To Night Owl from Dogfish
by Holly Goldberg Sloan; Meg Wolitzer
Language: English
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books, imprints of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019].
295 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780525553236 ; 0525553231
Summary: Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City. Bett Devlin, who's fearless, outgoing, and loves all animals as well as the ocean, lives in California. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and are both being raised by single, gay dads. When their dads fall in love, Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same sleepaway camp. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends--and possibly, one day, even sisters. But things soon go off the rails for the girls (and for their dads too), and they find themselves on a summer adventure that neither of them could have predicted. Now that they can't imagine life without each other, will the two girls (who sometimes call themselves Night Owl and Dogfish) figure out a way to be a family?
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525553231/
Being Fishkill
by Lehrer Ruth
Language: English
Massachusetts : Candlewick Press,U.S., 2018.
210 x 140mm.
ISBN: 9780763684426 ; 0763684422
Summary: Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be -- until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start. Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill's fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck's mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill's unstable mother -- and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrer's young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains family. And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Fishkill-Ruth-Lehrer/dp/0763684422
The south wind
by Michael Phayer
Language: English
CreateSpace, 2018.
436 p. ; cm.
ISBN: 1547191031 ; 9781547191031
Summary: Seventeen year old John Hawk begins his adult life during World War II with the specific intention of someday winning back the land the United States government had taken from his people, the Kaw Nation. His life experiences bring about the realization that he is an American as well as a Native American. Still, he partially fulfills his youthful resolution with the help of his beloved grandson, Jack Bond.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/South-Wind-Michael-Phayer/dp/1547191031/
The incredible magic of being
by Kathryn Erskine
Language: English
New York : Scholastic Press, 2017. ©2017.
256 p. : cm.
ISBN: 9781338148510 ; 1338148516
Summary: Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen) happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor, who is in desparate need of healing.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Magic-Being-Kathryn-Erskine/dp/1338148516/
806 : a novel
by Cynthia Weil
Language: English
Indianapolis, IN : Tanglewood, [2018] ©2018.
232 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9781939100146 ; 1939100143
Summary: KT, sixteen, learns that her father was Donor 806, discovers two half-brothers, and travels with them from Missouri to California to meet their biological father, redefining their notions of "family" along the way.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/806-Novel-Cynthia-Weil/dp/1939100143/
The Day Always Comes
by Richard Osborn
Language: English
Archway 2017.
p. : cm.
ISBN: 9781480843998 ; 1480843997
Summary: Mike Gibbons, who was conceived through artificial insemination, is just four when his single mother is killed in a car accident. After he is sent to live with his grandparents, Mike grows into a popular young high school athlete. Unfortunately, Mike is still angry about his mother's sudden death and not knowing his father's identity. When he enlists in the navy after graduation, he befriends Mary without any idea she is about to change his life forever. One night after Mike tells Mary about his family history, she encourages him to search for his donor father. Even as Mike's internal struggles continue and his release date from the navy quickly approaches, he decides to try to locate his father. But when his research leads him to believe he has finally found the man who gave him life, Mike is left to wonder whether this man is truly his father or whether there is something much darker lurking in the shadows, just waiting to be revealed. In this mystery thriller, a young man searching for his birth father is led down a dark path he never could have imagined.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1480843997/
The gardener
by S. A. Bodeen
Language: English
New York : Square Fish, 2011.
233, 8 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9780312659424 ; 0312659423
Summary: When high school sophomore Mason finds a beautiful but catatonic girl in the nursing home where his mother works, the discovery leads him to revelations about a series of disturbing human experiments that have a connection to his own life.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312659423/
Replica
by Lauren Oliver
Language: English
New York, NY Harper, 2017. ©2016.
236, 6 pages, 284, 10 pages ; 21 cm.
