Nik is interviewed by isis agents he hit me, one sharp punch that pushed me back in the chair with my head on my knees. Oct 09, 2012 buy the hardcover book the bridge by jane higgins at indigo. But when isis comes recruiting, everyone is shocked when he isnt chosen. Nik is still in high school but is destined for a great. Since he was orphaned at the age of five, nik stais has lived, learned and excelled at tornmoor academy, hoping to be chosen by the internal security and intelligence service to use his talents in. They cross the bridge in search of sol, and nik finds answers to.
More political than pure dystopian, niks world is divided by two classes at war, his own in. The bridge quotes showing 11 of 1 we rode to war in a taxicab. Jun 26, 2012 the bridge by jane higgins this ya novel won the text prize in 2010. They cross the bridge in search of sol, and nik finds answers to questions he had never dared to ask. My immediate reaction was i want more there has to be a sequel. When a barrage of rockets from cityside inflicts enormous damage on moldam hq, costs breken lives and brings down the moldam bridge, it is apparent that the precarious ceasefire is over. Oct 07, 2011 the bridge is jane higgins debut novel, and shes made it clear that shes an author to keep an eye on.
The bridge has 4 types of conflict in the book these are some quotes from the book showing 4 types of conflict. In the bridge, both sides have dehumanised the other. It became an instant bestseller and won the 2003 ned kelly award for best true crime writing and is the subject of a. Buy a discounted paperback of the bridge online from australias leading. This book is in bookshops now and is a finalist in the new zealand post childrens book awards. The bridge is a gritty adventure set in a future world where fear of outsiders pervades everything. Buy the hardcover book the bridge by jane higgins at indigo. I havent read a book with such a realistic and raw account of war since mockingjay.
Though dystopic in nature, it feels 100 per cent real, and raises many interesting issues surrounding war, power, politics, propaganda, militarism, terrorism, ideology. The commander takes them into enemy territory, breken militia breathing down our necks. In southside, the hostiles live in squalor and desperation, waiting for a chance to overrun the residents. The novel was picked up by australian publisher text after it won the 2010 text prize for unpublished ya or childrens writing. The bridge by jane higgins 9781921758331 booktopia. The bridge the bridge series, book 1 the bridge by jane higgins.
A heartstopping novel about friendship, identity, and courage from an exciting new voice in youngadult fiction. Nik shares that he had decoded the messages and that the remnant are guarding the bridge gates because they want to bring something important over. The bridge bridge, book 1 by jane higgins book cover, description, publication history. She is a senior research fellow at lincoln univeristy specialising. Its a compelling novel about friendship, identity and courage from an exciting new voice in youngadult fiction. War propels a boy from the privileged side of town across the bridge to the enemy, where he learns the real causes of the war and about his own history. The bridge by jane higgins by jane higgins by jane higgins. Click to read more about the bridge by jane higgins. Nik and fyffe travel over the bridge to southside on a dangerous mission to try and find sol. Discover book picks from the ceo of penguin random house us close. Their task is to keep the hostile southsiders at bay and on their side of the bridges. Fyffe plays smart and tells the officers that her name is sina, nik however didnt think and blurted out nik before he thought about a fake name. The location of the story is an unspecified wartorn divided city that could be located anywhere in the world. Nik is still in high school but is destined for a great career with the internal security and intelligence services, the brains behind the war.
Sep 22, 2011 jane higgins does an amazing job of depicting how a society might respond to ongoing civil conflict. In southside, the hostiles live in squalor and desperation, waiting for a chance to overrun the residents of cityside. Jane higgins text prizewinning debut, the bridge, is a gritty adventure set in a future world where fear of outsiders pervades everything. A heartstopping novel about friendship, identity and courage from an exciting new voice in youngadult fiction. She is a senior research fellow at lincoln university and her specialty is youth studies. The characters were all relatable, and understandable. Book 2, southside novels the ceasefire is barely holding. The bridge is the first novel by new zealand author, jane higgins. In a divided city where danger is real and friendship is everything, the city is at war. Since he was orphaned at the age of five, nik stais has lived, learned and excelled at tornmoor academy, hoping to be chosen by the internal security and intelligence service to use his talents in the fight that cityside wages against the hostiles on southside. This grim first novel, set on a notsodistant future earth in a wartorn, divided city that could be sarajevo. There, they cant avoid teaming up with the enemy, and nik learns the real causes of the conflict. Join facebook to connect with jane higgins and others you may know. Southside waits, with a kind of hope that feels like defeat.
