Melvin Burgess Libri

Spesso, quando a casa si sente oppresso e infelice, Tam scappa a rifugiarsi in una valle nascosta, tra le rovine della Fattoria Pensunpò. E un giorno, seguendo in mezzo a quei ruderi una vecchia stracciona e il suo cane, viene trasportato indietro nel tempo, all'epoca della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, quando la fattoria era ancora in piena attività. Là Tam fa amicizia con May, una strana bambina che, dopo aver trascorso una settimana sotto le macerie di una casa bombardata, si rifiuta di mangiare o dormire fra quattro mura. Allorché il ragazzo si caccia nei guai in quel mondo così simile eppure così diverso dal suo, sarà May a salvarlo, ma Tam non vuole rimanere con lei: ha troppa paura di trovarsi imprigionato per sempre nel passato... Riuscirà, prima o poi, a tornare nel suo tempo? E lui e la sua amica potranno mai incontrarsi di nuovo?

Ma per tutti il sesso è un chiodo fisso in ogni discorso, in ogni obiettivo, in ogni fantasia. Tutto diventa un tentativo per far coincidere moti incontenibili e aspettative grandiose con la quotidianità scomoda, inopportuna, goffa e spesso... comica! Il sesso è un'idea costante, che deve vedersela con il resto della loro vita emotiva, affatto semplice, con tracce d'amore, amiche grasse e adorabili con cui ci si vergogna di uscire, relazioni extraconiugali dei genitori, insegnanti con cui avere storie prima da sogno, poi da incubo., Un romanzo d'iniziazione, realista, provocatorio e irriverente, che ha scatenato roventi polemiche sui maggiori giornali inglesi. Età di lettura: da 14 anni.

A Carnegie Medal NomineeTwelve-year-old David lives with his dad in a big London apartment building called Mahogany Villas, where he climbs through the building's old ventilation system to play tricks on the other tenants. But David's nasty pranks disturb more than just his elderly neighbor. One day, he comes face-to-face with a ghost, at first friendly but eventually terrifying. Soon the old man and David are in great danger.(AR) For ages 9-12Available only in Young Adul Standing Order.

Fifteen-year-old Sigurd, son of King Sigmund, is the last surviving member of the Volson clan. His father's kingdom - the former city of London - is gone. And his father's knife, a gift from the gods, has been shattered to dust.

Billy Elliot's tough, funny and heart-warming story is given new depth by best-selling author, Melvin Burgess. Billy's mother is dead, and his father and brother are fiercely involved in a bitter miners' fight that has split the local community. Billy's father wants his son to learn boxing, like he did and his father before him. But Billy is fascinated by the grace and magic of ballet and is determined to dance his way to a different future. Told from the differing viewpoints of Billy, his father and brother and his friend Michael, Melvin Burgess has captured the spirit of the original film screenplay while demonstrating the skill and inspiration he showed in his award-winning novel, Junk.

When Nick's mother dies suddenly, the fourteen-year-old is sent straight into a boys' home, where he finds institutional intimidation and violence keep order. After countless fights and punishments, Nick thinks life can't get any worse - but the professionally respected deputy head, Mr Creal, who has been grooming him with sweets and solace, has something much more sinister in mind. The scarring, shaming experience he suffers at the hands of Mr Creal can never quite be suppressed, and when the old hatred surfaces, bloody murder and revenge lead to an unforgettable climax.

Gemma runs away from home to join her boyfriend Tar in London. Soon they find themselves hooked on heroin and Gemma is forced into prostitution to pay for the drug.

Set in northern England during the 1984 miner's strike, "Billy Elliot" tells the story of a young working class boy who chooses not to follow his widowed father's instructions to train to be a boxer. Instead, fascinated by the ballet class sharing the same building as his gym, Billy hangs up his gloves to pursue dreams of being a dancer. But even as he discovers his virtuoso gift for ballet he must hide his triumph from his father and brother -- both miners on strike struggling to keep food on the table. A hit at last years Cannes Film Festival and a smash success in the UK just one week into its premiere, "Billy Elliot" is being hailed as one of the best films of the year.

Someone mad was screaming at them from the upstairs window of a house next to the station. It was a girl. "Oh, that's April. Don't mind her... deaf and dumb, see." Abandoned by his father to a life of poverty, Tony is angry with everyone, and desperately lonely. April Dean, the deaf girl, needs friends too. But their growing relationship arouses deep prejudices which threaten to engulf not only Tony and April but also the whole village. This moving and powerful love story is about two very different people, worlds apart.