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Pokémon adventures

Kusaka, Hidenori


Reads from right to left. Presents the adventures of Red as he tries to make friends with Pokémon as well as training them, while Team Rocket tries to steal his Pokémon at every turn.
Date Published:2008

La face cachée du clown

Rivard, Émilie, 1983-


Roman humoristique au cours duquel Hugo Duguay, alias Hu-Gai (parce qu'il a déjà suivi des cours de ballet...), tente désespérément de cacher à ses camarades de classe qu'il travaille à titre de clown pour l'entreprise de divertissement de ses parents afin d'amasser assez de sous pour s'offrir une nouvelle guitare. Se rendant malheureusement chez l'un d'entre eux, lors d'une fête d'anniversaire, le voilà à devoir marchander avec Léa la peste pour qu'elle ne publie pas une photo de lui costumé en clown. Comble de malheur, après avoir échoué à lui faire passer un examen, le voilà forcé d'aller lui acheter une jupe hors de prix. Rien pour l'aider à faire remonter sa cote de popularité. Heureusement, le concours "Secondaire en spectacle" lui donne l'occasion de s'affranchir de ce boulet. -- Narrée bien simplement avec les mots de l'adolescent de deuxième année du secondaire, cette tranche de vie empreinte d'autodérision aborde avec une lucidité douce-amère les affres de la vie des étudiants, parfois arrosées d'un peu d'alcool. Des strophes de ses chansons ainsi que quelques clavardages ponctuent le tout, illustré de quelques collages modernes satiriques en noir et blanc. [SDM].
Date Published:2013

Roman humoristique au cours duquel Hugo Duguay, alias Hu-Gai (parce qu'il a déjà suivi des cours de ballet...), tente désespérément de cacher à ses camarades de classe qu'il travaille à titre de clown pour l'entreprise de divertissement de ses parents afin d'amasser assez de sous pour s'offrir une nouvelle guitare. Se rendant malheureusement chez l'un d'entre eux, lors d'une fête d'anniversaire, le voilà à devoir marchander avec Léa la peste pour qu'elle ne publie pas une photo de lui costumé en clown. Comble de malheur, après avoir échoué à lui faire passer un examen, le voilà forcé d'aller lui acheter une jupe hors de prix. Rien pour l'aider à faire remonter sa cote de popularité. Heureusement, le concours "Secondaire en spectacle" lui donne l'occasion de s'affranchir de ce boulet. -- Narrée bien simplement avec les mots de l'adolescent de deuxième année du secondaire, cette tranche de vie empreinte d'autodérision aborde avec une lucidité douce-amère les affres de la vie des étudiants, parfois arrosées d'un peu d'alcool. Des strophes de ses chansons ainsi que quelques clavardages ponctuent le tout, illustré de quelques collages modernes satiriques en noir et blanc. [SDM].

Date Published:2013

Urban Voices 2018 = L'écho de la ville 2018


Includes some text in French. At head of title: poésie = poetry.
Date Published:2018

Sisters

Telgemeier, Raina


In a semi-autobiographical graphic novel, Raina's disappointing bond with a cranky, independent younger sister is further challenged by the arrival of a baby brother and an estrangement in their parents' marriage.
Date Published:2014

A fragmented shoreline


How can we rethink the fragmented management of our urban shorelines? Deborah Carlson, an environmental lawyer, describes the urgent need for coordinated governance of the Vancouver shoreline.
Date Published:2018

Smile

Telgemeier, Raina,


From sixth grade through tenth, Raina copes with a variety of dental problems that affect her appearance and how she feels about herself.
Date Published:2014

Les bas du pensionnat : une histoire vraie

Jordan-Fenton, Christy


Titre original: Fatty legs. Curieuse et entêtée, sachant qu'elle y apprendrait à lire comme sa soeur, Olemaun Pokiak demande à ses parents de l'envoyer à l'école des Blancs. Après plusieurs refus, son père fléchit, mais la prévient que la vie au pensionnat catholique d'Aklavik ne sera pas rose. On tentera d'y polir sa culture d'Inuvialiut en lui donnant un nom occidental, en lui coupant les cheveux, elle lui faisant effectuer de dures corvées tout en lui imposant une discipline autoritaire. Forte de son désir de savoir lire un jour, l'enfant de 8 ans quitte son petit univers familier de l'île de Banks pour rejoindre, après cinq jours de voyages en mer, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Aguerrie, elle en ressort quelques années plus tard amère et blessées mais sans y avoir oublié qui elle est et d'où elle vient.
Date Published:2024

