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In 1802, Vice Admiral Richard Bolitho is given the task of returning the Caribbean island of San Felipe to the…
French. Things go badly when the corrupt governor of the island refuses to cooperate. Sequel to "Tradition of victory" (DC05817). Followed by "Colours aloft!" (DC34148). Descriptions of violence. 1984. (Richard Bolitho ; 17)
Kicked out of several public schools, Jake winds up being home schooled with an eccentric family of artists at the…
Applewhite's Creative Academy. When the whole clan becomes involved in producing The Sound of Music, Jake discovers a few positive traits and talents of his own. A Newbery Honor Book. Grades 5-8. 2002.
Seven stories about the famous samurai warriors of Japan. A lone samurai is attacked by two men - can he…
still be a samurai, even with his head cut off? A brave girl fights tradition to learn swordsmanship, but can she master the arts of the samurai? Grades 3-6. 1999.
Ex-policeman-turned-investigator Stone Barrington heads to Los Angeles to search for his kidnapped ex-girlfriend, Arrington Carrington. Only a few weeks before,…
she had unexpectedly left Stone to marry a famous movie star. Now that she is missing, Stone hurries to Hollywood. Strong language, descriptions of sex and violence. Bestseller. 1998.
Now that her twins are off to college, forty-year-old Sylvie plans to put some romance back in her marriage. But…
her husband, Bob, has found his own adventure - with Marla, a bimbo and a dead ringer for a much younger Sylvie. Instead of confronting Bob, Sylvie undergoes plastic surgery, and she and Marla secretly trade places. Some strong language. 1998.
An elderly couple, the Gardellas, are murdered in their western Massachusetts home by two local toughs. The victims are the…
parents of Anthony Gardella, a major Boston Mafia don, and his sister Rita, both of whom burn to avenge their parents' murder. Boston FBI chief Russell Thurston, obsessive, ambitious, and slightly sadistic, sees a chance to pierce Gardella's organization as he investigates the case. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1985.
England, A.D. 885. King Alfred of Wessex orders Saxon warrior Uhtred, lord of Bebbanburg, to retake London, a decaying Roman…
city that was invaded by Viking raiders. The mission once again tests Uhtred’s loyalties. Sequel to “Lords of the North” (DC29582). Followed by “Burning land” (DC41996). Explicit violence and some strong language. 2008. (Saxon stories ; 4)
Zero McNoo's world of his eccentric Southern family collides with his new world of the sophisticated Toronto gay community when…
his porn star cousin leaves his teenage daughter to stay with Zero for a few days. Already balancing a budding romance with family responsibilities and AIDS activism, Zero struggles with this new complication to his life. Some strong language. c1992.
The music rose to a climax; Lord Pastern aimed his revolver and fired. The figure in the spotlight fell and…
the coup-de-theatre had become murder. Could Inspector Alleyn believe the eccentric peer had let hatred of his son in law go too far, or would the tangle of jealousies and blackmail among the party guests reveal another murderer? 2004.
The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest…
friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden. Winner of the 1970 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. Grades 3-6. (A Harper trophy book)
When they meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware, Polly is set on heading west.…
Adam says he's also passing through. Yet they stay-- and over a punishing summer, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy, inexorable affair. Still, each holds something back from the other-- dangerous, even lethal, secrets. Then someone dies. Accident, or part of a plan? By now, Adam and Polly are so ensnared in each other's lives and lies that neither one knows how to get away-- even if they want to. Will the truth ultimately destroy them? 2018.
PI Dana Cutler, Supreme Court clerk Brad Miller, and FBI agent Keith Evans, from "Executive Privilege", join forces again to…
investigate an Oregon crime linked to a Supreme Court case. A woman is accused of murdering the only survivor of a ship massacre. Violence and strong language. 2010.
Blueberries lower the risk for cardiovascular disease, soy lowers cholesterol, broccoli lowers the incidence of cataracts and fights birth defects,…
and walnuts reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. By eating these and other SuperFoods, you can actually stop the incremental deteriorations that lead to common ailments and diseases. 2005, c2004.
An outrageous soap-opera spoof. Grief-stricken after the mid-air collision of her parents' planes leaves her an orphan, Sue Sudley moves…
to her aunt's small mid-western town where she hopes to become "a real teenager." For junior high readers. 1993.
Shay was totally drop-dead gorgeous. Why would a person that looked like a model want to sit next to me…
- an insignificant weed with a brace on her teeth? And glasses. Geeky Ruth Spicer hates school, but when super-cool Shayanne Sugar comes along and - shock horror! - wants to be her friend, things begin to look up. But Shay is hiding something - do best friends tell each other everything...? For grades 2-4 or older readers. 2005.
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.
The Lampreys had plenty of charm, but no cash. They all knew they were peculiar and rather glorified in it.…
The double and triple charades, for instance, with which they would entertain their guests, like rich but awful Uncle Gabriel, who was such a bore. They thought that if they jollied him up he could bail them out yet again but Uncle Gabriel died instead and Roderick Alleyn had to sort it all out. 1985.