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It's September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War, but in 1917 Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family. But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He holds a secret deep in his soul: one that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage. As he recalls his friendship with Will, from the training ground at Aldershot to the trenches of Northern France, he speaks of how the intensity of their friendship brought him both happiness and self-discovery as well as despair and pain. The Absolutist is a novel that examines the events of the Great War from the perspective of two young soldiers, both struggling with the complexity of their emotions and the confusion of their friendship.

It's July 1910: The grisly remains of Cora Crippen, music hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen, are discovered in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. But the Doctor and his mistress, Ethel Le Neve, have vanished, much to the frustration of Scotland Yard and the outrage of a horrified London. Across the Channel in Antwerp, the SS Montrose sets sail on its two week voyage to Canada. Amongst its passengers are the overbearing Antonia Drake and her daughter Victoria, who is hell-bent on romance, the enigmatic Mathieu Zela and the modest Martha Hayes. Also on board are the unassuming Mr John Robinson and his seventeen-year-old son Edmund. But all is not as it seems...

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.

"Boyne es un escriptor amb talent i la seva darrera novel·la es una historia emocionant i vertiginosa que atrapa al lector des de la primera pàgina" The TimesRússia, 1915: als 16 anys, Georgy Jachmen

Després de l'èxit aclaparador d'El noi del pijama de ratlles, convertit ja en un clàssic contemporani, arriba Motí al Bounty, una esplèndida novel·la d'aventures en la tradició més noble i entranyable del gènere. Trepidant, vital i commovedora, Motí al Bounty narra les aventures i desventures de John Jacob Turnstile, un jove orfe de catorze anys que sobreviu a base d'escurar les butxaques dels altres i buscar-se seriosos problemes amb la llei. Quan és a punt d'entrar a la presó, però, li arriba una proposta temptadora, i així serà com Turnstile, un encantador i desvergonyit antiheroi amb el cor d'or i la paraula àgil, s'embarcarà al Bounty cap a unes terres llunyanes i un futur incert.

It is early morning and the sun is rising. There are problems at home which are easier to deal with if eight-year-old Noah doesn't think about them. So he picks up his trainers and runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest. Before long he come across a shop. But this is no ordinary shop. It is a toyshop - full of magic and wonder and broken promises. Noah is on a journey. A journey that will change his life. And it could change yours too.

William Cody grows up surrounded by his father's tales of Buffalo Bill, to whom he is distantly related, and his fantasies of the Wild West. Though he escapes his heritage by fleeing abroad and starting a new life for himself, he finds that he is always drawn back to England and to his ancestry. When his father proposes that together they should recreate Buffalo Bill's stage show, "The Congress of Rough Riders of the World" for a contemporary audience, William refuses to have any part of it. When tragedy strikes, however, it is to his father that he must eventually return.

Una edición especial ilustrada de la conmovedora historia de Bruno y Shmuel, en la que el texto íntegro de John Boyne se complementa con 15 elocuentes ilustraciones a todo color, realizadas por el reconocido ilustrador italiano Gianni De Conno.**Edicion especial ilustrada**Estimado lector, estimada lectora:Aunque el uso habitual de un texto como este es describir las caracteristicas de la obra, por una vez nos tomaremos la libertad de hacer una excepcion a la norma establecida. No solo porque el libro que tienes en tus manos es muy dificil de definir, sino porque estamos convencidos de que explicar su contenido estropearia la experiencia de la lectura. Creemos que es importante empezar esta novela sin saber de que trata.No obstante, si decides embarcarte en la aventura, debes saber que acompañaras a Bruno, un niño de nueve años, cuando se muda con su familia a una casa junto a una cerca. Cercas como esa existen en muchos sitios del mundo, solo deseamos que no te encuentres nunca con una. Por ultimo, cabe aclarar que este libro no es solo para adultos; tambien lo pueden leer, y seria recomendable que lo hicieran, niños a partir de los trece años de edad.El editorReseña:Una pequeña joya.Liberazione

This was set in December 23, 1787, Deptford on the south bank of the river Thames. A 15-year-old boy, Billy, has got into trouble with the police on one too many occasions and is about to be sent to prison when an offer is put to him - a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to set sail with an important mission. The boy who was expected to serve as the captain's personal valet has been struck down with an illness and a replacement must be found immediately. The deal is struck and he finds himself onboard, meeting the captain, just as the ship sets sail. The ship is HMS Bounty, the captain is William Bligh, and their destination is Tahiti.

Der neunjährige Bruno weiß nichts von der Endlösung oder dem Holocaust. Er ist unberührt von den entsetzlichen Grausamkeiten, die sein Land dem europäischen Volk zufügt. Er weiß nur, dass man ihn von seinem gemütlichen Zuhause in Berlin in ein Haus verpflanzt hat, das in einer öden Gegend liegt, in der er nichts unternehmen kann und keiner mit ihm spielt. Bis er Schmuel kennenlernt, einen Jungen, der ein seltsam ähnliches Dasein auf der anderen Seite des angrenzenden Drahtzauns fristet und der, wie alle Menschen dort, einen gestreiften Pyjama trägt. Durch die Freundschaft mit Schmuel werden Bruno, dem unschuldigen Jungen, mit der Zeit die Augen geöffnet. Und während er erforscht, wovon er unwissentlich ein Teil ist, gerät er unvermeidlich in die Fänge des schrecklichen Geschehens.

La storia del bambino con il pigiama a righe è difficile da descrivere in poche parole. Di solito in copertina diamo alcuni indizi, ma in questo caso siamo convinti che farlo sciuperebbe la lettura. È importante invece che cominciate a leggere questo libro senza sapere di che cosa parla. Farete un viaggio con un bambino di nove anni che si chiama Bruno. (Ma questo non è un libro per bambini di nove anni.) E presto o tardi arriverete con Bruno davanti a un recinto. Recinti come questi esistono in tutto il il mondo. Speriamo che voi non dobbiate mai varcare un recinto del genere. John Boyne è nato in Irlanda nel 1971 e vive a Dublino. Ha precedentemente scritto romanzi per adulti, questo è il suo primo romanzo per ragazzi.

Berlín 1942. La guerra no afecta gaire la vida de Bruno, un noi de nou anys que viu en un barri residencial. Però un bon dia arriba a casa i es troba totes les coses empaquetades: el seu pare, membre de l'elit militar, ha rebut un nou destí i es veu obligat a marxar i instal·lar-se amb tota la família en una àrea rural mig deserta i molt depriment. Bruno s'avorreix i passa els dies obsessionat amb una tanca que s'alça davant la finestra de la seva habitació. Fins que no coneix Schmuel, el noi del pijama de ratlles, que viu a l'altra banda del filferro espinós, Bruno ni tan sol no comprèn que ja no és a Alemanya sinó a Polònia. Tampoc no és conscient del que passa a la vida de Schmuel fins que és massa tard perescapar els horrors que es viuen a l'altre costat de la tanca. L'honestedat narrativa, la congruència dels personatges i la progressió magistral de la trama, doten aquesta novel·la d'una qualitat literària molt humana i d'una força narrativa captivadora.