AMELIA SAND AND THE SILVER QUEENS de Jim C. Hines

AMELIA SAND AND THE SILVER QUEENS is a charming standalone middle grade fantasy about a young goblin who teams up with a rambunctious crew of two old ladies, a talking snake, and a former teacher in order to save all goblinkind from their human overlords.

AMELIA SAND AND THE SILVER QUEENS
by Jim C. Hines
Self-published, December 2023
(via JABberwocky Literary Agency)

Amelia Sand is a student at Ainsworth Academy, where nonhumans are taught to be “civilized.” But for the rulers of Umbra—humans who came through a world-gate from Earth and now sit upon the thrones—that’s not enough. When Amelia discovers their plans to use magic to force her and her fellow monsters into blind obedience, she sets out to stop them.

Everyone knows goblins can’t be heroes, so Amelia visits a world-gate to find human champions of her own. But instead of mighty young heroes, she gets stuck with two old women who have no interest in magic or fighting. With her friend Boa (a talking shimmer snake), Amelia joins former teacher Ruth and absent-minded Lily on a quest to save the “uncivilized” peoples of Umbra.

Full of humor and hilarious goblin hijinks, AMELIA SAND AND THE SILVER QUEENS is a story about finding unexpected family and learning to trust in your own power.

Jim C. Hines is the Hugo-award winning and Locus bestselling author of the Magic Ex Libris Series, the Princess Series of fairy tale retellings, the Goblin Quest Trilogy, and the Janitors of the Post- Apocalypse Series. Hines has been a finalist for the Imaginales Award, and his titles have sold in 10+ territories.

UNPROCESS YOUR LIFE de Rob Hobson

The first cookbook to tackle ultra-processed foods (UPFs), teaching you the skills and recipes you need to understand and approach food in a fresh, accessible way so you can live an unprocessed life.

UNPROCESS YOUR LIFE
Break Free from Ultra-Processed Foods for Good
by Rob Hobson
Thorsons, January 2024
(via Dorie Simmonds Agency)

Research shows that 1 in 7 of us across the globe is addicted to ultra-processed foods (UPFs), with 1 in 8 children also addicted to UPFs. Often labelled as ‘healthy’, UPFs are everywhere we look – in our shopping baskets, our children’s lunch boxes and our kitchen cupboards. Yet research has shown these foods are synonymous with ill-health and a litany of chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Breaking free from the hold of these cheap, convenient UPFs is one of the best things we can do for our health, but it can feel impossible to know where to begin.

In UNPROCESS YOUR LIFE, expert nutritionist Rob Hobson sets out practical steps and delicious recipes to make your diet fresher and healthier, yet still bursting with flavour.

Helping to navigate the modern food landscape, Rob explains how to identify UPFs, providing handy tips on choosing foods to suit your lifestyle. The recipes have been structured to satisfy all those moments when we are most vulnerable to ultraprocessed foods, such as dinnertime with the kids, quick meals and packed lunches.

Sharing effortless wholefood swaps and tasty recipes that will create speedy meals, freezer favourites, sauces and snacks, UNPROCESS YOUR LIFE presents a simple, satisfying and achievable way to embrace food without the nasties.

Rob Hobson is an award-winning registered nutritionist with over 17 years of experience in the industry and a trusted, go-to voice in the media. He has written hundreds of articles for publications, including the Daily Mail, Women’s Health, Style Magazine, and Hello! magazine.

Rob appears regularly on the radio and has been featured on TV shows, including Channel 4’s Food Unwrapped. Alongside this, he consults for major international brands and has coauthored the best-selling Detox Kitchen Bible and The Art of Sleeping.

Les meilleurs titres jeunesse parus en 2023

Voici un aperçu des ouvrages pour la jeunesse ayant récolté des distinctions en 2023 et figurant dans différentes listes des meilleurs livres de l’année :

Young Adult

BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN
de Daniel Aleman
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, mars 2023