by [Catherine Karnas, Fil et Julie (2007)
Ayant décidé qu'il n'aimait pas l'école et la voyant comme une prison, Antoine se sauve de sa classe à la première occasion. Au lieu de s'inquiéter ou de se mettre en colère, la maîtresse propose à ses élèves de revêtir des costumes de détectives afin de retrouver son élève disparu. Une grande chasse au trésor se met en branle. Ce n'est que lorsqu'elle distribue des friandises pour la collation qu'Antoine se pointe le nez ... -- D'amusantes aquarelles illustrent cette rentrée mouvementée, saupoudrée d'utopie. [SDM].
Natasha May
Poppy Love, aspiring ballroom dancer, and her partner, Zack Bishop, who live in Brighton and attend the Blue Horizon Dance Studio. When Poppy and Zack, as well as their friends Emma and Steve, get parts in a stage show of Bugsy Malone, it turns out to be only the beginning.
Sharon Creech
Set in the breathtaking landscape of Lugano, Switzerland, Bloomabilityis Sharon Creech at her very best.When 13-year-old Dinnie Doone is plucked out of her troubled life by her aunt and uncle and whisked away to an international school in Switzerland, her world is turned upside down. Suddenly surrounded by different cultures, languages, and beliefs, Dinnie struggles to holdon to her past life. Gradually, through friendships and experiences she could have nowhere else, she learns to trust herself and discovers the beautiful "bloomabilities" her new life has to offer.01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.), 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Grds. 6-8), Pacific NW Library Assoc. 2001 Young Reader's Choice Award Masterlist, and 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Masterlist(Grds 6-9) Young Adult's Choices for 2000 (IRA)