Titre original: Fatty legs. Curieuse et entêtée, sachant qu'elle y apprendrait à lire comme sa soeur, Olemaun Pokiak demande à ses parents de l'envoyer à l'école des Blancs. Après plusieurs refus, son père fléchit, mais la prévient que la vie au pensionnat catholique d'Aklavik ne sera pas rose. On tentera d'y polir sa culture d'Inuvialiut en lui donnant un nom occidental, en lui coupant les cheveux, elle lui faisant effectuer de dures corvées tout en lui imposant une discipline autoritaire. Forte de son désir de savoir lire un jour, l'enfant de 8 ans quitte son petit univers familier de l'île de Banks pour rejoindre, après cinq jours de voyages en mer, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Aguerrie, elle en ressort quelques années plus tard amère et blessées mais sans y avoir oublié qui elle est et d'où elle vient.

Date Published:2024

Wonder

Palacio, R. J.,


Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
Date Published:2012

The third wheel

Kinney, Jeff


A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down until an unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves his best friend Rowley the odd man out.
Date Published:2012

Ghosts

Telgemeier, Raina,


Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
Date Published:2016

The long haul

Kinney, Jeff


The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns-- with everything from a fender bender to crazed seagulls-- but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget.
Date Published:2014

Dog days

Kinney, Jeff


In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
Date Published:2009

Aru Shah and the tree of wishes

Chokshi, Roshani,


After fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends fail to keep a prophecy from the Sleeper, they undergo a rebranding campaign to prove the Pandava's trustworthiness, but Aru believes they need to focus on finding the Tree of Wishes before the Sleeper and stopping war between the devas and the demons.
Date Published:2020

Cabin fever

Kinney, Jeff


Middle-schooler Greg Heffley is the prime suspect when it is discovered that school property has been damaged, but when a surprise blizzard hits and school is closed, Greg is stuck indoors with his family, unable to prove his innocence.
Date Published:2011

Field of screams

Sutherland, Joel A., 1980-,


Darius and Ryan used to love going to Fall Fright when they were younger, but Darius can't shake the feeling that they shouldn't be there. It's not long before the boys lose their way in the corn maze. And just as they're beginning to panic, they come across a boy who seems even more lost... not in the maze but in something even scarier. Can Darius and Ryan escape before they become the latest two victims of the corn maze?
Date Published:2019

Darius and Ryan used to love going to Fall Fright when they were younger, but Darius can't shake the feeling that they shouldn't be there. It's not long before the boys lose their way in the corn maze. And just as they're beginning to panic, they come across a boy who seems even more lost... not in the maze but in something even scarier. Can Darius and Ryan escape before they become the latest two victims of the corn maze?

Date Published:2019

The high cost of ship breaking


What are we dumping into our oceans and who is most impacted? What are the costs of global trade? An environmental lawyer challenges the global ship breaking industry that has used Bangladesh waters as a dumping ground.
Date Published:2018

Safe as houses : a novel

Walters, Eric, 1957-


Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth has a part-time job babysitting an adorable little grade 2 girl named Suzie, and Suzie's not-so-adorable grade 6 brother, David. On the night of October 15th, 1954, Hurricane Hazel roars down on Toronto, bringing torrential rains that cause extensive flooding. Their survival in the midst of one of Canada's worst disasters will depend upon their resourcefulness, maturity and courage.
Date Published:2007

Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth has a part-time job babysitting an adorable little grade 2 girl named Suzie, and Suzie's not-so-adorable grade 6 brother, David. On the night of October 15th, 1954, Hurricane Hazel roars down on Toronto, bringing torrential rains that cause extensive flooding. Their survival in the midst of one of Canada's worst disasters will depend upon their resourcefulness, maturity and courage.

Date Published:2007

The ship of the dead

Riordan, Rick


While Loki prepares his ship, Naglfar, to begin the final battle of Ragnarok, Magnus and his friends set sail to reach the vessel before it's ready, but angry sea gods and a fire-breathing dragon may prevent them from arriving in time.
Date Published:2017

The hypnotists

Korman, Gordon


Twelve-year-old Jackson Opus is descended from two powerful hypnotist bloodlines, but he has just begun to realize that he can control other peoples' actions with sometimes frightening results--especially when the head of the Sentia Institute plans to use Jackson for his own benefit.
Date Published:2013

The assassin's curse

Sands, Kevin


When Christopher Rowe's code-breaking uncovers the true target of an assassination attempt, he and his friends are odered to Paris to investigate a centuries-old curse on the French throne.
Date Published:2017