Beryl Young
Beryl Young
Set in the 1950's, this moving new picture book follows a young family as they travel across the ocean to a new home in a new land — Canada. Based on a true story of a family's journey recorded at The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, The Moon's Journey follows Faith as she leaves the only place she has ever called home to travel with her family across the ocean to a new home in Canada. Faith is very nervous about this strange new place that will become her home and can only hope that her friend, the night moon, will still be watching over her every night no matter where she and her family call home. Royalties from sales of THE MOON'S JOURNEY will be donated to The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
1948, Saskatchewan. Deux jeunes filles, Anna et Maggie, voient leur amitié mise à l'épreuve par des épreuves familiales déchirantes. Un roman poignant sur la loyauté, la résilience et les petits bonheurs qui sauvent l’enfance.
Zulmie a 38 ans quand éclate la guerre de 1914. Son Edmond est tué dans les premiers mois du conflit. Bien que Femme, elle reprend seule la direction de la tannerie créée par son mari à Solre-le-Château. Elle devient la marraine de guerre de Pierre, un bachelier mobilisé de 18 ans. Entre eux germe une dépendance intellectuelle provocante mais l'après-guerre et l'engagement de Zulmie pour la cause des femmes vont compliquer leur relation hors du commun. Dix ans de chantiers archéologiques à l'étranger, voici comment débute la carrière de l'auteur. A son retour en France, il devient CAPESsien en Histoire, puis, AGREGE de Lettres Modernes. Il passe ensuite le concours des personnels de direction et d'encadrement du Ministère de l'Education. Il devient proviseur de lycée et ensuite directeur de cabinet d'une grande Rectrice d'Académie. Officier de réserve depuis la fac, en 2006, il décide de son reversement de l'Education Nationale à la Défense. En 2018, il écrit le premier opus d'une saga dont le cinquième volume sera disponible cet automne. Simultanément, il chante en EHPAD, à l'hôpital, en maraudes pour le SAMU social et ailleurs encore... Ses textes sont emprunts de soutien aux sufragettes, aux féministes, à toutes celles et ceux qui militent pour que le genre ne soit plus un obstacle à l'épanouissement personnel.
What thirteen-year-old boy wants to travel on a hopeless quest to India with his grandmother? Not Ben Leeson, whose anger about his father's recent death has led him to escape into the isolated world of computer games. India is the last place Ben ever thought of visiting and his grandmother is the last person he'd ever dreamed of travelling with, but the ticket is already bought and Ben finds himself in India on a search for Gran's long lost pen pal, Shanti. In the midst of insufferable heat, strange food and the constant haggling of street beggars, Ben and Gran meet magicians and snake charmers and see bodies burning on funeral pyres. As they search for clues across the huge continent, Ben finds himself strangely compelled to follow the magnificent elephants and the elephant boy-god Ganesh. The challenges of the journey teach Ben that real life can be more exciting than any computer game and that by accepting the dark mysteries of India, he can come to terms with his father's death. This adventure quest for children ten and up takes its place among the many captivating adult books about India, and is an invaluable resource for school curriculum studies on world religions.