Résultats pour "Hilary McKay" dans Passage à l'âge adulte, choses de la vie

In England, Ruby has no friends because of the speckled blotches on her face that kids say look like dirt. And Kate is sickly all the time, her older siblings each taking turns looking after her. Ruby and Kate’s first meeting is nearly disastrous, but the two lonely girls soon strike up a friendship. Their connection becomes all the more important when England joins the war against Germany and the blitz begins overhead.

When Ruth Conroy decides to sponsor a child in Africa, she is unprepared for just how difficult it is to find 10 pounds per month. As any sister's next step would be, Ruth enlists the help of Phoebe, Naomi and Rachel. All too eager to help their sister, the four girls work together to come up with multiple hare-brained, fundraising schemes that are a bit too mischievous to be fruitful. From undisciplined babysitters to unhygienic caterers and fraudulent pavement artists, the Conroy sisters' hilarious projects never fail to cause chaos and mayhem.

Clarry Penrose finds the good in everyone. Even in her father, who isn't fond of children, and especially girls. He doesn't worry about her education, because he knows she won't need it. It's the early 20th century, and the only thing girls are expected to do is behave. But Clarry wants to dive off cliffs and go swimming with her brother Peter and cousin Rupert. And more than anything, she wants an education. She helps Peter with his homework all the time, so why can't she manage it by herself? When war breaks out, Clarry is shocked to find that Rupert has enlisted.

Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe Conroy are all struggling to deal with the trials and tribulations of first love(s). Ruth develops a crush on the school bus driver, but finds herself conflicted when she also develops feelings for Mr Rochester from Jane Eyre, the temporary English teacher (who Naomi is also smitten with) and Alan Adair who works in the butcher's shop. Meanwhile, the younger two sisters have other things on their minds—Rachel is plotting to become May Queen at her school and Phoebe is in training to become an international spy.

Feisty Rose takes center stage as the highly original Casson family faces a long, hot summer. As usual, things are a bit chaotic. Eldest daughter Caddy is now engaged to darling Michael, and she’s not altogether sure she likes it. Saffy and Sarah are on a mission to find Saffy’s biological...

Saffron's two sisters, Cadmium and Rose, and her brother Indigo were all named from a color chart by their mother Eve, a fine-arts painter. When Saffron, known as Saffy, discovers that her name is not on the chart, it soon leads to another discovery. She has been adopted. Life in the Banana...

Award-winning Hilary McKay brings the childhood of Victorian heroine Grace Darling to life in this heartfelt reimagining of her life up to and including the Forfarshire shipwreck. Grace Darling nearly drowned when she was eight years old, leaving her with a fear of boats and the sea. But it’s...

Hier geht es drunter und drüber - und lustig ist es immer! Ruth, Naomi, Rachel und Phoebe, die vier verrückten Schwestern, sollen ihre Ferien bei der Großmutter verbringen - für die vier Leseratten eine schreckliche Vorstellung! Denn bei der Großmutter gibt es nur Kochbücher und langweiligen Shakespeare. Und schlimmer noch: Die Oma hält sie für Stubenhockerinnen und erwartet, dass sie ganz viel Sport im Freien treiben! Aber auf Berge zu steigen ist nun mal nicht jedermanns Sache... Der erste Teil der Erfolgstrilogie.

Nie um einen Einfall verlegen! Neues von den vier verrückten Schwestern. Heimlich hat Ruth, die älteste der vier verrückten Schwestern, die Patenschaft für einen Jungen in Afrika übernommen. Eigentlich muss man dafür schon achtzehn sein, aber sie hat im Antrag eine Drei geschrieben, die wie eine Acht aussieht. Als es dann aber darum geht, jeden Monat zehn Pfund für das Patenkind aufzubringen, braucht Ruth die Hilfe ihrer Schwestern Naomi, Rachel und Phoebe.