New Releases by David Almond

Mina la stramba, Mina indisciplinata, Mina la pazza. Mina coraggiosa, meravigliosa Mina, Mina ribelle. Di certo Mina non si può etichettare. Se ne sta sul suo albero a osservare gli uccelli, il mondo e la straordinaria vita che scorre sotto le sue gambe a penzoloni. Sa che non potrà stare per sempre lassù, che prima o poi dovrà scendere, tornare a scuola, farsi qualche amico, accettare che il suo papà sia in un luogo da cui non si può fare ritorno. Ma intanto, dall’alto del suo rifugio, Mina riflette: sui misteri del Tempo, sulla vita, sul dolore della perdita, su Dio e... sugli strudelini ai fichi! Tutto finisce nel suo diario, che è proprio questo qui, che avete fra le mani. Ma attenzione, bisogna essere pronti a incontrare Mina, bisogna essere disposti a guardare dritto nel Sole, o nella Luna, pronti a sentirsi indifesi e insieme coraggiosi, e soprattutto pronti ad accettare «la bellissima bellezza del mondo», anche quando tutto intorno a noi sembra volerla oscurare.

In a northern English town, Lizzie, despite her own grief over the death of her mother, tries to distract her grief-stricken father by helping him enter and prepare for the Great Human Bird Competition.

This well-received novel from a cast of acclaimed authors is now available in paperback! A video message from a dead person. A larcenous teenager. A man who can stick his left toe behind his head and in his ear. An epileptic girl seeking answers in a fairy tale. A boy who loses everything in World War II, and his brother who loses even more. And a family with a secret so big that it changes everything. The world''s best beloved authors each contribute a chapter in the life of the mysterious George "Gee" Keane, photographer, soldier, adventurer, and enigma. Under different pens, a startling portrait emerges of a man, his family, and his gloriously complicated tangle of a life.

Joe Maloney is out of place in this world. His mother wants him to be a man, and he can’t be that yet. His only friend, Stanny Mole, wants to teach him how to kill, and Joe can’t learn that. Joe’s mind is always somewhere else: on the weird creatures he sees in the distant sky, the songs he hears in the air around him, the vibrations of life he feels everywhere. Everybody laughs at Joe Maloney. And then a tattered circus comes to town, and a tiger comes for him. It leads him out into the night, and nothing in Joe Maloney’s world is ever the same again. The transformative power of imagination and beauty flows through this story of a boy who walks where others wouldn’t dare to go, a boy with the heart of a tiger, an unlikely hero who knows that sometimes the most important things are the most mysterious.

Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie, are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. They’re full of mischief, but that all changes when Stephen Rose comes to town. Father O’Mahoney thinks it would be a good idea for Davie and Geordie to befriend him—maybe some of their good nature will rub off on this unhappy soul. But it’s Stephen who sees something special in Davie. Stephen’s a gifted sculptor. One day as Davie looks on, Stephen brings a tiny figure to life. It’s a talent he has, the gift of creation—and he knows that Davie has this talent, too. Davie allows Stephen to convince him to help bring a life-size figure to life—and Clay is born. Clay is innocent, but Stephen has special plans for him. What has Davie helped to unleash on the world?

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. 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.

Un inconnu vient d''arriver au village: Stephen Rose. Pas de parents, pas d''amis, teint cireux, regard envoûtant, et puis cette odeur... Il va vivre chez Mary la Folle. Beaucoup de rumeurs courent sur Stephen. Mais une chose est sûre: les étranges créatures qu''il modèle dans la glaise ont quelque chose de magique. Davie et Geordie devraient-ils garder leurs distances ? Ou tenter de s''en approcher ? Stephen pourrait-il devenir un allié dans la lutte terrible qui les oppose au monstrueux Mouldy et sa bande ? Un livre puissant et troublant, parfois dérangeant, où l''hallucinatoire joue subtilement avec le réel. Du grand David Almond !

Spannende Geschichte über die Selbstfindung eines Jungen

Written in haunting, lyrical prose, Kit’s Wilderness examines the bonds of family from one generation to the next, and explores how meaning and beauty can be revealed from the depths of darkness. A Michael L. Printz Award Winner An ALA Notable Book A Publishers Weekly Best Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century The Watson family moves to Stoneygate, an old coal-mining town, to care for Kit’s recently widowed grandfather. When Kit meets John Askew, another boy whose family has both worked and died in the mines, Askew invites Kit to join him in playing a game called Death. As Kit’s grandfather tells him stories of the mine’s past and the history of the Watson family, Askew takes Kit into the mines, where the boys look to find the childhood ghosts of their long-gone ancestors.

Erin, January et Mouse vivent dans un institut qui recueille les enfants abandonnés. Ils n''en sont pas à leur première fugue mais, cette fois, l''aventure est plus sérieuse : January a construit un radeau sur lequel ils décident d''embarquer. Emportés par le courant du fleuve, les enfants échouent dans les Marais Noirs, un lieu étrange et inquiétant où Ange, une mystérieuse petite fille, semble les attendre depuis toujours... David Almond conte une histoire d''amitié, riche en émotions, servie par une écriture poétique et une force d''évocation étonnante.