Summary: Lyra's story begins in the Haven Institute, a building tucked away on a private island off the coast of Florida that from a distance looks serene. But up close the locked doors, military guards and bio-hazard suits tell a different story. Haven is a clandestine research facility where thousands of replicas, or human models, are born, raised and observed. When a surprise attack is launched, two of its young experimental subjects, Lyra, or 24, and the boy known only as 72, manage to escape. Gemma has been in and out of hospitals for as long as she can remember. A lonely teen, her life is circumscribed by home, school and her best friend, April. But after she is nearly abducted by a stranger claiming to know her, Gemma starts to investigate her family's past and discovers her father's mysterious connection to the secretive Haven research facility. Hungry for answers, she travels to Florida, only to stumble upon two replicas and a completely new set of questions. While the stories of Lyra and Gemma mirror each other, each contains revelations critically important to the other story. A flip book, each story can be read separately or in alternating chapters.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062394169/
The Lotterys plus one
by Emma Donoghue
Language: English
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2017.
ISBN: 0545925843 ; 9780545925846
Summary: Once upon a time, two couples with Jamaican, Native American, Indian, and Scottish ethnic roots won the lottery and bought a big house where all of them, four adults and seven adopted and biological children, could live together in harmony--but change is inevitable, especially when a disagreeable grandfather comes to stay.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545925819/
Children of Eden
by Michael Beeney
Language: English
Underwood : InHouse Publishing. 2016.
p. : cm.
ISBN: 9781925497052 ; 1925497054
Summary: Children of Eden by Michael Beeney takes us into the world of Harry Lester from London. Harry, like many others, took part in visiting unregulated infertility clinics when he was a medical student. Harry easily donated his genetic material to allow couples who were infertile to seek help. Twenty years after his donation period, Harry has given in to his wanderlust and is a doctor on a cruise ship. This allows him to work, but also travel as much as his heart desires. Harry's lifestyle is luxurious, carefree and fun. Twenty-year-old Jason Brown was born to a mother who desperately wanted him. He was the product of one of those unregulated infertility clinics, his father only ever known as a donor to him. That is until he becomes obsessed with finding out who his father is, and the drive to find this knowledge leads him on a journey around the world.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1857764307/
Along the way
by Jacqueline A. Kolosov
Language: English
Carmel, Indiana : Luminis Books, [2015].
285 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9781941311479 ; 1941311474
Summary: Piper Rose, Dani Shapiro, and Alexandra ‘Tessa’ Louise De Mille Morrow share a history that goes back to their preschool years in Chicago when their families were still intact. Now Piper lives in Evanston with her divorced dad, her estranged, unstable mother popping in and out of her life at random moments. Meanwhile, Dani’s been living in Santa Fe with a psychologist mom pregnant with her fiancé’s IVF babies. The blueblood Tessa resides on a prominent street in Boston and dreams of a romantic and well-heeled love story like that of her great-grandmother who went to France during World War II. Now that it’s the summer before college, these radically different friends decide to celebrate their history and their future by walking the legendary pilgrimage along the Way of St. James, from the French Pyrenees to the Spanish city of Santiago. Along the way, each young woman must learn to believe in herself as well as in her friends, as their collective journey unfolds into the experience of a lifetime.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1941311482/
Fade to us
by Julia Day
Language: English
New York : Wednesday Books, 2018.
309 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 1250097371 ; 9781250097378
Summary: Brooke's summer is going to be EPIC -- having fun with her friends and a job that lets her buy a car. Then her new stepfather announces his daughter is moving in. Brooke has always longed for a sibling, so she's excited about spending more time with her stepsister. But she worries, too. Natalie has Asperger's--and Brooke's not sure how to be the big sister that Natalie needs. After Natalie joins a musical theater program, Brooke sacrifices her job to volunteer for the backstage crew. She's mostly there for Natalie, but Brooke soon discovers how much she enjoys being part of the show. Especially sweet is the chance to work closely with charming and fascinating Micah--the production's stage manager. When her summer finally comes to an end, will Brooke finally have the family she so desperately wants--and the love she's only dreamed about?
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250097371/
Tarnished
by Kate Jarvik Birch
Language: English
Fort Collins, CO : Entangled Teen, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC., [2018] ©2015.
