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.
Waking in a hospital bed with her leg in a cast, the last six weeks of eighteen-year-old Jill Charron's life are a complete blank. All she knows is what she's been told: while in Italy on a school trip she was involved in a fatal accident and had to be jetted home to receive intensive care. Care that involves a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident ... wasn't just an accident. If you can't remember what happened, how can you be sure you're not to blame?
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.
