Sonya Hartnett is an author whose writing frequently transcends genre boundaries, though her works are traditionally published as young adult fiction. Her novels are lauded for their ability to capture the fragility of childhood and explore complex emotional landscapes. Hartnett crafts characters who are both vulnerable and resilient, placing them in settings that mirror external challenges and internal struggles. Her style is lyrical and insightful, allowing readers to connect deeply with her protagonists' experiences.
This is a romantic tale about a young girl's love for a boy named Feather. At the beginning, Maddy comes home to find a teenage boy sitting in her living room. She does not know him, but tells the boy the story of her life and her life with Feather. Ages 13+
Hannah's hands, Sadie and Ratz, can behave like wild beasts. Watch out baby boy - Sadie and Ratz are on the rampage!
It's the Second World War and, with London becoming an increasingly dangerous place to live, the Lockwood children are whisked away to the Heron Hall, to stay with their Uncle Peregrine in the countryside. But when they discover two strange boys hiding in a nearby derelict castle, the past and present collide.
Flute's family struggles to cope with life on the hot, dusty land. Her younger brother Tin seeks refuge in the contrast of an ancient subterranean world, a world that nutures but - as disturbing events reveal - can also kill.
The forest is earth and leaves, sun and shade, feather and blood and bone. It is the old way, the true way, the wild way to live. But, for Kian, wilderness is not home.
Gabriel is dying from an undisclosed illness. He relives his brief 20 years, remembering his parents' over-protectiveness, his wild friend Finnigan who encouraged him to do terrible things, and his dear dog Surrender. Told from the perspectives of Gabriel and Finnigan, the voices are eerily alike in tone.
Her muzzle wrinkled, and Andrej saw a glimpse of teeth and pale tongue. 'They smell the same, ' the lioness murmured. 'My cubs smelt as she does. Like pollen.' She breathed deeply again, and Andrej saw the missing cubs returning to her on the wings of the baby's perfume. 'All young ones must come from the same place,' she said: then sat down on her haunches, seemingly satisfied. Under cover of darkness, two brothers cross a war-ravaged countryside carrying a secret bundle. One night they stumble across a deserted town reduced to smouldering ruins. But at the end of a blackened street they find a small green miracle: a zoo filled with animals in need of hope. A moving and ageless fable about war, and freedom.
Faszinierende Zwillingsgeschichte um die Suche nach der eigenen Identität. Mit Gänsehautgarantie! Indigo und Ravel sind Zwillinge, gleichen einander aufs Haar, hassen und lieben sich. Eines Tages reisen ihre Eltern überstürzt ab und tauchen nicht wieder auf. Seitdem leben die Jungen allein in dem verfallenden Haus, wo Indigo alle Macht an sich reißt. Bald geht das Geld zur Neige, es gibt keinen Strom mehr, kein Fernsehen. Nur Indigo geht hinaus, um das Notwendigste zu besorgen. Als Ravel plötzlich von Schwindel und Übelkeit befallen wird, beginnt er, Indigo zu misstrauen. Er spioniert dem Bruder nach und macht dabei eine Entdeckung, die sein Blut gefrieren lässt.
Die Familie Willow lebt mit einem Rudel Jagdhunde auf einer einsamen Farm. Ihr Leben ist hart und eintönig. Einziger Lichtblick für Jordan, das schwarze Schaf der Familie, ist die Liebe zu seiner Schwester Michelle. Ohne sie kann und will er nicht leben. Doch eines Tages schreckt ein Fremder die Willows aus ihrer morbiden Idylle auf. Er entdeckt Jordans und Michelles dunkles Geheimnis - und weckt damit schlafende Hunde . . .
