The third Shard of the sword Excalibur is calling Ariane. From a really, really long way away.
In the third instalment of this modern take on Arthurian legends, Ariane – descendant of none other than the Lady of the Lake herself...
Orphans
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Author:Willett, EdwardSummary: - Author:Jetté, BrunoSummary:
Dans La traite des fous 2: Fils de pute, l’auteur, qui a grandi dans les murs d’un orphelinat, apprend qu’il est le fils d’une prostituée. En même temps qu’il découvre ses origines et qu’il nous relate certains extraits de son enfance,...
- Author:Houck, ColeenSummary:
La dernière chose que Kelsey Hayes croyait faire cet été-là, c’était de tenter de conjurer une malédiction indienne vieille de 300 ans. En compagnie d’un mystérieux tigre blanc nommé Ren À l’autre bout du monde. Mais c’est exactement ce...
- Author:Houck, ColeenSummary:
Cinq dragons mythiques chinois et la haute mer appellent Kelsey! À dix-neuf ans, elle doit s’embarquer dans un troisième voyage ― cette fois-ci pour trouver le collier de perles noires de la déesse Durgâ et libérer son bien-aimé Ren à...
- Author:Houck, ColeenSummary:
Trois des quêtes de la déesse Durgâ se trouvant maintenant derrière eux, il ne reste plus à Kelsey, Ken et Kishan qu’une seule prophétie à réaliser pour conjurer la malédiction du tigre. Mais le plus difficile des défis les attend : une...
- Author:Houck, ColeenSummary:
L’été des dix-huit ans de Kelsey Hayes fut complètement fou. Le genre de folie à laquelle personne ne croirait jamais. En plus de se battre contre des singes d’eau immortels et de traverser péniblement les jungles de l’Inde, elle est...
- Author:Cliche, NormandSummary:
1945. Dans le Québec rural de l’après-guerre, à Saint-Georges, en Beauce, un jeune pianiste orphelin réchauffe le coeur d’une marchande d’amour convertie. Donné en adoption à un vendeur de bétail violent, l’adolescent fait face à une...
- Author:Verhoest, ChristelleSummary:
Maria a quinze ans. Orpheline sans ressource, elle est recueillie par un ami de jeunesse de sa mère, médecin de Bretagne: Olivier de Lordremons. Mais à son arrivée au manoir, Ael, le fils de son hôte, un garçon de seize ans, se montre...
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Author:Davis, KatieSummary:Katie Davis traveled to Uganda for a short mission trip over the Christmas break of her senior year in high school. She found herself so moved by the Ugandan people and their needs that she knew it was her calling to return to care for...
- Author:Kipling, RudyardSummary:
The novel takes place at a time contemporary to the book’s publication; its setting is India under the British Empire. The title character is a boy of Irish descent who is orphaned and grows up independently in the streets of...
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Author:Berry, WendellSummary:"From the simple setting of his own barbershop, Jayber Crow -- orphan, seminarian, and native of Port William -- recalls his life and the life of his community as it spends itself in the middle of the twentieth century. Surrounded...
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Author:Brontë, CharlotteSummary:Jane Eyre is alone in the world, orphaned and living off the charity of reluctant relatives. Hired as a governess, she enters a society of high glamour and dark family secrets. Possibly the world’s most romantic book about child abuse,...
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Author:Walters, EricSummary:After the orphanage she lives in is destroyed by fire, Betty, an innocent and trusting teen, takes a job as a maid in Kingston, Ontario. Welcomed into the household of the wealthy Remington clan, Betty makes friends with the staff at...
- Author:Porter, PamelaSummary:
Shortlisted for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. In a small prairie town like Argue, Saskatchewan, everyone knows everybody else’s business. Everyone knows that the Loney family has been barely hanging on -- the father,...
- Author:Quinn, JuliaSummary:
When James Sidwell, Marquis of Riverdale, offered to help Elizabeth Hotchkiss find herself a husband, he never dreamed that the only candidate he could propose would be himself.
- Author:Lottridge, Celia BarkerSummary:
Finalist for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. Samira is only nine years old when the Turkish army invades northwestern Persia in 1918, and she and her parents, brother and baby sister are driven from their tiny village. Taking only...
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Author:Jennings, SharonSummary:My name is Lee Mets (honest), and this is my book I’m part of the writing club, which is fantastic, since what I want to be most is a writer. My mother says that girls don’t grow up to be writers, they can only be nurses or teachers....
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Author:Kohli, Marjorie, Bagnell, Kenneth, Pettit, Mary, Corbett, Gail H.Summary:In the early years after Confederation in Canada, the rising nation needed workers that could take advantage of the abundant resources. Until the time of the Depression, 100,000 impoverished children from the British Isles were sent...
- Author:Major, KevinSummary:
Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of a young boy's struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life. Michael turned fourteen in May. By June,...
- Author:Groves, AnnieSummary:
A breathtaking tale set in 1920s Liverpool and London of one girl's determination to trace her roots, find true love and succeed in a world where obstacles lurk around every corner.
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