Havoc (#2 The Bridge)

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From the author of the Text Prize-winning The Bridge. The ceasefire is barely holding. Southside waits, with a kind of hope that feels like defeat. Then Cityside blows up the bridge. And amid the chaos and rubble Nik and Lanya are drawn into a complex web of power, fear and betrayal. Who is the girl found crying out from the bombed bridge? What is her connection to the secret experiments taking place at Pitkerrin Marsh? And why does she cry 'havoc'? But before Nik can find out he must find his father, and face the hardest decision of his life.

Promotion info

* Review coverage in major newspapers such as the Herald Sun, West Australian, Sunday Star Times and NZ Herald * Review coverage in publications such as Junior Bookseller & Publisher, Reading Time and NZ Listener * Review coverage in teen magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Dolly and Girlfriend NZ * Giveaways and author interviews on select websites and blogs such as Kids Book Review and Booksellers NZ * Interviews and reviews on YA blogs such as Alpha Reader, Bookish Manicurist and Speculating on Spec Fic * Reading copies available to the trade * Advertisements in Australian and New Zealand YA / education publications such as Magpies and the NZ Education Gazette * Significant budget for Australian and NZ bookseller catalogues * Glossy A2 posters available to Australian and NZ booksellers, teachers and librarians * Dedicated social media campaign including competitions to win * Promotions through Text's education newsletter, including the chance to win copies * Comprehensive Australian Curriculum teaching notes available for download from www.textpublishing.com.au/education

Reviews

'If you loved Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games series and John Marsden's Tomorrow series, chances are you'll love this.' Girlfriend NZ on The Bridge 'A powerful dystopian adventure about questioning authority, the complexities of war and enduring bonds.' Age on The Bridge 'A brilliant novel with echoes of John Wyndham's The Chrysalids, its young protagonists show heart in a world of despair.' West Australian on The Bridge

Author description

Jane Higgins lives in Christchurch, New Zealand. She is a social researcher at Lincoln University, specialising in projects with teenagers. She has worked on many human rights campaigns and is interested in astronomy, mathematics and classic science fiction. She won the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing for her first novel, The Bridge.