Allan Stratton

The Dream Witch wants the heart of Princess Olivia. Until she has it none of the kingdom's children are safe. Olivia's parents seek help from the Prince Leo of Pretonia and his uncle, the Duke of Fettwurst, but the treacherous duo seize their castle instead. It is up to Olivia to defeat the Dream Witch, Prince Leo and his uncle. She makes a daring escape from her turret cell and races to the forest to take on the Dream Witch in her underground lair. Two friends are by her side: the peasant boy Milo and a curious talking mouse with a surprising past. Together they must face danger and fantastical adverseries to lift the Great Dread, save their families and resuce a kingdom.

"Grade ten is trouble-filled for Leslie as she searches for approval and identity. She keeps a journal of her feelings and is forced to make some difficult choices" Cf. Our choice, 2001.

It's the Great Depression and Mary Mabel McTavish is suicidal. A drudge at the Bentwhistle Academy for Young Ladies (aka Wealthy Juvenile Delinquents), she is at London General Hospital when little Timmy Beeford is carried into emergency and pronounced dead. He was electrocuted at an evangelical road show when the metal cross on top of the revival tent was struck by lightning. Believing she's guided by her late mother, Mary Mabel lays on hands. Timmy promptly returns to life.William Randolph Hearst gets wind of the story and soon the Miracle Maid is rocketing from the Canadian backwoods to '30s Hollywood. Jack Warner, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Rockettes round out a cast of Ponzi promoters, Bolshevik hoboes, and double-dealing social climbers in a fast-paced tale that satirizes the religious right, media manipulation, celebrity, and greed.

"Edgar Beamish dies, leaving his corporate empire to his estranged son, Junior, who launches a charitable foundation with company assets. Disaster ensues; bankruptcy appears certain." "But Junior has a fundraising inspiration, The Phoenix Lottery. It offers its winner instant fame and fortune: the chance to torch a prized van Gogh at a live event, and to sell the story to TV, tabloids and Hollywood.". "Junior has an ally in performance artist Lydia Spark. But powerful enemies include the slippery Vatican envoy Cardinal Wichita, the ghost of Junior's father - and the spirit of van Gogh himself." "An exploration of art, commerce, and untidy family relationships, The Phoenix Lottery is a grand comedy told with outrageous wit, and a keen eye for the masks with which society maintains the fiction of a moral world."--BOOK JACKET.

A girl's struggle amid the African AIDS pandemic, Chanda, is an astonishingly perceptive girl living in the small city of Bonang, a fictional city in Southern Africa. When her youngest sister dies, the first hint of HIV/AIDS emerges, Chanda must confront undercurrents of shame and stigma. Not afraid to explore the horrific realities of AIDS, Chanda's Secrets also captures the enduring strength of loyalty, friendship and family ties. Above all, it is a story about the corrosive nature of secrets and the healing power of truth.

Hans, a foundling raised by a grave robber, helps Countess Angela Gabriela, nearly thirteen, when she is torn away from her dream of being a professional puppeteer by an evil archduke out to destroy her and her parents.

Set in a fictional country in Sub-Saharan Africa, this is a story about living with the truth of AIDS, and a teenage girl fighting to rescue the people she loves.

Sami Mohammed Sabiri, 16 ans, est né et vit en Californie avec ses parents. Son père, qui a fui l'Iran quand il était enfant, est aujourd'hui directeur de recherche dans un laboratoire de biologie. Il se dit bien intégré à son pays d'accueil, mais c'est également un musulman très pieux. De ce fait, Sami a reçu une éducation très stricte, ses fréquentations et ses activités sont très surveillées. À peine tente-t-il parfois quelques bêtises avec ses deux meilleurs copains. C'est pourquoi, lorsque le FBI débarque un matin chez lui, saccage la maison à la recherche d'indices et emmène le père accusé de terrorisme, Sami est déboussolé: comment son père, ce modèle de vertu, aurait-il pu contrevenir à la moindre loi américaine? Sa vie devient vite un enfer. Il est renvoyé de son école et sa mère perd son emploi. Son père en prison, l'adolescent va devoir affronter le racisme ambiant et mobiliser son énergie pour sauver l'honneur de sa famille. Aidé de ses deux amis, Sami va lui-même mener l'enquête pour découvrir qui a bien pu rencontrer son père lors d'un mystérieux week-end de travail à Toronto. [SDM]. Ce roman-choc sur fond d'actualité politique est puissant par ce qu'il sous-tend: le climat d'intolérance et de suspicion engendré par la tragédie du 11 septembre. À travers le personnage de Sami, c'est une histoire de courage et de choix identitaires que propose ce récit intense, qui permet de comprendre comment une société (qui se dit ouverte d'esprit) met peu de temps à étiqueter de criminels des gens moindrement différents. [SDM].

The truth is closing in.Life's not easy for Sami Sabiri since his dad stuck him at a private school where he's the only Muslim kid. But it's about to get a lot worse.When Sami catches his father in a lie, he gets suspicious. . . . He's not the only one. In a whirlwind, the FBI descends on his home, and Sami's family becomes the center of an international terrorist investigation. Now Sami must fight to keep his world from unraveling.An explosive thriller ripped from today's headlines, borderline is the story of a funny, gutsy Muslim-American teen determined to save his father, his family, and his life.

269 pages ; 22 cm