In a divided city where danger is real and friendship is everything, the city is at war. A heartstopping novel about friendship, identity and courage from an exciting new voice in youngadult fiction. Buy the bridge by jane higgins 9781921758331 2011 from. War propels a boy from the privileged side of town across the bridge to the enemy, where he learns the real causes of the war and about his own history. Higgins taps into current social and class conflicts as fodder for her future war. The novel was picked up by australian publisher text after it won the 2010 text prize for unpublished ya or childrens writing. Discover book picks from the ceo of penguin random house us close. The bridge by jane higgins the bridge southside novels book one. But nik is on the run, with sols sister fyffe and isis hot on their trail. Though dystopic in nature, it feels 100 per cent real, and raises many interesting issues surrounding war, power, politics, propaganda, militarism, terrorism, ideology. The tomorrow series meets the hunger games, in a divided city where danger is real and friendship is everything. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Since he was orphaned at the age of five, nik stais has lived, learned and excelled at tornmoor academy, hoping to be chosen by the internal security and intelligence service to use his talents in.
The bridge by jane higgins by jane higgins by jane higgins. She is a senior research fellow at lincoln univeristy specialising. The bridge by jane higgins overdrive rakuten overdrive. The bridge bridge, book 1 by jane higgins book cover, description, publication history. They cross the bridge in search of sol, and nik finds answers to questions he had never dared to ask. They cross the bridge in search of sol, and nik finds answers to. This grim first novel, set on a notsodistant future earth in a wartorn, divided city that could be sarajevo.
The commander takes them into enemy territory, breken militia breathing down our necks. Winner of the text prize this intricate novel weaves heavy themes such as. Read the bridge by jane higgins available from rakuten kobo. Aug 01, 2011 nik and fyffe travel over the bridge to southside on a dangerous mission to try and find sol. Buy a discounted paperback of the bridge online from australias leading. But when isis comes recruiting, everyone is shocked when he isnt chosen. Nik is still in high school but is destined for a great career with the internal security and intelligence services, the brains behind the war. Jane higginss novel the bridge is a young adult fiction finalist in the new zealand post childrens book awards.
Nik shares that he had decoded the messages and that the remnant are guarding the bridge gates because they want to bring something important over. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Winner of the text prize for young adult and childrens writing, 2010 and winner of the nz post childrens book awards, readers choice award 2012. Their task is to keep the hostile southsiders at bay and on their side of the bridges. Its easy to see why the bridge was chosen as the winner of the 2010 text prize for young adult and childrens writing. The bridge the bridge series, book 1 the bridge by jane higgins. Jane higgins does an amazing job of depicting how a society might respond to ongoing civil conflict. Nik remarks, while i wasnt the only brown face in school, i was the only one without backup.
Book 2, southside novels the ceasefire is barely holding. Jun 26, 2012 the bridge by jane higgins this ya novel won the text prize in 2010. She is a senior research fellow at lincoln university and her specialty is youth studies. The bridge by jane higgins this ya novel won the text prize in 2010. The bridge is a gritty adventure set in a future world where fear of outsiders pervades everything. In southside, the hostiles live in squalor and desperation, waiting for a chance to overrun the residents. The bridge by jane higgins is definitely an awardworthy story in its own right. The bridge is jane higgins debut novel, and shes made it clear that shes an author to keep an eye on. Book 1, southside novels the tomorrow series meets the hunger games, in a divided city where danger is real and friendship is everything. Her writing is amazing and her storytelling even better. It is sequel to the bridge and is set six months after the events of that book. Lalor has written a most intimately affectionate version of an epic story canberra times. Nik is still in high school but is destined for a great.
Join facebook to connect with jane higgins and others you may know. The characters were all relatable, and understandable. The bridge by jane higgins 9781921758331 booktopia. Click to read more about the bridge by jane higgins. Jane higgins is a new zealand author and the bridge is her first book. From the bizarre attempt to sabotage the bridge s opening ceremony to its role in the sydney olympics, this is a lively history of one of the worlds most famous structures. Oct 07, 2011 the bridge is jane higgins debut novel, and shes made it clear that shes an author to keep an eye on. May 10, 2012 jane higginss novel the bridge is a young adult fiction finalist in the new zealand post childrens book awards. Buy the hardcover book the bridge by jane higgins at indigo.
