Cet auteur plonge dans la vie intérieure de ses personnages grâce à un style d'écriture captivant. Ses œuvres explorent souvent les thèmes de l'adolescence et de la découverte de sa propre voix dans un monde complexe. À travers une narration vivante, il saisit les nuances des relations humaines et les défis auxquels sont confrontés les jeunes.
When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hideously wrong — their families are gone. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in their town has been taken prisoner. As the reality of the situation hits them, they must make a decision — run and hide, give themselves up and be with their families, or fight back.
C'est Mandy qui envoie la première lettre. L'annonce de Tracey ne lui a pas particulièrement plu, elle n'a pas l'habitude de ce genre de truc, mais c'est un dimanche de pluie rasoir, et il faut bien faire quelque chose. Tracey lui a écrit que sa réponse était la seule valable, et que même si sa ville, Prescott, est très loin d'Acacia Park, ce serait marrant de continuer et de devenir de vraies amies par correspondance. Au fil des semaines et des mois, les deux filles se font des confidences, se racontent leurs goûts, leurs petits copains, leurs sorties, se livrent de plus en plus et s'attachent l'une à l'autre. Mais tout se gâte le jour où Mandy confie une lettre pour Tracey à un ami qui part en séjour linguistique au lycée de Prescott. Tracey n'est pas et n'a jamais été inscrite au lycée de Prescott.
Provides the broad base of knowledge that is now required by all those working in the gold extraction and gold processing industries. The book bridges the gap between research and industry by emphasizing the practical applications of chemical principles and techniques.
Investigates Somerled of Argyll's emergence in the forefront of the Gaelic- Norse aristocracy of the western seaboard, his part in Gaeldom's challenge to the Canmore kings of Scots, his war on the Manx king of the Isles, his importance for the church on Iona, and his invasion of the Clyde which was cut short by his death at Renfrew in 1164.
This is the story of how, in 1808, the Royal Navy used its dominance in the Baltic to rescue the Spanish Army of the Marques de La Romana.
The war is at a turning point. The enemy is growing weaker, and more desperate. And so is Ellie. As the conflict intensifies around her, she is captured and separated from her friends. Overwhelmed by all she has lost, Ellie wonders if she has the strength to survive the final conflict - and if she can live with the consequences of everything she has done.
'If only our country hadn't been invaded. If only we could have carried on the way we used to, watching other people's wars on television.' Ellie and her friends are more determined than ever to make an impact on the enemy. But the constant fighting is beginning to take its toll on the group. Kevin is suffering an emotional breakdown, and the friendship that has kept the gang together for so long is under strain. And while there is no time for love in a time of war, Ellie can't forget her feelings for Lee...
Even though the war is over and she is back on her family's farm, Ellie Linton is haunted by the memories and now must discover how to find the enemy within herself in order to move on with her life.
A year of war. A year of terror. And a year of loss. Twelve months have passed since the invasion. Ellie has lost friends, she has taken many lives and she is still as disgusted by violence as she is determined to stand up to the invaders. Now the friends find themselves back in their sanctuary of Hell, caring for a band of feral children whose lives have been destroyed by the war. Meanwhile, the conflict intensifies and the enemy draws closer...
This is a story of courage, of friendship, of extraordinary adventure in extraordinary times.
