Archives de catégorie : Children’s Books

RAINFISH de Andrew Paterson

A warm and engaging story of a boy who is drawn to commit a theft to impress an older, alluringly rebellious kid. Aaron’s guilt, regret and attempts to put the situation right take him on a journey that’s unexpected, at times humorous and ultimately tragic.

RAINFISH
by Andrew Paterson
Text Publishing, July 2021 (voir catalogue)

Aaron lives with his single mother and his bookish older brother Connor in a small town with a ramshackle chook shed and an old bath full of rainfish in the backyard. Feeling left out as the younger brother, he commits a theft to impress an older rebellious kid. RAINFISH is a middle-grade novel that lets its readers explore how to cope with big feelings and emotions, with joy, happiness, regret and remorse. It subtly teaches about truth telling and the importance of knowing when to own up to things. The writing is sophisticated while remaining accessible.

Winner for the 2020 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing

Andrew Paterson is a medical doctor who was brought up and currently lives and works in tropical Far North Queensland, where RAINFISH is set. He has completed a graduate diploma in Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne. This is his debut novel.

ONE TIME de Sharon Creech

From Sharon Creech, Newbery Medal winner and New York Times bestselling author, comes a powerful coming-of-age story of a girl who discovers the endless possibilities her future may hold, with help from a brilliant teacher and a boy with a generous smile.

ONE TIME
by Sharon Creech
HarperCollins, September 2020

Gina Filomena has been told she has an overactive imagination. With her bright clothing and artistic spirit, she’s always felt different from the other kids in her class. That is, until she meets her new neighbor, a mysterious boy named Antonio with a wide, welcoming smile. Add in a creative new teacher, Miss Lightstone, and a world of possibilities opens up for Gina, Antonio, and their classmates. With the help of Antonio and Miss Lightstone, will Gina find the answers to the questions Who am I? and Who do I want to be?

Sharon Creech has written twenty-one books for young people and is published in over twenty languages. Her books have received awards in both the U.S. and abroad, including the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor for The Wanderer, and Great Britain’s Carnegie Medal for Ruby Holler. Before beginning her writing career, Sharon Creech taught English for fifteen years in England and Switzerland. She and her husband now live in Maine, “lured there by our grandchildren,” Creech says.

KIND OF A BIG DEAL de Shannon Hale

Effortlessly funny, incredibly poignant, and deliciously readable, KIND OF A BIG DEAL is Shannon Hale’s much-anticipated first YA outing for 5 years, and a one-of-a-kind novel that will suck you in – literally!

KIND OF A BIG DEAL
by Shannon Hale
Macmillan, August 2020

There’s nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. She was kind of a big deal ― she dropped out of high school to be a star! But the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Broadway dream: dead. Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Best friend: distant. Boyfriend: busy. Mom: not playing with a full deck? Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading. Literally. She reads a book and suddenly she’s inside them. And with each book, she’s a different character: a post-apocalyptic heroine, the lead in a YA rom-com, a 17th century wench in a corset. It’s alarming. But also. . . kind of amazing? It’s the perfect way to live out her fantasies. Book after book, Josie the failed star finds a new way to shine. But the longer she stays in a story, the harder it becomes to escape. Will Josie find a story so good that she just stays forever?

Shannon Hale started writing books at age ten and never stopped, eventually earning an MFA in Creative Writing. After nineteen years of writing and dozens of rejections, she published The Goose Girl, the first in her award-winning Books of Bayern series. She has published 20+ books for young readers including the Newbery Honor winner Princess Academy. Her novels for the adult crowd include Austenland (now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell). Shannon and her husband Dean Hale have collaborated on several projects, such as Eisner-nominee Rapunzel’s Revenge. They spend non-writing hours corralling their four young children near Salt Lake City, Utah.

Le roman YA de Matthew Quick bientôt sur Netflix

Le film tiré du roman SORTA LIKE A ROCKSTAR sera diffusé sur Netflix en août ou septembre prochain. Réalisé par Brett Haley, il aura pour vedettes Auli’i Cravalho (de Moana), Carol Burnett (The Carol Burnett Show), Fred Armisen (Portlandia) et Rhenzy Feliz (Runaways). Lire cet article pour plus de détails.

SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR raconte l’histoire d’une jeune fille qui fait preuve d’un optimisme inébranlable malgré les difficultés auxquelles sa mère et elle doivent faire face, jusqu’au jour où un drame terrible vient bouleverser sa vie. Paru chez Little, Brown Books for Young Readers en 2010, le roman sera remis en avant dans une nouvelle édition tie-in à paraître à l’occasion de la sortie du film. Les droits de langue française sont toujours disponibles.

THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB prochainement sur Netflix

Netflix vient de dévoiler la bande annonce de l’adaptation de la  célèbre série Le Club des Baby-Sitters de Ann M. Martin qui sera diffusée sur la plateforme dès le 3 juillet prochain.

Publiés chez Gallimard Jeunesse, les livres racontent le quotidien d’un groupe d’amies qui décident de créer une entreprise de baby-sitting.