John Marsden Boeken

Zeven Australische jongeren gaan met elkaar kamperen. Dat doen ze op een afgelegen plek in de wildernis, die 'De Hel' heet. Als de luie, heerlijke vakantie is afgelopen, gaan ze terug naar huis. Al snel wordt duidelijk dat tijdens hun afwezigheid oorlog in hun land is uitgebroken. De eerste reactie bestaat uit grote angst en verwarring. De ontreddering maakt langzaam plaats voor georganiseerde actie. Ze proberen te overleven en tegelijkertijd de vijand te ondermijnen.

This is the story of how, in 1808, the Royal Navy used its dominance in the Baltic to rescue the Spanish Army of the Marques de La Romana.

The war is at a turning point. The enemy is growing weaker, and more desperate. And so is Ellie. As the conflict intensifies around her, she is captured and separated from her friends. Overwhelmed by all she has lost, Ellie wonders if she has the strength to survive the final conflict - and if she can live with the consequences of everything she has done.

'If only our country hadn't been invaded. If only we could have carried on the way we used to, watching other people's wars on television.' Ellie and her friends are more determined than ever to make an impact on the enemy. But the constant fighting is beginning to take its toll on the group. Kevin is suffering an emotional breakdown, and the friendship that has kept the gang together for so long is under strain. And while there is no time for love in a time of war, Ellie can't forget her feelings for Lee...

Jonas, the twelve-year-old protagonist of Lois Lowry's prize-winninge novel "The Giver" seems to live in a perfect world. In the Ceremony of Twelve he receives his lifetime assignement: he is chosen to be the new "Receiver of Memory" of his community. During his training, performed by "The Giver of Memory", Jonas finds out about the dark secrets that underlie the apparent harmony of his world

Even though the war is over and she is back on her family's farm, Ellie Linton is haunted by the memories and now must discover how to find the enemy within herself in order to move on with her life.

A year of war. A year of terror. And a year of loss. Twelve months have passed since the invasion. Ellie has lost friends, she has taken many lives and she is still as disgusted by violence as she is determined to stand up to the invaders. Now the friends find themselves back in their sanctuary of Hell, caring for a band of feral children whose lives have been destroyed by the war. Meanwhile, the conflict intensifies and the enemy draws closer...

This is a story of courage, of friendship, of extraordinary adventure in extraordinary times.

A small group of teenagers continue to hide out in a deserted valley following the invasion of Australia; they must elude capture, but they are also compelled to fight back against the enemies who have imprisoned their friends and families

Darkness is the friend and enemy of those who hunt by night. Ellie and her friends have found safety after months of fighting. But the New Zealand Defence Force needs their help to infiltrate occupied Australian territory. And so the friends must fight on.