New Releases by Nancy Farmer

Jack, apprenti barde, vit dans un petit village saxon situé au bord de la mer. Nous sommes en l''an 793, lorsque les Berserkers envahissent la côte. Ces cruels guerriers vikings aussi sauvages que des loups ne souhaitent qu''une chose mourir glorieusement au combat et rejoindre le Walhalla, la forteresse d''Odin ! Ils pillent, détruisent tout sur leur passage et finissent par enlever Jack et sa jeune sœur Lucy. Emmenés sur un drakkar ils sont conduits jusqu''au royaume d''une reine maléfique, où ils découvrent des êtres aussi fascinants qu''inquiétants. Jack, qui a du mal à maîtriser ses pouvoirs naissants, lance malencontreusement un sort à la reine. Furieuse, celle-ci menace de sacrifier Lucy. Pour la sauver, Jack devra traverser la terrifiante mer des Trolls à la recherche d''un puits aux pouvoirs magiques... Un roman captivant inspiré des mythologies scandinaves. Une saga inoubliable où se mêlent fantastique, humour et aventure.

After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.

“The Sea of Trolls blends ancient history and Norse epics with recognizable bits of Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings” (The New York Times). Jack is kidnapped by berserkers from his Saxon village in the year A.D. 793, an occurrence forewarned by his mentor the Bard. Captured by Viking chief Olaf One-Brow, Jack and his sister, Lucy, are swiftly taken to the court of Ivar the Boneless. Ivar is married to a half-troll named Frith, an evil and unpredictable queen with a strange power over her husband’s court. Jack mistakenly casts a charm on her—and is banished to the kingdom of the trolls to find the magic that will undo the charm. Accompanied by Thorgill, a shield maiden who wants to be a berserker, and by the mysterious crow called Bold Heart, Jack sets out on a harrowing and exciting quest for the ages. From National Book Award winner Nancy Farmer, this first book in the Sea of Trolls trilogy is epic fantasy at its best.

Full-Blooded Fantasy is a one-of-a-kind collection featuring selections from eight of the best fantasy novels published today. Experience the remarkable storytelling of acclaimed fantasy writers such as Nancy Farmer, author of the award-winning The House of the Scorpion; Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, creators of the international phenomenon The Spiderwick Chronicles; and D. J. MacHale, author of the New York Times bestselling series Pendragon.

After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.

In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.

In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

Para la mayoría, Teo es un ser despreciable. Suerte que el dueño del país le ha cogido cariño y le protege de la hostilidad de los demás. Por qué ese viejo de 140 años es tan cariñoso con él? Este interrogante obsesiona a Teo, que al mismo tiempo se siente fascinado por su protector.

In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

''A casa do escorpião'' é uma ficção futurista que aborda os temas drogas, clonagem, preconceito, imigração clandestina, escravidão, tirania e relações humanas. Desde que Matt nasceu, sempre foi visto como uma aberração, pois era o clone perfeito de El Patrón, poderoso senhor das drogas e governante absoluto de Ópio, país localizado entre os Estados Unidos e Aztlán, antigo México. Matt vivia em uma casa, no meio da plantação de ópio, com sua ''babá'' Celia. Se não trabalhasse para El Patrón quando tentou entrar ilegalmente no país, ela seria transformada em uma espécie de zumbi. Celia tomava todos os cuidados necessários para que o pequeno clone permanecesse sempre saudável, feliz e anônimo.

While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

L''éditeur indique : Elle s''appelle Nhamo, ce qui, dans la langue des Shonas, les habitants du Mozambique, signifie "catastrophe". Et c''est exact, sa vie est une véritable catastrophe. Sa mère a été tuée par un léopard quand elel n''avait que trois ans. Il paraît que son père travaille dans une mine de chrome au Zimbabwe, de l''autre côté de la frontière. Sa tante la déteste. Dans la famille, Nhamo est la bonne à tout faire. Et le jour où le choléra s''abat sur le village, le Muvuki, le chasseur de sorcières, déclare que c''est elle qui doit être sacrifiée. Alors Nhamo apprend d''un seul coup le secret de ses origines et l''horreur de son avenir: son père est en fait un assassin dont le crime n''a jamais été puni ni réparé. Pour que le monde des esprits laisse le vivants en paix, Nhamo doit devenir la quatrième épouse du frère de la victime, un vieillard agressif et terne. Heureusement Ambuya veille. C''est une conteuse hors-pair, fumeuse de pipe, opiniâtre et tendre. C''est la grand-mère de Nhamo. Elle ne l''a jamais appelé Catastrophe, mais Petite Citrouille. C''est elle qui pousse Nhamo à s''embrarquer pour un voyage extraordinaire. Tout, plutôt que la catastrophe à laquelle l''a promise la bêtise des hommes.

While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

Wanneer een jonge vrouw uit Mozambique op het punt staat uitgehuwelijkt te worden, vlucht ze op aanraden van haar grootmoeder en gaat op zoek naar haar vader in Zimbabwe.

While journeying to Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo in San Francisco, she calls upon two rats, a street-smart chameleon, a runaway boy, and all the magical powers of the animal world to return to the warm place that is home.

Something is eating the grain stored in Mrs. Runnery''s granary, and only Granny Runnery can identify the culprits.