When Coraline explores her new home, she steps through a door and into another house just like her own . . . except that it's different. It's a marvelous adventure until Coraline discovers that there's also another mother and another father in the house. They want Coraline to stay with them and be their little girl. They want to keep her forever! Coraline must use all of her wits and every ounce of courage in order to save herself and return home.
Hank Palace is working the case of Peter Zell, an insurance man who has comitted suicide. To his fellow police officers, it's just one more death-by- hanging in a city that sees a dozen of suicides every week. But Palace senses something wrong. There's something odd about the crime scene. Something off. Palace becomes convinced that it's murder.
Wanneer Harold Fry op een doordeweekse ochtend het tuinpad afloopt om een brief te posten, weet hij nog niet dat hij op het punt staat om naar de andere kant van het land te lopen. Hij draagt geen wandelschoenen, heeft geen kaart of kompas, geen regenjas of telefoon. Hij weet alleen dat hij moet blijven lopen. Om iemands leven te redden. Harold Fry ontmoet op zijn pelgrimstocht naar Berwick-upon-Tweed allerlei mensen die hun verhaal aan hem vertellen en een enkeling neemt deel aan zijn reis. Zijn vrouw probeert thuis te begrijpen waarom Harold vertrok, en besluit uiteindelijk hem zelf te gaan zoeken. Ondanks de afstand tussen beiden komen ze steeds dichter tot elkaar en herinneren ze zich het drama waardoor hun liefde levenloos werd.
È Natale. La gelida immagine che il televisore rimanda è il viso di una bambina che guarda fuori dalla finestra di una scuola di Berlino. È un ostaggio e verrà uccisa se le richieste dei terroristi che hanno occupato l'edificio non saranno accolte. In una piccola cittadina nel Suffolk, tre fratellini stanno per celebrare il Natale con la nonna paterna, ma quella scena ricorda loro un'altra immagine: quella della mamma uccisa pochi mesi prima in un attentato terroristico. Man mano che la festa si avvicina e la nostalgia per quella assenza si fa sempre più forte, riaffiora il mondo incredibilmente ricco di ricordi della nonna, nel quale essa è costretta a immergersi ancora una volta per confrontarsi con gli orrori dell’Olocausto a cui è sopravvissuta e trarne un messaggio di speranza per sé e per i propri nipotini. Attraverso la rilettura di miti e fiabe, l'autore offre un complesso mosaico nel quale gli eventi dell'oggi, dominati da una crudeltà senza senso, si riallacciano a un passato di violenza e dolore, dando vita a un'intensa metafora sulla sofferenza. Lo stile misurato ed elegante, l'alternarsi di passato e presente e l'atmosfera piena di nostalgia di un Natale trascorso senza la propria madre, generano un'opera coinvolgente di grande originalità e priva di sentimentalismi.
Yeoville, quartiere di Johannesburg, Sudafrica: una zona turbolenta dove famiglie di diverso colore cercano di stabilire nuove regole di vita dopo la fine dell'apartheid. La speranza di assistere all'inizio di una nuova era si scontra con le difficoltà economiche, i residui della mentalità razzista e il dilagare di violenze, droga, rapine. Protagoniste quattro amiche, che trovano l'energia per ribellarsi alla situazione. E con loro l'intero quartiere sembra vivere un momento di rinascita che culmina in una grande festa di strada in cui tutti collaborano a dipingere un enorme murale. Un romanzo vero, duro, traboccante di un'irresistibile energia vitale, un romanzo corale sul Sudafrica di Mandela
PURE BELPRÉ AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • AN ALA-YALSA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free while living in the Dominican Republic under the rule of a dictator. Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her twelfth birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have immigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition to Trujillo’s iron-fisted rule. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind. “A stirring work of art.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “A realistic and compelling account of a girl growing up too quickly while coming to terms with the cost of freedom.” —The Horn Book, Starred Review “Diary entries written by the child while in hiding will remind readers of Anne Frank’s story. . . . Readers will bite their nails as the story moves to its inexorable conclusion.” —SLJ
Twins Bowman and Kestrel have saved their family and the rest of the Manth people from slavery and helped bring about the downfall of the cruel city-state of the Mastery. Now, led by their mother, a prophetess, they are free to seek their promised land. But the journey is long and hard, filled with many dangers, enemies, distractions, and temptations. And each of the travelers is preoccupied with his or her own worries. Hanno Hath, the twins' father, is troubled to see his beloved wife weaken as they draw close to the promised land. As well, he must bolster the endurance of the often doubting and disgruntled Manth people. Bowman is torn between his attraction to Sisi, a former princess, and his destiny, as he perceives it, to sacrifice himself for the good of the people. Kestrel also feels a pull toward a mission, toward something-but for some reason, she cannot envision her life beyond the journey. This is the satisfying and profound ending to the trilogy, which began with The Wind Singer, winner of the coveted Smarties Prize in England.
Roy Eberhardt is recentelijk en niet erg gelukkig met zijn ouders verhuisd naar Florida. Het is niet zijn eerste verhuizing en Roy is eraan gewend dat hij altijd het nieuwe kind in de klas is op wie de grootste pestkoppen zich uitleven. Hij is dan ook niet verbaasd als de bullebak Dana Matherson het in de schoolbus op hem heeft voorzien en Roy ondergaat de klappen en stompen van zijn nieuwe kwelgeest eerder berustend dan dat hij actief ingrijpt. Bovendien, is het eigenlijk niet aan Dana te danken dat Roy de mysterieuze jongen ziet? Hij rent van de bus vandaan, zonder schooltas, zonder boeken en, wat misschien nog wel het vreemdste is: zonder schoenen. Roy heeft het gevoel dat hij een groot mysterie op het spoor is en hij besluit de onbekende jongen op te sporen. Zijn speurtocht brengt hem in aanraking met een aantal uitzonderlijke figuren: een gefrustreerde opzichter van een stuk braakliggend terrein, een politieagent met een missie, een sinistere pr-medewerker van een keten pannenkoekenrestaurants en, niet in de laatste plaats, enkele tientallen kleine uiltjes die in holletjes in de grond leven. Tegelijkertijd leert hij de mysterieuze jongen kennen en raakt hij bevriend met zijn beresterke stiefzus. En als Roy dan samen met zijn nieuwe vrienden een milieuschandaal aan het licht brengt en de bedreigde uiltjes redt, lijkt het leven in Florida zo slecht nog niet!
Brilliantly funny, teenage angst author Louise Rennison's second book about the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson. Now repackaged in a gorgeous new paperback and looking even fabber than ever. Louise is an international bestselling author and her books can't fail to make you laugh out loud.
Gore Vidal's autobiography encompasses his boyhood as page to his grandfather, Senator Gore; St. Albans school; the army; homosexual life in New York in the 40s and 50s; the early years of television; Hollywood; literary reflections, and much more.