 1933. Prix Toronto Book Award. 1999.Trapped in ice
By Eric Walters. 1997
Thirteen-year-old Helen joins her mother and younger brother aboard the "Karluk" in 1913 as part the Canadian Arctic Expedition. Helen…
records the events of the voyage in her diary as the ill-fated expedition becomes trapped in the ice of an early Arctic freeze-over, and they are forced to leave the ship to find solid land. Winner of the 1999 Silver Birch Award. Grades 5-8. 1997.Cristoforo: récits insolites d'un singulier voyageur
By Willie Thomas. 1997
Picaresque, baroque, aventureux sont les qualificatifs qui conviennent à ce récit galopant et peuplé de personnages pittoresques. Sur fond historique,…
le héros né en 1589 va et vient de l'Europe à l'Amérique et multiplie les situations et intrigues à un rhythme fou. Lauréat 1997 du Grand prix du livre de Montréal.Sunwing (Silverwing Saga #Bk. 2)
By Kenneth Oppel. 1999
While Shade continues to search for his father he finds a strange Human building that holds a huge forest. Thousands…
of bats live in the building where the forest is as warm as a summer night and food is plentiful. Then some of the bats start to go missing and Shade and Marina want to know where they have disappeared to. Their search takes them on a long journey and brings them closer to finding Shade's father. Sequel to "Silverwing." Winner of the 2001 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Grades 4-7. 1999.