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Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
What do you wear to Paris? Ami and I discussed it for hours but I still couldn't think of anything suitable. Ami said a trench coat with nothing underneath but your best underwear. That was only if some boy was meeting you at the airport, I said...Eighteen-year-old Lisette has just arrived in Paris (France!) - the city of haute couture and all things stylish - to practise her French and see great works of art. Her clairvoyant landlady Madame Christophe...
62) A bag of marbles
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1941, ten-year-old Joseph Joffo and his older brother, Maurice, must hide their Jewish heritage and undertake a long and dangerous journey from Nazi-occupied Paris to reach their other brothers in the free zone.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nora loves everything about Paris, from the Eiffel Tower to chocolat chaud. Of course, she's never actually been there -- she's only visited through her Grandma Sylvia's stories. And just when they've finally planned a trip together, Grandma Sylvia is suddenly gone, taking Nora's dreams with her. Nora is crushed. She misses her grandmother terribly, but she still wants to see the city they both loved. So when Nora finds letters and a Paris treasure...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Christa is a holiday junkie. What's not to love? There's decorations! Gifts! Caroling with friends! But thanks to her parents' recent separation, Christa's favorite time of year is now filled with heartache. And when her mom announces that she's taking her on a mother-daughter trip to Europe over winter vacation, Christa knows she should be excited. She just can't imagine spending the yuletide season without her dad. However, waiting at her hotel...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Armand, an old man living on the streets of Paris, relishes his solitary life in the beautiful city. He is happy with his carefree existence, begging and doing odd jobs to keep himself warm and fed. With simple pleasures and no cares, what more could he need? Then one day just before Christmas, Armand returns to his favorite spot beneath the bridge to find three cold and hungry children. Although he has no interest in children, Armand soon finds himself...
66) Starry nights
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Julien falls in love with the muse, Clio, as he tries to save her and the Musée D'Orsay's collection of Impressionist art after learning the paintings are reacting to a curse set by Renoir that trapped Clio in his painting.
67) Two summers
Author
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Two possible futures face Summer: either she will spend the summer in Provence with her father, uncovering family secrets, and exploring the old world, or she will stay in upstate New York, coping with her mother, and dreaming of her long time crush--and which future unfolds will depend on whether or not she answers a phone call.
69) Boy underground
Author
Publisher
Clock Tower Publishing, an imprint of Sweet Cherry Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"For Hugo, the world can be too loud and bright. He likes the quiet. He likes the dark. And he loves maps. When Hugo learns that there's a whole other world under Paris, a network of tunnels, quarries and catacombs mapped beneath his feet, he sets off on an adventure. Navigating secret passages, narrowly escaping robbers and returning to old friends, Hugo discovers more than just buried treasure." -- Back cover.
70) One for all
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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In 1655 sixteen-year-old Tania is the daughter of a retired musketeer, but she is afflicted with extreme vertigo and subject to frequent falls; when her father is murdered she finds that he has arranged for her to attend Madame de Treville's newly formed Académie des Mariées in Paris, which, it turns out, is less a school for would-be wives, than a fencing academy for girls--and so Tania begins her training to be a new kind of musketeer, and to...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Seven months ago, Edda was on the World War I front lines as one of two hundred "Hello Girls," female switchboard operators employed by the US Army. She spent her nights memorizing secret connection codes to stay ahead of spying enemies, and her days connecting vital calls between platoons and bases and generals, all trying to survive-and win-a brutal war. Their lives were in Edda's hands, and one day, in fateful seconds, everything went wrong. Now,...
Author
Series
Agent Stitch volume 1
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Stitch is good at sniffing out a lot of things ... including trouble! After the events of Lilo and Stitch, paranormal mysteries start popping up across the globe. The United Galactic Federation reluctantly assigns the only alien they know up for the task: Experiment 626. Now, Agent Stitch and his friends are sent off to Paris to uncover the disappearance of one of the federations best operatives, Cobra Bubbles, and rumors of a snail-like aliens known...
Author
Series
Aristokittens volume 3
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When the annual Fantastic Rabbit Race kicks off in Paris's Luxembourg Gardens, Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse's secret cafe for animals becomes busier than ever! When Berlioz notices that talented but awkward new racer Angelique isn't quite fitting in with her fellow contestants, he decides to cheer her on--but he's disappointed when Marie and Toulouse keep their distance, worried about "playing favorites." Things get even stranger when another racer,...
75) Hugo
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Hugo the pigeon, the park warden of a small Parisian park, tries to coax a mysterious Somebody, the only one who never opens the windows for his visits, to come out to enjoy the park and make new friends.
Author
Series
Archer legacy volume 3
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"This final chapter in the Archer Legacy finds Gerald, Ruby, and Sam trying to clear Gerald's name for the murder of longtime enemy Sir Mason Green, which can only be accomplished by finding the treasure he has been after"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Soldier dogs volume 4
Publisher
HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Henri has an urgent mission from a top French Resistance agent in the fight against the Nazis--and the agent also happens to be his mom. He has to deliver a secret map to another town before the German soldiers can catch him. But on his way, he encounters Ace, an American paratrooper dog who's landed far away from the beaches of Normandy, and Elle, a war orphan who needs his help. Ace needs to get back to the frontlines so he can protect his handler,...
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 15
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Will Nikki Maxwell and her friends make it to Paris in this instalment of the Dork Diaries series?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Adventurers volume 4
Publisher
Jemma Hatt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A kidnap in Paris... a chase across Europe... one epic road trip! The Adventurers are on holiday when Maye warns of suspicious activity in Paris. Join them as they race from the French Alps to the ancient ruins of Rome on the trail of a dangerous gang with a legacy of secrets." --Amazon.com.
Author
Language
English
Description
They say Léon Delafosse will be France's next great pianist. But despite his being the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris Conservatory, there's no way an impoverished musician can make his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron. Young gossip columnist Marcel Proust takes Léon under his wing, and the boys game their way through an extravagant new world. When the larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac offers...
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