Background
Burgess was born in the Municipal Borough of Twickenham, Middlesex, England (now Twickenham in Greater London).
( "Fazia um tempão que eu não via a minha mãe. Ela é depr...)
"Fazia um tempão que eu não via a minha mãe. Ela é depressiva. (...) 'Depressão clínica não tratada, é isso o que me parece', ela falou. Pra mim, aquilo era bebedeira não tratada." (Billie) "Adivinha só? Eu me encrenquei de novo. Por bullying. Que engraçado. Nunca imaginei que ficar no chão sendo chutado por uns vinte moleques fosse bullying. Pra você ver como eu sou todo errado." (Rob) "Meu pai veio pra cima. Ele me segurou pelo pescoço, imprensado contra a parede, com seu bafo de feijão bem na minha cara. - Você já fez todos os exames... não tem nenhum problema mental. Já ficou de castigo, já ficou sem mesada... não funcionou. A única coisa que eu não fiz foi bater em você." (Chris) Kill All Enemies é um livro para filhos, pais e todo mundo que estiver disposto a ler uma história bela e emocionante. É um romance sobre a condição humana, na qual, apesar da solidão, do desespero e do abandono, há sempre uma porta luminosa aberta para a esperança.
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( The time is the not-too-distant future. London is in ru...)
The time is the not-too-distant future. London is in ruins. A bombed-out shell. A picked-over carcass where the only rule of law is might makes right. What remains of the city is being fought over by two ruthless gangs of warlords. In an effort to create peace, however, a truce between the two families is suggested by Val, patriarch of the Volson clan. His collateral? The hand of his fourteen-year-old daughter, Signy, in marriage to his blood rival, Conor. A rebellious, headstrong teenager who has dreamed all her life of joining her father's forces as a soldier in the war against Conor, Signy is stunned by the announcement. To agree to such a plan is unthinkable! Conor is her mortal enemy. To live as his wife is no better than to live as a slave...for the rest of her life. But what of the alternative? Does she dare defy her father? And what of the consequences of her rebellion? Her decision will set in motion a series of events--events both horrifying and tragic--that will change her life forever. Melvin Burgess has fashioned a powerfully dystopian vision of a young woman's coming of age against the backdrop of war that is shocking, harrowing, and compelling.
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(Contemporary / British English Eleven-year old Billy Elli...)
Contemporary / British English 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? Book and MP3 pack/
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(Twelve-year-old David lives with his dad in a block of fl...)
Twelve-year-old David lives with his dad in a block of flats and is a bit of a brute. He's very lonely as is old Mr Alverston, another Mahogany Villas resident, who is afraid that he is losing his mind. David discovers that he can get into the ventilation shaft of the building and begins to spy on the other residents. One day he comes face to face with a ghost, at first friendly but more and more terrifying as it becomes clear that he has a particular grudge against Mr Alverston. Soon the old man and David are in great danger and, in a frightening and utterly moving conclusion, Mr Alverston and the ghost of the boy he once was, reunite, allowing the old man to die peacefully.
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(Billy Elliot's tough, funny and heart-warming story is gi...)
Billy Elliot's tough, funny and heart-warming story is given new depth by best-selling author, Melvin Burgess. Billy's mother is dead, and his father and brother are fiercely involved in a bitter miners' fight that has split the local community. Billy's father wants his son to learn boxing, like he did and his father before him. But Billy is fascinated by the grace and magic of ballet and is determined to dance his way to a different future. Told from the differing viewpoints of Billy, his father and brother and his friend Michael, Melvin Burgess has captured the spirit of the original film screenplay while demonstrating the skill and inspiration he showed in his award-winning novel, Junk.
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(Billy ha dodici anni, sua madre è morta, suo padre e suo ...)
Billy ha dodici anni, sua madre è morta, suo padre e suo fratello sono impegnati in un durissimo sciopero. Il papà di Billy vorrebbe che facesse pugilato, che imparasse a badare a se stesso, perché le cose vanno così per loro: devono tener duro e restare uniti. Ma Billy non si arrende. Vuole diventare un ballerino perché per lui danzare è come avere un fuoco dentro, perché è il suo destino.
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(Everyone says fourteen-year-old Billie is nothing but tro...)
Everyone says fourteen-year-old Billie is nothing but trouble. A fighter. A danger to her family and friends. But her care worker sees someone different. Her classmate Rob is strong; he can take care of himself and his brother. But his violent stepdad sees someone to humiliate. And Chris is struggling at school; he just doesn't want to be there.
