Archives de catégorie : Children’s Books

CHESHIRE CROSSING de Andy Weir bientôt adapté au cinéma

Les droits cinéma de CHESHIRE CROSSING, écrit par Andy Weir et illustré par Sarah Andersen, viennent d’être cédés à Amblin Partners !

L’adaptation sera produite par Michael De Luca, nominé à trois reprises pour l’Oscar du meilleur film pour The Social Network, Moneyball (Le Stratège) et Capitaine Phillips.

CHESHIRE CROSSING brings together the heroines of Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Wizard of Oz in a charming fantasy mash-up, brimming over with Andy’s trademark wit and nerdy enthusiasm, and filtered through a decidedly quirky genre perspective. Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy—after years of being labeled “crazy” for their insistence on the existence of other worlds—meet at Cheshire Crossing, a supernatural boarding school where they are finally believed and for the first time treated as the holders of special powers rather than freaks. They are meant to learn how to use and control their superheroic abilities, but quickly find themselves sucked back into their magical realms when a new threat arises. When the Wicked Witch and Captain Hook form an evil alliance to conquer the worlds of Oz, Neverland, and Wonderland, the girls must work together to save not only these fantastical lands but also Earth itself.

This « storybook meets superheroes » graphic novel features the original magical girls of fantasy embarking on exciting supernatural adventures in a tale that could only come from the imagination of Andy Weir and the illustrative sorcery of Sarah Andersen.

Les droits de langue française de CHESHIRE CROSSING sont toujours disponibles.

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ALI GREENLEAF de Hayley Krischer

For fans of Rory Power and Laurie Halse Anderson, this sharp, emotional debut follows Ali, a high school junior reeling from a recent sexual assault, and Blythe, a popular senior—and the rapist’s longtime friend—who tries to gain Ali’s trust in hopes of dissuading her from turning him in.

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ALI GREENLEAF
by Hayley Krischer
Razorbill, October 2020

Ali Greenleaf and Blythe Jensen couldn’t be more different. Ali is sweet, bitingly funny, and just a little naive. Blythe is beautiful, terrifying, and the most popular girl in school. At a party one night, the girls’ lives collide when Ali decides she’ll finally make her move on Sean Nessel, the hottest guy in school, her longtime crush, and Blythe’s best friend. But when Sean pushes Ali farther than she wants to go, she is forced to confront a horrible truth—Sean raped her.
Afraid for his reputation and his future, Sean begs Blythe to convince Ali that he didn’t do anything wrong. Blythe complies because, as much as she tries to deny it, she’s been in love with Sean for years. She tries to befriend Ali, inviting her to the exclusive senior bathroom, letting her hang out with her gang of ruthless popular girls, and sharing her own dark secrets. But getting closer to Ali also digs up memories of the sexual assault Blythe experienced during an elite « initiation » she was part of as a freshman—one she’s expected to carry on as a senior.
In the aftermath of what happened at the party that night, Ali and Blythe must navigate tumultuous relationships, the effects of trauma, and what empowerment means to them.

Hayley Krischer is a writer and journalist. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times, where she covers women, teenage girls, celebrities, and cultural trends. Her work has also appeared in Marie Claire, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, and more. She lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with her husband, two kids, one dog, and three cats.

BRIGHTLY WOVEN d’Alexandra Bracken adapté en B.D.

Dix ans après la parution de son roman BRIGHTLY WOVEN, l’auteure Alexandra Bracken s’est associée à l’illustratrice Kit Seaton pour créer une adaptation de son livre en bande-dessinée, à paraître chez Disney Hyperion en juin 2020.

BRIGHTLY WOVEN GRAPHIC NOVEL figure dans la liste des Spring 2020 Sneak Previews de Publishers Weekly, et la couverture ainsi qu’un extrait ont été dévoilés en exclusivité par Bookish.

NEW KID de Jerry Craft remporte le Kirkus Prize !

★“An engrossing, humorous, and vitally important graphic novel that should be required reading in every middle school in America.”  — Kirkus Reviews

Le roman graphique jeunesse NEW KID de Jerry Craft a été récompensé par le Kirkus Prize ! Ce prix vient s’ajouter aux autres distinctions déjà reçues : il fait partie de la sélection des meilleurs livres de 2019 de Publishers Weekly et a également été en lice pour le Harvey Award for Best Children’s Book of the Year.

Un nouveau titre de Jerry Craft, CLASS ACT, paraîtra chez HarperCollins à l’automne 2020.

EXCUSE ME WHILE I UGLY CRY de Joya Goffney

A heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high-school romance with epistolary elements about an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her worst fears. Perfect for fans of Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.

EXCUSE ME WHILE I UGLY CRY
by Joya Goffney
On submission in the US

Quinn Jackson keeps track of everything—from the days she’s ugly cried, to “The Most Horrifying Moments of My Humanity”, to all the boys she’d like to kiss. All her lists are organized in a sectional red notebook that unfortunately looks a lot like Carter Bennett’s.

When Carter comes over after school to work on their history project, Quinn, distracted by his good looks and charm, doesn’t notice when their notebooks are switched. Not only does Carter read her entire (mortifying!) journal of lists, he charges her hundreds of dollars to get her journal back… and further, comes up with a to-do list of his own, with separate fees attached to each challenge. If Quinn doesn’t complete every item by the end of the month, he’ll post pictures of her most personal lists to the whole school. Through facing Carter’s enraging to-do list, Quinn unexpectedly finds the courage to move from passivity to action—to change the way she’s living her life, and somehow, to fall in love along the way.