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Sylvia McNicoll

Sylvia McNicoll

Née à Ajax en Ontario et ayant grandi à Montréal, **Sylvia McNicoll** est une auteure canadienne spécialisée dans la littérature jeunesse. Elle a écrit plus de trente romans pour adolescents et jeunes adultes, dont plusieurs ont été primés. Ancienne rédactrice en chef du magazine *Today’s Parent*, elle a aussi enseigné l’écriture créative et animé des résidences d’auteure dans des écoles. Ses œuvres, souvent centrées sur des thèmes sociaux et émotionnels, sont appréciées pour leur réalisme et leur profondeur.
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Couverture ebook de A Different Kind of Beauty, de Sylvia Mcnicoll
Fitzhenry & Whiteside | 27 septembre 2011

Elizabeth, 14 ans, tente de ne plus s’attacher à Beauty II, le nouveau chien guide qu’elle élève, tout en affrontant les défis du lycée et les tensions avec son ex-petit ami.

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Couverture ebook de Beauty Returns, de Sylvia Mcnicoll
Fitzhenry & Whiteside | 27 septembre 2011

Liz et Beauty, son chien guide, se retrouvent pour une dernière aventure où l'amour, l'amitié et la détermination seront mis à l'épreuve.

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Couverture ebook de Dying to Go Viral, de Sylvia Mcnicoll
Fitzhenry & Whiteside | 18 mai 2013

What would you do if you only had one week to live? A skateboarding accident claims 14-year-old Jade's life when she skitches (hitches herself to a car) in order to appear on youtube; she neglected to wear the helmet she promised her father she would always use. In a Japanese garden she meets her mother who died when Jade was eight. She begs for the chance to return to earth if only to improve relations between her brother and father and Mom negotiates a one week do-over for her. What can she achieve? A date for her father? A new job for her brother? Her first kiss? Jade can't tell anyone what is going on, which is bad enough, but after discovering a love for life that she's never known, will she be able to let go? Or will she try to cheat fate?What would you do if you only had one week to live? A skateboarding accident claims 14-year-old Jade's life when she skitches (hitches herself to a car) in order to appear on youtube; she neglected to wear the helmet she promised her father she would always use. In a Japanese garden she meets her mother who died when Jade was eight. She begs for the chance to return to earth if only to improve relations between her brother and father and Mom negotiates a one week do-over for her. What can she achieve? A date for her father? A new job for her brother? Her first kiss? Jade can't tell anyone what is going on, which is bad enough, but after discovering a love for life that she's never known, will she be able to let go? Or will she try to cheat fate?

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Couverture ebook de Last Chance for Paris, de Sylvia Mcnicoll
Fitzhenry & Whiteside | 27 septembre 2011

Zanna is a rebellious pre-teen city girl with a fondness for tattoos and bad boys. But after her last rebellion-a strawberry tattoo on her ankle-her mother leaves for France without her. Zanna is forced to spend the summer with her twin brother, Martin, and their glaciologist father in the mountainous region of Last Chance Pass. There Zanna takes in an injured and abandoned puppy, which she and her brother rescue from underneath their new home. With only a few days in the Rockies, she realizes that no cell phone and a slow internet connection are the least of her problems. Tyler, the charming, blue-eyed park ranger, is convinced that her new dog, who she conveniently names Paris, is a wolf. But when her brother goes missing, what had begun as a boring and rustic inconvenience turns into a matter of life and death. With the help of Tyler and Paris, Zanna sets out to rescue her brother, and in the process, discovers what really matters the most.Award-winning author Sylvia McNicoll uses her uncanny empathy for young teens to combine intense emotions and suspense with high action in Last Chance for Paris. Can Zanna resist the charm of the handsome park ranger? Will she be able to find the right place for Paris, who's already chosen her family as his own? Will they find Martin in time? Last Chance for Paris will have you gripping the pages until the very end.

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Couverture ebook de Bringing Up Beauty, de Sylvia Mcnicoll
Fitzhenry & Whiteside | 31 août 1996

As if bathtub floods, chewed homework, and accidents on the floor weren't enough! Being saddled with so much responsibility for bringing up Beauty only adds insult to injury. With a flapjack tongue and oversized feet, this is the ugliest puppy Elizabeth has ever seen. It will be easy to resist loving her. And since Beauty is only staying until she can be trained as a guide dog, there is no room for love in this relationship... At the age of twelve, with busy parents, a sister who's too cool for words, and two best friends suddenly dating each other, Elizabeth could use a little unconditional love.

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