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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: | John Green |
ISBN: | 0241335434 9780241335437 |
OCLC Number: | 1041398588 |
Notes: | Aza Holmes, 16 ans, souffre de troubles obsessionnels compulsifs. Elle raconte son quotidien marqué par la maladie, sa complicité avec sa meilleure amie, Daisy, mais aussi l'enquête qu'elles mènent avec Davis pour retrouver le père de ce dernier depuis son étrange disparition. Roman de société. |
Target Audience: | Adolescents (12-15 ans).; Adolescents (15-18 ans). |
Description: | 286 p. |
Responsibility: | John Green. |
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Publisher Synopsis
A new modern classic * Guardian * A wrenching and revelatory novel * The New York Times * Imaginative . . . affecting . . . unforgettable * Heat * Written with a sure grasp of the thought processes of teenagers . . . Another winner * The Sunday Times * Tender, wise, and hopeful * The Wall Street Journal * Green's most authentic and most ambitious work to date * Bustle * An existential teenage scream * Vox * Turtles delivers a lesson that we so desperately need right now: Yes, it is okay not to be okay . . . John Green has crafted a dynamic novel that is deeply honest, sometimes painful, and always thoughtful, delivered with the characteristic charm the author is known for. John Green, welcome back. We missed you. * Mashable * A thoughtful look at mental illness and a debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder that doesn't ask but makes you feel the constant struggles of its main character . . . Turtles explores the definition of happy endings, whether love is a tragedy or a failure, and a universal lesson for us all: 'You work with what you have'. * USA Today * A full-on emotional bleed-out . . . John Green hasn't created a book as much as he's created a place - a place to have your most indefinable and grotesque thoughts articulated, to ponder the disconnected reality you experience . . . No matter where you are on the spiral - and we're all somewhere - Green's novel makes the trip, either up or down, a less solitary experience. * The Globe and Mail * Read more...