Literaire werken - Engels (5)
Een selectie van Engelse literaire werken die relevant kunnen zijn voor een studie Engels.
maandag verzonden
Hate U Give
2018 || Paperback || Angie Thomas || Walker Books
Movie tie-in edition of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller.
Now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox, starring Amandla Stenberg
No. 1 New York Times bestseller
"A classic in the making." The Times
"Places a spotlight on Black Lives Matter." Stylist
"Passionate and uncompromising." The Observer
"A must-read." The Pool
"Outstanding." The Guardian
"Powerful." Metro
Read the book that inspired the movie! Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she wa...
American Born Chinese
2023 || Paperback || Gene Luen Yang || Roaring Brook Press
A New York Times-bestselling graphic novel, a Michael L. Printz Award winner, a National Book Award finalist,
and now an original series on Disney+!
Bonus Content: Includes an interview with author Gene Luen Yang and series creator Kelvin Yu
A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discove...
We Were Liars
Soon to be a major TV series on Amazon Prime!
2023 || Paperback || E. Lockhart || Hot Key Books
1. Read this book. 2. On reaching the final page, you may experience an urgent need to read it all over again. 3. Check your friends have read it. 4. NOW YOU ARE FREE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT ENDLESSLYWinner of Goodreads Best Young Adult Fiction Book 2014'E. Lockhart is one of our most important novelists, and she has given us her best book yet. Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable.'- John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault...
The Scarlet Letter
2023 || Hardcover || Nathaniel Hawthorne || Union Square & Co.
Boston, mid-17th century: Hester Prynne, dignified and silent, is led through prison doors to her public shaming by her censorious Puritan neighbors. Holding her illegitimate child to her breast and bearing a bright scarlet letter "A" embroidered on her bodice, Hester must now struggle to create a new life for herself and her child in this harsh and unforgiving community. When her missing spouse reappears and takes up residence in town under an assumed identity, the stage is set for an explos...
Pet
The award-winning speculative YA from the Sunday Times bestseller
2019 || Paperback || Akwaeke Emezi || Faber & Faber
How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?She stumbled backwards, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas... She tried to be brave. Well, she said, her hands only a little shaky, at least tell me what I should call you.
... Well, little girl, it replied, I suppose you can call me Pet. There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught.
With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown...