New Releases by MEG ROSOFF

Bundel met twee romans: Elisabeth (15, ik-figuur) is bij familie in Engeland als er een oorlog uitbreekt; David (15) wordt zich bewust van al het onheil dat hem kan overkomen en probeert het lot te tarten. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

Hilary, een oude Engelsman, blikt terug op de tijd dat hij als 16-jarige jongen bevriend raakt met een jongen die in zijn eentje aan zee woont. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

Niemandsbruid Meg Rosoff De nieuwe Meg Rosoff Op de ochtend dat ze zou trouwen kroop Pell Ridley in het donker haar bed uit, kuste haar zusters vaarwel, haalde Jack uit de wind en de regen van de boswei en vertelde hem dat ze weggingen. Al was het niet waarschijnlijk dat hij bezwaar zou maken, als paard. Op de ochtend van haar huwelijk vlucht Pell Ridley op haar paard Jack weg van haar ouderlijk huis. Haar jongste (stief)broertje Bean wil met haar mee. Samen trekken ze rond door het negentiende-eeuwse Engeland. Onderweg raakt Pell eerst haar paard en later ook haar broertje kwijt. Tijdens haar zoektocht ontmoet ze een stroper, zigeuners en een paardensmid. Rosoff beschrijft op eigenzinnige wijze het rauwe leven op het Engelse platteland in de negentiende eeuw.

On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and flees—determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse. The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. Then Pell meets a hunter, infuriating, mysterious and cold. Will he help her to find what she seeks? With all the hallmarks of Meg Rosoff’s extraordinary writing, The Bride’s Farewell also breaks new ground for this author, in a nineteenth-century, Hardyesque setting. This is a moving story of love and lost things, with a core of deep, beautiful romance.

In 1962, a 16-year-old boy is dropped off by his father at a boarding school on the windswept coast of East Anglia. It is a model of its kind–the rooms are freezing, the food is disgusting, the older boys are sadistic, and the masters are the ineffectual, damaged castoffs of a dying Empire. But the boy is used to the drill and well practiced at detached dreaming, imagining himself someone else, somewhere else. Until one day, falling behind one of the regular runs along the coast, he meets Finn. Finn seems like a character from a novel, or a dream. Dressed in clothes that look the way they did a century before, Finn lives alone with his cat in a tiny fisherman’s hut. The two become friends, the boy risking scandalous rumour and expulsion from school. But the idyll cannot last, disaster invades from all sides, and the boy discovers that nothing has been what he believed. What I Was will cement Meg Rosoff’s reputation as a writer of extraordinary skill and sensitivity, who recreates with uncanny exactness the passions of youth.

Justin Case is convinced fate has in for him. And he''s right. After finding his younger brother teetering on the edge of his balcony, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. Without looking back, he changes his name to Justin and assumes a new identity, new clothing and new friends, and dares to fall in love with the seductive Agnes Day. With his imaginary dog Boy in tow, Justin struggles to fit into his new role and above all, to survive in a world where tragedy is around every corner. He''s got to be prepared, just in case.

To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.

Pell Ridley slaat in het 19de-eeuwse Engeland op de ochtend van haar trouwdag op de vlucht met haar paard en halfbroertje. Onderweg raakt ze hen beide kwijt. Wat volgt is een zoektocht vol angst en bedrog. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.

Meet Jumpy Jack, a very nervous snail who''s afraid of monsters, and Googily, who is a--well, who is a very good friend, indeed. Wherever they go, Googily kindly checks high and low just to make sure there are no scary monsters about. But as every child knows, monsters come in many shapes and sizes. Some are even blue with hairy eyebrows and pointy teeth. Here is a universal story of friendship and fear of the unknown told with wit and charm by the fantastic team who created the irresistible Meet Wild Boars.

C''est en sauvant de justesse la vie de son petit frère, bien déterminé à essayer de voler en se jetant du balcon, que David Case, 15 ans, réalise à quel point la vie est fragile. Persuadé que la mort le guette à chaque coin de rue, David décide de tout changer : il devient Justin. Mais quand le destin vous poursuit, il ne suffit pas de se transformer en quelqu''un d''autre pour lui échapper...

It is very hard to be friends with wild boars because they are dirty and smelly, bad-tempered, and rude.

This London guide offers information on the best hotels and restaurants in this vibrant city, details special walking tours, and covers the museums and galleries in detail.

Uma garota nova-iorquina de 15 anos desembarca na Inglaterra, enquanto uma nova grande guerra está prestes a começar, para passar uma temporada com a tia e quatro excêntricos primos totalmente desconhecidos. Na imensa casa de campo, longe da agitação de Manhattan e dos conflitos com a nova madrasta, grávida do bebê que pode lhe tirar o pouco que lhe resta do pai, Daisy descobrirá o amor, o desejo, a liberdade de um cotidiano sem adultos e o valor da amizade verdadeira.