She has degrees in mathematics and anthropology and has worked on many human rights campaigns. Jane higgins text prizewinning debut, the bridge, is a gritty adventure set in a future world where fear of outsiders pervades everything. My immediate reaction was i want more there has to be a sequel. Since he was orphaned at the age of five, nik stais has lived, learned and excelled at tornmoor academy, hoping to be chosen by the internal security and intelligence service to use his talents in the fight that cityside wages against the hostiles on.
She has degrees in mathematics and anthropology and has worked on. It is an intelligent, complex and gripping book that reminded me in parts of suzanne collinss hunger games trilogy. This book is in bookshops now and is a finalist in the new zealand post childrens book awards. Nik and fyffe travel over the bridge to southside on a dangerous mission to try and find sol. Since he was orphaned at the age of five, nik stais has lived, learned and excelled at tornmoor academy, hoping to be chosen by the internal security and intelligence service to use his talents in the fight that cityside wages against the hostiles on southside. In a postapocalyptic world, youre born into one side of a war. More political than pure dystopian, niks world is divided by two classes at war, his own in. From the author of the text prizewinning the bridge. In the bridge, both sides have dehumanised the other. The bridge ebook by jane higgins 9781770494381 rakuten kobo. The bridge quotes showing 11 of 1 we rode to war in a taxicab. I havent read a book with such a realistic and raw account of war since mockingjay. It became an instant bestseller and won the 2003 ned kelly award for best true crime writing and is the subject of a. The bridge bridge, book 1 by jane higgins fantastic fiction.
She is a senior research fellow at lincoln univeristy specialising in youth studies. Southside waits, with a kind of hope that feels like defeat. Its a compelling novel about friendship, identity and courage from an exciting new voice in youngadult fiction. The bridge has 4 types of conflict in the book these are some quotes from the book showing 4 types of conflict.
There, they cant avoid teaming up with the enemy, and nik learns the real causes of the conflict. It is an intelligent, complex and gripping book that reminded me in parts of suzanne collinss hunger games. When a barrage of rockets from cityside inflicts enormous damage on moldam hq, costs breken lives and brings down the moldam bridge, it is apparent that the precarious ceasefire is over. The location of the story is an unspecified wartorn divided city that could be located anywhere in the world. The bridge is the first novel by new zealand author, jane higgins. Oct 09, 2012 buy the hardcover book the bridge by jane higgins at indigo. Sep 22, 2011 jane higgins does an amazing job of depicting how a society might respond to ongoing civil conflict. Southside, the hostiles live in squalor and desperation. In southside, the hostiles live in squalor and desperation, waiting for a chance to overrun the residents of cityside. This grim first novel, set on a notsodistant future earth.
Winner of the text prize of young adult and childrens writing. In southside, the hostiles live in squalor and desperation, waiting for a chance. The enemy kidnaps sol, the 8yearold brother of nik s wealthy friend, so he and fyffe, sols sister, head over the bridge to rescue him. More political than pure dystopian, niks world is divided by two classes at war, his own. A heartstopping novel about friendship, identity, and courage from an exciting new voice in youngadult fiction. Buy a cheap copy of the bridge book by jane higgins.
This novel is a finalist for the nz post book awards and it wouldnt surprise me one bit if it won. The southsiders, it turns out, comprise the underclass that rebelled against their wealthy patrons, contrary to the propaganda that nik has heard all his life. Nik is interviewed by isis agents he hit me, one sharp punch that pushed me back in the chair with my head on my knees. A heartstopping novel about friendship, identity, and courage from. Fyffe plays smart and tells the officers that her name is sina, nik however didnt think and blurted out nik before he thought about a fake name. It is the winner of the text prize for ya and childrens writing in 2010. The bridge brings to life the stories of those who built it, dreamt it and were drawn to it. Havoc is the second novel by new zealand author, jane higgins. About the author jane higgins was born in new zealand.