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25 janvier 2024

I must betray you by Ruta Sepetys - hachette

I must betray you by Ruta Sepetys - hachette
Cristian is a seventeen-year-old student in Romania. He is very clever. He loves reading and writing and wish he could become one day a poet or a writer. However, he lives in Romania. Back in the 80’s, Ceausescu was the leader and a cruel dictator. The...
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10 mai 2023

Girl in translation by Jean Kwok – Penguin

Girl in translation by Jean Kwok – Penguin
Kimberly Chang and her mother move from Hong Kong to New York. Aunt Paula is very excited to offer them an accommodation in Brooklyn. She thinks it’s very cheap for what they are getting so they should feel very grateful for the new opportunity. But once...
4 avril 2023

The duff by Kody Keplinger - Hodder

The duff by Kody Keplinger - Hodder
No one would like to be called the duff. But what does duff mean? It’s an acronym, a designation formed from the initial letters of other words, and it means “The designated ugly fat friend”. Bianca Piper first finds out about the concept in a night club...
12 janvier 2023

The great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgeral - chapter 3

The great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgeral - chapter 3
This is what happened to Nick in chapter 3. Let’s pretend to be the narrator. One day in summer a formal invitation was sent from my neighbor Mr Gatsby to attend a party. Since I did not know lots of people and could hear plenty of music at his house...
7 janvier 2023

Le dernier ermite de Michael Finkel (The stranger in the woods)

Le dernier ermite de Michael Finkel (The stranger in the woods)
1986. Etat du Maine. L’année de la catastrophe nucléaire de Thernobyl. Christopher Knight a 20 ans. Il est au volant de sa voiture, une Subaru Brat et il sillonne les routes américaines plusieurs jours d’affiliée, seul, jusqu’à ce qu’il se retrouve au...
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27 décembre 2022

The great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald (chapter 2)

The great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald (chapter 2)
Valley of ashes Chapter two starts with a description of a “desolate area of land”. It seems a deserted and a lifeless place. The narrator even gives a name of this industrial location. He says : “This is a valley of ashes”. The site is dark and dusty...
2 décembre 2022

The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
How would I describe the book cover? There is only one character on the cover. A man standing on the top of a building, looking at all sorts of places: a factory, offices, blocks of flat. We don’t know what the man looks like because we only see him from...
25 août 2022

The wave by Morton Rhue – Penguin publisher

The wave by Morton Rhue – Penguin publisher
The wave was written by Morton Rhue and was first published in 1981. It is based on a true incident that occurred in a high school history class in Palo alto, California, in 1969. Ben Ross, history teacher, has been teaching at Gordon High for the past...
22 août 2022

Là où chantent les écrevisses de Delia Owens – éditions Pocket

Là où chantent les écrevisses de Delia Owens – éditions Pocket
Août 1952. Barkley Cove en Caroline du nord. Kya (benjamine d’une fratrie de quatre enfants) a six ans. Elle vit avec sa famille dans une cabane isolée dans les marais. Suite à une répétition de disputes violentes entre ses parents, Kya voit un jour sa...
26 juillet 2022

La librairie de l’île de Gabrielle Zevin – éditions Pocket

La librairie de l’île de Gabrielle Zevin – éditions Pocket
Le livre s’ouvre sur une fiche de lecture résumant une des nouvelles intitulée Coup de Gigot écrite par Roald Dahl en 1953. Autrement dit, ça commençait très bien pour moi car j ’adore les nouvelles de cet auteur. Effet de surprise garanti grâce à la...
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