The first new novel from Kelly Barnhill since her bestselling Newbery Medal-winning The Girl Who Drank the Moon

The once-lovely town of Stone-in-the-Glen has fallen on hard times. After relentless fires, floods, and other calamities, they’ve lost their library, their school, their park, their prosperity. Even their neighborliness is lost. Only the wise and clever children of the Orphan House and the kindly Ogress who lives quietly at the edge of town see clearly how dire things are.

The people of Stone-in-the-Glen have put their faith in their Mayor, a dazzling fellow with a bright shock of yellow hair and white teeth, who promises that he alone can solve their problems. After all, he is a famous dragon slayer! At least, no one has ever seen a dragon in the Mayor’s presence.

One terrible day, a child goes missing from the Orphan House, and the townspeople vow to find her. Thanks to the Mayor’s insidious suggestion, all eyes turn to the Ogress. The Orphans know this can’t be: it’s the Ogress, assisted by a particularly excellent flock of crows, who secretly delivers much-needed gifts to the suffering humans. But how can the Orphans tell the story of the Ogress’s goodness to people who listen only to themselves? And how can they make their enraged, deluded neighbors see the real villain in their midst?

Sisters of the Revolution gathers a highly curated selection of feminist speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, and more) chosen by one of the most respected editorial teams in speculative literature today, the award-winning Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. Including stories from the 1970s to the present day, the collection seeks to expand the conversation about feminism while engaging the reader in a wealth of imaginative ideas.

From the literary heft of Angela Carter to the searing power of Octavia Butler, Sisters of the Revolution gathers daring examples of speculative fiction’s engagement with feminism. Dark, satirical stories such as Eileen Gunn’s “Stable Strategies for Middle Management” and the disturbing horror of James Tiptree Jr.’s “The Screwfly Solution” reveal the charged intensity at work in the field. Including new, emerging voices like Nnedi Okorafor and featuring international contributions from Angelica Gorodischer and many more, Sisters of the Revolution seeks to expand the ideas of both contemporary fiction and feminism to new fronts. Moving from the fantastic to the futuristic, the subtle to the surreal, these stories will provoke thoughts and emotions about feminism like no other book available today.

Contributors include: Angela Carter, Angelica Gorodischer, Anne Richter, Carol Emshwiller, Catherynne M. Valente, Eileen Gunn, Eleanor Arnason, Elizabeth Vonarburg, Hiromi Goto, James Tiptree Jr., Joanna Russ, Karin Tidbeck, Kelley Eskridge, Kelly Barnhill, Kit Reed, L. Timmel Duchamp, Leena Krohn, Leonora Carrington, Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, Octavia Butler, Pamela Sargent, Pat Murphy, Rachel Swirsky, Rose Lemberg, Susan Palwick, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Vandana Singh.

ENFIN : le nouveau roman tant attendu de Kelly Barnhill après le succès de La Fille qui avait bu la lune.

Pierre-en-Vallon était autrefois une ville riante, mais le sort s’est acharné : incendies, inondations et autres calamités ont coûté à ses habitants leur bibliothèque, leur école, leur parc et même leur esprit de bon voisinage. Affligée, la communauté a placé ses derniers espoirs dans son maire, un personnage haut en couleur qui se prétend leur ultime recours.

Après tout, n’est-il pas un célèbre tueur de dragons ? (Affirmation audacieuse, mais il est vrai que personne n’a vu de dragon en sa présence.) Seuls les enfants rusés de l’orphelinat et la gentille ogresse vivant dans les faubourgs semblent continuer à porter un regard objectif sur les problèmes de la ville.

Voilà qu’un jour un des jeunes pensionnaires de l’orphelinat disparaît. À l’instigation du maire, tous les regards suspicieux se tournent vers l’ogresse. Les orphelins ne doutent pas un instant du bon cœur de cette dernière, ils savent qu’avec l’aide d’une bande de corbeaux distingués, elle s’emploie à livrer des cadeaux aux habitants de Pierre-en-Vallon.

Mais arriveront-ils convaincre les adultes, si personne ne veut les écouter ? Et parviendront-ils à démasquer le véritable coupable qui se cache parmi eux ?

