Story By Michèle Laframboise
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Michèle Laframboise

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Kon Tikki
Updated at Apr 19, 2022, 20:29
Rob Sundance, trapped inside a broom closet after a sound beating, victim of his too-sharp wits, awakes in the arms of his dream warrior. Except he has sworn off love. Josh Tallgate had fled his burnt New-York restaurant and his dead mobster lover. In Safe Harbor, he starts on a clean slate with the Kon Tikki, his modest seafood joint. When he rescues a half-conscious elf from a closet, one look into those manga-blue eyes sears his heart. But can he trust fate not to ravish his love again? A witty gay romance of hope and danger, told by multiple award-winning author Michèle Laframboise.
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Safe Harbor
Updated at Apr 19, 2022, 20:28
Two torn lives, one generation apart, collide on a polluted beach. Fleeing a staggering loss, Maeve drifts into Safe Harbor, a town losing both tourists and fishes to an ecological nightmare. Widowed Kathleen wages a desperate battle to stop an ambitious project that would destroy the fragile shore habitat for good. Meanwhile, fanatics harass an innocent man and hound a wounded soul, threatening all that a place called Safe Harbor should represent. Can two grieving women save a dying town?  A witty and heart-warming tale of protecting the place you love, finding hope and friendship, told by multiple award-winning author Michèle Laframboise.
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Clouds of Phoenix
Updated at Apr 13, 2020, 19:00
Can mere clouds threaten their now home?  Blanche, a young paraplegic girl, watches the clouds dancing in the Phoenix sky.  She wonders if their coordinated figures signal a threat. But the adults are too busy to listen, even her big sister Lupianne worries more about the air production’s failing quotas than  some weird clouds. Then, as the dances grow complex and temperatures rise, the sisters must hurry to prevent the annihilation of their budding settlement. A clever planet-opera featuring a disabled heroine, told by multi-award winning author Michèle Laframboise. The French version of this novel received the 2001 Cecile Gagnon Award for best first YA novel. "We can only be fascinated by the powerful images born from the descriptions, by the originality and coherence of her universe (...)" -- Le Devoir «An excellent introduction to science fiction and to a number of questions about the environment, social relations and communication.» --Hélène Marchetto, Les vagabonds du rêve
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