Gary Schmidt
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The Labors of Hercules Beal
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday Wars, in which a seventh grader has to figure out how to fulfill a seemingly impossible school assignment—and learns about friendship, community, and himself along the way.Herc Beal knows who he''s named after—a mythical hero—but he''s no superhero. He''s the smallest kid in his class. So when his homeroom teacher at his new middle school gives him the assignment of duplicating the mythical Hercules''s amazing feats in real life, he''s skeptical. After all, there are no Nemean Lions on Cape Cod—and not a single Hydra in sight.Missing his parents terribly and wishing his older brother wasn''t working all the time, Herc figures out how to take his first steps along the road that the great Hercules himself once walked. Soon, new friends, human and animal, are helping him. And though his mythical role model performed his twelve labors by himself, Herc begins to see that he may not have to go it alone.
Orbiting Jupiter
The two-time Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt delivers the shattering story of Joseph, a father at thirteen, who has never seen his daughter, Jupiter. After spending time in a juvenile facility, he's placed with a foster family on a farm in rural Maine. Here Joseph, damaged and withdrawn, meets twelve-year-old Jack, who narrates the account of the troubled, passionate teen who wants to find his baby at any cost. In this riveting novel, two boys discover the true meaning of family and the sacrifices it requires.
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Orbiting Jupiter
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
A heartbreaking story, narrated by twelve-year-old Jack, whose family is caring for fourteen-year-old Joseph. Joseph is misunderstood. He was incarcerated for trying to kill a teacher. Or so the rumours say. But Jack and his family see something others in town don't want to.
What's more, Joseph has a daughter he's never seen. The two boys go on a journey through the bitter Maine winter to help Joseph find his baby - no matter the cost.
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Pod vlivem Jupiteru
Je mu čtrnáct let a hledá svou dceru…
Joseph toho má na svůj věk poměrně dost za sebou. Říká se o něm, že byl ve vězení pro mladistvé za pokus o zabití učitele. Má násilnického otce, a také má dceru. Jmenuje se Jupiter a narodila se, když mu bylo třináct. Nikdy ji neviděl a i přesto ji miluje a touží se s ní setkat. A udělá proto cokoliv. Klidně znovu poruší všechna pravidla...
Když přijde do pěstounské rodiny, jeho do té doby pochmurný život začne měnit své temné kontury. Nová rodina poznává Josephovu kladnou stránku, vnímá to, co ostatní nikdy neviděli. Ale bude stát za ním i ve chvíli, kdy plánuje udělat něco, co zákony nedovolují?
Mistrně, citlivě a čtivě napsaný příběh o kontroverzních tématech. O tom, že každá mince má dvě strany a svět není černobílý.
Gary D. Schmidt (* 1957) je úspěšný autor literatury pro děti a young adults. Za své romány získal prestižní ocenění – Newbery Honor, udělovanou za výjimečný přínos pro americkou dětskou literaturu, a také Printz Honor, za knihy pro mládež a yound adults s vysokou literární hodnotou.
Je profesorem angličtiny na Calvin College. Se svou ženou a šesti dětmi žije na svém statku v Alto v Michiganu.
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1,99 €
