In a small Alabama town in 1947-1956, Sonny searches for answers about his father's disappearance, "Uncle Marty," who looks after the family, and Mamby, their black housekeeper.
Coming of age
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Author:Lyon, George EllaSummary: -
Author:Tamaki, Mariko, Tamaki, JillianSummary:Skim is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth stuck in a private girls' school in Toronto. When a classmate's boyfriend kills himself because he was rumoured to be gay, the school goes into mourning overdrive, each...
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Author:Currie, RobertSummary:Robert Currie's Shimmers of Light: New and Selected Poems uses the vernacular of ordinary working people to tell stories and sing songs of small-town prairie life. Like Alden Nowlan, or more recently, Billy Collins, this poet constructs...
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Author:Summary:A colleciton of essays from writers and comedians that captures the formative moments in our lives that we are typically too afraid to share. Topics range from trauma to sexuality to love to loss to finally understanding what human...
- Author:Horsman, Paul E.Summary:
The night before his Coming-of-Age, Ghyll and his two friends escape their castle on a clandestine boar hunt that will forever change their lives. The hunt proves a disaster, and with one of them badly wounded, they return just in time...
- Author:Smith, CheritaSummary:
Snow White meets genetic engineering in this captivating novelette that blends science fiction and fairy tale— you'll be hooked from the very first line.Like most engineered kids, Amara can't wait to turn sixteen. Sixteen means...
- Author:Kobayashi, TamaiSummary:
Not every story has a happy ending.Since her brother's death, eight-year-old Egg Murakami has been living day-to-day on the family ostrich farm near Bittercreek, discovering life to be an ever-perplexing condition. Mama Murakami has...
- Author:Palacio, R. J.Summary:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Perfection." - The Wall Street Journal. The bestselling author of Wonder returns with an enthralling adventure about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion...
- Author:Boulerice, SimonSummary:
Pourquoi Simon sourit-il autant? Et que cache-t-il derrière ce sourire? Que camouflent les costumes de mascotte qu'il emprunte ou les masques qu'il revêt? D'où lui viennent cette légèreté, cette juvénilité? C'est à...
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Author:Grimes, NikkiSummary:A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.
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Author:Rosoff, MegSummary:Twelve-year-old Mila travels with her father to upstate New York to visit friends and family, who may lead them to clues to the whereabouts of her father's best friend, who has gone missing.
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Author:Smith, RolandSummary:A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
- Author:Bigué, GenevièveSummary:
Un phénomène naturel très rare cause tout un émoi à Rivière-aux-Corbeaux : le lac Kijikone a pris feu et est devenu un véritable brasier. On dit que lorsqu'il s'enflamme, tout ce qu'on y plonge se transforme en or....
- Author:Babcock, BeccaSummary:
I move around the side of the house. There is a thick mass of shrubs on the north-east side. Juniper, and caragana gone wild. Without thinking, I pluck a flower and put it into my mouth, savouring the delicate yellowness of its flavour...
- Author:Bailar, SchuylerSummary:
A coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such a splash. For fans of Alex Gino's George and Lisa Bunker's Felix Yz. Obie knew his transition would have ripple effects....
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Author:Rhodes, Jewell ParkerSummary:In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
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Author:Kinsella, WarrenSummary:The X Gang face off with Earl Turner, a presidential candidate straight out of their nightmares. It is a dangerous, divisive time in America. A far-right political candidate is seeking the presidency and stirring up hatred against...
- Author:Gagnon, PierreSummary:
«Léo est devenu vieux. Les vieux oublient, s'étouffent, font répéter, voient trouble, tombent, n'en veulent plus, en veulent encore, ne dorment plus la nuit, dorment trop le jour, font des miettes, oublient de prendre leurs médicaments...
- Author:Funk, CarlaSummary:
Carla Funk is a teenager with her hands on the church piano keys and her feet edging toward the flames. Coming of age in a remote valley town-a place rich in Mennonites, loggers, and dutiful wives who submit to their husbands-she knows...
- Author:Michalos, LouiseSummary:
Marilla Cuthbert was fifty-two years old when the plucky red-headed Anne Shirley came to live with her and her brother, Matthew, at Green Gables farm on Prince Edward Island. A seemingly cold and dour spinster, her heart eventually...
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