She has degrees in mathematics and anthropology and has worked on. She has degrees in mathematics and anthropology and has worked on many human rights campaigns. Lalor has written a most intimately affectionate version of an epic story canberra times. Its easy to see why the bridge was chosen as the winner of the 2010 text prize for young adult and childrens writing. Winner of the text prize for young adult and childrens writing, 2010 and winner of the nz post childrens book awards, readers choice award 2012. Jane higgins is a new zealand author and the bridge is her first book. Her writing is amazing and her storytelling even better. Book 1, southside novels the tomorrow series meets the hunger games, in a divided city where danger is real and friendship is everything. Buy a cheap copy of the bridge book by jane higgins. It is an intelligent, complex and gripping book that reminded me in parts of suzanne collinss hunger games trilogy.
The bridge ebook by jane higgins 9781770494381 rakuten kobo. She is a senior research fellow at lincoln univeristy specialising in youth studies. From the bizarre attempt to sabotage the bridge s opening ceremony to its role in the sydney olympics, this is a lively history of one of the worlds most famous structures. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability.
Jane higginss novel the bridge is a young adult fiction finalist in the new zealand post childrens book awards. Nik remarks, while i wasnt the only brown face in school, i was the only one without backup. Aug 01, 2011 nik and fyffe travel over the bridge to southside on a dangerous mission to try and find sol. Higgins taps into current social and class conflicts as fodder for her future war. The bridge by jane higgins overdrive rakuten overdrive. But nik is on the run, with sols sister fyffe and isis hot on their trail. The bridge by jane higgins the bridge southside novels book one.
A heartstopping novel about friendship, identity, and courage from. The bridge is jane higgins debut novel, and shes made it clear that shes an author to keep an eye on. The bridge by jane higgins this ya novel won the text prize in 2010. Winner of the text prize this intricate novel weaves heavy themes such as. Buy the bridge by jane higgins 9781921758331 2011 from. In a postapocalyptic world, youre born into one side of a war. Winner of the text prize of young adult and childrens writing.
This grim first novel, set on a notsodistant future earth. May 10, 2012 jane higginss novel the bridge is a young adult fiction finalist in the new zealand post childrens book awards. Jane higgins does an amazing job of depicting how a society might respond to ongoing civil conflict. The tomorrow series meets the hunger games, in a divided city where danger is real and friendship is everything. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. It is sequel to the bridge and is set six months after the events of that book. From the author of the text prizewinning the bridge. More political than pure dystopian, niks world is divided by two classes at war, his own. The bridge bridge, book 1 by jane higgins fantastic fiction. Since he was orphaned at the age of five, nik stais has lived, learned and excelled at tornmoor academy, hoping to be chosen by the internal security and intelligence service to use his talents in the fight that cityside wages against the hostiles on. It is an intelligent, complex and gripping book that reminded me in parts of suzanne collinss hunger games.
This novel is a finalist for the nz post book awards and it wouldnt surprise me one bit if it won. Southside, the hostiles live in squalor and desperation. The bridge by jane higgins is definitely an awardworthy story in its own right. Read the bridge by jane higgins available from rakuten kobo. The enemy kidnaps sol, the 8yearold brother of nik s wealthy friend, so he and fyffe, sols sister, head over the bridge to rescue him. The southsiders, it turns out, comprise the underclass that rebelled against their wealthy patrons, contrary to the propaganda that nik has heard all his life. About the author jane higgins was born in new zealand. It is the winner of the text prize for ya and childrens writing in 2010. The bridge brings to life the stories of those who built it, dreamt it and were drawn to it. In southside, the hostiles live in squalor and desperation, waiting for a chance. Havoc is the second novel by new zealand author, jane higgins.
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