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City Five
City Five
Series · 5 books · 2005-2013
By
L.J. Adlington
,
Lucy Adlington
Books in series
#1
The Diary of Pelly D
2005
Toni V is a teenager working for the City Five demolition crew. While drilling through concrete he unearths a battered water can containing a parcel wrapped in faded brown paper. Though he's supposed to turn over anything he salvages, Toni V smuggles the package back to his room, unwraps it, and finds a notebook. This is the diary of Pelly D. It's totally secret, so if you're reading it I hate you already. Toni V figures there's no harm in paging through it since he doesn't even know this Pelly D. I'm not being arrogant. That's just the way it is at school... I'm Pelly D. It's pretty simple. I RULE! The more Toni V reads, the more he thinks Pelly D is rich, stupid, and petty. Yet he can't help starting to care for her, especially as her words slowly reveal the chilling state of her world. I know it doesn't matter what gene tag you have—Mum's made that clear again & again like a stuck CD. It's just . . . How can I face everyone at school if . . . What happened to Pelly D? Toni V needs to know. And he has one clue: Dig—dig everywhere.
#2
Cherry Heaven
2008
Kat and Tanka J are starting over. The New Frontier is nothing like war-stricken City Five—no battle scars, no memories of their parents. It's a perfect society, where everyone lives in harmony. Or so they say. There's me, the ghost in the glass, and there's everyone else on the warm side of the windows. If you're really quiet, you'll hear me creeping in the shadows. Someone else is starting over, too, running on a path perilously close to Kat and Tanka. Can the two girls and their friends uncover the dark secrets of the New Frontier before the unthinkable happens? The last birthday i ever had, years ago, was the one where I got shot instead of presents. i wasn't killed before and i won't get dead now. run, run as fast as i can, can't catch me 'cause i got a Plan! Don't anyone get in my way.
#3
The Glittering Eye
2009
The modern world blends with the myth and history of ancient Egypt in a mysterious, highly charged adventure that keeps readers guessing Shabti wakes in a barley field with nothing but a hoe in his hand and a head full of fragmented memories. A vicious master torments his days as he works in the fields with no way of escape—until a hole suspended in mid-air leads him to a room where two shiny gold eyes glitter back at him. Who is he? And to where does this room lead? Amy arrives in Egypt to join her archaeologist father on an excavation. All around her tombs are unearthed, opened, and entered. Left to her own devices, Amy discovers a rock—but not just any rock. A great tawny cat stares back at her from its smooth surface, its shiny gold eyes glittering. Where did it come from? And what should she do now? When past, present, and future collide, it's clear that some things are best left buried.
#4
Burning Mountain
2010
At the end of it all you have to come back. What is taken must be returned ... FOUR CLUES: A soldier's badge, a gold coin, volcanic rock, a piece of shrapnel. TWO WARS: Then ... and Now ... ONE CHANCE: To do the right thing. War only happens to other people in far off places. Right? Craig and Denise are about to find out that life can explode when you least expect it ...
#5
Night Witches
2013
A supernatural thriller-romance set in an all-girl teenage bomber-pilot regiment, combining witchcraft and legend. TWO NATIONS AT WAR. ONE GIRL CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. Rain Aranoza is a teenage bomber-pilot from Rodina, a nation of science and fact ruled by the all knowing Aura, where the belief in witches or any type of superstition is outlawed. Rain's regiment is made up of only teenage girls and their role is vital to the war effort against the Crux, a nation of faith and belief, where nature and God are celebrated and worshipped. But Rain is struggling with another battle. She's always had a sense that her nature is different from everyone else's, and that a dormant power threatens to burst out of her. When she encounters a young Scrutiner she falls in love with him, but is torn between what she has been taught is right, and what feels right. As her understanding of her latent power grows, the enemy threatens both her friends and her love. She can no longer ignore the power but she must choose how she uses it ... But what will she lose in the process?
Authors
L.J. Adlington
Author · 3 books
Lucy Adlington
Author · 9 books