Aidan Chambers

Clásico imprescindible sobre el acoso escolar. Cada mañana cuando se levanta, Lucy Hall piensa lo mismo: «¡Qué infierno ir a la escuela!». Sabe que en la puerta la esperan Melanie Prosser y sus dos f

I saw a face, bloated, much larger than any face Id ever seen before. It hung in the air above me, and there was no sign of a body, just the swollen truncated head. The eyes were sunk deep into their sockets. Thick stringy hair fell in tangled knots from the crown of the skull. The skin on the face was blotched with festering patches, as though it had been violently bruised. The lips were drawn wide and taut across the mouth, revealing the teeth and gums so that the head seemed to grin in malice.Aidan Chambers has been collecting ghost stories for decades. For Dead Trouble & Other Ghost Stories the award-winning author and editor has selected some of his favourite supernatural tales of haunted houses and restless spirits. Inside these pages you will encounter The Nameless Horror of Berkeley Square, The Ghostly Skulls of Calgarth Hall, The Mystery Ghost of Amherst, Nova Scotia and The Grey Lady of Jarolen House, to name only a few.But be warnedyou may have trouble deciding between which of these tales are "true" and those that are purely fiction . . .

Jacob, aged 17, is abroad on his own for the time, visiting his grandfathers grave at the commemoration of the Second World War Battle of Arnhem in Holland. Jacobs life-changing experiences are interwoven with the extraordinary wartime story of passion and treachery that he learns from Geertrui, whose family is linked to Jacobs in a way he never suspected.The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths. The collection includes: The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton, I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith, Postcards from No Mans Land - Aidan Chambers, After the First Death - Robert Cormier, Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty, The Endless Steppe - Esther Hautzig, Buddy - Nigel Hinton, Across the Barricades - Joan Lingard, The Twelfth Day of July - Joan Lingard, No Turning Back - Beverley Naidoo, Z for Zachariah - Richard C. OBrien, The Wave - Morton Rhue, The Red Pony - John Steinbeck, The Pearl - John Steinbeck, Stone Cold - Robert Swindells.

In Breaktime, Ditto challenges Morgan to prove that literature is crap and triggers off a chain of events to alter his outlook of life forever. Ditto faces a series of charges from Morgan against literature: that all fiction is Done. Finished. Dead; a sham and a pretence. He undertakes faithfully to record a life in the week of Ditto - with all the chaos of reality thrown in - and his literary creation reveals more about himself than he originally bargained for.In Dance on My Grave, life in his seaside town is uneventful for Hal Robinson, nothing unusual, exciting or odd ever happens to him - until now that is. Until the summer of his 16th birthday when he reaches a crossroads of choices in life. He foolishly takes a friends boat for a days sailing, gets into difficulty and is rescued by Barry Gorman. Their ensuing relationship results in a tumultous summer for Hal as he experiences the intense emotions of his first teenage love.A major new movie - Summer of 85 - based on Dance on My Grave, by groundbreaking French director Francois Ozon, was released in October 2020 to much acclaim. Deftly captures the thrill of first love - NMEA sweet gay romance that gradually morphs into something more suspenseful and macabre - Daily TelegraphA film that will take you back to your first summer love - The Gay UK

William resents going on a boring holiday to Wales, but while there he is let into a big secret by Gwyn, a local boy. Gwyn has found a seal pup and has it hidden in a cave. He makes William promise never to tell anyone about it, and plans to breed it on a farm. William is determined to let it go free, and borrows a leaky dinghy to take it out to sea. The story ends with an exciting rescue.

Lucys life is being made hell by Melanie Prosser and her bullying sidekicks - the present takers - who threaten her every day at school for presents and money. Too ashamed to tell her parents, and too scared to tell her teacher, Lucy finds an unexpected ally in Angus Burns. But when push comes to shove, theres only one thing to do: take on the present takers at their own game, to silence them once and for all.

Dime, de Aidan Chambers, es una propuesta, un enfoque desarrollado a lo largo de años de trabajo, que ofrece información práctica sobre la conversación literaria en las aulas de clase, explicando algunos de los procesos involucrados en la lectura y la conversación sobre los libros, y bosquejando las reglas básicas establecidas por quienes lo han puesto en marcha con éxito. De su experiencia se ha formulado una estructura, "un repertorio de preguntas que ayuda a los lectores a hablar de sus lecturas", una herramienta a través de la cual los profesores pueden ayudar a quienes se inician en la lectura a compartirla con otros lectores y, juntos, construir, disfrutar y dar sentido a esa experiencia.

Lecturas, de Aidan Chambers, es una compilación de ensayos sobre la literatura infantil y juvenil, la traducción y el valor de la lectura. Se inicia en torno a dos clásicos juveniles, El diario de Ana Frank y Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn. Chambers distingue entre escritor y autor: el primero atiende las preferencias de sus lectores, y el segundo, movido por escribir, se concentra exclusivamente en el texto. A continuacion hace un ho menaje a los libros de bolsillo de Penguin, gracias a los cuales conocio autores y titulos a los que no habria accedido de otra forma. Tambien pormenoriza los "encuentros decisivos" que contribuyeron a su formacion lectora. Por otro lado señala los prejuicios que impiden publicar o leer algunos libros extranjeros bajo el juramento de no haber sido "culturalmente traducidos", sin dejar de subrayar el reto del traductor para conservar cuerpo y alma del original. Por ultimo, Chambers define el libro, especula sobre su futuro y defiende la importancia del vinculo entre esta "morada del lenguaje escrito" y el lector que la habita.

