New Releases by David Almond

Mina è in Giappone. A Kyoto tutto è diverso, tutto è meraviglioso. Seduta su un autobus, osserva incantata una donna che trasforma un semplice foglio di carta in una barchetta di origami. È un gesto silenzioso e magico, che avvicina due vite lontane. Tra grattacieli e templi, mercati di fiori e bar di sushi, Mina scopre il fascino di una cultura che parla attraverso i dettagli, gli sguardi, le pieghe di un foglio. Quella barchetta porterà con sé messaggi di amicizia fino a un ragazzo, Mikio, che ne farà un uccellino da lanciare nel cielo... Così lontani ma così vicini i loro mondi si sfioreranno, legati da fili invisibili di poesia e speranza. In questa storia onirica e sognante, David Almond invita a scoprire la bellezza nascosta nel quotidiano e a lasciarsi trasportare dalla magia della semplicità. Con le illustrazioni delicate di Kirsti Beautyman, un viaggio che parla al cuore di grandi e piccoli, rivelando che a volte basta un piccolo gesto per connettere le anime più lontane.

Annie nunca foi como as outras meninas. Sua mãe tentou colocá-la na escola quando ela era pequena, mas Annie não conseguia fixar as palavras nem os números. Ela prefere ficar nadando no mar, ou tomando sol na praia de Stupor, com a cabeça repleta de histórias. Sua mãe sempre diz que ela deveria ter sido um peixe, e Annie sabe que isso é verdade. E, quando um estrangeiro aparece na vila e fica impressionado com a beleza e o encanto da menina, Annie Lumsden se dá conta de que, talvez, seja realmente metade criatura do mar.

Stanley Potts ya no tiene una vida normal: tío Ernie transformó su casa en una enorme enlatadora de pescado, y su locura lo llevó a extremos inaceptables. Ahora Stan se ha ido de casa, y viaja con un circo ambulante. Enfrentando sus miedos, Stan descubrirá, lejos del mundo conocido, su verdadera vocación: ¡Es el niño que nada con pirañas!

Mina ist anders als die anderen Kinder. Nachdenklich, fantasievoll und rebellisch, eckt sie immer wieder an, denn sie stellt viele ungewöhnliche Fragen: über Liebe, Freundschaft, Trauer, Vorschriften und das Leben. Sie schreibt alle ihre Gedanken in ein Notizbuch - es ist Minas Blick auf die Welt in ihren Worten. Das ist Minas Tagebuch. Das sind ihre Geschichten und Träume, Beobachtungen und Gefühle, ihre Kritzeleien und Wortspiele, ihr Unsinn, ihre Gedichte und Lieder. Und mit ihren Fragen stellt sie auch unsere! In diesem gefühlvollen, ungewöhnlichen Buch (auch optisch!) lässt David Almond Mina die Hauptrolle spielen - bevor sie Michael kennenlernt und bevor beide Skellig begegnen.

Sylvia, brave hearted and rebellious, moves into wild Northumberland from the city of Newcastle. She feels alien in this huge, silent, seemingly empty landscape, but then she meets Gabriel, a strange yet familiar boy. As they roam the forests and fells together, she sees nature with new eyes. She becomes aware that the past is all around her, and is deep inside herself. From the wing of a dead buzzard, they create a hollow bone - the kind of flute that was created and used in rituals in the distant past. This is a book of hope and joy - a book that celebrates humanity and explores the deep connections between ourselves and nature. It is timely and original. It speaks to young people about what it really is to be a human being alive today.

Award-winning author David Almond pens the dreamlike tale of a boy rediscovering joy and beauty within and around him, even amid sorrow. One hot summer morning, only weeks after his father’s death, Davie steps out his front door into the familiar streets of the Tyneside town that has always been his home. But this seemingly ordinary day takes on an air of mystery and tragedy as the residents learn that a boy has been killed. Despite the threat of a murderer on the loose, Davie turns away from the gossip and sets off toward the sunlit hill above town, where the real and imaginary worlds begin to blur around him. As he winds his way up the hillside, Davie sees things that seem impossible but feel utterly right, that renew his wonder and instill him with hope. Full of the intense excitement of growing up, David Almond’s tale leaves both the reader and Davie astonished at the world and eager to explore it.

De vader van Davie is pas overleden. Naast dit verdriet wordt Davie op een dag geconfronteerd met een steekpartij. Hij besluit op zoek te gaan naar de dader. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.

When the handsome and strange Orpheus strolls onto the beach and sings, good friends Claire and Ella each find a new understanding of themselves.

David Almond (Je m’appelle Mina), Tracy Chevalier (La jeune fille à la perle), Timothée de Fombelle (Le livre de Perle), Michael Morpurgo (Cheval de Guerre)... Les plus grandes signatures de la littérature racontent la Première Guerre mondiale à partir d’objets emblématiques. Un superbe recueil contenant des nouvelles écrites par onze écrivains célébrés partout dans le monde : Timothée de Fombelle, Michael Morpurgo, Tracy Chevalier rendent hommage aux héros les plus ordinaires. Un soldat de plomb, un plat à beurre, une boussole... Des objets du quotidien. Pourtant, aux yeux de nos auteurs, ces artefacts touchent au cœur des vies humaines pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Chaque auteur de ce recueil a été enjoint de choisir un objet qui avait un lien avec la guerre – une croix de Victoria pour Timothée de Fombelle, un kit d’écriture pour David Almond, un casque pour Michael Morpurgo – et de s’en servir comme inspiration pour une nouvelle originale. Le résultat : un recueil extraordinaire, illustré par Jim Kay (Quelques minutes après minuit), avec des photographies des objets qui ont inspiré les nouvelles.

