The Last Paper Crane
- 304pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Nominated for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal, joint winner of the UKLA 11-14 Book Award 2021 and winner of the Warwickshire Schools Library Award.
Kerry Drewery Livres
Cette autrice élabore des récits captivants qui explorent la résilience de l'esprit humain et l'intensité des expériences. Sa prose est vive et imaginative, entraînant les lecteurs dans des mondes méticuleusement construits. Par son travail, elle explore les paysages complexes de l'esprit et trouve une beauté profonde dans des circonstances inattendues. Son écriture est célébrée pour son audace et sa vision créative.
Yoora is a teenage girl living in North Korea, dreaming of the lights of foreign cities while eking out a miserable existence in a rural northern village. But then she makes a mistake: she falls in love. With someone far removed from her social class. Someone dangerous to know. When tongues start to wag, her father is executed and she is taken to a prison camp in the mountains. There, escape seems even further from her grasp. But Yoora is about to learn an important lesson: love can surprise you, and it can come in many forms...
Day 7
A Tense, Timely, Reality TV Thriller That Will Keep You On The Edge Of Your Seat
- 448pages
- 16 heures de lecture
Set against a backdrop of suspense, this companion novel delves deeper into the lives of familiar characters, exploring their motivations and relationships. As new challenges arise, the tension escalates, revealing hidden secrets and unexpected alliances. Themes of loyalty, betrayal, and resilience are woven throughout, keeping readers on the edge of their seats. The narrative promises to be an exhilarating ride filled with twists and turns that will captivate fans of the original story.
Cell 7
- 400pages
- 14 heures de lecture
A world where justice and the fate of those accused of murder is decided by the public, but has moved on from the Roman Gladiator 'thumbs up or thumbs down' public vote, to a public vote by telephone. If you are voted innocent you are set free; if you are voted guilty you are committed to death by electric chair. Those awaiting their sentence reside in ever decreasing cells, getting smaller each day, until Day 7 and Cell 7, where they hear their fate. Sixteen year old Martha has confessed to killing a famous celebrity. But has she done it? And if not, why has she claimed the murder? Perhaps she wants to show up the flawed and brutal system by sacrificing herself in the hope of a better world... Or perhaps she is protecting somebody else...
Nach dem Atombombenabwurf auf Hiroshima suchen die Teenager Ichiro und Hiro verzweifelt nach ihren Familien. Sie finden Hiros Schwester Keiko, die jedoch im Chaos verloren geht. Ichiro, der Hiro versprochen hat, auf sie aufzupassen, kehrt zurück, um nach ihr zu suchen und hinterlässt Origami-Kraniche in der Hoffnung, dass sie überlebt hat.
