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The stuff of nightmares

Kyle has always been afraid of things, especially dying. But when he gets on the train that is taking him and his class on a school trip, he has no idea how close to Death he is going to come. Death enters the train and Kyle moves with him, past his friends, who are frozen in time, in life-or-death situations. Kyle finds that he can pick up on their deepest, darkest fears - real things that have happened to them, or may happen in the future, and sometimes their surreal nightmares too. Kyle realizes that he isn't the only one who has buried fears and, more importantly, he now burns with the desire to live, and to live without fear. But will Death release him?

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  • "Kyle has always been afraid of things, especially dying. But when he gets on the train that is taking him and his class on a school trip, he has no idea how close to Death he is going to come. Death enters the train and Kyle moves with him, past his friends who are frozen in time, in life-or-death situations. Kyle finds that he can pick up on their deepest, darkest fears, real things that have happened to them or may happen in the future and sometimes their surreal nightmares too. Kyle realises that he isn't the only one who has buried fears and more importantly he now burns with the desire to live, and to live without fear. But will Death release him? Suggested level: secondary."
  • "Kyle has always been afraid of things, especially dying. But when he gets on the train that is taking him and his class on a school trip, he has no idea how close to Death he is going to come. Death enters the train and Kyle moves with him, past his friends, who are frozen in time, in life-or-death situations. Kyle finds that he can pick up on their deepest, darkest fears - real things that have happened to them, or may happen in the future, and sometimes their surreal nightmares too. Kyle realizes that he isn't the only one who has buried fears and, more importantly, he now burns with the desire to live, and to live without fear. But will Death release him?"@en
  • "A brother and sister have fallen into comas following a rail crash. Death comes to visit them and asks them both to tell him themost frightening stories they can. They take it in turns, each trying to tell a more scary story than the one before."@en
  • "First published in the UK by Doubleday in 2007."@en
  • "Kyle has always been afraid of things, especially dying. But when he gets on the train that is taking him and his class on a school trip, he has no idea how close to death he is going to come. Kyle now burns with the desire to live, and to live without fear. But will death release him?"@en
  • "Kyle, un adolescent troublé par une situation familiale difficile qu'il s'efforce de fuir, prend le train avec ses camarades dans le cadre d'une sortie scolaire. Mais voilà que le convoi déraille et que le wagon dans lequel ils ont pris place se retrouve suspendu dans le vide. En jetant un regard autour de lui, Kyle constate avec effarement qu'il semble le seul à ne pas être blessé. Seul parmi une foule qui geint de douleur et appelle à l'aide. Ayant "l'impression d'avoir passé toute [s]a vie à arriver quinze minutes trop tard pour aider les personnes [qu'il] aimai[t]" (p. 50), l'adolescent est bien décidé à affronter le danger avec ses amis. Quitte à y laisser sa peau! Or, en allant de l'un à l'autre, il découvre qu'il peut entendre leurs pensées et pénétrer les cauchemars qui reflètent leurs angoisses les plus profondes. Mais jusqu'à quel point les images horrifiantes qui défilent sous ses yeux sont-elles réelles? En effectuant de multiples allers et retours entre une réalité et un espace onirique aussi troublants l'un que l'autre, le jeune homme en apprendra énormément sur lui-même et se résoudra à affronter ses propres peurs... -- Un roman psychologique prenant, angoissant et magnifiquement ciselé qui explore avec intensité et doigté les peurs et les souffrances de l'être humain, mais également ses facettes les plus sombres. Entraînant ses lecteurs dans des huis clos oppressants, l'auteure donne en effet à réfléchir à la guerre, à la violence familiale, aux regrets face à des bêtises que l'on ne peut rattraper, aux tragiques conséquences d'envies de meurtre non retenues ou aux désirs inavouables. Chaque cauchemar mis en scène se lit comme une nouvelle en soi, dont la chute brutale et inattendue laisse le héros (et le lecteur!) bouleversé. Ce sont toutefois ces récits qui permettent au jeune narrateur d'effectuer un travail sur lui-même et de se réconcilier avec un passé familial qui est révélé par bribes. Un excellent (mais bouleversant) ouvrage, entre tragédie, philosophie et surnaturel. [SDM]."

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  • "Large type books"
  • "Thrillers (Children's)"@en
  • "Children's stories"
  • "Children's stories"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Young adult works"
  • "Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's/YA) (Children's)"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "Stuff of nightmares"
  • "La couleur de la peur"
  • "The stuff of nightmares"
  • "The stuff of nightmares"@en

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