Um garoto foge de casa em busca de seu próprio caminho no mundo, nesta imprevisível aventura do premiado David Almond, ilustrada por Oliver Jeffers. O tio de Stanley Potts, Ernie Potts, fica tão fascinado pela ideia de produzir peixe enlatado em casa, que a vida na alameda do Embarcadouro, no 69, vira uma loucura. Mas em toda loucura sempre há um lado sombrio, e, quando a obsessão do tio Ernie toma um rumo inesperadamente cruel, Stan não vê alternativa além de fugir de casa. Quando o garoto se distancia da vida que sempre conheceu, passa a conviver com personagens excêntricas e conhece o legendário Pancho Pirelli, o homem que nada em um tanque cheio de perigosas piranhas! Será que Stan vai ter coragem suficiente para também mergulhar nessas águas revoltas e escolher seu próprio destino? "De fato, atualmente não há nenhum escritor que escreva como Almond." (The Times)

Michael and his family have just moved into an old house. One afternoon while her parents care for her sick sister, Michael sneaks the ramshackle garage. There he discovers Skellig, an extraordinary creature who needs help to survive. Along with Mina

There he was, below the bridge, half-naked, eyes blazing. He had a pair of burning torches. He ran them back and forth across his skin. He sipped from a bottle, breathed across a torch, and fire and fumes leapt from his lips. The air was filled with the scent of paraffin. He breathed again, a great high spreading flag of fire. He glared. He roared like an animal. That summer, life had seemed perfect for Bobby Burns. But now it''s autumn and the winds of change are blowing hard. Bobby''s dad is mysteriously ill. His new school is a cold and cruel place. And worse: nuclear war may be about to start. But Bobby has a wonder-working friend called Ailsa Spink. And he''s found the fire-eater, a devil called McNulty. What can they do together on Bobby''s beach? Is it possible to work miracles? Will they be able to transform the world? A stunning novel from the author of the modern children''s classic Skellig - winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children''s Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.

Every summer Liam and Max roam the wild countryside of Northumberland - but this year things are different. One hot summer''s day a jackdaw leads the two boys into an ancient farm house where they find a baby, wrapped in a blanket, with a scribbled note pinned to it: PLESE LOOK AFTER HER RITE. THIS IS A CHILDE OF GOD. And so begins Jackdaw Summer. A summer when friendships are tested. A summer when lines between good and bad are blurred. A summer that Liam will never forget... A stunning novel from the author of the modern children''s classic Skellig - winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children''s Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.

Trapped in his bedroom by a father who fills his mind with mysterious tales and warnings, Billy Dean goes outside for the first time when his father disappears, and he discovers his abilities to heal the living and contact the dead.

The gods have created a world: they''ve built mountains, a sea and a sky and now their days are filled with naps (and tea and cake). That''s until Harry, Sue and Ben begin to fill the gaps of the world with a mousy thing, a chirpy thing and a twisty legless thing.

There''s an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It''s been there for an age. I keep on saying that I''ll write a journal. So I''ll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. Then what shall I write? I can''t just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I''ll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or a beast does, just like life does. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line? And so Mina writes and writes in her notebook, and here is her journal, Mina''s life in Mina''s own words: her stories and dreams, experiences and thoughts, her scribblings and nonsense, poems and songs. Her vivid account of her vivid life. In this stunning book, David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael, before she has met Skellig. Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal.

While everyone else is in a deep slumber, Mina gazes out the window, witness to the moon''s silvery light. In the stillness, she can even hear her own heart beating. It is then that Mina feels that anything is possible and her imagination is set free. On the table lies a blank notebook. It has been there for what seems like forever. Mina has declared in the past that she will use it as a journal, and finally, she begins to do that one night. Mina makes discoveries both trivial and profound as she writes, about herself and her world, her thoughts and her dreams.

La aparición de un misterioso personaje en un garaje cambiará para siempre la vida de Michael y de su familia. Michael no está de muy buen humor últimamente, se acaban de cambiar de casa y, de momento, no le gusta nada. Además, sus padres andan muy nerviosos porque su hermanita, que acaba de nacer, tiene que ingresar en el hospital aquejada de una grave enfermedad en su corazón. Por eso, Michael tiene mucho tiempo para investigar y es en el destartalado garaje donde encuentra a un extraño personaje, sucio y muy enfermo, que se alimenta de insectos. Afortunadamente, podrá compartir este secreto con Mina, su nueva vecina, una niña inquieta y muy despierta, que le descubrirá al poeta William Blake y le enseñará a ver la vida con otros ojos. Los dos alimentarán a su nuevo amigo, le conseguirán la comida china que tanto le gusta y la cerveza negra, pero también las pastillas para tratar su avanzada artritis. Entre los tres se establece una sólida amistad, una amistad que los une con unos lazos poco comunes... Al final, descubrirán cuál es la verdadera identidad de su misterioso amigo y, sobre todo, por qué está con ellos. Mientras, la hermanita de Michael se debate entre la vida y la muerte...

When his mentally unstable uncle''s obsessions take an unexpectedly cruel turn, young Stanley Potts is forced to leave and joins a carnival of eccentric characters before meeting the legendary Pancho Pirelli, who swims in piranha tanks and invites Stanley to become his apprentice.

Billy is de zoon van een zondige priester. Pas na dertien jaar komt hij voor het eerst met de echte wereld in aanraking. Men gelooft dat hij met de doden kan communiceren. Maar is hij een held of een monster? Vanaf ca. 16 jaar.

Michael vindt in een schuur een geheimzinnige zwerver die niet helemaal is wat hij lijkt. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.