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Ennemis intimes

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Slade vient d'emménager dans une ville assez huppée. De milieu modeste, le jeune homme apprécie peu le côté bourgeois de certains élèves. À l'école, il est agacé par Mallory, riche, belle et parfaite en tout. Mais il est aussi attiré par la jeune fille. Des liens se tissent entre eux et Slade découvre qu'elle a des bleus et des ecchymoses sur le corps. Mallory, fille unique, souffre de la pression que ses parents exercent sur elle. Slade s'aperçoit que, pour se punir quand elle estime ne pas avoir été assez performante, elle s'auto-mutile. Il essaie de l'aider mais peine perdue, Mallory fait une tentative de suicide. Un roman sur un thème encore peu abordé en littérature jeunesse: l'auto-mutilation et le mal-être des adolescents soumis à de fortes pressions extérieures. Sensible sans être larmoyant, grave sans être grandiloquent, le récit offre une vision positive de la société et des jeunes malgré les difficultés. [SDM].

240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

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February 16, 2012
A gentle and unjudgmental book about self harm from the point of view of the boy who loves her. Slade is in love with a sensitive girl who deals with her pushy parents and self doubts and fragility by hurting herself. Her problem soon starts to spiral out of control.

Simply and honestly written, this story is suitable for a teen audience, and is, in my opinion, a must-read. It isn't a guide for how to help people in this situation, but I think it opens up dialogue into this issue and it's existence among teens. This book reminds us that support, and not judgment are what is needed, not just for those who may hurt themselves, but for all young people, who search for acceptance, not just among their peers, but their parents too.
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February 11, 2022
Le langage utilisé est assez enfantin J'ai l'impression, l'auteur infantilse ses lecteurs. L'histoire entre Malory et Slade se déroule vite, même trop vite. Malgré ça, L'histoire touche un sujet sensible, et ça, c'est cool
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1,065 reviews38 followers
August 29, 2015
Un sujet délicat très bien traité, le narrateur masculin change des habituelles héroïnes. Je n'ai pas apprécié chacune de ses réactions, mais il arrive à soutenir Mallory et rien que pour ça il remonte dans mon estime. Le choix d'être spectateur du mal de Mallory est surprenant et apporte de la nouveauté. Malgré le vocabulaire pas très actuel, c'est un très bon roman.

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September 26, 2017
I got this book from a library and it came from the Stack. I ponder that such a good book is put in the stack. I understand that books that are not borrowed are pushed to the stack, but then they will get read even less. This is a really good book that every preadolescent should read. It treats of serious subjects, but with a lot of humour and is very well written. I want to read more by the same author...
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July 18, 2021
While it does cover an important topic it's very superficial and centres a straight male in a hero role which is unrealistic in this situation. The escalation was also unrealistic in terms of time and severity.
While there aren't enough books about this topic, the blatant HIPAA violation was gross and the lack of resources in the books to assist teens reading the book was disappointing.
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April 17, 2016
C'est un livre très plaisant à lire, à conseiller aux adolescents pour aborder le thème de l'auto-mutilation et aux parents qui poussent leurs enfants à la perfection, sans se rendre compte qu'ils amènent leurs enfants à de telles extrémités (souvent des filles, souvent dans des milieux aisés où la réussite professionnelle est très importante pour le 'paraître').

Ma note : 18/20

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January 27, 2015
Probably one of the better YA novels I was forced to read in school. Tells the story of the unlikely friendship between the snobby rich girl and the new in town poor boy and how he helps her deal with self harming.
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June 25, 2016
Inspiring, talks about the amount of stress effects yourself and others around you. Biting off more than you can chew.
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