Archives par étiquette : Dave Eggers

Remise des prix de l’American Library Association : ALA Youth Media Awards 2024

Chaque année, l’American Library Association récompense des livres, des vidéos et autres documents d’exception destinés aux enfants et aux adolescents. Notre agence est heureuse de représenter plusieurs des titres dans différentes catégories.

Réputés dans le monde entier pour leur grande qualité, les ALA Youth Media Awards (YMA), dont font partie les prestigieux prix Newbery, Caldecott, Printz et Coretta Scott King, guident les parents et les professionnels dans la sélection des meilleurs ouvrages destinés à un jeune public. Sélectionnés par des comités composés de bibliothécaires et d’autres experts du livre et des médias pour la jeunesse, ces prix encouragent la publication d’œuvres originales et créatives.

* Newbery Medal *

THE EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE
de Dave Eggers, illustré par Shawn Harris
Knopf Books for Young Reader, mai 2023

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“From the award-winning author of The Every and the illustrator behind the beloved picture book Her Right Foot comes an endearing and beautifully illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals.”

* Newbery Honors *

SIMON SORT OF SAYS
d’Erin Bow
Disney Hyperion, janvier 2023

Les droits de langue française sont toujours disponibles

“A hilarious, wrenching, hopeful novel about finding your friends, healing your heart, and speaking your truth.”

* Margaret A. Edwards Award *

Créé en 1988, le prix Margaret A. Edwards « récompense un auteur, ainsi qu’un ensemble spécifique de son œuvre, pour sa contribution significative et durable à la littérature pour jeunes adultes. »

Attribué cette année à l’auteur Neal Shusterman que notre agence représente pour les titres suivants :

LE DÉCLENCHEUR (GAME CHANGER), publié chez Nathan en avril 2022.

“This high-concept novel […] tackles the most urgent themes of our time, making this a must-buy for readers who are starting to ask big questions about their own role in the universe.”

BREAK TO YOU

à paraître en juillet 2024 chez Quill Tree Books

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“Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love—no matter the consequences.”

THE EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE de Dave Eggers, illustré par Shawn Harris

From the award-winning author of The Every and the illustrator behind the beloved picture book Her Right Foot comes an endearing and beautifully illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals.

THE EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE
by Dave Eggers,
illustrated by Shawn Harris
Knopf Books for Young Readers, May 2023
(via Writers House)

Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance. But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world. A story about friendship, beauty, liberation, and running very, very fast, THE EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE will make readers of all ages see the world around them in a wholly new way.

Dave Eggers’s adult novels include The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and The Every. His books for young readers include What Can a Citizen Do?, Her Right Foot, This Bridge Will Not Be Gray, The Lifters, and The Wild Things, among others. He is winner of the American Book Award, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the TED Prize, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Shawn Harris is an award-winning creator of books for kids. His authorial debut, Have You Ever Seen A Flower was the recipient of a Caldecott Honor. The National Museum of Wildlife Art awarded Shawn’s cut-paper art in A Polar Bear in the Snow the Bull-Bransom Award for excellence in the field of children’s book illustration. Harris has illustrated a number of other books, including Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers, and Everyone’s Awake by Colin Meloy.

SOREN’S SEVENTH SONG de Dave Eggers & Mark Hoffmann

From New York Times bestselling author Dave Eggers comes a deadpan take on creativity and persistence, as told through the eyes of a humpback whale looking for a new song.

SOREN’S SEVENTH SONG
by Dave Eggers
illustrated by Mark Hoffmann
Cameron Kids/Abrams, September 2023

Soren, a young humpback whale, loves music, but is tired of the dull, droning, endless songs that are frustratingly popular among the adult whales he knows. He has ideas for better songs: shorter, up-tempo tunes with snare drums and even maracas. Unfortunately, every time he shares his new tunes with his friends, he’s met with less than encouraging feedback and even a bit of discreet whale vomiting. In this upbeat story of resilience and tenacity, Dave Eggers offers readers of all ages essential creative advice: your first drafts are probably terrible.

Dave Eggers is the author of books for readers of all ages, including The Eyes and the Impossible and The Circle, as well as numerous books for young readers, including Her Right Foot, What Can a Citizen Do?, and The Lifters. He is the founder of the independent publishing company McSweeney’s and the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center—fronted by a supply store for working pirates—that has inspired dozens of other organizations worldwide.
Mark Hoffmann is an illustrator and a professor of illustration at Montserrat College of Art. His books include Iamasaurus, Poop, and A Is for Apple, Unless . . ., all published by Cameron Kids. He lives in southern New Hampshire with his wife and son.

I, WITNESS, collection dirigée par Dave Eggers & Zainab Nasrati

A landmark new nonfiction upper middle-grade series curated by literary legend Dave Eggers and International Youth Congress member Zainab Nasrati. Inspiring, engaging, and utterly absorbing, I, WITNESS gathers together the world’s foremost teen activists, writers and changemakers to tell their stories. Filled with accounts of extraordinary challenge from voices across the globe, it’s a one-of-a-kind series by the leaders of tomorrow—a rallying call to action, a praise song to youth resilience, and a testament to the incredible power of shared stories.

I, WITNESS Series
curated by Dave Eggers & Zainab Nasrati
Norton, Summer 2021
(chez Writers House – voir catalogue)

Book #1, ACCUSED, tells the story of Muslim-American activist Adama Bah, who, at the age of 16, was wrongly seized by the FBI on suspicion of being a suicide bomber. Her experience provides a riveting window into the damaging effects of racial profiling and post-9/11 discrimination. Book #2, HURRICAINE, is the astonishing account of Salvador Gómez-Colón, who raised over $160,000 for families devastated by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (read more about Salvador here).
Books #3-4 tentatively to follow over the next 12 months.

The International Congress of Youth Voices was founded by Dave Eggers and Amanda Uhle and is an assembly of the world’s most exceptional teenage writers and activists. You can read more about the organization here.

Dave Eggers is the acclaimed author of several books for adults and children, and is the winner of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the TED Prize, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His establishment of the International Congress of Youth Voices is a natural extension of his well-known activism including the founding of 826 National and his ongoing involvement with ScholarMatch. Dave and co-founder Amanda Uhle are working alongside Danish activist (and congress delegate) Zainab Nasrati to shape the series. Bestselling illustrator AG Ford will provide cover art for each book in the series in order to give it a unified look.