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(A Carnegie Medal Nominee Twelve-year-old David lives wi...)
A Carnegie Medal Nominee Twelve-year-old David lives with his dad in a big London apartment building called Mahogany Villas, where he climbs through the building's old ventilation system to play tricks on the other tenants. But David's nasty pranks disturb more than just his elderly neighbor. One day, he comes face-to-face with a ghost, at first friendly but eventually terrifying. Soon the old man and David are in great danger. (AR) For ages 9-12 Available only in Young Adult 3 Standing Order.
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(PART I London is in ruins, a once highly advanced cit...)
PART I London is in ruins, a once highly advanced city now a gated wasteland. Within its walls, a bloody war rages between two clans. Hope is sparse, but the people believe the gods have risen from the dead. Odin himself has come to play a part in the lives of two twins, a brother and sister from the Volson clan. Siggy and Signy must come to grips with their destiny as London's future teeters on the edge of a knife....
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('Are you frightened of dying, Issy'? Issy doesn't know wh...)
'Are you frightened of dying, Issy'? Issy doesn't know where she came from or who she is. Night after night, she has the same nightmare: she burns in a fire and at the heart of the flames is a face she dare not look at. Fear and superstition are everywhere. She must run - from the Witch-finder, from the evil hag who wants her, from those she loves and maybe even from her own true nature...
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( When fourteen-year-old Nicholas Dane's mother dies, soc...)
When fourteen-year-old Nicholas Dane's mother dies, social services sends him to a home for boys where intimidation and violence keep order. After a number of fights and brutal punishments, Nick thinks that life can't possibly get any worse . . . until he realizes that the home's respected deputy head, who has been grooming him with sweets and solace, has something more frightening in mind. Acclaimed writer and truth-teller Melvin Burgess brings us, with Dickensian scope and compelling narrative drive, his most ambitious book yet.
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We're the rubbish kids, losers and orphans ...For Sham and Fly Pie, there's no escape from the grim reality of their lives - every day they sort rubbish on the tip for Mother Shelly. Then one day everything changes when they find a baby on the Tip - a baby worth seventeen million pounds.
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(Contemporary / British English Eleven-year old Billy Elli...)
Contemporary / British English 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?
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Burgess was born in the Municipal Borough of Twickenham, Middlesex, England (now Twickenham in Greater London).
He completed his first book accepted for publication in his mid-thirties: a novel, The Cry of the Wolf, published by Andersen Press in 1990.
At least in Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Foreign the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. (Cross featured a girl and a metaphorical wolf Burgess featured as a character the last grey wolf in Great Britain) Andersen published all of Burgess" books through the mid-1990s.
Kite (1997) features a boy who hatches a red kite egg.
Burgess again courted predictable controversy in 2003, with the publication of Doing lieutenant, which dealt with underage sexual In the United States. it was adapted as a television series, Life as We Know lieutenant
In other books such as The Ghost Behind the Wall (2000), Burgess has dealt with less realist and sometimes fantastic themes. Bloodtide (1999) and Bloodsong (2007) are post-apocalypse adaptations of Volsunga Saga.
In 2001 Burgess wrote the novelisation of the film Billy Elliot, based on Lee Hall"s screenplay.
Polyphony is a narrative technique used in many of his most famous novels.
(A Carnegie Medal Nominee Twelve-year-old David lives wi...)
( When fourteen-year-old Nicholas Dane's mother dies, soc...)
(Billy Elliot mora em uma pequena cidade no norte da Ingla...)
(Billy Elliot's tough, funny and heart-warming story is gi...)
(Billy ha dodici anni, sua madre è morta, suo padre e suo ...)
(Contemporary / British English Eleven-year old Billy Elli...)
('Are you frightened of dying, Issy'? Issy doesn't know wh...)
(Contemporary / British English Eleven-year old Billy Elli...)
(Twelve-year-old David lives with his dad in a block of fl...)
(PART I London is in ruins, a once highly advanced cit...)
(Everyone says fourteen-year-old Billie is nothing but tro...)
( "Fazia um tempão que eu não via a minha mãe. Ela é depr...)
(We're the rubbish kids, losers and orphans ...For Sham an...)
( The time is the not-too-distant future. London is in ru...)
(Book by Burgess, Melvin)
(372pages. 20x13x3cm. Broché.)