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by Michael Crichton ; traduit de l'américain par Patrick Berthon.
Publishers Weekly Bestseller Crichton (Jurassic Park) once again focuses on genetic engineering in his cerebral new thriller, though the science invol...More
Into the Volcano
by Wood, Don
Library Journal My kids and I were mesmerized by this fast-paced book. The plot centers on two brothers: adventuresome Duffy and reticent Sumo. The ...More
Way Up and Over Everything
by McGill, Alice.
School Library Journal Gr 1-5-Like Virginia Hamilton's The People Could Fly (Knopf, 2004), this folktale tells the story of slaves who magically sli...More
Lindbergh
by A. Scott Berg
Library Journal Berg, whose biographies of Max Perkins and Sam Goldwyn are central texts in their fields, restores some luster to complicated aviator ...More
_____ My Dad Says
by Justin Halpern
School Library Journal
: Gr 4-7-Rebecca Percy's parents and baby brother have been kidnapped by the Abenaki Indians on the dangerous 1754 New Hamp...More
Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell
Publishers Weekly In Outliers, Gladwell (The Tipping Point) once again proves masterful in a genre he essentially pioneered--the book that illuminat...More
Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
Mirette on the High Wire
by Emily McCully
Book list Ages 4-7. McCully has created a picture book in a totally different vein than that of Picnic [BKL Ap 1 84] or School [BKL S 1 87]. Set 100 y...More
Better off Wed
by Laura Durham
In the Bleak Midwinter
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Vision of Hell on Earth
by Kim Paffenroth
Publishers Weekly You don't have to be a fan of zombie movies to learn from them, but it probably helps. Paffenroth, an associate professor of r...More
Blood From Stone
by Frances Fyfield
In the Time of the Drums
by Kim L. Siegelson and Brian Pinkney
School Library Journal Gr 2-5-A Gullah story brought into beautiful focus by Pinkney's trademark scratchboard-on-oil drawings. Mentu and his grand...More
Citizen Vince
by Jess Walter
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
by D.B. Johnson
School Library Journal
: K-Gr 4-A nicely realized retelling of a short passage from Henry Thoreau's Walden. Henry and his friend decide to go to Fitch...More
A Fire Upon the Deep
by Vernor Vinge
How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff
Publishers Weekly This riveting first novel paints a frighteningly realistic picture of a world war breaking out in the 21st century. Told from the ...More
James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
by Julie Phillips
Publishers Weekly Journalist Phillips has achieved a wonder: an evenhanded, scrupulously documented, objective yet sympathetic portrait of a deliber...More
Animals on the Edge: Science Races to Save Species Threatened With Extinction
by Sandra Pobst
Frindle
by Andrew Clements
Publisher’s Weekly
: Always one step ahead of his teachers, Nick not only can "feel a homework assignment coming the way a farmer can feel ...More
Catch of the day
by Kristan Higgins.
Book list Maggie's misadventures have entertained the gossips of Gideon's Cove for years, but at 32 she's getting frustrated with her lack...More
Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution
by Gale Christianson
Book list Gr. 8^-12. Christianson, a distinguished professor who has written extensively on Newton and his times, makes few concessions to the lay rea...More
So Wild A Dream
by Win Blevins
Book list Life in rural Pennsylvania in the 1820s doesn't hold much appeal for young, adventurous, ambitious Sam Morgan. He decides to make his l...More
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by John Berger
Ysabel
by Guy Gavriel Kay
Library Journal Ned Marriner joins his father, the famous photographer Edward Marriner, for an extended stay in Provence, an area of France steeped ...More
While I Was Gone
by Sue Miller
Library Journal Thirty years ago, Joey Becker's carefree bohemian life was shattered by the brutal, unsolved murder of her best friend, Dana. Joey cop...More
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