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Corner of the Universe

Martin, Ann M

Publié en 2002

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Fiction
Roman

Corner of the Universe : The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable smalltown life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over ten years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. He's been institutionalized; his condition invovles schizophrenia and autism.Hattie, a shy girl who prefers the company of adults, takes immediately to her excitable uncle, even when the rest of the family -- her parents and grandparents -- have trouble dealing with his intense way of seeing the world. And Adam, too, sees that Hattie is special, that her quiet, shy ways are not a disability,

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Hatching Magic

Downer, Ann

Publié en 2004

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Fiction
Roman

Hatching Magic : Poor Theodora Oglethorpe! Her biologist father has gone off to explore the jungles of Laos without her, her best friends are away on vacation, and a long, hot, lonely Boston summer is all she has to look forward to. Poor Gideon! Wycca, his pet wyvern, has disappeared through a magic hole in time in search of a place to lay her egg. Kobold, Gideon's wizard rival, wants nothing more than to get his hands on Wycca. In a desperate attempt to rescue Wycca from Kobold's evil clutches, Gideon follows her through the magic hole'and finds himself transported from thirteenth-century England to the terrifyingly modern world of Boston, Massachusetts, in the twenty-first century.Soon Theodora's involved with a chocoholic baby wyvern, a mysterious wyvern playing card, a couple of desperate wizards -- and the summer vacation of her life!

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Fires of Jubilee

Hart, Alison

Publié en 2003

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Fiction
Roman

Fires of Jubilee : ABBY IS FREE FROM SLAVERY BUT NOT FROM THE SECRETS OF HER PAST...It's 1865 in the conquered South and things are not as they were before the war. Thirteen-year-old Abby Joyner still lives on the plantation where she was raised but she and her grandparents are free now and continue on for a small salary.One thing is the same as it has always been, though—Abby does not know what became of her mother. Why won't anyone tell her? Abby is determined to find the truth behind her disappearance. But answers are few and she is about to discover that, like freedom, the truth is harder to come by than she could have imagined.

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Joan of Arc

Kudlinski, Kathleen

Publié en 2008

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Documentaire

Joan of Arc : Filled with archival photographs and amazing fact boxes, this groundbreaking series introduces young readers to some of history's most interesting and influential characters.Tells the story of the farmgirl turned Christian martyr, who heard voices encouraging her to secure the throne of France for its rightful heir.

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Junie B. Jones Series 6 , Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday

Park, Barbara

Publié en 1996

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Fiction
Roman

Junie B. Jones Series 6 , Junie B. Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday : Guess who's not invited?That meanie Jim has invited everyone in Room Nine to his birthday party on Saturday -- except Junie B.! Should she have her own birthday party six months early and not invite Jim? Or should she move to It's a Small World After All in Disneyland?

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Goosebumps Horrorland 3 , Monster Blood For Breakfast!

Stine, Robert Lawrence

Publié en 2008

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Fiction
Roman

Goosebumps Horrorland 3 , Monster Blood For Breakfast! : For an athlete like Matt Daniels, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It's also the most dangerous. That's because somebody is about to pull a mean prank. The recipe is simple: Just add gooey, green Monster Blood. As if Matt's problems weren't big and slimy enough, an invitation to HorrorLand is also on its way. Can Matt survive inside a terrifying scream park where trouble lurks behind every turnstile? Can YOU?

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Frère lapin prend le frais, Contes afro-américains

Sauerwein, Leigh

Publié en 1998

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Fiction
Conte

Frère lapin prend le frais, Contes afro-américains : Un alligator, un homme aux grands pieds, un serpent, un écureuil crédule, ils sont tous les héros de ces contes où l'humour le dispute à l'insolence, et où le culot est souvent la meilleure arme dont on dispose dans la vie.

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Goosebumps Horrorland 4 , The Scream of the Haunted Mask

Stine, Robert Lawrence

Publié en 2008

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Fiction
Roman

Goosebumps Horrorland 4 , The Scream of the Haunted Mask : After the worst Halloween ever, Carly Beth assumed that nothing could be scarier than a drooling rubber mask with a mind of its own. The Haunted Mask is its name. Don't wear it out. One year later, the ugly, green mask mysteriously calls out to her again, and ugly, green masks don't like to be ignored. If Carly Beth can survive the night, even a terrifying amusement park like HorrorLand might seem like a vacation. Then again, maybe not . .

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Incredible Sharks

Simon, Seymour

Publié en 2003

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Documentaire

Incredible Sharks : An introduction to the physical characteristics and behavior of various kinds of sharks.

langue anglaise

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Magic Tree House Series 20 , Dingoes at Dinnertime

Osborne, Mary Pope

Publié en 2000

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Fiction
Roman

Magic Tree House Series 20 , Dingoes at Dinnertime : Jack and Annie are whisked down under to the land of Australia, where they save a baby kangaroo, a koala, and other animals from a raging wildfire.

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The Night Journey

Lasky, Kathryn

Publié en 1981

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Fiction
Roman

The Night Journey : Thirteen-year-old Rachel dreads the afternoons she has to spend with her great- grandmother, Nana Sashie-until Sashie begins to reminisce about her childhood in Russia and Rachel finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of memories. As the events and characters of Sashie's past come to life, Rachel discovers a distant country and time, a time when Jews were forced to serve in the Czar's armies or were murdered in pogroms, a time when nine-year-old Sashie devised a wonderful plan to save her family from danger. . . .

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Hill Of Fire

Lewis, Thomas P / Sandin, Joan

Publié en 1983

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Fiction

Hill Of Fire : Here is the exciting story of the eruption of Parícutin—the volcano in Mexico that burst from a farmer,s field and changed the lives of the people who lived nearby. ‘Will give readers understanding of a people and a good story based on fact.,

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