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Une lettre pour Nakicha (Roman jeunesse ; #118)
By Marthe Pelletier. 2003
Old wounds
By Nora Kelly. 1999
Historian Gillian Adams moves back to the home of her adolescence in order to care for her ailing mother. While…
there she investigates the murder of a promising young student at the college where she is a guest lecturer.Selected stories
By Alice Munro. 1996
Short story by the world-famous Alice Munro, which won her Canada's most prestigious literary prize: the Governor General's Award. Munro's…
stories look beneath the facade of everyday lives, the pain and promise, loves and fears of apparently ordinary men and women.Something fishy at Macdonald Hall
By Gordon Korman. 1995
Just as the Headmaster, William "The Fish" Sturgeon, is about to retire, a wave of practical jokes hits school. Bruno…
and Boots are the main suspects, but believe it or not, they're innocent while there's a phantom practical joker on the loose. With time running out, Bruno and Boots try to find out who's trying to frame them before they get expelled from Macdonald Hall. Grades 4-7. 1995.Amos Daragon, le Sanctuaire des Braves: roman; 2
By Bryan Perro. 2012
Dans cette nouvelle aventure du Sanctuaire de Braves, Béhémoth et Léviathan sont de retour afin de terminer leur mission, c'est-à-dire…
capturer Amos Daragon pour le reconduire dans la prison des enfers. Mais ce n'est pas l'unique menace qui plane sur le héros. Accusé à tort du meurtre d'une jeune fille à Berrion, la réputation d'Amos est en chute libre dans le royaume des Quinze. Impuissant sans ses masques de pouvoir et maintenant sans maître pour le guider, Amos n'est plus lui-même. Années 3-6 et plus.Récit basé sur une solide documentation. Dans la Nouvelle-France de 1757, le destin tragique de Marie-Josephte Corrivaux, une jolie femme…
douée pour la vie et pour l'amour, qui ne s'est pas assez méfié de son entourage, ni de son penchant pour l'alcool.Saffia, femme de Smyrne
By Rita Amabili-Rivet. 2007
[...] Ce roman se déroule entre 117 et 123 après J.-C. et met en scène la communauté de Smyrne (aujourdhui…
Izmir), une des plus anciennes cités dAsie Mineure et une des sept Églises originelles de la chrétienté. Il nous entraîne dans une odyssée fabuleuse, celle de Saffia une jeune femme qui est choisie par les responsables de la communauté pour devenir diaconesse. En allant annoncer lévangile elle sera confrontée à différentes aventures et devra faire des choix radicaux. Femme dans un monde dhommes, comment Saffia fera-t-elle pour répondre à lappel de Dieu? Elle veut annoncer la Voie, enseigner aux autres femmes, initier celles qui commencent à se montrer intéressées, les accompagner jusquau baptême et plus loin encore! Mais se doute-elle que son destin est lié à celui de son époque? [...] -- 4e de couv.Any known blood
By Lawrence Hill. 1997
Eldest son of a white mother and prominent black father, Langston Cane V has begun to feel the burden of…
his illustrious family name. Fired from his job as a government speechwriter, he goes to Baltimore, where he embarks on a quest to find his family's past and follows the lives of his ancestors from 19th century Virginia to the suburbs of Oakville, Ontario, once a final stop on the Underground Railroad. Some descriptions of sex and violence. Bestseller. 2008, c1997.Who is Frances Rain?
