Katherine Marsh

"A resistance novel for our time." - The New York Times "A hopeful story about recovery, empathy, and the bravery of young people." - Booklist "This well-crafted and suspenseful novel touches on the topics of refugees and immigrant integration, terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, and the Syrian war with sensitivity and grace." - Kirkus, Starred Review Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed’s struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he’s starting to lose hope. Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy from Washington, D.C. Lonely and homesick, Max is struggling at his new school and just can’t seem to do anything right. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed’s lives collide and a friendship begins to grow. Together, Max and Ahmed will defy the odds, learning from each other what it means to be brave and how hope can change your destiny. Set against the backdrop of the Syrian refugee crisis, award-winning author of Jepp, Who Defied the Stars Katherine Marsh delivers a gripping, heartwarming story of resilience, friendship and everyday heroes. Barbara O'Connor, author of Wish and Wonderland, says "Move Nowhere Boy to the top of your to-be-read pile immediately."

Nowhere Boy

After fourteen-year-old classics prodigy Jack Perdu has a near fatal accident he meets Euri, a young ghost who introduces him to New York's Underworld, where those who died in New York reside until they are ready to move on, and Jack vows to find his dead mother there.

The Night Tourist

"Jepp, a teenage dwarf living in 16th century Europe, leaves home to seek his destiny"--

Jepp, Who Defied the Stars

Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage for another night. But when an attempted escape through the stove pipe doesn't go quite as well as she'd hoped, Mary fears she'll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies forever. The very next day, a mysterious woman named Madame Z appears at the orphanage requesting to adopt Mary, and the matron's all too happy to get the girl off her hands. Soon, Mary is fed a hearty meal, dressed in a clean, new nightgown and shown to a soft bed with blankets piled high. She can hardly believe she isn't dreaming! But when Mary begins to explore the strange nearby town with the help of her new friend, Jacob, she learns a terrifying secret about Madame Z's true identity. If Mary's not careful, her new home might just turn into a nightmare. Award-winning author Katherine Marsh draws from Russian fairytales in this darkly funny middle-grade fantasy novel Praise for Jepp, Who Defied the Stars New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2012 The Wall Street Journal Best Children's Books of 2012 * "This shining gem is a must-have." -School Library Journal, starred review * " an epic search for love, family, respect, and a destiny of one's own making." -Publishers Weekly, starred review * " this outstanding work of historical fiction provides readers with more than just an imagined biography. Incorporating elements of adventure, romance, tragedy, intrigue, and science, the novel conjures a place and time not commonly explored in young adult fiction " -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review "Rich, absorbing storytelling-a terrific read in every way." -Nancy Werlin, National Book Award Finalist and author of Impossible "Narrating a young adult novel from a dwarf's perspective is nothing short of inspired. Marsh transcends genre to create an engaging narrative complex enough to keep not-so-young adults turning its pages." -The New York Times Book Review Praise for The Twilight Prisoner * "Readers should be drawn in by the complex relationships between Marsh's protagonists and Jack's continuing existential struggles, caught between the worlds of the living and the dead." -Publishers Weekly, starred review "An outstanding story with wide appeal." -Kirkus Reviews Praise for The Night Tourist Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery, 2008 * "This intelligent and self-assured debut will compel readers from its outset, and leave them satisfied as it explores universal themes of love, loss, and closure." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

The Door by the Staircase

The Lost Year

In an effort to impress a female classmate, high school sophomore Jack Perdu endangers both of their lives by taking her to New York City's Underworld, where those who died in New York reside until they are ready to move on.

The twilight prisoner

Septiembre de 2015. Después de cruzar el mar Egeo huyendo de una vida de sufrimiento en Siria y de perder a su padre, Ahmed, un chico sirio de 14 años sin pasaporte, decide escaparse del campamento de refugiados en Bruselas por miedo a que lo deporten. Sin un lugar a donde ir, comida, ropa ni conocidos, decide esconderse en la bodega de una gran casa. Lo que no sabe es que allí vive Max, un chico estadounidense de 13 años que se ha trasladado junto a su familia a Bruselas. Cuando Max descubre a Ahmed, decide mantener el secreto y poco a poco se verán embarcados en una épica historia donde deberán tomar decisiones morales y riesgos personales, en el contexto de una Europa marcada por los atentados yihadistas, la crisis de los refugiados y el miedo al otro, especialmente a los musulmanes.

Un lugar en el mundo (Edición mexicana)

From the author of Nowhere Boy - called “a resistance novel for our times” by The New York Times - comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s. Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his mom has moved in his one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother to ride out the pandemic, adding to his stress and isolation. But when Matthew finds a tattered black-and-white photo in his great-grandmother’s belongings, he discovers a clue to a hidden chapter of her past, one that will lead to a life-shattering family secret. Set in alternating timelines that connect the present-day to the 1930s and the US to the USSR, Katherine Marsh’s latest novel sheds fresh light on the Holodomor – the horrific famine that killed millions of Ukrainians, and which the Soviet government covered up for decades. An incredibly timely, page-turning story of family, survival, and sacrifice, inspired by Marsh’s own family history, The Lost Year is perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys' Between Shades of Gray and Alan Gratz's Refugee.

