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It’s the near future and a terrifying reality television show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to take part in a live event called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. Sixteen-year-old Katniss has promised to take her sister’s place in the games but sees it as a death sentence. She has been close to death before and for her, survival is second nature, but will she manage to stay alive? Unsettling but totally gripping, our older readers were completely engrossed in this tense tale that takes readers into the creepy world of extreme reality television.
When Peter’s parents are killed he is sent to an orphanage. During assessments by German soldiers Peter is found to be racially valuable. He has blond hair, blue eyes, an acceptably proportioned head and, most importantly, German blood. He is the perfect candidate for the Hitler Youth and the German soldiers know that someone important will want to adopt him. But Peter does not want to be a Nazi: he has begun to form his own ideas about what he is seeing and he is about to take a very dangerous risk. Powerful and provocative, this historical novel plunged readers straight into the heart of World War II.
Eleven-year-old Aubrey is determined to hide away and take care of herself after something terrible happens, because facing the truth is too much to bear. But with the love of her grandmother and the help of a new friend, Aubrey begins to see that even though she’s lost everything, all is not lost... This tear-jerking and uplifting novel definitely caused a stir with our older readers who immediately sympathised with the protagonist, Aubrey. Showing that in time people can start to move on after a tragedy, this fantastic book proved to be a huge success amongst our testers.