299 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 1633759040 ; 9781633759046
Summary: Ella was genetically engineered to be the perfect pet-graceful, demure...and kept. In a daring move, she escaped her captivity and took refuge in Canada. But while she can think and act as she pleases, the life of a liberated pet is just as confining as the Congressman's gilded cage. Her escape triggered a backlash, and now no one's safe, least of all the other pets. But she's trapped, unable to get back to Penn-the boy she loves-or help the girls who need her. Back in the United States, pets are turning up dead. With help from a very unexpected source, Ella slips deep into the dangerous black market, posing as a tarnished pet available to buy or sell. If she's lucky, she'll be able to rescue Penn and expose the truth about the breeding program. If she fails, Ella will pay not only with her life, but the lives of everyone she's tried to save.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1633751279/
The tree-sitter : a novel
by Suzanne Matson
Language: English
New York ; London : W.W. Norton, 2007.
pages cm.
ISBN: 9780393329445 ; 0393329445
Summary: A passionate and tensely pitched tale of first love and idealism set in the Oregon forests. Julie Prince is a top college student, destined for conventional success. But then she falls in love with Neil, a radical graduate student, and abandons her privileged East Coast life to tree-sit in the forests of Oregon. At first it is a romantic field trip; soon, though, Julie finds herself increasingly moved by the magnificence of the endangered forest and, like Neil, invested in its protection. Eventually pulled into a militant act of sabotage, Julie is forced to reassess her deepest held loyalties and beliefs.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393329445/
The summer of broken things
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Language: English
New York : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, [2018].
393 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9781481417648 ; 1481417649
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and pretty. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is known as “butt-girl” at school. The two girls were friends as little kids, but that’s ancient history now. So it’s a huge surprise when Avery’s father offers to bring Kayla along on a summer trip to Spain. Avery is horrified that her father thinks he can choose her friends—and make her miss soccer camp. Kayla struggles just to imagine leaving the confines of her small town.
But in Spain, the two uncover a secret their families had hidden from both of them their entire lives. Maybe the girls can put aside their differences and work through it together. Or maybe the lies and betrayal will only push them—and their families—farther apart.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Broken-Things-Margaret-Peterson/dp/1481417649/
Sparrow
by Sarah Moon
Language: English
New York : Scholastic US , 2018.
272 p.
ISBN: 9781338032581 ; 1338032585
Summary: Sparrow has always had a difficult time making friends. She would always rather have stayed home on the weekends with her mother, an affluent IT Executive at a Brooklyn bank, reading, or watching the birds, then playing with other kids. And that's made school a lonely experience for her. It's made LIFE a lonely experience. But when the one teacher who really understood her -- Mrs. Wexler, the school librarian, a woman who let her eat her lunch in the library office rather than hide in a bathroom stall, a woman who shared her passion for novels and knew just the ones she'd love -- is killed in a freak car accident, Sparrow's world unravels and she's found on the roof of her school in an apparent suicide attempt. With the help of an insightful therapist, Sparrow finally reveals the truth of her inner life. And it's here that she discovers an outlet in Rock & Roll music.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1338032585/
Le suivant sur la liste : l'intégrale
by Manon Fargetton
Language: French
Paris : Rageot, DL 2017.
1 vol. (547 p.) ; 210 cm.
ISBN: 9782700253252 ; 2700253256
Summary: Guidés par Nathan, leur ami décédé et réincarné en intelligence artificielle, Izia, Samuel, Morgane et Timothée découvrent qu'ils sont nés dans la même clinique par procréation médicalement assistée. Leurs capacités exceptionnelles sont-elles le fruit de manipulations génétiques ? Lorsqu'ils apprennent que la mort de Nathan n'est pas due au hasard et qu'ils se sentent menacés à leur tour, ils se lancent à la recherche de leur concepteur.
Available: https://www.amazon.fr/suivant-sur-liste-Lint%C3%A9grale/dp/2700253256
Prunelle de mes yeux
by Marion Muller-Colard
Language: French
Paris : Gallimard-Jeunesse, 2011.
