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1y Arrival Prahran : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2009 Z1605935 2009 single work novel young adult science fiction thriller
'Luke is having a rough year. When his parents split up, his mum drags him to Phoenix, a brand-new town in the middle of nowhere. But Phoenix is no ordinary town. There are no cars, no phones and no internet. Luke thinks this is as weird as it gets. Then he discovers that someone is plotting to wipe out the human race. Phoenix is suddenly the safest and most dangerous place on earth. And the clock is ticking. There are one hundred days until the end of the world.' (Publication summary)
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2y Contact Prahran : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2010 Z1662597 2010 single work novel young adult science fiction thriller
'For the first six months, Peter's life in Phoenix was pretty normal. Hanging out with his friends, frustrating his parents, sleeping through school. Then he found out the world was ending. The Shackleton Co-operative is planning to exterminate the rest of humanity - and they're going to use "Tabitha" to do it. But who is Tabitha? What's really going on inside the Shackleton Building? And why does Peter's dad's name keep turning up in the search for answers? As Peter and his friends struggle to contact the outside world, they're going to find out just how far Shackleton is willing to go to make sure the secretsof Phoenix stay hidden. And the clock is still ticking. There are 88 days until the end of the world.' (Publication summary)
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3y Mutation Prahran : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2010 Z1699310 2010 single work novel young adult science fiction thriller
'Luke is having a rough year. His parents split up. Then his mum moves to Phoenix, a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, and she drags Luke along with her.
'But Phoenix is no ordinary town. It was built from the ground up by the enigmatic Shackleton Co-operative less than a year ago. There are no cars, no phone lines, and a private security force instead of police.
'Luke thinks this is as weird as it gets.
'Then he and his new friends discover that someone in Phoenix is plotting to wipe out the human race. And the clock is already ticking.
'There are one hundred days until the end of the world. (From the publisher's website.)
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4y Underground Prahran : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2011 Z1778576 2011 single work novel young adult science fiction thriller 'Luke is having a rough year. His parents split up. Then his mum moves to Phoenix, a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, and she drags Luke along with her.
'But Phoenix is no ordinary town. It was built from the ground up by the enigmatic Shackleton Co-operative less than a year ago. There are no cars, no phone lines, and a private security force instead of police.
'Luke thinks this is as weird as it gets.
'Then he and his new friends discover that someone in Phoenix is plotting to wipe out the human race. And the clock is already ticking.
'There are one hundred days until the end of the world.' (From the publisher's website.) -
5y Fallout Richmond : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2012 7364923 2012 single work novel young adult science fiction thriller
'The time for pretending is over. The Shackleton Building has been turned into a concentration camp, and the last free people in Phoenix are forced into hiding. The fight is over unless Jordan and Luke can figure out where the Co-operative is hiding Tobias. And Jordan has to find a way to protect Luke before Peter rages out of control… or else history is doomed to repeat itself. With only weeks left until Tabitha is released, Phoenix's biggest secrets are yet to be revealed.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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6y Doomsday Richmond : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2013 7364988 2013 single work novel young adult science fiction thriller
'With less than a day to go until the end of the world, things are seeming hopeless to Luke and Jordan when an offer of help unexpectedly arrives from the last place anyone would have expected.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 - 29 August 2010; (p. 22)
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Cover's Blown
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 - 29 August 2010; (p. 22)