Celia Rees Livres

Mars 1659. Suite à l'exécution publique de sa grand-mère, condamnée pour sorcellerie, Mary s'embarque pour le Nouveau Monde - l'Amérique - afin d'échapper au même triste destin. Un interminable voyage commence à bord de l'Annabel, voyage dangereux s'il en est pour la jeune Mary qui doit faire face aux regards méfiants et à l'austérité des colons puritains embarques à ses côtés. Promiscuité, découragement, superstition, mais aussi amitiés et amours naissantes font le quotidien de la jeune fille, livré à son journal. Dans un XVIIe siècle où fièvre religieuse et barbarie se croisent, où tout reste à découvrir, cette adolescente décidée, en recherche permanente de sa propre identité, dépassera ses craintes et les conventions sociales pour aller à la rencontre du monde, de l'autre et de la connaissance...

_______________ 'I will always put Celia and her books on the top rung of YA' - BookWitch 'Celia Rees is one of Britain's foremost writers for teenagers' - Playdays and Runaways _______________ The outstanding sequel to critically acclaimed bestseller Witch Child As Witch Child ends so Sorceress begins. Alison Ellman is still searching for information about Mary Newbury; she has a diary and some scattered information about other people in Mary's life, but Mary has disappeared into the forests and Alison has no way of following her. But when she meets Agnes Herne, Alison encounters the person who is going to tell her all about Mary's life after she leaves Beulah. Agnes is a descendant of Mary's and has a special skill which allows her to be in touch with Mary in the spirit world. And Mary has a story to tell. A story of love and friendship, sadness and loss. A story that takes her across the New World in an epic search for a home. We fell under the spell of Mary in Witch Child and now at last we find out what happened to her after her ill-fated time in Beulah. Just as Mary's story has to be told to Agnes, it has to be read by us for it is passionate, compelling and utterly wonderful.

When a young woman is sent to the West Indies to marry well, her life takes a very unexpected turn. She does not marry the man her family thought was destined for her. Instead she runs off with an escaped slave girl and they take to the high seas and become pirates.

Germany, 1946 A reluctant spy is born... *Now published in paperback and ebook as 'Miss Graham's War'*

Young and beautiful Violetta may be of royal blood, but her kingdom is in shambles when she arrives in London on a mysterious mission. Her journey has been long and her adventures many, but it is not until she meets the playwright William Shakespeare that she gets to tell th entire story from beginning to end. Violetta and her comic companion, Feste, have come in search of an ancient holy relic that the evil Malvolio has stolen from their kingdom. But where will their remarkable quest—and their most unusual story—lead?

From the author of the bestselling and award-winning WITCH CHILD, comes another outstanding historical novel. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and its impact on British politics, this action-driven novel shows once again that Celia Rees is one of our very best writers for teenage readers. Wild and beautiful, spoilt and wilful, Sovay finds that her cosseted upbringing in rural England has not prepared her for life as a highway robber, for defending the honour of her family or for trying to save herself from corruption and evil. As Sovay becomes more and more embroiled in adventures she could never have imagined, a story of dark intrigue, thwarted passions and sinister intentions is revealed to her. Will she be able to survive, and if she does so, at what cost?

Finn is terrified of water and plagued by nightmares of being chased by a massive wave. These dreams have intensified since she and her family moved to Cornwall.

Ellen reunites with Andy after years, and he's undergone a striking transformation. However, Ellen is battling a mysterious illness that seems to drain her strength. A dark force appears to be claiming her, leaving her to confront the source of her suffering.

Compelling contemporary drama is an exciting new direction for acclaimed Celia Rees

The thrilling adventure story based on the writings of the Brontë children, by the bestselling author of Witch Child When Tom is in a coma, his friend Milo decides that he can be a guinea pig for a new gaming device - a device that will take him to a troubled world where he meets the the warrior-like Augusta who is fighting to save her kingdom from takeover by her rival. With Tom at her side, she finds extra courage. Slowly but surely, Tom starts to leave his life in London behind as the two of them become ever more embroiled in a world of chaos and tension that encompasses the past, the present and the future. But life in London won't let Tom go so easily. His friends and family gather around him to try and bring him back - as does a girl from school he barely knows, who comes each day to his bedside to read to him from her favourite book, Wuthering Heights. In this wonderful speculative fiction Celia Rees has created a meta-fictional world that will delight readers. This epic story, with Rees's trademark strong female character and romance at its heart, is a compelling action-driven adventure with delightful twists and turns that thrill and surprise right up to the last page.