Scrabble et enquête dans « Queen of the tiles »

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Titre : Queen of the tiles

Autrice : Hanna Alkaf

Éditions : Simon & Schuster

Publication : 19 avril 2022

Genre : Roman Contemporain Young Adult, Thriller

Thèmes : Enquête, Compétition, Scrabble, Meurtre, Amitié

Pages : 320

Prix : 16€99

Résumé :

CATALYST
13 points
noun: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change

When Najwa Bakri walks into her first Scrabble competition since her best friend’s death, it’s with the intention to heal and move on with her life. Perhaps it wasn’t the best idea to choose the very same competition where said best friend, Trina Low, died. It might be even though Najwa’s trying to change, she’s not ready to give up Trina just yet.

But the same can’t be said for all the other competitors. With Trina, the Scrabble Queen herself, gone, the throne is empty, and her friends are eager to be the next reigning champion. All’s fair in love and Scrabble, but all bets are off when Trina’s formerly inactive Instagram starts posting again, with cryptic messages suggesting that maybe Trina’s death wasn’t as straightforward as everyone thought. And maybe someone at the competition had something to do with it.

As secrets are revealed and the true colors of her friends are shown, it’s up to Najwa to find out who’s behind these mysterious posts—not just to save Trina’s memory, but to save herself.

Conter l’histoire d’une famille et sa persévérance dans « Out of hiding »

23 juillet 202223 juillet 2022 ChloéLaisser un commentaire

Titre : Out of hiding

Auteurs : Alan Gratz et Ruth Gruener

Éditions : Scholastic

Publication : 20 octobre 2020

Genre : Roman Jeunesse Historique, Témoignage

Thèmes : Holocauste, 2nde Guerre Mondiale, Migration, Famille, Voyage, Survie

Pages : 208

Prix : 18€

Résumé :

In war-ravaged Europe, they waited for paperwork for a chance to come to America. Once they arrived in Brooklyn, they began to build a new life, but spoke little English. Ruth started at a new school and tried to make friends, but she continued to fight nightmares and flashbacks of her time during World War II.

Retrouver l’essentiel avant la fin (du monde) dans « The Cats We Meet Along the Way »

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Titre : The Cats We Meet Along the Way

Autrice : Nadia Mikail

Éditions : Michael O’Mara Books

Publication : 3 février 2022

Genre : Roman Jeunesse, Young Adult, Contemporain

Thèmes : Fin du monde, Famille, Road-Trip, Voyage, Amour, Introspection

Pages : 250

Prix : 10,02€

Résumé :

Seventeen-year-old Aisha hasn’t seen her sister June for two years. And now that a calamity is about to end the world in nine months’ time, she and her mother decide that it’s time to track her down and mend the hurts of the past. Along with Aisha’s boyfriend, Walter and his parents (and Fleabag the stray cat), the group take a roadtrip through Malaysia in a wildly decorated campervan – to put the past to rest, to come to terms with the present, and to hope for the future.