(88 p.) ; 18 x 13 cm.
ISBN: 9782070638123 ; 207063812X
Summary: Il faut dire aussi qu'on m'a appelée Prunelle. Et après on s'étonne que je fasse une adolescence précoce. Quatorze ans, d'ailleurs, c'est plutôt l'adolescence tout court, voire l'adolescence un peu à la bourre… Et l'un des problèmes avec ma mère, c'est qu'elle n'a jamais sérieusement envisagé que je puisse grandir. Comment j'ai pu marcher aussi longtemps dans ses délires ? Ce n'est pas une mère, c'est un garde du corps. Mais ça cache quoi, au juste, tout ça?
Available: https://www.amazon.fr/Prunelle-mes-yeux-Marion-Muller-Colard/dp/207063812X/
Les effets du hasard
by Marie Leymarie
Language: French
Paris : Syros, DL 2016.
1 vol. (204 p.) ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9782748520941 ; 2748520947
Summary: Maïa a été choisie sur catalogue par ses parents. Et si elle ne répondait pas à leurs attentes ?...
Maïa a les yeux noisette, les cheveux châtains, un petit nez légèrement retroussé et un QI de 117. Elle correspond en tout point aux critères choisis par ses parents sur catalogue, quinze ans plus tôt. Un soir, elle est abordée par Anthony, un garçon aux yeux verts. Maïa accepte de prendre un verre avec lui, bien qu'il lui semble beaucoup trop intelligent pour elle. Et dans sa tête tourne en boucle l'avertissement de sa prof de biologie : " Si vous tombez amoureux, ne vous affolez pas... ça fait partie des maladies bénignes de l'adolescence. Quelques comprimés de Deluvio 300, et c'est réglé."
Available: https://www.amazon.fr/effets-du-hasard-Marie-Leymarie/dp/2748520947
Donneur XT55
by Patrice Guiraud
Language: French
Saint-Denis : Édilivre, DL 2015.
1 vol. (104 p.) ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9782332952981 ; 2332952985
Summary: Deux familles que rien ne pouvait réunir croisent leur destin au travers de la maladie et de l’acharnement d’un enfant qui veut donner un sens à sa vie en tentant de rechercher ses origines. Mais il ne se doutait pas que sa découverte sauverait une vie.
Available: https://livre.fnac.com/a8769664/Patrice-Guiraud-Donneur-XT55&prev=search
Chaîne de vie
by Roger Judenne
Language: French
Paris : Oskar jeunesse, 2008.
1 vol. (70 p.) ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9782350002828 2350002829
Summary: Ou découvre brutalement que son papa adoré n'est pas son père biologique, parce qu'il est dans l'incapacité de faire des enfants. Sa mère a été inséminée artificiellement avec le sperme d'un donneur anonyme. Cette nouvelle bouleverse Lou, et connaître ses origines devient son obsession. Heureusement, il y a Internet...
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You're welcome, universe
by Whitney Gardner
Language: English
New York : Alfred A Knopf, 2017. ©2017
297 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0399551417 ; 9780399551413
Summary: When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a "mainstream" school in the suburbs, where she's treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could convince her to give that up. Out in the 'burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can, eager to claim some turf of her own. But Julia soon learns that she might not be the only vandal in town. Someone is adding to her tags, making them better, showing off—and showing Julia up in the process. She expected her art might get painted over by cops. But she never imagined getting dragged into a full-blown graffiti war.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Welcome-Universe-Whitney-Gardner/dp/0399551417/
The upside of unrequited
by Becky Albertalli
Language: English
[S.l.] : Balzer + Bray, 2017.
352 p. : cm.
ISBN: 0062348701 ; 9780062348708
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can’t stomach the idea of rejection. So she’s careful. Fat girls always have to be careful. Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly's totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie's new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. If Molly can win him over, she'll get her first kiss and she'll get her twin back. There's only one problem: Molly's coworker, Reid. He's a chubby Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there's absolutely no way Molly could fall for him.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Unrequited-Becky-Albertalli/dp/0062348701/
The secret of a heart note
by Stacey Lee
Language: English
New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016].
