Best Selling Books by Susin Nielsen

Un roman à deux voix, où prennent la parole en alternance un adolescent franchement « geek » ayant perdu sa mère deux ans auparavent, et sa nouvelle demi-sœur, une des filles les plus populaires (et superficielles) du lycée. Bousculés par les changements de la vie des adultes qui les entourent, Stewart et Ashley, chacun à sa manière, font face. Comment la singularité des êtres, un chat névrosé et le hasard des interactions humaines peuvent venir à bout de bien des problèmes.

From the bestselling author of Snap comes a heartfelt comedy about the down-and-almost-out residents of a crumbling apartment building who just may need each other to find a way to start again—for readers of Kevin Wilson, Emily Austin and Fredrik Backman Magnus hates his job as the super of Stuckey Manor, a dilapidated low-rise in Vancouver’s West End. He can’t deal with the tenants’ litany of complaints, preferring to numb himself with beer and rom-coms instead. This was not how his life was supposed to go. Worse, the job was given to him out of pity by his ex-best friend, who’s just had a baby with Magnus’s ex-wife. The other residents are people who also, for reasons both comic and heartbreaking, can’t seem to move forward. Constance, once a celebrated news anchor and radio host, rages against her infamous firing and the indignities of aging. Michael is trapped in a loveless marriage to Other Michael. Joan is an agoraphobic librarian who sees danger around every corner. And Petar is a widower who harbours a secret. A secret that involves a lot of sequins. The tenants keep to themselves—that is, until the arrival of Charlie and her know-it-all nine-year-old son, Ollie. Magnus finds Charlie irksome and irresistible in equal measure. The mother and son, together with an exuberant, drooling boxer dog named Fugly, upend the tenants’ lives, forcing each of them to examine the reasons why they are stuck. But Charlie and Ollie have a secret, too. A big one. And when their secret is exposed, they all—even Fugly—play a part in saving the day. Laugh out loud funny, tender and wry, Here Goes Nothing is a tale about finding the courage to start again in life, even when it seems impossible, and about finding community right next door.

Violet is not impressed with her TV director dad: he’s decided to abandon his family in Vancouver to start over with a new younger wife in LA. To Violet, it’s like he’s traded his old life for a better one – complete with new and improved children. To make matters worse, her mom has taken up with a dorky new man called Dudley Wiener. Violet decides to take control. She needs a new stepfather who is perfect, charming and will show Dad what he’s missing: she needs George Clooney, Hollywood superstar.

Everyone likes Wheels at Degrassihe plays in a rock band with his buddies Joey and Snake and thinks about being a musician full-time, like his birth father. But Wheels''s life slams to a halt when his parents are killed in a car accident. He fights with his best friend, hangs around downtown with rough street kids, and gets into serious trouble with the law. Still his friends refuse to desert him, and Wheels learns he can count on the people around him when he really needs them. Based on the groundbreaking Degrassi Junior High television series, this book offers a sensitive and engaging look at the challenges of teenage life.

Having just moved into a family shelter with her mother, seven-year-old Lily is filled with anxiety when faced with a show-and-tell presentation at her new school, but her incredible imagination and creativity save the day.

Melanie Brody is takes grade seven very seriously. She''s read about junior high in all the teen magazines, and she''s ready for all the romace and excitement Degrassi can offer. Things don''t turn out to be quite so glamorous as Melanie expects: it''s hard to feel popular when you''re scrawny and your hair won''t go right, when it seems like everyone else has nicer clothes and the older students think you''re a dumb kid. Life just isn''t turning out like a romance novel at all. Based on the groundbreaking Degrassi Junior High television series, this book offers a sensitive and engaging look at the challenges of teenage life.

Roman où l''on découvre les petites et grandes mésaventures d''Ambroise Bukowski, un jeune garçon atypique ayant pris le parti de l''autodérision pour survivre au rejet qu''il essuie régulièrement en raison de sa différence, voire son intelligence. Orphelin de père depuis sa naissance et ayant plusieurs fois déménagé pour suivre sa mère chargée de cours universitaire de ville en ville, Ambroise est bien décidé à changer la donne cette fois-ci et à se refaire une réputation. Or, en trafiquant un peu la réalité (il prétend être très riche et aller à l''école publique par choix), il s''attire de nouveau les moqueries des élèves, dont celles d''un groupe de garçons qui lui font avaler une arachide à son insu alors qu''il a "prétendu" y être dangereusement allergique. Accusant ces voyous d''avoir voulu tuer son fils (puisque son allergie est réelle), Irène retire Ambroise de l''école pour qu''il poursuive sa scolarité par correspondance depuis leur petit appartement situé au sous-sol de la maison d''un gentil couple grecque. Tout semble vouloir s''améliorer, malgré la solitude qui lui pèse, jusqu''à l''arrivée de Cosmo, le fils du propriétaire. Ce dernier, qui vient de terminer une peine de prison, effraie sans le vouloir ses locataires, ce qui n''est pas sans ranimer les inquiétudes d''Irène qui interdit à Ambroise de le fréquenter. Or, il s''avère que ce grand gaillard aime, comme Ambriose, le Scrabble... [SDM] [SDM].

Ambrose, allergique aux cacahuètes, passe pour un loser absolu. Lui et sa mère ultra-protectrice, Irène, déménagent sans arrêt. Le jour où l''adolescent est empoisonné au collège, Irène décide de le déscolariser. Cloîtré chez lui, Ambrose s''ennuie à mourir, jusqu''au jour où il rencontre Cosmo, le fils des voisins, un jeune homme un peu mal parti dans la vie. Par hasard, ils se découvrent une passion commune pour le Scrabble. Si l''arrivée de Cosmo dans leur petit cocon est vue d''un très mauvais oeil par Irène, Ambrose n''en démord pas : son intrigant voisin deviendra, qu''il le veuille ou non, la figure paternelle que l''adolescent aurait tant voulu avoir.