“Magari domani resto”. Lorenzo Marone si fa leggere con dolcezza e profondità. Tempo un paio di pagine e ti innamori. E ti riconosci.
Chiamarsi Luce non è affatto semplice, specie se di carattere non sei sempre solare. E peggio ancora se di cognome fai Di Notte. Uno dei tanti scherzi di quello scombinato di tuo padre, […]
“The Akimbo Adventures”, by Alexander McCall Smith. A great book that teaches pupils about wild animals and the threats to animals in the wild.
Three classic adventure tales from the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, now together in paperback for the first time.
Imagine living in the heart of Africa. Imagine living in a place where […]
“If Cats Disappeared from the World”. A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life.
Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s […]
“On the come up”: You’ll never silence me and you’ll never kill my dream. Just recognize when you say brilliant that you’re also saying Bri.
Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day. As the daughter of an underground rap […]
“The Kite Runner”: Hosseini is a truly gifted teller of tales. He’s not afraid to pull every string in your heart to make it sing.
“It may be unfair. But what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.”
Amir is the son of a wealthy Kabul […]
“The Indian in the Cupboard”: Great book for kids and fun to read again as an adult.
At first, Omri is unimpressed with the plastic Indian toy he is given for his birthday. But when he puts it in his old cupboard and turns the key, something extraordinary happens that will change Omri’s life for ever.
For Little […]
“En Camping-car”. Ivan Jablonka fait preuve d’une sensibilité qui ne diminue en rien l’acuité de sa méthode d’investigation.
Le camping-car nous a emmenés au Portugal, en Grèce, au Maroc, à Tolède, à Venise. Il était pratique, génialement conçu. Il m’a appris à être libre, tout en restant fidèle aux chemins de l’exil. Par la suite, j’ai toujours […]
“The Mill on the Floss”. A delight, and a marvel of insight into the consciousness of a small child. ‘If life had no love in it, what else was there for Maggie?’
Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom. And she is desperate to win the approval of her parents. But her passionate, […]
“Clock Dance” : Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing.
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. When she was eleven and her mother disappeared. Being proposed to at twenty-one, the accident that would make her a widow at forty-one. At each of these moments, Willa […]
“Lots”. From award-winning author Marc Martin comes a quirky fact-filled adventure for curious globetrotters, young and old.
LOTS by Marc Martin is an eye-catching, exhilarating ride round the globe. Ideal for (encouraging) perceptive, enthusiastic young citizens of the world, hungry for quirky facts and figures.
A sampler of breathtaking places, surprising details, and less typically celebrated facts […]