376 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0062428322 ; 9780062428325
Summary: An aroma expert embarks on what she fears will be a life of solitude and dreams of a normal high school existence before an accident leads to an unexpected forbidden romance.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Heart-Note-Stacey-Lee/dp/0062428322/
Tomorrowland : 10 stories about the future
by Michael Cart
Language: English
New York : Scholastic Press, 1999.
ix, 198 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0590376780 ; 9780590376785
Summary: A collection of ten stories about the future, by such authors as Lois Lowry, Katherine Paterson, and Jon Scieszka. Includes one story, The other half of me, by Jacqueline Woodson, about a sperm donor conceived teenager.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Tomorrowland-Ten-Stories-about-Future/dp/0590376799/
The thought readers
by Dima Zales
Language: English
Mozaika Publications, ©2014.
iv, 297 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9781631420276 ; 1631420275
Summary: Everyone thinks I'm a genius. Everyone is wrong. Sure, I finished Harvard at eighteen and now make crazy money at a hedge fund. But that's not because I'm unusually smart or hardworking. It's because I cheat. You see, I have a unique ability. I can go outside time into my own personal version of reality, the place I call "the Quiet", where I can explore my surroundings while the rest of the world stands still. I thought I was the only one who could do this, until I met her. My name is Darren, and this is how I learned that I'm a reader.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Thought-Readers-Mind-Dimensions-Book/dp/1631420275/
Rebels by accident
by Patricia Dunn
Language: English
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2014].
310 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9781492601388 ; 1492601381
Summary: Mariam, a troubled teenaged Egyptian American, is sent to live with her grandmother in Cairo where she meets a girl named Asmaa who calls the people of Egypt to protest against their president, and Mariam finds herself in the middle of a revolution and falling in love for the first time.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Rebels-Accident-Patricia-Dunn/dp/1492601381
Who are you?
by Joan Lowery Nixon
Language: English
New York : Delacorte Press, ©1999.
184 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0385325665 ; 9780385325660
Summary: When the police discover that a man who has been shot has been keeping a file of her entire life, sixteen-year-old Kristi, an aspiring artist, suspects a connection with the possible theft of a painting from a museum.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Who-Are-Joan-Lowery-Nixon/dp/0440227577
Swing sideways
by Nanci Turner Steveson
Language: English
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] ©2016.
278 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780062374547 ; 0062374540
Summary: Annie has a "summer of freedom" in the country. She makes a friend, and tries to fix what's broken between her mother and grandmother.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Swing-Sideways-Nanci-Turner-Steveson/dp/0062374540/
First year
by J. P. Howards
Language: English
J. P. Howards, 2015.
222 p.
ISBN: 0996362010 ; 9780996362016
Summary: Lauren Gillan is starting medical school. The last thing she needs in her life is a distraction. When an opportunity arises to learn the identity of her sperm donor father, Lauren gets more than she bargained for. Led by a series of puzzles, she embarks on a journey to discover the truth of her birth and the story behind the professor who is guiding her. Written by medical school anatomy professor, J. P. Howards, First Year captures the first few weeks of medical school through Lauren’s eyes, and the eyes of her professor, in a humorous and touching way.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/First-Year-J-P-Howard/dp/0996362010
Devil and the bluebird
by Jennifer Mason-Black
Language: English
New York : Amulet Books, 2016.
ISBN: 9781419720000 ; 1419720007
Summary: Armed with her mother's guitar, a knapsack of cherished mementos, and a pair of magical boots, Blue journeys west in search of her sister Cass, but when the devil she met at the town's crossroads changes the terms of their deal, Blue must reevaluate her understanding of good and evil.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Devil-Bluebird-Jennifer-Mason-Black/dp/1419720007
The other f-word
by Natasha Friend
Language: English
[S.l.] : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2017.
