The Erasure Initiative

The Erasure Initiative PDF Author: Lili Wilkinson
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760874906
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Book Description
I wake up, and for a few precious seconds I don't realise there's anything wrong. The rumble of tyres on bitumen, and the hiss of air conditioning. The murmur of voices. The smell of air freshener. The cool vibration of glass against my forehead. A girl wakes up on a self-driving bus. She has no memory of how she got there or who she is. Her nametag reads CECILY. The six other people on the bus are just like her: no memories, only nametags. There's a screen on each seatback that gives them instructions. A series of tests begin, with simulations projected onto the front window of the bus. The passengers must each choose an outcome; majority wins. But as the testing progresses, deadly secrets are revealed, and the stakes get higher and higher. Soon Cecily is no longer just fighting for her freedom - she's fighting for her life. The acclaimed author of After the Lights Go Out returns with another compelling YA thriller - a timely novel about the intensity and unpredictability of human behaviour under pressure. 'Clever and compelling, this ethics-driven thrill ride will have you racing through in search of answers while it challenges your moral compass.' - Sarah Epstein

The Erasure Initiative

The Erasure Initiative PDF Author: Lili Wilkinson
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760874906
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Book Description
I wake up, and for a few precious seconds I don't realise there's anything wrong. The rumble of tyres on bitumen, and the hiss of air conditioning. The murmur of voices. The smell of air freshener. The cool vibration of glass against my forehead. A girl wakes up on a self-driving bus. She has no memory of how she got there or who she is. Her nametag reads CECILY. The six other people on the bus are just like her: no memories, only nametags. There's a screen on each seatback that gives them instructions. A series of tests begin, with simulations projected onto the front window of the bus. The passengers must each choose an outcome; majority wins. But as the testing progresses, deadly secrets are revealed, and the stakes get higher and higher. Soon Cecily is no longer just fighting for her freedom - she's fighting for her life. The acclaimed author of After the Lights Go Out returns with another compelling YA thriller - a timely novel about the intensity and unpredictability of human behaviour under pressure. 'Clever and compelling, this ethics-driven thrill ride will have you racing through in search of answers while it challenges your moral compass.' - Sarah Epstein

The Boundless Sublime

The Boundless Sublime PDF Author: Lili Wilkinson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1630791008
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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Book Description
After an accident tears her family apart, Ruby Jane Galbraith is drawn by a charismatic new friend, Fox, to the Institute of the Boundless Sublime, but instead of peace she finds sinister secrets.

You Were Made for Me

You Were Made for Me PDF Author: Jenna Guillaume
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1682633802
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
All fifteen-year-old Katie Camilleri wants is the perfect first kiss from the perfect guy—and now he's just magically appeared in her bedroom, completely naked! When Katie and her best friend accidentally cook up a gorgeous teenage boy in the kitchen (seriously—he's like a long-lost Hemsworth brother), things are looking up for Katie and her plan to lock lips. But it turns out spontaneously creating a human being named Guy is slightly more complicated than Katie could have anticipated. Guy is wholly devoted to Katie but can't pin down why. Her high school classmates can't figure out what a hot guy like him is with her. And to make matters worse, her BFF isn't on board with this new romance. Plus, the longtime boy from next door is suddenly all kinds of moody. So is the "perfect" boy the right boy for Katie, after all? From the author of What I Like About Me comes a hilarious twist on the 1985 pop culture classic "Weird Science." Jenna Guillaume uses her signature humor and relatable voice to delight and also explore themes of body image, friendship, and supporting character asexuality.

Clancy the Quokka

Clancy the Quokka PDF Author: Lili Wilkinson
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760872393
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
Here's Clancy the quokka. So friendly and charming. His innocent face is entirely disarming. Clancy the Quokka is super cute, but also has a super cheeky habit of raiding picnic food, so when he spots a magnificent birthday cake, how can he resist? After the mayhem he creates, will Clancy learn his lesson? A funny and thoroughly entertaining picture book featuring one of Australia's most loved animals.

Short

Short PDF Author: Lili Wilkinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 1742030343
Category : Premier's Reading Challenge
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Book Description
Life is too short for a long story. Our best-loved writers, alongside our newest and youngest authors, present to you Short: a collection of interesting short stories and other stuff from some surprising and intelligent people including Carole Wilkinson, Andy Griffiths and Michael Panckridge. Royalties will go to Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Lies With Man

Lies With Man PDF Author: Michael Nava
Publisher: Bywater Books
ISBN: 1612941982
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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Book Description
Lies With Man is a finalist for the 2022 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Mystery Los Angeles, 1986. A group of right-wing Christians has put an initiative on the November ballot to allow health officials to force people with HIV into quarantine camps—and it looks like it’s going to pass. Rios, now living in LA, agrees to be counsel for a group of young activists who call themselves QUEER [Queers United to End Erasure and Repression]. QUEER claims to be committed to peaceful civil disobedience. But when one of its members is implicated in the bombing of an evangelical church that kills its pastor, who publicly supported the quarantine initiative, Rios finds himself with a client suddenly facing the death penalty.

Green Valentine

Green Valentine PDF Author: Lili Wilkinson
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760110272
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Book Description
SHORT-LISTED: 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction Astrid Katy Smythe is beautiful, smart and popular. She's a straight-A student and a committed environmental activist. She's basically perfect. Hiro is the opposite of perfect. He's slouchy, rude and resentful. Despite his brains, he doesn't see the point of school. But when Astrid meets Hiro at the shopping centre where he's wrangling shopping trolleys, he doesn't recognise her because she's in disguise - as a lobster. And she doesn't set him straight. Astrid wants to change the world, Hiro wants to survive it. But ultimately both believe that the world needs to be saved from itself. Can they find enough in common to right all the wrongs between them? WC

Inconvenient Heritage

Inconvenient Heritage PDF Author: Lynne M Dearborn
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315426870
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Book Description
The major international recognition of a World Heritage Site designation can bring important preservation efforts and a wealth of tourist dollars to an impoverished area—but it can also have destructive side effects. In a revealing study with lessons for tourism and preservation projects around the world, this book examines the redevelopment and packaging of Luang Prabang, Laos, as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites that “belong to all peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located.” It tells the story of how the world’s most prestigious preservation initiative led to a management plan designed to attract tourists and global capital, which in turn developed the most “appealing” parts of the city while destroying or neglecting other areas. This book makes a valuable contribution to tourism and heritage studies and international development.

A Pocketful of Eyes

A Pocketful of Eyes PDF Author: Lili Wilkinson
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1742693091
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Book Description
When a dead body is discovered at the Museum, Beatrice May Ross is determined to use her sleuthing skills to solve the case. Sharp, sassy YA crime-fiction, with a dash of romance and a splash of funny.

After the Lights Go Out

After the Lights Go Out PDF Author: Lili Wilkinson
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760636576
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Book Description
'After the Lights Go Out is a terrifying yet hope-filled story of disaster, deceit, love, sacrifice and survival.' - Fleur Ferris Seventeen-year-old Pru Palmer lives with her twin sisters, Grace and Blythe, and their father, Rick, on the outskirts of an isolated mining community. The Palmers are doomsday preppers. They have a bunker filled with non-perishable food and a year's worth of water. One day while Rick is at the mine, the power goes out. At the Palmers' house, and in the town. All communication is cut. No one knows why. It doesn't take long for everything to unravel. In town, supplies run out and people get desperate. The sisters decide to keep their bunker a secret. The world is different; the rules are different. Survival is everything, and family comes first. 'A gripping portrait of catastrophe at the edge of the world, love in extremis, and the lengths that survival can drive us to.' - Justine Larbalestier