Archives de catégorie : Middle Grade

Razorbill publiera trois livres tirés du conte musical de Noël « Jingle Jangle »

Jingle Jangle, qui sera diffusé sur Netflix cet hiver, sera la première comédie musicale produite par la plateforme. Le film raconte l’histoire de Jeronicus Jangle (Forest Whitaker), un excentrique fabriquant de jouets qui invente des objets fantaisistes et merveilleux. Lorsqu’un ancien protégé (Keegan-Michael Key) le trahit, Jeronicus se referme sur lui-même et seule sa petite-fille, la brillante et aventureuse Journey (Madalen Mills), pourra sauver la situation grâce à une invention magique remarquable qui pourrait bien changer leur vie. Parmi les acteurs du film, nous retrouverons aussi Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose et Keegan-Michael Key.

Razorbill publiera en décembre prochain un roman middle-grade, JINGLE JANGLE: THE INVENTION OF JERONICUS JANGLE, et un album, THE SQUARE ROOT OF POSSIBLE: A JINGLE JANGLE STORY. Un deuxième album est prévu pour l’automne 2021. Les droits de langue française sont toujours disponibles.

NEW KID bientôt adapté au cinéma dans un film produit par LeBron James

La société de production de LeBron James, joueur de basket de la NBA, et Universal Pictures ont acquis les droits audiovisuels du roman graphique NEW KID de Jerry Craft, paru en 2019 chez Harper. L’écriture du scénario devrait commencer sous peu. (Lire l’article de Deadline)

Dans NEW KID, un garçon issu d’un milieu modeste fait l’expérience du choc des cultures lorsqu’il intègre une prestigieuse école privée où la diversité est mal représentée. Le livre a remporté le prix Newbery Medal, le Coretta Scott King Award, le Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature, et reçu de nombreuses distinctions (Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2019, New York Times Best Children’s Books of 2019, Shelf Awareness Best Children’s Books of the Year…) Un companion book intitulé CLASS ACT paraîtra en octobre prochain.

Les droits de langue française sont toujours disponibles.

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.

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.