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Aidan Chambers

    December 27, 1934

    Gavin Alexander Chambers was deeply interested in the inner lives of young people, exploring their journeys toward self-discovery. His narratives often delve into themes of identity, belonging, and the search for meaning, rendered through a distinctive and evocative prose style. Chambers skillfully captured the complexities of adolescence, presenting characters who grapple with significant emotional and existential questions. His commitment to fostering a love for literature extended beyond his writing, as he actively worked to promote children's and young adult books.

    Postcards from No Man's Land
    Breaktime
    The toll bridge
    The Kissing Game
    Tell me: children, reading and talk
    This is All
    • The Kissing Game

      Short Stories

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      In this provocative collection of short stories, Aidan Chambers explores moments of truth, when a character or an event suddenly reveals an often surprising meaning: a girl loses her humanity when she takes a summer job as a theme-park character; a boy tries to save a girl from a fiery death, only to discover the same event happened one hundred years before. And the titular story, in which an innocent game takes a fatal turn, will haunt the reader for a long time. These thought-provoking stories lend themselves beautifully to discussion, and once again Chambers treats us to his fiercely intelligent, finely crafted prose and incisive understanding of the wonderings of young people on the verge of adulthood.

      The Kissing Game2013
      2.0
    • Karl ist verliebt und verzweifelt zugleich: Der 18-Jährige soll eine Reihe von Briefen verfassen, durch die Fiorella, das Mädchen seiner Träume, mehr über ihn und seine Geheimnisse herausfinden will. Doch Karl leidet unter Legasthenie, und so fasst er einen ungewöhnlichen Plan: Er bittet Fiorellas Lieblingsautor um Hilfe, nicht ahnend, dass dies zu einer Kette ungeahnter Verwicklungen führt und fast in einer Katastrophe endet, die das Leben für sie alle von Grund auf verändert. Eine ebenso sensible wie lebenskluge und berührende Geschichte über die Macht und Ohnmacht der Worte, aber auch über die Bedeutung von Liebe und Verlust. Über die Schwierigkeit, seine wahren Gefühle auszudrücken – und über eine ganz und gar außergewöhnliche Freundschaft. Eine Geschichte, aus der Jugendliche und Erwachsene viel über sich und über die anderen lernen können. ' Chambers ist so begabt, so aufrichtig in seinem Schreiben. Was dadurch entsteht, ist eine berührende, unerwartete Geschichte darüber, was Erfahrung wirklich bedeutet.' G u a r d i a n ' Ein wahres Kunstwerk, das lohnt mehrmals gelesen zu werden.' B o o k l i s t

      Worte sind nicht meine Sprache2013
      3.4
    • This is All

      • 816 pages
      • 29 hours of reading

      Cordelia Kenn recounts her life from age fifteen to twenty in a series of formats, such as letters, diaries, poems, and short stories, to be read in the future by her daughter.

      This is All2006
      4.4
    • Seehundbaby in Gefahr

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Erst als William schwört, niemandem etwas zu verraten, zeigt ihm Gwyn sein Geheimnis: Am Meer hält er ein Seehundbaby versteckt. Doch Gwyn will das Tier "zu Geld machen". Um das Seehundbaby zu retten, muss William zu ersten Mal in seinem Leben eine schwierige Sache ganz allein angehen.

      Seehundbaby in Gefahr2002
      1.5
    • Postcards from No Man's Land

      • 496 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      Jacob arrives in Holland, aged 17, travelling alone for the first time. He is there for the commemoration of the Second World War Battle of Arnhem, where his grandfather had fought. Jacob's exploration of contemporary Amsterdam and the fascinating people he meets there interweaves with the passionate story about his grandfather he learns from Geertrui, an elderly lady whose family is linked to Jacob's in a way he never suspected. A beautiful, multi-layered novel about love, discovery and betrayal, which will enrapture young adult readers.

      Postcards from No Man's Land2001
      3.5
    • Melanie tyrannisiert ihre Mitschüler. Sie kennt deren Schwächen genau und sucht sich ihre Opfer mit sicherem Blick aus. Nun ist Lucy an der Reihe. Sie reagiert wie alle vor ihr: Sie vertraut sich keinem an, denn sie schämt sich. Doch endlich tun sich die Opfer zusammen und stoppen Melanie.

      Wer stoppt Melanie Prosser?1993
      2.8
    • Taking a job as a toll-bridge collector to escape family pressures and discover who he is, seventeen-year-old Jan meets and befriends Adam and Tess and the three test their friendship as each faces a turning point in his and her life.

      The toll bridge1992
      3.8
    • Erst als William schwört, es niemand zu verraten, zeigt Gwyn ihmsein Geheimnis. Da weiß'William, daß er handeln muß!

      Der Seehundschwur1989
    • 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.

      Breaktime1984
      3.7
    • The Present Takers

      • 126 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Melanie Prosser and her gang have the school sewn up. Every time it's another girl's birthday they have ways of getting what they want - and the ways hurt. But Lucy, the latest target, knows she should fight back and she's going to need all the help she can get.

      The Present Takers1983