Speak - Couverture souple

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 014131088X ISBN 13 : 9780141310886

Editeur : Speak, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Anderson Laurie Halse

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Grips right from the start. (The Parents Guide 2001-07-01)

Anderson holds the reader's sympathy with impressive skill in this classic 'outsider' story. (The Herald 2001-06-30)

Highly recommended. (The Scotsman 2001-06-30)

An outstanding book which invites the reader's admiration and empathy rather than pity. (Books For Keeps 2001-07-01)

A dark but ultimately uplifting story. (Writers News 2002-07-01)

A stunning first novel... Anderson infuses the narrative with a wit that sustains the heroine through her pain and holds readers' empathy. The book's overall gritty realism and Melinda's hard-won metamorphosis will leave readers touched and inspired. (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)

Nails the high school experience cold. An uncannily funny book even as it plumbs the darkness, Speak will hold readers from first word to last. (THE HORN BOOK)

The plot is gripping and the characters are powerfully drawn, but it is its raw and unvarnished look at the dynamics of the high school experience that makes this a novel that will be hard for readers to forget. (KIRKUS REVIEWS)

Strong and searching novels that cover very difficult scenarios...The humanity of the protagonist really shines through in the expert characterisation and writing, making these novels really challenge the reader's empathy. I would strongly recommend these stark and thought provoking titles. (The Bookseller, 13th April 2001)

Anderson has produced an outstanding book which invites the reader's admiration and empathy ... The power of Speak to evoke a positive response in spite of harrowing realism lies in Anderson's poetic prose and witty first person narration. (BfK, July 2001)

Highly recommended. (THE SCOTSMAN)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Laurie Halse Anderson has received both the Margaret Edwards Award and the ALAN Award for her contributions to young adult literature. She has also been honored by the National Coalition Against Censorship in recognition of her fight to combat the censoring of literature. She is the author of the groundbreaking National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor Book Speak. She is also author of the critically acclaimed YA books Prom, Twitsted, Catalyst, Wintergirls, and The Impossible Knife of Memory. She has also authored a number of middle grade titles including The Vet Volunteers series, and the historical fiction Seeds of America Trilogy, which includes Forge, ALA Best Book for Young Adults Fever 1793, and the National Book Award finalist and Scott O’Dell Award-winner Chains. She and her husband live in northern New York State. Follow Laurie on Twitter @halseanderson and visit her at madwomanintheforest.com.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Speak
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 014131088X
• ISBN 13: 9780141310886
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208