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Darren Simpson

    Darren Simpson crée des fictions vivides et débridées pour enfants, utilisant souvent des décors d'un autre monde et des personnages non conventionnels. Il explore des thèmes tels que le courage et la découverte de soi, plongeant dans les bizarreries qui composent nos vies réelles avec une voix narrative unique. Son approche est non conventionnelle, offrant aux lecteurs une perspective distincte sur les expériences de l'enfance et le chemin de la croissance.

    Scavengers
    Furthermoor
    • Furthermoor

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      A Monster Calls meets Coraline, in this spellbinding story about the power of the imagination. The real world is a hostile place for twelve-year-old Bren, his schooldays stalked by vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life fractured at home. Ever since his sister Evie died in an accident, Bren's only safe space is Furthermoor, an imagined world of mechanised trees and clockwork animals, where Evie is still alive. In Furthermoor, no one can hurt Bren...until the mysterious Featherly arrives. Now Bren is forced to confront his deepest fears and decide if his place in the real world is worth fighting for. Enter a world as vast and dark as your imagination, in this unforgettable coming-of-age story about courage, friendship and finding your voice.

      Furthermoor2022
      3,9
    • Scavengers

      • 288pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Landfill has lived his whole life as a scavenger, running with wooflers, swimming with turtles and feasting on fresh gull. Old Babagoo has always looked after him, on one condition - follow his rules. NEVER COME LOOKING OUTSIDE. NEVER RISE ABOVE THEWALL. But despite the dangers, Landfill longs to see Outside. And some rules are made to be broken.

      Scavengers2019
      3,8