By Margaret Buffie. 1987
Fifteen-year-old Lizzie McGill having a difficult time: her parents have divorced and her dad is gone; her mother has remarried…
but things aren't going well; her trip to her grandmother's cottage for the summer will be difficult because the whole family is coming along. To get away from everything, Lizzie starts exploring nearby Rain Island, finds a pair of old spectacles, and begins seeing things and people who aren't there. Are they connected to her family's past? For junior and senior high readers.Sun god, moon witch
By Welwyn Katz. 1986
Twelve-year-old Hawthorn McCall and her cousin, Patrick, become involved in a power struggle between two ancient deities. Unless Thorny can…
find a way to divert the earth forces and thwart the gods' plans, the entire world will be torn apart. Grades 5-8.Unless: a novel
By Carol Shields. 2002
In the spring of Reta Winters' forty-fourth year, all the quiet satisfactions of her well-lived life disappear in a moment.…
Her eldest daughter Norah suddenly runs from the family and ends up mute and begging on a Toronto street corner. Reta must tackle the mystery of her daughter's breakdown. Canada Reads 2011. 2002.A dedicated man: an Inspector Banks mystery (Inspector Alan Banks mystery)
By Peter Robinson. 1988
Inspector Banks investigates the murder of a quiet historian, Harry Steadman, in the British Dales. The case becomes complicated when…
young Sally Lamb, the only witness to the murder, disappears. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. c1988.Anne of Windy Willows (Anne of Green Gables. #4.)
By L. M Montgomery. 1936
Anne becomes a school teacher in Summerside, P.E.I. while waiting for Gilbert, now Dr. Blythe, and an island dream house.…
Sequel to "Anne of the Island" (BR71098). Followed by "Anne's house of dreams" (BR60788). Grades 4-7. 1936. (Anne of Green Gables ; 4)L'histoire de Louis Braille (Ma petite vache a mal aux pattes ; #33)
By Danielle Vaillancourt. 2001
Une excellente biographie romancée de Louis Braille. Par son entêtement, sa détermination, son ingéniosité, cet homme a atteint son but…
et a permis aux aveugles de s'ouvrir au monde, d'élargir leur horizon. Années 2-4. 2001.La Scouine
By Albert Laberge. 1972
Le romancier Albert Laberge, de Beauharnois, décrit la vie rurale de son milieu natal dans "La Scouine", en 1909. Il…
raconte la vie d'une petite ville de province. Ce roman a fait scandale et fut frappé d'un interdit clérical. 1972.La fille laide
By Yves Thériault. 1981
Edition originale, 1950. Le premier roman d'Yves Thériault. Les amours d'une disgrâciée sans le sou avec un homme de peine.…
Ce dernier a étranglé sa patronne qui se posait en rivale de la fille laide. Un enfant sourd et aveugle étant né du couple maudit, quel destin lui réserve son père? Une oeuvre forte, tragique et, pour certains, outrancière. 1981, c1950.Du fond de mon arrière-cuisine: roman
By Jacques Ferron. 1972
Chroniqueur attentif et lucide, Ferron fait appel à ses vastes connaissances de l'histoire dans un genre qu'il a tiré de…
l'oubli : l'historiette (Historiettes, Du fond de mon arrière-cuisine, Escarmouches). Dans près d'un millier de textes courts, percutants, souvent rédigés sur le ton du pamphlet, il mêle habilement ironie et sarcasme pour porter sur la vie politique, sociale et littéraire du Québec un témoignage d'une richesse et d'une justesse uniques. 1972.All hat: a novel
By Brad Smith. 2003
Ray Dokes is an ex-con ex-ballplayer, staying on his friend's farm and trying to keep out of trouble. Sonny Stanton,…
rich, ruthless, and violent, is trying to buy an entire concession of farmland but is blocked by Etta Parr, Ray's old flame. When a ten million dollar thoroughbred goes missing from Stanton's stables, Ray and his friends come up with a plan to right some old wrongs and exact revenge on Sonny. Strong language. 2003.Mrs. Mike
By Benedict Freedman, Nancy Freedman. 2002
Recently arrived in Calgary, Alberta, sixteen-year-old Katherine Mary O'Fallon never imagined that she could lose her heart so easily -…
or so completely. She and Mike Flannigan manage to live a good life in the harsh, unforgiving land, finding strength in their love. 2002.A question of loyalty
By Barbara Greenwood. 1984
Deborah Wallbridge's problems are only beginning when she finds a young, wounded rebel in the barn while her father and…
brother are away fighting against Mackenzie. Her loyalty is immediately torn between her family, whose values she understands and supports, and the rebel whose cause seems to Deborah to be justified for many reasons. Originally published in 1984.