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After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a tropical island, its governor sends in the bulldozers to knock down villages, replacing them with luxury hotels. Guarding the corrupt governor's family isn't James Adams' idea of the perfect mission, especially as it's going to be his last as a CHERUB agent. Then retired colleague Kyle Blueman comes up with a highly unofficial and highly dangerous plan of his own. And so James must choose between loyalty to CHERUB, and loyalty to his oldest friend... The twelfth instalment in a hugely successful series. James' final mission, but not the end of CHERUB...
Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins's groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.
This is the second book in the heart-stopping Hunger Games trilogy.
Everyone knows about Anne Frank, and her life hidden in the secret annexe - or do they? Peter van Pels and his family are locked away with the Franks too, and Peter sees it all differently. What is it like to be forced into hiding with Anne Frank, to hate her and then find yourself falling in love with her? To know you're being written about in her diary, day after day? What's it like to sit and wait and watch whilst others die, and you wish you were fighting? Anne's diary ends on August 4 1944, but Peter's story takes us on, beyond their betrayal and into the Nazi death camps. He details with accuracy, clarity and compassion, the reality of day to day survival in Auschwitz - and the terrible conclusion.
Reminiscent of Smallville and Heroes, here finally is a thriller with awesome pace, mindblowing special effects and a breathtaking high concept. ... more
The Ask and the Answer is a tense, shocking and deeply moving novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure. Prizes: Winner of Costa Children's Book Award 2009. Shortlisted for Booktrust Teenage Prize 2009.