HavocFrom the author of the Text Prize-winning The Bridge. The ceasefire is barely holding. Southside waits, with a kind of hope that feels like defeat. Jane Higgins lives in Christchurch, New Zealand. She is a social researcher at Lincoln University, specialising in projects with teenagers. She has worked on many human rights campaigns and is interested in astronomy, mathematics and classic science fiction. She won the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing for her first novel, The Bridge. ‘Havoc is urgent, moving and believable.’ New Zealand Listener ‘Havoc [is] an incredible sequel that stands on its own two feet and brings a completely believable new aspect to the storyline of its predecessor.’ Books for a Delicate Eternity ‘An outstanding teenage novel...World class.’ Nine to Noon, Radio New Zealand ‘Havoc is complex and thought-provoking with themes of friendship, loyalty, corruption and warfare including the use of bioweapons.’ New Zealand Book Council ‘Havoc is a thought-provoking story of friendship, loyalty, betrayal and the desire for power at any cost.’ Kids Book Review ‘A well-paced adventure in a world cleverly imagined.’ Escape Club |
