Cette autrice explore les questions sociales contemporaines et les dynamiques familiales. Son écriture se caractérise par une perspicacité saisissante de la psychologie humaine et une représentation sensible des émotions. À travers ses récits, elle aborde des questions d'identité, de sens de la vie et de la complexité des relations. Son œuvre est souvent décrite comme poignante et invitant à la réflexion.
Gaining courage from Joan of Arc, fourteen-year-old Mary Murphy navigates the waters of Chesapeake Bay in a submersible built with her friend, Kip, escaping the home where her violent father has just returned from prison. Includes facts about domestic violence and submersibles.
Shannon Doleski’s Gabe in the After is a post-apocalyptic upper middle-grade adventure with a first-crush romance, perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Shannon Hale.It’s 14-year-old Gabe Sweeney’s day to check for survivors . . .Two years after a global pandemic, 20 survivors (most of them children) have relocated from their coastal Maine island full of sad memories to a mansion on a small, neighboring island where they have school and farm chores. When Gabe and his dog, Mud, find Relle Douglas alone in the woods on the mainland, they take the strange new girl across the channel to live with them.Relle changes the island with her hopeful attitude. She tells big stories and makes plans for activities like talent shows. Despite a growing crush, Gabe doesn’t quite understand the point of it all; why have a talent show at the end of the world? But when tragedy strikes, Gabe sets out on a dangerous journey to try and find other survivors where the world might be normal. Like Before.Lightly inspired by Anne of Green Gables , Gabe in the After is a moving and heartfelt story about the end of the world—and what perseveres through it.“A surprisingly generous and perhaps even realistic look at humanity . . . [Readers will] likely find solace and encouragement as Gabe and Relle move toward a future that offers little safety but plenty of wonder.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (Starred Review)