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10 janvier 2024

A boy called hope by Lara Williamson - Usborne

A boy called hope by Lara Williamson - Usborne
The main character of the novel “A boy called hope” is called Dan. He is eleven years old. He lives with his mother and his rather annoying teenager sister, Grace. Now Dan did have a father but for some reasons he walked away four years ago. Inside his...
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29 décembre 2023

The boy at the back of the class by Onjali Q. Raúf

The boy at the back of the class by Onjali Q. Raúf
“There used to be an empty chair at the back of my classroom.” Right from the first punchy sentence, the writer starts the novel with a zinger. It makes the reader curious, and it echoes with the title. The narrator is a school child who is attending...
19 août 2023

Life, Love and The Archers by Wendy Cope – two roads

Life, Love and The Archers by Wendy Cope – two roads
Wendy Cope is a contemporary English poet. Life, Love and The Archers is a journey through her childhood, her difficult relationship with her mother, her personal and professional life. The book starts with an introduction, explaining how this memoir...
21 janvier 2023

Mr Wilder et moi de Jonathan Coe – éditions Folio

Mr Wilder et moi de Jonathan Coe – éditions Folio
Suite au départ de la maison d’une de ses jumelles, Calista, compositrice de bande originale de films installée à Londres, plonge dans ses souvenirs lointains. Sa fille s’envole pour l’Australie et ce départ occasionne une certaine mélancolie. Ariane...
5 janvier 2023

Une brève histoire du tracteur en Ukraine de Marina Lewycka (A short history of tractors in Ukrainian)

Une brève histoire du tracteur en Ukraine de Marina Lewycka (A short history of tractors in Ukrainian)
« Deux ans après la mort de ma mère, mon père tomba amoureux d’une séduisante Ukrainienne blonde divorcée. Il avait quatre-vingt-quatre ans et elle trente-six. » Les deux phrases du premier chapitre donnent le la. Elles plantent de manière efficace le...
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13 octobre 2022

Poutine – L’ascension d’un dictateur de Darryl Cunningham – éditions Delcourt

Poutine – L’ascension d’un dictateur de Darryl Cunningham – éditions Delcourt
La guerre en Ukraine continue de faire rage. Poutine détruit délibérément des villes et vise des civils. Il fait ainsi tristement la une de l’actualité sans que personne ne semble avoir le courage de l’arrêter. Curieuse d’en savoir plus sur le parcours...
16 juin 2022

Then she was gone by Lisa Jewell

Then she was gone by Lisa Jewell
Ellie Mack is a year 11 student. Her older sister is called Hanna. Their mother Laurel had always been a glass empty type of person. Ellie is studying for her IGCSE exams but she is struggling in maths so her mum is looking for a tutor so her daughter...
6 octobre 2021

Boy by Roald Dahl

Boy by Roald Dahl
Everybody knows Roald Dahl. At the back of this cover book, it says that he is :“The world’s number one storyteller”. This is not just a marketing strategy elaborated by the publisher. This is the truth. Many of his books are masterpieces. Discovering...
16 septembre 2021

Jubilee by Shelley Harris - Phoenix fiction

Jubilee by Shelley Harris - Phoenix fiction
1977. The year of the Jubilee. Andrew Ford, a photographer managed to capture a moment for ever somewhere in England : a street party with bunting and Union Jacks fluttering in the breeze. Only six people can be seen with clarity. Satish who is now a...
16 juin 2021

Man from the south and others stories by Roald Dahl

Man from the south and others stories by Roald Dahl
In this collection of seven short stories, the first one is “Man from the south”. In each story, people’s lives are changed in some dramatic way and neither they nor the reader can guess what will happen to them until the end. Roald Dahl is considered...
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