Meg Rosoff

Everyone talks about falling in love like it's the most miraculous, life-changing thing in the world. Something happens, they say, and you know ...That's what happened when I met Kit Godden.I looked into his eyes and I knew.Only everyone else knew too. Everyone else felt exactly the same way.This is the story of one family, one dreamy summer - the summer when everything changes. In a holiday house by the sea, our watchful narrator sees everything, including many things they shouldn't, as their brother and sisters, parents and older cousins fill hot days with wine and games and planning a wedding. Enter two brothers - irresistible, charming, languidly sexy Kit and surly, silent Hugo. Suddenly there's a serpent in this paradise - and the consequences will be devastating. From Meg Rosoff, bestselling author of the iconic novel How I Live Now, comes a lyrical and quintessential coming-of-age tale - a summer book that's as heady, timeless and irresistible as Bonjour Tristesse and The Greengage Summer.

The Great Godden

In the 1960s, off the coast of East Anglia, a disgruntled boarding school student develops an obsessive friendship with a boy living by himself at the edge of the sea.

What I was

Twelve-year-old Mila travels with her father to upstate New York to visit friends and family, who may lead them to clues to the whereabouts of her father's best friend, who has gone missing.

Picture Me Gone

How I Live Now is an original and poignant book by Meg Rosoff, now a film tie-in edition to celebrate the release of the major film starring Saoirse Ronan. How I Live Now is the powerful and engaging story of Daisy, the precocious New Yorker and her English cousin Edmond, torn apart as war breaks out in London, from the multi award-winning Meg Rosoff. How I Live Now has been adapted for the big screen by Kevin Macdonald. Fifteen-year-old Daisy thinks she knows all about love. Her mother died giving birth to her, and now her dad has sent her away for the summer, to live in the English countryside with cousins she's never even met. There she'll discover what real love is: something violent, mysterious and wonderful. There her world will be turned upside down and a perfect summer will explode into a million bewildering pieces. How will Daisy live then? 'Fresh, honest, rude, funny. I put it down with tears on my face' - Julie Myerson, Guardian 'Assured, powerful, engaging . . . you will want to read everything that Rosoff is capable of writing' - Observer 'An unforgettable adventure' - Sunday Times Bestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novel How I Live Now (winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize). Her other novels, Just in Case (winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal), The Bride's Farewell and What I Was which was described by The Times as 'Samuel Beckett on ecstasy', are also available from Puffin. Follow Meg on Twitter @megrosoff. Also by Meg Rosoff: How I Live Now; Just In Case; What I Was; The Bride's Farewell; There is No Dog

How I Live Now

The charming, hilarious new novel from Meg Rosoff--National Book Award finalist and bestselling author--a perfect summer read about a young New Yorker's search for happiness and the two dogs who help him find it Jonathan Trefoil's boss is unhinged, his relationship baffling, and his apartment just the wrong side of legal. His girlfriend wants to marry someone just like him--only richer and with a different sense of humor. He doesn't remember life being this confusing, back before everyone expected him to act like a grown-up. When his brother asks him to look after his dogs, Jonathan's world view begins to shift. Could a border collie and a cocker spaniel hold the key to life, the universe, and everything? Their sly maneuvering on daily walks and visits to the alluring vet suggest that human emotional intelligence may not be top dog after all. A funny, wise romantic comedy set in Manhattan, Jonathan Unleashed is a story of tangled relationships, friendships, and dogs. Rosoff's novel is for everyone wondering what to be when they grow up, and how on earth to get there.

Jonathan Unleashed

Friends Like These

Meet your unforgettable protagonist: God, who, as it turns out, is a 19-year-old boy living in the present-day and sharing an apartment with his long-suffering fifty-something personal assistant. Unfortunately for the planet, God is lazy and, frankly, hopeless. He created all of the world's species in six days because he couldn't summon the energy to work for longer. He gets Africa and America mixed up. And his beleagured assistant has his work cut out for him when God creates a near-apolcalyptic flood, having fallen asleep without turning the bath off. There is No Dog is a darkly funny novel from one of our most delightfully unpredictable writers.

There is No Dog

Anna Sewell

A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experience with both good and bad masters.

Black Beauty

In the beginning there was Bob. And Bob created the heavens and the earth and the beasts of the field and the creatures of the sea, and twenty-five million other species including lots and lots of gorgeous girls. And all of this, he created in just six days. Six days! Congratulations, Bob! No wonder Earth is such a mess. Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy, careless, self-obsessed, sex-mad -- and about to meet Lucy, the most beautiful girl on earth. Unfortunately, whenever Bob falls in love, disaster follows. Let us pray that Bob does not fall in love with Lucy.

