Lucy Christopher – författare

I was stolen from an airport.Taken from everything I knew, everything I was usedto.Taken to sand and heat, dirt and danger. And he expectedme to love him.This is my story. Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and takento the Australian Outback.Ty, her captor, is no stereotype – he's young and attractive. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning.He loves only her, wants only her.Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the worldoutside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemmato Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in theoutback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and loveand dependency, blur until they don't exist – almostWinner of the Branford Boase Award 'Complicated and beautiful – this novel left me doubtingmy emotions and missing a place I'd never been.' MaggieStiefvater'All the tension of lightning, all the terror of thunder.A stunning, scary, and beautiful book.' John Marsden'Disturbing, heartbreaking, and beautiful all at once.'School Library Journal

A chilling collection of three novellas from YA authors Lucy Christopher, Kat Ellis and Rhian Ivory: 'The Darkness' is a spine-tinglng take of loss and suspense; 'The Twins of Blackfin' a deeply creepy prequel, and 'Matchstick Girl' a gripping modern retelling of The Little Match Girl. i?1/4i?1/4i?1/4

Nobody notices the queen on the corner. Nobody, that is... except one young girl. Through her eyes, the woman who dwells in the abandoned plot is a warrior queen, with many battles fought and won. When, one day, danger comes to the street and the queen on the corner sounds the alarm, the little girl must find a way to thank her. Can she bring the community together to turn the queen’s corner into a home?

Nobody notices the queen on the corner. Nobody, that is... except one young girl. Through her eyes, the woman who dwells in the abandoned plot is a warrior queen, with many battles fought and won. When, one day, danger comes to the street and the queen on the corner sounds the alarm, the little girl must find a way to thank her. Can she bring the community together to turn the queen’s corner into a home?