Melvin Burgess

From acclaimed and controversial author, Melvin Burgess, a terrifying new Hammer Horror novella about a teenager and her relationship with a ghoul. When Beth wakes up one morning covered in dirt, she puts it down to an extreme case of sleep-walking. But when reports of a desecrated grave start to circulate, her night-time wanderings take on a sinister air. Soon the city is being plagued by strange sightings and sudden disappearances. Beth knows that something is changing within her. Something that's filling her with an urgent, desperate hunger that demands to be satisfied - at any cost...

Billy Elliot vit dans une ville miniere d''Angleterre. Dans la famille Elliot, on est mineur de pere en fils, et depuis de longues semaines, on se bat pour que le gouvernement ne ferme pas les mines. Dans la famille Elliot, on fait de la boxe de pere en fils mais, sur le ring, Billy esquive les coups, fait des pirouettes. On dirait qu''il danse. Et c''est ce qu''il aime Billy, danser. Et il est doue. Si doue qu''il pourrait un jour devenir danseur etoile. Mais pour ça, il va devoir se battre. Pour la famille Elliot commence alors un nouveau combat, un combat plein d''espoir...

A en Billy, fill d''un miner del nord d''Anglaterra, li agrada la dansa i haurà de vèncer molts prejudicis per poder arribar a ser un gran ballarí.A en Billy, el fill d''un miner del nord d''Anglater

"Sandra tiene 17 años y muchos problemas. Un día decide rebelarse: abandona la escuela, se pelea con su familia y amigos, deja el novio por ser ""demasiado fiel"" y consigue un nuevo grupo de ""amigos"", con los que probará drogas y una vida sexual sin recatos. Un día Sandra choca sin querer contra un vagabundo alcohólico, al que le tira una cerveza. Éste, enfurecido, la acorrala en un callejón. Ahí sucede algo increíble: la convierte en una perra … Esta obra sobre las presiones y elecciones que enfrentan los adolescentes en el mundo moderno, ha causado polémica y revuelo. Pero también ha sacudido a decenas de miles de jóvenes. "

Contemporary / British English (Available March 2008) Eleven-year old Billy Elliot is different from other boys. He is not very clever or good at sport. Then, one day, he discovers ballet dancing. Finally he has found something that he can do well. But everybody knows that ballet is for girls, not boys! Will Billy continue to dance? Or have his father and brother got other plans for him?

A re-telling of the animated Disney film "Treasure Planet", this book follows Jim Hawkins, a rebellious solar-surfing teenager, on an adventure beyond his wildest dreams. In search of treasure, Jim finds himself involved in battles and betrayal.

Billie é uma adolescente que não tem pai nem mãe, mas é boa de briga e enfrenta o mundo na base da porrada; Rob é um garoto boa-praça, fã de heavy metal, atormentado pelo padrasto em casa e pelo bull

For Sham, Fly Pie and his sister Jane, this is the grim reality of their lives. Then one day everything changes when they find a baby on the Tip - a baby worth seventeen million pounds. . . The events that follow take them into a savage, lonely city and so begins an endless fight for survival. An intense and thrilling read.

Set in the not-so-distant future two rival gangs the Volsons and the Connors struggle for control of London which is now surounded by the halfman lands - a desolate place populated by creatures halfmen who were the result of genetic experiments to create living killing machines.

Dino really fancies fit, sexy Jackie, but she just won't give him what he wants ... Jonathan likes Deborah, but she's a bit fat - what will his mates say? Ben's been secretly shagging his teacher for ages. He used to love it, but what if he wants to stop? Three lads discovering sex for the first time. But do any of them really know what they're doing?

Melvin Burgess se adentra sin concesiones en el turbulento mundo de la adolescencia, a traves del humor, de la precisa observación de la conducta juvenil y de un lenguaje directo, descarnado, para desvelar, desde el peculiar punto de vista de los personajes, los problemas y los desasosiegos de tres jovenes, en su irremisible camino hacia la edad adulta. Dino, Jonathan y Ben son tres adolescentes comunes, se pasan el dia hablando de chicas, soñando hasta el ultimo detalle con "su primera vez", y no creen que sus padres mantengan relaciones sexuales (¡resultaria inimaginable!). Dino solo piensa en hacerselo con Jackie, una de las jovencitas mas deseadas del grupo pero ella siempre acaba rechazandolo. Jonathan se muere por Deborah, sensible y sexy, pero le da verguenza reconocerlo a sus amigos porque ella?esta gorda. Y Ben, aunque vive el sueño de todo adolescente ?un torrido idilio con la profesora de dibujo?, no sabe como poner punto y final a tan complicada relacion. Melvin Burgess (Inglaterra, 1954), es sin lugar a dudas una de las voces mas personales y controvertidas del actual panorama internacional de la narrativa juvenil. Tras su paso por distintos colegios britanicos, a los dieciocho años abandona los estudios para comenzar a ejercer el periodismo y a escribir narracio

Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down - not to anyone or anything. Gemma wants to fly. But no one can fly for ever. One day, somehow, finally, you have to come down.

"'You thought you were watching my death,' hissed the dragon. 'But you were watching your own.' And then he lunged."Forced into the clutches of a bloodthirsty dragon, Sigurd is fighting not only for his life, but for the survival of an apocalyptic Britain. For Sigurd is the chosen one, the golden warrior boy blessed with the courage of a hero and the strength of a lion. In a world where power and corruption are all-consuming, can he fulfil his destiny and overcome the tyranny that threatens to destroy him? Be astounded. Be compelled. Be heartbroken by this amazing sequel to Bloodtide.

The Carnegie Medal and Guardian Fiction Prize winning classic YA novel reissued for a new generation With an introduction by Malorie Blackman and all new material exploring the book s controversial history It was a love story Me Gemma and junk I thought it was going to last forever Tar loves Gemma but Gemma doesn t want to be tied down She wants to fly But no one can fly forever One day finally you have to come down Melvin Burgess most ambitious and complex novel is a vivid depiction of a group of teenagers in the grip of addiction Told from multiple viewpoints Junk is a powerful unflinching novel about the effects of drug abuse on teenagers Once you take a hit you will never be the same again Everyone should read Junk The Times

Melvin Burgess dark fantasy epics inspired by Norse mythology now available as one sensational duology for a new generation of fans London is in ruins The once glorious city is now a gated wasteland cut off from the rest of the country and in the hands of two warring families the Volsons and the Conors In Bloodtide Val Volson offers the hand of his young daughter Signy to Conor as a truce At first the marriage seems to have been blessed by the gods but betrayal and deceit are never far away in this violent world and the lives of both families are soon to be changed for ever A generation later in Bloodsong fifteen year old Sigurd son of King Sigmund is the last surviving member of the Volson clan His father s kingdom the former city of London is gone Armed with a legendary weapon Sigurd faces death fire and torment as he travels through Hel and back to unite his country once again