There Is No Dog

ALMA-Preisträgerin Meg Rosoff erzählt in ihrem neuen Roman von einer chaotischen und liebenswerten Familie, von unbeschwerten Sommerferien in einem Haus am Meer – und von dem Gefühlssturm, den der Besuch des attraktiven und verführerischen Kit bei allen auslöst, bis kein Sandkorn mehr auf dem anderen liegt. Denn plötzlich gibt es eine Schlange in diesem Paradies – und die Folgen werden verheerend sein. Ein Sommerbuch voller Gefühl, Emotion und Zartheit – mit der Kraft eines Orkans. Und ein brillantes Meisterwerk über Manipulation, Narzissmus und darüber, wie gefährlich Verliebtheit sein kann. »Viel zu gut, um nur als Jugendbuch wahrgenommen zu werden.« The Times

Sommernachtserwachen

Convinced that fate is out to get him, fifteen-year-old David Case assumes a new identity in the hope of avoiding what he believes is certain doom.

Just in Case

New York City. June, 1982. When eighteen-year-old Beth arrives in Manhattan for a prestigious journalism internship, everything feels brand new – and not always in a good way. A cockroach-infested sublet and a disaffected roommate are the least of her worries, and she soon finds herself caught up with her fellow interns – preppy Oliver, ruthless Dan and ridiculously cool, beautiful, wild Edie. Soon, Beth and Edie are best friends – the sort of heady, all-consuming best-friendship that's impossible to resist. But with the mercury rising and deceit mounting up, betrayal lies just around the corner. Who needs enemies ... when you have friends like these? From bestselling, award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes a gritty, intoxicating novel about a summer of unforgettable firsts: of independence, lies, love and the inevitable loss of innocence. Sharp and irresistible, it's perfect for fans of Sally Rooney's Conversations with Friends and Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan.

Een Amerikaans meisje ontvlucht haar stiefmoeder door naar familie in Engeland te verhuizen. Daar wordt ze verliefd op een neef als er een oorlog uitbreekt en het gezin wordt gescheiden. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

Hoe ik nu leef / druk 1

Mal Peet

Both harrowing and life-affirming, the final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is the sweeping coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to North America. Born from a street liaison between a poor young woman and an African soldier in the 1900s, Beck is soon orphaned and sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. Shipped to work on a farm, his escape takes him across the continent in a search for belonging. Enduring abuse and many hardships, Beck has times of comfort and encouragement, eventually finding Grace, the woman with whom he can finally forge his life and shape his destiny as a young man. A picaresque novel set during the Depression as experienced by a young black man, it depicts great pain but has an uplifting and inspiring conclusion. Ages 14+

Beck

Så har jag det nu

Majd újra lesz nyár

Lylian

Christine Circosta

Hors du temps, loin du monde. Elisabeth préfère qu’on l’appelle Daisy. Au prétexte de la guerre qui s’annonce, cette new-yorkaise de 15 ans en conflit avec son père et sa nouvelle compagne est envoyée au fin fond de la campagne anglaise, chez une tante et des cousins qu’elle ne connait pas. Edmond, Piper, Tante Penn, Isaac et Osbert l’accueillent avec une gentillesse désarmante et ce nouveau cadre familial déstabilise Daisy avant de la charmer, lui faisant presque oublier la mort de sa mère... Et, surtout, il y a l’amour naissant entre elle et Edmond. Cette bulle presque rêvée prend fin brutalement à l’apparition d’une guerre que l’on ne voit pas, mais dont l’écho transforme leur vie en chaos. Daisy n’aura alors de cesse de retrouver sa nouvelle famille, et son Edmond. Récit transpirant la tendresse et l’affection portée à cette période qu’est l’adolescence, How I live Now est une aventure sensible et humaine. Adaptation du livre éponyme de Meg Rosoff déjà transposé au cinéma, elle évoque en bande dessinée le travail de Charles Forsman (The End of the F***ing World ou I am not okay with this) et s’habille d’une douce mélancolie qui provoque autant l’apaisement que le désarroi.

Maintenant, c'est ma vie

How I live Now

En varm, drömsk sommar på landet anländer bröderna Godden. Kit, den äldsta av dem, både ser ut och för sig som en gud. Det sjuttonåriga berättarjaget faller handlöst – liksom resten av familjen. Det blir en sommar som ingen av dem någonsin kommer att glömma.
Gudars like är en berättelse om att bli förälskad och för första gången känna sig sedd och utvald – bara för att upptäcka att man inte är ensam om det.

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Moje nowe zycie

Mit dem Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis ausgezeichnet! Als David Case seinen kleinen Bruder eines Tages nur knapp vor einem Sturz aus dem Fenster bewahrt, wird ihm bewusst: Uns trennt oft nur ein Wimpernschlag von der Katastrophe. Und er ist sich sicher, dass das Schicksal wieder zuschlagen wird. Also versucht er, sich vor ihm zu verstecken. Er versucht, seinem eigenen Schicksal aus dem Weg zu gehen. David nimmt eine komplett neue Identität an, ändert seinen Namen in Justin Case und verlässt sein Zuhause. Doch so einfach lässt sich das Schicksal nicht austricksen.

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