Life is harsh in the mountain village in Nepal where Lakshmi works hard alongside her mother to look after the family. When her stepfather finds her a job in the city, Lakshmi dreams of making her family proud. The reality is different: Lakshmi has been sold into a life of sexual slavery.
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.
De Canadese dochter van Poolse joden beschrijft in woord en beeld het stempel dat de traumatische ervaringen van haar ouders, die in de Tweede Wereldoorlog Auschwitz overleefden, op haar leven drukte.
What if Fate were out to get you? The day David Case saves his brother's life, his whole world changes. He must hide, become an entirely new person to escape Fate . . . if he can. This stunning, thought-provoking and darkly comic novel for teenage readers was one of the most eagerly awaited books of 2006 � now available in paperback.
Leggere questo libro significa fare un viaggio. Prendere per mano, o meglio farsi prendere per mano da Bruno, un bambino di nove anni, e cominciare a camminare. Presto o tardi si arriverà davanti a un recinto. Uno di quei recinti che esistono in tutto il mondo, uno di quelli che ci si augura di non dover mai varcare. Siamo nel 1942 e il padre di Bruno è il comandante di un campo di sterminio. Non sarà dunque difficile comprendere che cosa sia questo recinto di rete metallica, oltre il quale si vede una costruzione in mattoni rossi sormontata da un altissimo camino. Ma sarà amaro e doloroso, com'è doloroso e necessario accompagnare Bruno fino a quel recinto, fino alla sua amicizia con Shmuel, un bambino polacco che sta dall'altro lato della rete, nel recinto, prigioniero. John Boyne ci consegna una storia che dimostra meglio di qualsiasi spiegazione teorica come in una guerra tutti sono vittime, e tra loro quelli a cui viene sempre negata la parola sono proprio i bambini.
It is two hundred thousand years ago. A small group of children are cut off from their Kin, the Moonhawks, when they are driven from their "Good Place" by violent strangers. While searching for a new Good Place, they face the parched desert, an active volcano, a canyon flood, man-eating lions, and other Kins they've never seen before. Told from four points of view, with tales of the Kins' creation interspersed throughout, this epic novel humanizes early man and illuminates the beginning of language, the development of skills, and the organization of society. It is a triumphant book from one of the genre's most revered authors.