ISBN: 0374302340 ; 9780374302344
Summary: Milo and Hollis are half siblings who met once when they were younger and have reconnected as teenagers to search for their sperm donor.
Scissors, sisters & manic panics
by Ellie Phillips
Language: English
London : Electric Monkey, 2013.
276 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9781405258203 ; 1405258209
Summary: Mrs Nellist came in for her cut and colour while Auntie and Tiffany were out the back having a coffee, leaving me to sweep up, and that's kind of where everything got really ugly. It was the hairstyle that Mrs Nellist never knew she wanted. That's all it was about.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Scissors-Sisters-Manic-Panics-Phillips/dp/1405258209
Deux petits ours au milieu de la tornade
by Francine Allard
Language: French
Hull, Québec : Vents d'Ouest, 1999.
167 p. ; 19 cm.
ISBN: 2921603993 ; 9782921603997
Summary: Une mère monoparentale hérite d'un manoir à Rockstown. Elle décide de s'y installer avec son fils de 18 ans, Bertrand, qui est handicapé mental. Peu après leur arrivée, le garçon fait la connaissance de Bijou, une jeune voisine de son âge qui éprouve une déficience similaire à la sienne. Le père, un scientifique, fait des expériences secrètes dans la région. Il est aidé par un extraterrestre. Paul Simard, qui est veuf, rencontre donc Sylvia Chenette, la mère de Bertrand. Ils ont tôt fait d'éprouver l'un pour l'autre un sentiment identique à celui de leurs enfants. Lors d'essais de la fameuse machine à neutraliser les tornades, Bertrand et Bijou sont exposés à des ondes macrocinétiques. Sylvia a tôt fait de remarquer, de jour en jour, des progrès chez son fils et sa copine. Le docteur Appelbaüm constate les améliorations et Paul Simard en découvre l'origine. L'extraterrestre le prévient des dangers des expositions: le résultat est réversible et les scéances répétées limitent la vie à 5-6 ans. Le choix est douloureux. L'intervention d'un autre témoin vient compliquer le dilemme et, face aux exploitations possibles de son invention, Paul saborde l'appareil. Ils vivront ensemble, tous les quatre, le temps qu'ils auront à vivre. -- Un récit complexe dont la trame capricieuse, fait de plusieurs points, est tissée avec adresse sur un fond de science-fiction: insémination artificielle, famille monoparentale, déficients mentaux, responsabilité parentale, amour, choix de vie et de mort ... et à cela pourquoi pas un extraterrestre! Les sujets se juxtaposent sans heurt, ni répit. Les personnages sont attachants et bien campés. Un roman original, surprenant par sa densité et ses rebondissements.
Available: http://www.renaud-bray.com/Livres_Produit.aspx?id=15233&def=Deux+petits+ours+au+milieu+de+la+tornade%2CALLARD%2C+FRANCINE%2C9782921603997
Ida-Jane et Olivier : secrets de famille
by Francine Labrie
illus. by David Goldstyn
Language: French
Montréal, Québec : Bayard Canada, [2014] ©2014
72 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
ISBN: 9782895795728 ; 289579572X
Summary: Quand Ida-Jane arrive dans sa nouvelle classe, Olivier la trouve plutôt excentrique, surtout lorsqu’elle annonce qu’elle a deux papas. Lui, a deux mamans et s’est toujours bien gardé de le dire. Un travail d’équipe sur la reproduction des mammifères va obliger Oliver et Ida-Jane à travailler ensemble. Olivier va profiter de cet exposé pour provoquer le dialogue aves ses mères au sujet de sa conception. Il va aussi découvrir qu’il partage beaucoup de points communs avec Ida-Jane.
