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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: HUGE PAIN IN MY… de Adam Mansbach et Alan Zweibel

The hilarious middle-grade debut of the author of GO THE F**K TO SLEEP

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: HUGE PAIN IN MY…
by Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel
Hyperion, September 2015

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: HUGE PAIN IN MY… introduces us to 13-year-old Franklin Isaac « Ike » Saturday, who lives an uneventful life (save for having the worst stepfather on the planet). Then his history teacher assigns a fateful project: each student must write to the historical figure of their choice as a pen pal. Ike decides to write to Benjamin Franklin (whom he was named after) and duly completes the assignment — but after he presents it in class, he steals one of his stepfather’s prized 1770s-era stamps and mails his letter to Benjamin Franklin as a practical joke.

Ike forgets all about the incident until he receives a letter with a similarly old stamp…and with a return address from a « B. Franklin » in Philadelphia. What follows is an imaginative, riotously funny exchange of letters between an awkward teenager and a revered statesman who offers him his legendary advice on family, friends, enemies, girls, and everything in between.

Adam Mansbach is the New York Times Bestselling author of GO THE F**K TO SLEEP, which was translated in over 30 languages.

Alan Zweibel is a former “Saturday Night Live” writer and the author of LUNATICS, co-written with Dave Barry.

Aventures et potions : les éditeurs s’enflamment pour BLACKTHORN

Mise à jour du 3 octobre 2014 : droits achetés par Bayard Jeunesse

Quelques jours seulement après sa première soumission, BLACKTHORN, le premier roman de Kevin Sands, suscite le plus grand enthousiasme des éditeurs du monde entier.

Aux États-Unis, ce sont les éditions Aladdin / Simon & Schuster qui ont remporté les enchères face à six autres éditeurs de premier plan. Pour le Royaume-Uni et le Commonwealth, ce sera Puffin / Penguin Random House UK qui le publiera.

Mais le formidable intérêt suscité par BLACKTHORN ne s’arrête pas là : DTV en Allemagne et Mondadori en Italie en ont également acquis les droits, toujours après enchères, et l’annonce de l’heureux éditeur brésilien est pour bientôt !

A wonderfully rich and action-packed middle-grade novel that will thrill readers

BLACKTHORN
by Kevin Sands

Set in 1663 London, 14-year-old Christopher Rowe is apprenticed to a master apothecary. In the Blackthorn shoppe, he learns the delicate secrets of transforming simple ingredients into powerful medicines, potions and weapons. Christopher’s beloved master guides him with a firm, steady hand – a confidence even more vital as Christopher learns of a mysterious cult preying on the most learned men throughout London. The murders are growing closer and closer to Blackthorn… and soon, Christopher is torn from the shoppe with only a cryptic warning from his master: “Tell no one what I’ve given you.” Aided by his best friend, Tom, Christopher must decipher his master’s words, following a trail of deceit towards an unearthly secret with the power to tear the world apart.

THE WITCH’S BOY de Kelly Barnhill sélectionné pour le BEA Buzz Panel 2014

Après enchères avec quatre autres éditeurs, ce sont finalement les éditions Algonquin qui publieront les deux prochains romans middle-grade de Kelly Barnhill. Le premier, THE WITCH’S BOY, est prévu pour septembre 2014 et a été déjà annoncé comme l’un des cinq titres sélectionnés pour le BEA Buzz Panel 2014, indice de l’intérêt et de l’enthousiasme qu’un titre suscite chez les professionnels de l’édition.

Et voici la couverture dessinée par John Klassen:

THE WITCH’S BOY

Kelly Barnhill

Algonquin Young Readers, September 2014

In the tradition of Neil Gaiman and Kate DiCamillo, THE WITCH’S BOY is at once engagingly lyrical and breathtakingly adventurous. With a deft hand, Barnhill takes fairy tale elements – speaking stones, a bandit king and his practical daughter, and a spoiled young king – and weaves them into a richly detailed narrative that feels both classic and completely fresh at the same time!

Even the revered Witch can’t save her sons when they are swept into a raging river, and only one boy, Ned – the wrong boy – survives. Nonetheless, it is up to him to protect his mother’s magic (hidden and kept safe under their house) from the Bandit King who wants to steal the magic for its rightful owner. Ned must summon the unruly magic for himself, and with the help of the Aine, the Bandit King’s daughter, try to save his family and put the magic back to rest.