The Current - fiction authors A to D
The Stuff of Nightmares
Malorie Blackman
The award-winning author of the Noughts and Crosses trilogy returns with this compelling and seriously creepy story. Kyle is the only one left conscious when the train crashes on a school trip. He discovers that he canescape into the minds of the other passengers and experience their worstfears. The story is told as the nightmares of twelve people; the book grewout of the author’s own disturbed dreams.
9780385610438 Doubleday, 2007
Being
Kevin Brooks
Sixteen year old Robert Smith is sedated for a routine operation. What the doctors discover makes no medical sense – plastic casings, silver filaments, moving metal parts. Determined to find out exactly who he is, Robert goes on the run armed with a stolen automatic – a powerful thriller.
9780141381442 Penguin, 2007
Meet Me at the Boathouse
Suzanne Bugler
Louise’s difficult home life leaves her feeling starved of affection. She’s amazed when the gorgeous Danny says he loves her. She throws herself into the relationship by doing everything he asks, including some things she’s not entirely comfortable with, such as taking drugs. But Danny is controlling and manipulative and soon Louise is in serious danger. Will she ever be free of his power?
9780340932292 Hodder Children's, 2007
Just Listen
Sarah Dessen
Annabel Greene seems to be the girl who has it all, but her family is slowly falling apart and her best friend is spreading rumours about her. She meets a boy who won’t let her hide away. This is a story about appearances, family life, best friends and music. Just Listen spent 18 weeks in the New York Times bestseller chart.
9780141322919 Puffin, 2007
Waves
Sharon Dogar
Hal’s sister Charley is in a hospital in Oxford, in a coma since a mysterious beach accident. When his exhausted parents decide that the family needs a holiday and it’s time to return to their Cornish holiday house, Hal becomes haunted with strange memories of the day of the accident and realises that he has become mysteriously connected with the thoughts that are trapped inside his sister’s mind. A chilling tale of suspense and loss.
9781905294244 Chicken House, 2007
Before I Die
Jenny Downham
Sixteen year old Tessa is terminally ill. She makes a list of everything she wants to pack into the life she has left with the help of her friend Zoey. However, she finds that there is more to living than she had ever imagined. Heartbreaking yet astonishingly life-affirming. A brilliant first novel.
9780385613460 David Fickling, 2007