Available: http://www.bayardlivres.ca/Product.aspx?ids=7611215
Go ask your father : one man's obsession with finding himself, his origins, and the meaning of life through DNA testing
by Lennard J. Davis
Language: English
New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780553805512 ; 0553805517
Summary: The author describes his search to find out the true identity of his father after being told that his uncle was his biological father through the process of artificial insemination.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Go-Ask-Your-Father-Obsession/dp/0553805517
My life after now
by Jessica Verdi
Language: English
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2013]
287 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9781402277856 ; 1402277857
Summary: When she loses a leading role and her leading man to another girl, sixteen-year-old Lucy, a member of the high school drama club, does something completely out of character that has life-altering consequences.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Now-Jessica-Verdi/dp/1402277857
Dead ends
by Erin Jade Lange
Language: English
New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
328 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9781619630802 ; 161963080X
Summary: When Dane, a bully, refuses to hit Billy D because he has Down Syndrome, Billy takes that as a sign of friendship and enlists Dane's help in solving riddles left in an atlas by his missing father, sending the pair on a risky adventure.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Ends-Erin-Jade-Lange/dp/161963080X
What lies within
by James Morris
Language: English
CreateSpace, 2015.
218 p. : cm.
ISBN: 1512283193 ; 9781512283198
Summary: Shelley Marano is an ordinary, unexceptional high school senior...until the day she receives a cryptic text message, and her world tilts sideways. Now she's in real danger, although she doesn't know who would want her dead, or why. As she starts to unravel the mystery, the truth about who she really is proves to be more frightening than she ever imagined. With the lives of her and her friends hanging in the balance, one thing is certain: Nothing will ever be the same.
Available: https://www.createspace.com/5509710
Double identity
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Language: English
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, ©2005.
218 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0689873743 ; 9780689873744
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Double-Identity-Margaret-Peterson-Haddix/dp/0689873794
Lucy : a novel
by Laurence Gonzales
Language: English
New York : Alfred A Knopf, 2010.
307 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780307272607 ; 0307272605
Summary: Jenny Lowe, a primatologist studying chimpanzees, is running for her life with the child of a murdered fellow scientist after a civil war explodes. Jenny grabbing the notebooks of the primatologist who's been killed. She brings the girl to Chicago to await the discovery of her relatives. The girl is fifteen and lovely, her name is Lucy. Realizing that the child has no living relatives, Jenny begins to care for her as her own. When she reads the notebooks written by Lucy's father, she discovers that the adorable, lovely, magical Lucy is the result of an experiment. She is part human, part ape, a hybrid human being.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Lucy-Laurence-Gonzales/dp/0307473902
Tomorrow
by Graham Swift
Language: English
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
255 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 0307266907 ; 9780307266903
Summary: On a midsummer's night, Paula lies awake, her husband of twenty-five years asleep beside her and her teenage children in nearby rooms, anticipating the coming of the next day, when a revelation will redefine all their lives.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-Vintage-International-Graham-Swift/dp/0307386430
Inside the palisade
by K. C. Maguire
Language: English
[Place of publication not identified] : Lodestone Books, 2015.
173 p. : cm.
ISBN: 1782797157 ; 9781782797159
Summary: Omega has grown up surrounded by women – literally. Inside the palisade, women fall in love, marry and raise daughters, relying on an artificial insemination process known as the Procedure. But something goes horribly wrong. One day, Omega comes face to face with a mythical monster – a man – within the society’s walls. Men had been eradicated long ago to protect women from the threat of violence. But this boy is not what Omega has been led to believe. And he needs her help. She soon finds herself embroiled in a manhunt headed by a vigilante Protector, Commander Theta. When she falls into Theta’s clutches, Omega realizes that there’s more to the banishment of men, and to her own past, than she’s ever known. Ultimately, she is forced to make a choice between betraying the lost boy and betraying her society, a decision complicated by the realization that she has more in common with him than she cares to admit, and the fact that she is developing feelings for him.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Palisade-K-C-Maguire/dp/1782797157
Saving Montgomery Sole
by Mariko Tamaki
Language: English
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2016.
240 p. ; cm.
ISBN: 9781626722712 ; 1626722714
Summary: An outcast teen girl explores the mysteries of friendship, family, faith, and phenomena, including the greatest mystery of all--herself.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Saving-Montgomery-Sole-Mariko-Tamaki/dp/1626722714
