Enemy kindness, Gabrielle David

The Bridge
Jane Higgins
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2011

The young adult fiction The Bridge is written by a New Zealand author, Jane Higgins. The story is set in a city that is split in two because of a river, each side at war against each other. Nik Stais – an incredibly intelligent young man – was raised in an orphanage, losing both his parents at the age of five. Starting at a young age, Nik had strived to get high grades so that he could be a part of ISIS (Internal Security and Intelligence Service). Unfortunately, Nik had not been accepted by the ISIS but, later in the story, Nik discovers why. Read more

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The menace of shades of grey, Cameron Young

The Bridge

Jane Higgins

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2011

Havoc

Jane Higgins

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2015

Havoc is a fiction book written by New Zealand author Jane Higgins, the sequel to her book The Bridge. The world of The Bridge and Havoc is set in a dangerous city at war, where self-entitled, rich Citysiders fight against the Breken hostiles of Southside. These two novels twist a whirlwind of adventure and suspense, while still acknowledging ongoing problems such as war, racism, class distinction and poverty.

The central idea in these two novels is that a city split into two sides is at war with each other; the Citysiders against the Southsiders.

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