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Stained
By Jennifer Jacobson. 2005
1975. Sixteen-year-old Jocelyn grapples with ambivalent boyfriend Benny and the frightening disappearance of Gabe, whom she's known from early childhood.…
Both Benny and Gabe seem to be influenced in some dark way by the local Roman Catholic priest, Father Warren, the link between the three of them. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2005.Spelling Mississippi: a novel
By Marnie Woodrow. 2002
Cleo, a Canadian on holiday in New Orleans, is sitting alone on a French Quarter wharf late one November night…
when a woman clad in full evening dress takes a running leap off the wharf into the river. When the woman, whom Cleo has assumed was dead by suicide, reappears a few nights later on the late evening news, Cleo is determined to find her. Both women make some startling self-discoveries and even find romance when Cleo finds the mysterious woman at last. 2002.Stalking horse
By Terence Strong. 1993
Iraq invades Kuwait and the world lurches towards war. In Washington DC and London, two governments dread a biological attack…
that will lose them the battle before it begins. However, two intelligence agents are in a position to avert the catastrophe - Avery is a former SAS man; Corrigan is a Delta Force Soldier. Each is on a separate deep-cover assignment to penetrate the world's deadliest terrorist organisation. 1993.Spiderweb: a novel
By Penelope Lively. 1998
Retired social anthropologist Stella Brentwood moves to western rural England near her old school chums. Stella has lived all over…
the world and observed many different societies in her line of work. But once in the country, she finds it difficult to adjust--especially with a dangerous, dysfunctional family next door. 1999, c1998.Soldier no more: a novel (Dr David Audley. #10.)
By Anthony Price. 1981
Spyder web
By Tom Grace. 1998
The Spyder is the CIA's greatest surveillance weapon, moving silently and stealthily on a globe-spanning web of computer networks. The…
battle to control this confidential technology has begun, and former US Navy SEAL officer Nolan Kilkenny has walked into the middle of the fight and a worldwide hunt for three computer-age information pirates. 1998.Spy story
By Len Deighton. 1974
War games and super secrets involve the transferral of a defecting Russian admiral to Britain under the command of a…
tough-sounding retired American marine corps commander. Submarine espionage under the Arctic and a bittersweet love affair add to the suspense. Strong language. 1974.Spy sinker
By Len Deighton. 1990
What kind of woman would leave her husband, her children and her home to live behind the Iron Curtain and…
work for the KGB? "Spy sinker" is a novel of many interlocking puzzles, for with the third person narrative comes a very different picture of characters we thought we knew so well from previous books. Conceived from the beginning as one complex plot, Deighton's great saga ends, like "Spy line" (DC30503), in 1987 when Fiona Samson's mission is complete. Descriptions of violence. 1990.Spy line (Hook, line and sinker trilogy ; #2)
By Len Deighton. 1989
Berlin-Kreuzberg: winter 1987. Through the grey streets, the British military police are hunting for Bernard Samson. But Berlin, beloved city…
of Bernard's childhood, holds innumerable hiding places for a spy on the run. Sequel to: "Spy hook". Followed by "Spy sinker". 1989. (Hook, line and sinker trilogy ; 2)Soup for president
By Robert Newton Peck. 1978
Rob manages Soup's campaign for class president in their small Vermont town, but they wind up in trouble as usual.…
Sequel to "Soup & me." Followed by "Soup on ice." Grades 4-7. 1978.Someday Angeline
By Louis Sachar. 1983
Angeline could read the first time she picked up a book and play the piano without lessons. But being smart…
means that the mean kids in school call her a freak, her teacher finds her troublesome, and even her own father doesn't know what to do with her. Angeline just wants the chance to be herself, but it's only when she makes friends with a boy the kids call "Goon" and the teacher they call "Mr. Bone" that she gets that chance. Grades 4-7. c1983.Sophie's choice (Virago Modern Classics)
By William Styron. 2004
Stingo, an inexperienced twenty-two year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in…
a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Stingo is drawn into the heart of their passionate and destructive relationship as witness, confidant and supplicant. Ultimately, he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland, the concentration camp and - the essence of her terrible secret - her choice. 2004, c1979.Something borrowed: A Novel
By Emily Giffin. 2004
New York attorney and perennial "good girl" Rachel celebrates her thirtieth birthday by sleeping with her childhood friend Darcy's fiancé…
Dex. Rachel discovers that Dex, a classmate from their law school days, really loves her but is afraid to end his engagement. Some strong language. 2004.Snow wolf
By Glenn Meade. 1996
In 1953 President Eisenhower receives alarming reports of Joseph Stalin's deteriorating mental health and of a heightened risk of war.…
Ike authorizes the CIA to kill Stalin, and two agents are dropped in Moscow. When the plot goes awry, the agents come under threat from both sides and find an unlikely ally. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 1996.Solo (A James Bond novel)
By William Boyd. 2013
It is 1969 and James Bond is about to go solo, recklessly motivated by revenge. A seasoned veteran of the…
service, 007 is sent to single-handedly stop a civil war in the small West African nation of Zanzarim. Aided by a beautiful accomplice and hindered by the local militia, he undergoes a scarring experience which compels him to ignore M's orders in pursuit of his own brand of justice. Bond's renegade action leads him to Washington, D.C., where he discovers a web of geopolitical intrigue and witnesses fresh horrors. Even if Bond succeeds in exacting his revenge, a man with two faces will come to stalk his every waking moment. 2013.S.O.B. : Banco à Cuba (SOB. #8.)
By Jack Hild. 1986
Les soldats de Barrabas sont une équipe de mercenaires (une douzaine au départ, leur nombre tendant à diminuer au fil…
des missions, à cause de tous les salauds qui leur veulent du mal) menés par le colonel Nile Barrabas, un ancien du Vietnam (comme il se doit) qui se voir confier des (sales) missions par un sénateur. Titre uniforme: Eye of the fire.Slot machine
By Chris Lynch. 1996
Fourteen-year-old Elvin, his two best friends, and other incoming male freshmen of a Christian high school spend three weeks at…
summer camp. The goal is to find an athletic slot for each boy. Unfortunately, as overweight Elvin sarcastically explains in letters to his mother, he's not the athletic type. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 1996.Sky Lake summer
By Peggy Dymond Leavey. 1999
When thirteen-year-old Jane Covington is sent to spend her summer vacation with her grandmother at Sky Lake, the last thing…
she expects to be doing is solving a seventy-year-old mystery. But that's exactly what she does when she becomes interested in a long ago fire. Jane finds a cry for help in the form of a letter tucked into an old library book and begins the search for more clues and information with a little help from her friend Corrie. Grades 5-8. 1999.Sixty-six
By Barry Levinson. 2003
Baltimore in 1966 is a quiet, blue-collar town. But all that is about to change for one group of young…
men. Bobby drops out of law school during his final year. Neil heads for the war in Vietnam, but goes AWOL and comes home as an antiwar protester. Ben marries the Cadillac dealer's daughter and half-heartedly begins his new life as son-in-law to the boss. Turko and Eggy discover the decadence of the '60s, but struggle to adapt. 2003.Skeleton Key (Alex Rider adventure. #3.)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2002
Teenage superspy Alex Rider travels from a reconnaissance mission at Wimbledon Tennis Championships to an investigation on Cayo Esqueleto, Cuba.…
He begins to make chilling links between several deaths, an illegal nuclear weapons deal and General Sarov's plans for the future of the world. Some strong language. Sequel to "Point blank" (DC26006), followed by "Eagle strike" (DC29161). For junior high readers. 2002. (Alex Rider adventure ; 3)