The Current - fiction authors I to L

The Secret Countess

Eva Ibbotson

Anna, a countess, flees Russia after the Revolution, disguises herself and finds a job in England as a housemaid in the historic home of the Earl of Westerholme where she must quickly learn the work of a servant. Although at first she seems strange to the other household staff, they soon accept her and all is well until she meets the young Earl on his return from war and falls deeply in love. But is her love doomed, since he is already engaged and thinks of her only as a servant?

9780230014862 Picador, 2007

The Infinite Wisdom of Harriet Rose

Diana Janney

Harriet Rose has always thought she had something wise to say and as a young teenager she writes these meditations down. For her fourteenth birthday her mother and grandmother have them published. They take the publishing world by storm and Harriet Rose is swept up in a huge publicity campaign. Can a fourteen year old deal with it? Is her wisdom really that great?

9780755337699 Headline Review, 2007

Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You

Hanna Jansen

Hanna Jansen wrote this book based on the horrifying real-life experiences of her adopted daughter, Jeanne, the only survivor in her family of the Rwandan genocide in 1994, when she was 8 years old. The scene is set of normal Rwandan family life before the fateful night when everything changed, and follows Jeanne’s fight to stay alive when a torrent of violence is unleashed on the Tutsi people. Moving and inspiring.

9781842706732 Andersen, 2007

Berserk

Ally Kennen

Fifteen year old Chas responds to a website asking for people to write to prisoners on Death Row, thinking it would be a laugh to receive letters from a murderer. Lenny is unexpectedly released and heads to England where he tries to take over Chas’s family. A spine-tingling novel from the prize winning author of Beast.

9780439943727 Scholastic, 2007

Fearless

Tim Lott

In a near-future world where streets are clean and terrorism is no longer a threat, girls are hidden away and given letters or numbers instead of names. While they slave away at their chores, Little Fearless, so-called because she is the bravest girl in the school, tells stories to the other girls. She persuades them that one day their lost families will return for them. Her hope and belief spur her into a dangerous mission – a bold plan that will either save or destroy them. This is a dystopian tale about a brave girl prepared to risk everything in the pursuit of justice.

9781406308624 Walker, 2007