Este libro es una propuesta desarrollada a lo largo de años de trabajo que ofrece información práctica sobre la conversación literaria en las aulas de clase, explicando algunos de los procesos involucrados en la lectura y la conversacion sobre los libros. En el se bosquejan las reglas basicas establecidas por quienes los han puesto en marcha con exito. De su experiencia se ha formulado una estructura, un repertorio de preguntas que ayuda a los lectores a hablar de sus lecturas, una herramienta a traves de la cual los profesores pueden ayudar a quienes se inician en la lectura a compartirla con otros lectores y, juntos, construir, disfrutar y dar sentido a esa experiencia.Dime trata de como ayudar a los niños a hablar bien sobre los libros que han leido. Y no solo a hablar bien, sino tambien a escuchar bien (lo que quiero decir con bien se ira aclarando, espero, en el camino). Y a hablar bien no solo sobre los libros, sino sobre cualquier texto, desde una palabra hasta los escritos que llamamos literatura, que es el tipo de texto en el que me voy a concentrar. Dime se complementa con El ambiente de la lectura, que se ocupa de como los adultos ayudan a los niños a gozar de los libros, ofreciendoles contextos y actividades organizadas para estimular a los niños a leer avida y reflexivamente.

Aidan Chambers es uno de los ensayistas y críticos más destacados en el tema de la literatura para niños y jóvenes. Su labor en esta área lo ha llevado a muchos países; especialmente frecuentes han sido sus visitas a Australia, Canada, Estados Unidos y Holanda. Este libro es una recopilacion de algunas de sus conferencias, articulos y ensayos. En ellos, el autor analiza la literatura, a los niños y el rol de los adultos como intermediarios. El libro incluye piezas fundamentales, como El lector en el libro , con el que gano el Premio a la Excelencia en Critica de la Childrens Literature Association. Conversaciones ofrece tambien ideas y ejemplos de la experiencia en el trabajo con los niños que son de invaluable ayuda para todos los que esten interesados en la literatura, los niños y la educacion.

The body of a young man, crucified on a metal cross, is found dangling from a crane in a scrapyard and subsequently vanishes. Tom, an ambitious young police officer, think hes had a lucky break when hes put in charge of this bizzare murder investigation. Nik is doing research for a film about a contemporary life of Jesus. Their independent investigations ultimately bring them together in an unexpected climax.

When Ditto challenges Morgan to prove that literature is crap he triggers off a chain of events to alter his outlook of life forever. Ditto faces a series of charges from Morgan against literature: that all fiction is Done. Finished. Dead; a sham and a pretence. He undertakes faithfully to record a life in the week of Ditto - with all the chaos of reality thrown in - and his literary creation reveals more about himself tha he originally bargained for.

Everyone seems to know best when it comes to Jans future - but hes still working out for himself who he really is. Jan feels so hemmed in by the pressures of family and friends, he decides to leave home and live alone in the house on the toll bridge. While there, he meets Tess and Adam and their close bond of friendship develops into something which has devastating effects on them all.

Subtitled The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn this is the story of Cordelia from the time she is 15 until she is 20. She is pregnant and plans to give this account to her daughter on her 16th birthday so that they can share their youth together. She chooses the old and famous Japanese book, The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon, as a model in order to include all kinds of things she has already written as well as the episodes and thoughts she has now as she compiles her book. She tells of her mother (who died when Cordelia was 5) of her father and her aunt Doris (who marry when she is 16), of her love for William Blacklin, the boy with whom she chooses to have her first sex - and with whom she falls deeply in love. She writes about Julie Martin her teacher who helps her spiritually, describes her love affair with an older married man and her terrifying sexual experience with an unbalanced young man who is obsessed with her. The book includes thoughts on being a women, on poetry, music, reading and writing, on being pregnant and finally of her marriage to William. This Is All is an anthology, written in six books of Cordelias adolescent life, by turns funny, poignant, sad, exciting, fascinating ironic and truthful about topics that parents often do not tell their children. It is a richly entertaining and challenging read.

United under the banner of flash fiction, this is a collection of stories, or little cells, complete in themselves but connected by the overarching themes of betrayal and revenge. All featuring teenagers and often with an unexpected twist, these frighteningly realistic stories will take you to the very edge and beyond.

Karl, aged seventeen, is hopelessly in love. But the object of his affections, Firella, demands proof, and poses him a series of questions regarding his attitude to the many sides of love. But Karl is dyslexic, and convinced that if Firella finds out, she will think he is stupid, and unworthy of her, and leave him.So Karl asks a local writer to help him construct his replies - and an unlikely, but extremely touching, friendship develops between the two men. They both come to learn a great deal about about life from a very different perspective, and when an act of violence shatters their calm, they find their respective appraisal of life shifting in profound ways.