Results for "Silence" in Literature & Fiction

Rares sont ceux qui connaissent l'existence du Sous-Monde, une toile brisée d'anciennes galeries et de pièces laissées à l'abandon qui s'étend dans les profondeurs de l'université. Protégée par ce labyrinthe sinueux, confortablement installée au cœur même de ces lieux désolés, vit une étrange jeune femme. Parmi les nombreuses rencontres de Kvothe, la plus attachante est sans nul doute celle d'Auri. Cette jeune femme, au caractère à la fois sauvage, enfantin et précieux, reste voilée de mystère.

À l'âge de huit ans, je me suis réveillée sourde. Je m'étais endormie une nuit d'hiver, sur le plancher de ma cabane dans l'arbre. Personne ne sait ce qui est arrivé ni pourquoi j'étais cachée là. Moi-même, je l'ignore. Après avoir passé la moitié de ma vie dans le silence le plus profond, voilà que, lors d'un party entre amis, je réentends pour la première fois.

In his first YA novel, award-winning author Brian Lee Young (Diné) bridges the generational divide between a Navajo teen at an elite prep school and his great-grandmother’s experience at a federal boarding school for Indigenous students. The book is an eye-opening call for community healing...

Missing almost half a year’s memories, Nora struggles to fall back into the rhythm of her life while haunted by mysterious visions in this third book in the breathtaking New York Times bestselling Hush, Hush saga. Nora Grey can’t remember anything from the past five life-changing months...

Vacances. Bled paumé. Cinq ados dans l'ennui total. Rafael vient de rejoindre le village et cette bande, et il ne connaît pas encore les mystères qui animent « Horror city », comme on le surnomme… Et lorsque la pluie les pousse à se réfugier dans un local radio abandonné, tout tourne mal. Quelles sont les ondes que la machine d'Emma a perçu ? Quel est donc l'étrange mal qui touche Lola ? Comment fuir cet endroit ? D'où viennent ces phénomènes mystérieux qui touchent Horror city ? Et surtout, de Clément, Nolan, Raf, Emma et Lola et Alex... Combien ressortiront-ils du tunnel ?

Three novels from the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman – winner of the 2021 YA Book Prize and creator of the beloved graphic novel series Heartstopper, now a major Netflix series. SOLITAIRE My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep and I like to blog. Last year – before all that stuff with...

My name is Tess Turner--at least, that's what I've always been told. I have a voice but it isn't mine. It used to say things so I'd fit in, to please my parents, to please my teachers. It used to tell the universe I was something I wasn't. It lied. It never occurred to me that everyone else was...

When Adam joined the Pioneer program, he became one of six teens to forfeit their bodies for a new, digital existence. Together, the Six were unstoppable, protecting the world from artificial-intelligence systems that threatened the human race. But they were more than a team, they were family. Until now. Adam has a complex power within his circuitry that defies the very laws of physics. He wasn't programmed to have this power, and he can barely control it or its consequences. Adam's never felt more alone. Amber, the newest Pioneer, knows what it is like to be an outsider.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, extraordinary portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship. Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret...

On an early September day in 1979, Jamie Wilson hobbles down the sidewalk on crutches, her broken leg aching. As the school buses rumble past, some jerk yells "Faker!" out the window. Jamie flips the bird in response. Big mistake. She pissed off the wrong egomaniac, and this bully rules the school. High school becomes a daily nightmare when her tormentors wage psychological warfare, starting with a physical attack in the hallway meant to terrorize.

The second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the million-copy bestselling Heartstopper books—now a major Netflix series. What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong? Frances has always been a study machine with one goal: elite university. Nothing will...

In a gripping and deeply personal memoir series, The Girl Who Ran shares the extraordinary journey from a childhood marred by extreme abuse and oppression in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to the hard-earned freedom and self-sufficiency she achieved as an adult in America. Born into a world of gender-based violence, child exploitation, and constant threats to her life, her survival became an act of defiance against the oppressive forces that sought to silence her.

Inside the subterranean rebel stronghold, the promises of safety prove fragile. NXES—the rogue AI that long ago slipped its creator's leash—has unleashed wave after wave of bot armies to crush the last pockets of human resistance. The Mountain is running out of time. Amira Fahmi has found her purpose. Once uncertain and overlooked, her programming expertise and deep knowledge of the bots have made her the resistance's most critical asset. But the weight of that responsibility is crushing, and the risks she must take will push her far beyond anything she thought she could endure.

The ash took the cities. The signal took their minds. The hunters will take what’s left. Four years later, Mara Wyatt follows a rumor that, somewhere north, her brother Gabe is still alive. With her sister and a small group of young survivors she calls family, they ghost the outskirts of ruined towns and farmland, avoiding the infected, the dead, and the wars between factions.

The second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless, Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper – now a major Netflix series. What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong? Frances has always been a study machine with...

Ash coated the windows and sidewalks, but the grocery store still played music. People still lined up for milk. Still believed someone was coming. But it didn’t take long for everything to stop.

Silence and Shadow is the sequel to Erin Beaty's YA medieval fantasy-thriller Blood and Moonlight, full of romance, magick and murder. After confronting a killer and fleeing to be with each other, Cat and Simon arrive in the sprawling city of Londunium. Cat is looking forward to honing her...

June Hur's elegant and haunting debut The Silence of Bones is a bloody YA historical mystery tale perfect for fans of Kerri Maniscalco and Renée Ahdieh. I have a mouth, but I mustn't speak; Ears, but I mustn't hear; Eyes, but I mustn't see. 1800, Joseon (Korea). Homesick and orphaned...

“A grieving teen fights Asian hate by finding her voice in this complex, timely story.” —Kirkus (starred review) ""With a layered, sensitive voice, Ho’s weighty novel delves into themes of racism, classism, loss, and healing."" —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Inspired by the...

The highly anticipated second—and final—book in the immersive fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore that began with the New York Times bestselling A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, from author Roseanne A. Brown. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi, Renée Ahdieh, and Sabaa Tahir. Karina...