A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine

Fate: Is it written in the stars from the moment we are born? Or is it a bendable thing that we can shape with our own hands? Jepp of Astraveld needs to know. He left his countryside home on the empty promise of a stranger, only to become a captive in a luxurious prison: Coudenberg Palace, the royal court of the Spanish Infanta. Nobody warned Jepp that as a court dwarf, daily injustices would become his seemingly unshakable fate. If the humiliations were his alone, perhaps he could endure them; but it breaks Jepp's heart to see his friend Lia suffer. After Jepp and Lia attempt a daring escape from the palace, Jepp is imprisoned again, alone in a cage. Now, spirited across Europe in a kidnapper's carriage, Jepp fears where his unfortunate stars may lead him. But he can't even begin to imagine the brilliant and eccentric new master—a man devoted to uncovering the secrets of the stars—who awaits him. Or the girl who will help him mend his heart and unearth the long-buried secrets of his past. Masterfully written, grippingly paced, and inspired by real historical characters, Jepp, Who Defied the Stars is the tale of an extraordinary hero and his inspiring quest to become the master of his own destiny.

Quando Ahmed arriva a Bruxelles non sa dove andare; ha quattordici anni ed è solo. Suo padre, con cui è partito dalla Siria per fuggire la guerra, è disperso nel mar Mediterraneo. Ahmed si nasconde perché non vuole finire in un istituto per minori non accompagnati, e vagando riesce a entrare in una cantina che diventa il suo rifugio. Nella casa sopra di lui vive Max, un ragazzo americano che trascorre un anno a Bruxelles con la sua famiglia. Non è bravo a scuola, non ha nessuna voglia di imparare il francese e il Belgio non gli piace. Ahmed e Max sono quasi coetanei, ma le loro esperienze non potrebbero essere più diverse. Eppure il loro incontro è l'inizio di una grande avventura, di quelle che solo due veri amici possono affrontare.

L'amico nascosto

If someone seems "too good to be true", are they? Or is your skepticism really masking paranoia? How would you know for sure? How can you really tell? Will it be too late when you finally uncover the answer, the truth? And the question begs to be asked: Too late for what? In her ground-breaking new novel, The Model Male, author Katherine Marsh paints a vivid picture of life where women's desires are completely fulfilled-on all levels, emotionally to intimately. But what is the price? At what cost to women and at what cost to the world? The Model Male takes you on a mesmerizing journey of attraction, vulnerability, and hopefulness to power, disdain and terror. Each page draws you deeper into a vortex of fantasy, reality, confusion and danger. Ms. Marsh opens the door to a world that may be possible within our lifetime. But is such a new world an answer to our prayers or the dawn of our destruction? It leaves us wondering if it is safe to trust anyone anymore? Questioning if we are more easily deceived than we would like to think. Ultimately we must deal dead-on with the question: Who is the real deceiver? Man or 'The Model Male?' Rylee Brown "The Model Male keeps pulling you in chapter after chapter. Very well written would love to see it made into a movie with the potential for a sequel. I was caught up in the drama and found myself rooting for the 'bad guys' throughout the book." G. Sky LePage

The Model Male

After traveling to the underworld and back to the realm of the living, Jack Perdu tries hard to fit in at his new school—and to win the affections of his classmate Cora. In an effort to impress her, Jack leads Cora to the entrance of the underworld and makes a terrible mistake. Soon they have crossed the threshold—and there may be no getting back. Like The Night Tourist, this exciting sequel blends together the modern-day world and mythology—this time cleverly introducing readers to the myth of Persephone and Eros.

The Twilight Prisoner

Greg Wiatt

Strange Whispers From his birth Scott senses there is something different about him, but he doesn't know what it is or how to go about finding the truth. Stranger Truths Then on his twenty-ninth birthday the bottom of his world gives way beneath him and in its place open the doors to a floodgate of pain, evil, and misdeeds. He learns the truth about his parents. About the sordid details of some this country's less savory historical practices while proclaiming "all for the good". Caught in a world of lies and deception, Scott flees his life. Refusing to acknowledge his adoption, his father's forced sterilization and eugenics. He falls head first into the destructive throes of drugs and crime. Strange Revelations But eventually Scott begins to realize there is a higher calling for his life. One of acceptance, faith and spreading the news of the truths he has fought so hard to learn. Once he steps out of that chasm of darkness he knows there is no turning back. He learns to love and share his life with his two children, one a severely autistic child with medical problems. Step into Scott's world and share in the triumph of his journey.

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