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The powerful and heart-wrenching new novel from Lisa Heathfield, award-winning author of Seed and Paper Butterflies. Perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan, Louise O'Neill and Lisa Williamson.
The Traditionals have been voted to lead the country, winning people over with talks of healing a broken society, of stronger families and safer streets. They promised a happier future for everyone. They didn't promise this.
When Ruby is swept up with protesters from the opposition, her life is changed forever. Locked in a prison camp far from home and with her belongings taken from her, she's now known by the number 276. With horror escalating in the camp, Ruby knows that she has to get her family out - and let the world know what's happening.
Set in the present day, I Am Not A Number is a powerful and timely book for both young adults and adults alike.
Following their mother's accident, Clara and Stephen are sent to
stay with their aunt and uncle. It's a summer to explore the remote
house, the walled garden and woods. Beyond it all the loch sits,
silent and waiting. Auntie has wanted them for so long - real
children with hair to brush and arms to slip into the clothes made
just for them. All those hours washing, polishing, preparing beds
and pickling fruit and now Clara and Stephen are here, like a
miracle, on her doorstep. But as they explore their new home, the
children uncover ghosts Auntie buried long ago. As their worlds
collide, Clara and Auntie struggle for control. And every day they
spend there, Clara can feel unknown forces changing her brother.
Haunted and bewildered, this hastily formed family begins to tear
itself apart.
Trust Us' the Kindreds tell Pearl and so she does. A thrilling
story of life in a cult. Fifteen-year-old Pearl has lived her whole
life protected within the small community at Seed, where they
worship Nature and idolise their leader, Papa S. When some
outsiders arrive, everything changes. Pearl experiences feelings
that she never knew existed and begins to realise that there is
darkness at the heart of Seed. A darkness from which she must
escape, before it's too late. A chilling and heartbreaking
coming-of-age story of life within a cult, Seed was shortlisted for
the Waterstones' Children's Book Prize in 2016. Fans of Jennifer
Niven's All The Bright Places and Lisa Williamson's The Art of
Being Normal will love Lisa's haunting debut. 'We are obsessed with
Seed' - YA Loves magazine 'Compelling and exciting ... I would give
it 5 stars' - Guardian Children's Books Look out for Lisa's
heartbreaking new title, Paper Butterflies. Lisa Heathfield
launched her writing career with Seed, her stunning YA debut about
a cult. Before becoming a mum to her three sons, she was a
secondary school English teacher and loved inspiring teenagers to
read. Paper Butterflies is her beautiful and heart-breaking second
novel. Lisa lives in Brighton.
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Seed (Hardcover)
Lisa Heathfield
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