by Melvin Burgess · Gallimard Jeunesse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070527953
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«Une promesse pour May» is the young adult novel by Melvin Burgess, published by Gallimard Jeunesse in paperback (176 pages, in French).
Tam often takes refuge in the ruins of Thowt It Farm because he is unhappy at home. One day he travels to the past, to World War II, and meets May, a girl rescued from a bombed house. May tries to convince him to stay with her, but Tam fears being trapped in the past forever.
It belongs to the Folio Junior collection. Original title: «An Angel for May»; French translation by Noël Chassériau and illustrations by Pierre Mornet.
For young readers and teenagers looking for time-travel stories set during World War II.
Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For 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.
