Lauren Olivers romans duiken in de complexiteit van de adolescentie en verkennen diepgaande thema's als identiteit, liefde en verlies. Haar schrijfstijl kenmerkt zich door een sfeervolle kwaliteit en psychologische diepgang die lezers onderdompelt in het emotionele landschap van haar personages. Oliver creëert vakkundig verhalen waarin jonge protagonisten moeilijke keuzes maken en hun eigen weg vinden in ingewikkelde werelden. Haar verhalen resoneren diep bij jonge lezers en bieden inzichten in hun eigen ervaringen en angsten.
Lena (18, ik-figuur) is de wereld ontvlucht waarin ze is opgegroeid en waarin liefde als een ziekte wordt beschouwd. Ze sluit zich aan bij het verzet en leert te overleven en te vechten voor haar idealen. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
In de nabije toekomst is liefde een ziekte. Diagnose: amor deliria nervosa. Lena is 17 jaar en over 95 dagen krijgt ze de Behandeling die iedereen op haar leeftijd ondergaat. Ze kan niet wachten. Maar dan ontmoet ze Alex en gebeurt het onmogelijke: ze wordt verliefd... Wat wil Lena met haar leven? Veiligheid of vrijheid? De Behandeling of Alex?
De wereld waarin Lena (18, ik-figuur) opgroeit, ziet liefde als een ziekte. Lena heeft de leiding van het verzet op zich genomen. Haar tegenstandster blijkt haar vroegere vriendin Hana te zijn. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Welcome back to the Dime Museum, home to the freaks, wonders and oddities that live there. But beware, fans of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events may never want to leave...
Lena Haloway is content in her safe, government-managed society. She feels (mostly) relaxed about the future in which her husband and career will be decided, and looks forward to turning 18, when she’ll be cured of deliria, a.k.a. love. She tries not to think about her mother’s suicide (her last words to Lena were a forbidden “I love you”) or the supposed “Invalid” community made up of the uncured just beyond her Portland, Maine, border. There’s no real point—she believes her government knows how to best protect its people, and should do so at any cost. But 95 days before her cure, Lena meets Alex, a confident and mysterious young man who makes her heart flutter and her skin turn red-hot. As their romance blossoms, Lena begins to doubt the intentions of those in power, and fears that her world will turn gray should she submit to the procedure. In this powerful and beautifully written novel, Lauren Oliver, the bestselling author of Before I Fall , throws readers into a tightly controlled society where options don’t exist, and shows not only the lengths one will go for a chance at freedom, but also the true meaning of sacrifice. -- Jessica Schein
Four orphans are shocked when their beloved friend, sculptor Siegfried Eckleberger, is murdered. As they investigate, they find clues that his death may be tied to the murder of a rich New York heiress as well as to their own past.
For the first time, Lauren Oliver's short stories about characters in the Delirium world appear in print. Originally published as digital novellas, Hana, Annabel, and Raven each center around a fascinating and complex character who adds important information to the series and gives it greater depth. This collection also includes an excerpt from Requiem, the final novel in Oliver's New York Times bestselling series. Hana is told through the perspective of Lena's best friend, Hana Tate. Set during the tumultuous summer before Lena and Hana are supposed to be cured, this story is a poignant and revealing look at a moment when the girls' paths diverge and their futures are altered forever. Lena's mother, Annabel, has always been a mystery—a ghost from Lena's past—until now. Her journey from teenage runaway to prisoner of the state is a taut, gripping narrative that expands the Delirium world and illuminates events—and Lena—through a new point of view. And as the passionate, fierce leader of a rebel group in the Wilds, Raven plays an integral role in the resistance effort and comes into Lena's life at a crucial time. Crackling with intensity, Raven is a brilliant story told in the voice of one of the strongest and most tenacious characters in the Delirium world.
A bestselling summer read as heartbreaking as The Lovely Bones and as gripping as Jenny Downham's Before I Die. **Now a major Netflix movie starring Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Logan Miller, Kian Lawley** 'Gossip Girl meets Groundhog Day' Grazia 'Tender, funny and raw' Marie Claire 'A clever, funny, insightful and utterly addictive novel' Daily Mail 'Compelling and poignant, a truly memorable read' Closer They say 'live every day as if it's your last' - but you never actually think it's going to be. At least I didn't. The thing is, you don't get to know when it happens. You don't remember to tell your family that you love them or - in my case - remember to say goodbye to them at all. But what if, like me, you could live your last day over and over again? Could you make it perfect? If your whole life flashed before your eyes, would you have no regrets? Or are there some things you'd want to change...' 'This book will take your breath away' She 'A beautifully written and outrageously weepy tale' Daily Mirror
'On the third night after the day her father died, Liesl saw the ghost.' Liesl lives in a tiny attic bedroom, locked away by her cruel stepmother. Her only friends are the shadows and the mice - until one night a ghost appears from the darkness. It is Po, who comes from the Other Side. Both Liesl and Po are lonely, but together they are less alone. That same night, an alchemist's apprentice, Will, bungles an important delivery. He accidentally switches a box containing the most powerful magic in the world with one containing something decidedly less remarkable. Will's mistake has tremendous consequences for Liesl and Po, and it draws the three of them together on an extraordinary journey.
The book is about, among other things: the strongest boy in the world, a talking cockatoo, a faulty mind reader, a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician, an old museum, and a shrunken head. Blessed with extraordinary abilities, orphans Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up happily in Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders. Philippa is a powerful mentalist, Sam is the world's strongest boy, and Thomas can squeeze himself into a space no bigger than a bread box. The children live happily with museum owner Mr. Dumfrey, alongside other misfits. But when a fourth child, Max, a knife-thrower, joins the group, it sets off an unforgettable chain of events. When the museum's Amazonian shrunken head is stolen, the four are determined to get it back. But their search leads them to a series of murders and an explosive secret about their pasts.