Kelly Barnhill vit à Minneapolis. Elle a été lauréate de la médaille Newbery pour La Fille qui avait bu la lune (Prix Millepages Jeunesse en France).

Le récit épique et fantastique d'une enfant élevée par une sorcière, par un monstre dans un marais et par un dragon nain.

Découvrez la sensation US de 2016-2017 :

- #1 sur la liste des best-sellers du New York Times
- " La Fille qui avait bu la lune est aussi excitant et profond que Peter Pan et Le Magicien d'Oz. " - The New York Times

- Meilleur livre jeunesse 2016 par Entertainment Weekly
- Lauréat 2017 de la Newbery Medal
- En cours d'adaptation en film chez Fox Animation par le réalisateur de Rio.

Chaque année, les habitants du Protectorat abandonnent un bébé en sacrifice à la redoutée sorcière des bois. Ils espèrent ainsi détourner sa colère de leur ville prospère. Chaque année, Xan, la sorcière des bois, se voit contrainte de sauver un bébé que les fous du Protectorat abandonnent sans qu'elle ait jamais compris pourquoi.

Elle s'emploie à faire adopter ces enfants par des familles accueillantes dans les royaumes voisins. Mais cette année, le bébé en question est différent des autres : la petite a un lien étrange avec la lune et un potentiel magique sans précédent. Contre son gré, Xan se voit obligée de la ramener chez elle et de persuader ses amis réticents d'élever cette enfant pas comme les autres.

Ils la baptiseront Luna et ne tarderont pas à en devenir gâteux. Xan a trouvé comment contenir la magie qui grandit à l'intérieur de la petite, mais bientôt approche son treizième anniversaire, et ses pouvoirs vont se révéler...

A collection of some of the best original fantasy and science fiction stories published on Tor.com in 2014.

Contents:
As Good As New by Charlie Jane Anders
The End of the End of Everything by Dale Bailey
Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch by Kelly Barnhill
Sleep Walking Now and Then by Richard Bowes
Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan
Brisk Money by Adam Christopher
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Proposed Trade-Offs for the Overhaul of the Barricade by John Chu
The Color of Paradox by A.M. Dellamonica
The Litany of Earth by Ruthanna Emrys
A Kiss With Teeth by Max Gladstone
A Short History of the Twentieth Century, or, When You Wish Upon a Star by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Cold Wind by Nicola Griffith
The Tallest Doll in New York City by Maria Dahvana Headley
Where the Trains Turn by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
Combustion Hour by Yoon Ha Lee
Reborn by Ken Liu
Midway Relics and Dying Breeds by Seanan McGuire
Anyway Angie by Daniel José Older
The Mothers of Voorhisville by Mary Rickert
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden’s Syndrome by John Scalzi
Among the Thorns by Veronica Schanoes
The Insects of Love by Genevieve Valentine
Sleeper by Jo Walton
The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson
In the Sight of Akresa by Ray Wood
A Cup of Salt Tears by Isabel Yap


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“If I had to nominate a worthy successor to Angela Carter, I would nominate Kelly Barnhill. "—Laura Ruby, two-time National Book Award finalist and author of Bone Gap

"A slim little novella that packs a narrative punch more intense than that of many books ten times its length."—NPR

Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband, a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice, and family.

“Mothers fly away like migrating birds. This is why farmers have daughters.”

A fifteen-year-old teenager is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, budgeting the household finances and raising her younger brother while her mom, a talented artist, weaves beautiful tapestries. For six years, it’s been just the three of them—her mom has brought home guests at times, but none have ever stayed.

Yet when her mom brings home a six-foot tall crane with a menacing air, the girl is powerless to prevent her mom letting the intruder into her heart, and her children’s lives. Utterly enchanted and numb to his sharp edges, her mom abandons the world around her to weave the masterpiece the crane demands.

In this stunning contemporary retelling of “The Crane Wife” by the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon, one fiercely pragmatic teen forced to grow up faster than was fair will do whatever it takes to protect her family—and change the story.

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