Лучшая книга года, написанная для подростков, основываясь на её литературных достоинствах
Лауреат
Ник Лейк
0.0
In darkness I count my blessings like Manman taught me. One: I am alive. Two: there is no two. In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake a boy is trapped beneath the rubble of a ruined hospital: thirsty, terrified and alone. 'Shorty' is a child of the slums, a teenage boy who has seen enough violence to last a lifetime, and who has been inexorably drawn into the world of the gangsters who rule Site Soleil: men who dole out money with one hand and death with the other. But Shorty has a secret: a flame of revenge that blazes inside him and a burning wish to find the twin sister he lost five years ago. And he is marked. Marked in a way that links him with Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Haitian rebel who two-hundred years ago led the slave revolt and faced down Napoleon to force the French out of Haiti. As he grows weaker, Shorty relives the journey that took him to the hospital, a bullet wound in his arm. In his visions and memories he hopes to find the strength to survive, and perhaps then Toussaint can find a way to be free ...
Elizabeth Wein
4.0
Oct. 11th, 1943—A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.
When “Verity” is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn’t stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she’s living a spy’s worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.
As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage and failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy?
Harrowing and beautifully written, Elizabeth Wein creates a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other. Code Name Verity is an outstanding novel that will stick with you long after the last page.
Бенджамин Алир Саэнс
4.3
Аристотель - обозлённый подросток, брат которого оказался в тюрьме. Данте - всезнайка, обладающий необычными взглядами на окружающий мир. Встретившись в бассейне, они не обнаружили ничего общего. Но начав проводить время вместе, одиночки замечают, что между ними образовалась особая дружба - та, что меняет жизни и длится целую вечность. И именно из этой дружбы Ари и Данте почерпнут самое важное о самих себе и том, какими же они хотят быть.
Терри Пратчетт
4.1
Лондон, викторианская Англия. Семнадцатилетний Финт рыщет в городской канализации в поисках утерянных сокровищ. Малопочтенное занятие, как ни крути, однако ж и не воровство…
Однажды в темную грозовую ночь Финт спасает юную деву с золотыми волосами от двух негодяев, пытавшихся увезти ее против воли в неизвестном направлении.
Откуда ж было знать бойкому парнишке, что это событие – лишь начало удивительных и опасных приключений в его жизни. Финта ждут встречи с великим писателем Чарльзом Диккенсом, печально знаменитым парикмахером Суини Тоддом и не менее знаменитым политиком Бенджамином Дизраэли.
А финалом грандиозных приключений молодого лондонца станет аудиенция у Ее Величества королевы Виктории.
Впервые на русском языке!
Беверли Бренна
0.0
The White Bicycle is the third stand-alone title in the Wild Orchid series about a young woman with Asperger's Syndrome. This installment chronicles Taylor Jane's travels to the south of France where she spends a summer babysitting for the Phoenix family. Including flashbacks into Taylor's earliest memories, along with immediate scenes in Lourmarin, a picturesque village in the Luberon Valley, The White Bicycle results in a journey for independence both personal and universal, told in Taylor's honest first-person prose.
Книга Почета (Printz Honor Books).