Way ahead of his time was Kelleher, this 1995 published book was written before movies like Avatar or The Matrix and before cloning and extra-uteral births were considered a possibility. He writes a good human interest story with enough dramatic tension and thrills to ensure pages are turned quickly and enough philosophy to challenge cherished beliefs about nature and planetary intelligence. As a middle aged woman teen sci fi holds no real attraction for me yet the serendipity of finding this book on a shelf in an old NSW nurses hostel was a fortunate stroke of luck. Usually read by students in years 9, 10 and above.Acclaimed Australian author Victor Kelleher explores themes of apocalypse, human responsibility, survival and freedom in a sinister future scenario where two teens are sent back to repopulate the earth thousands of years from now.
He's tired of being ordinary, and he'll do whatever it takes to become something more.
It should be enough.Īnd it is.until a fateful encounter with Shadow Star forces Nick to realize his true destiny. Instead of stopping villains, Nick must contend with starting his junior year, a father who doesn't trust him, and a best friend named Seth, who may or may not be the love of Nick's short, uneventful life.
Too bad ADHD isn't a superpower, otherwise Nick would be golden. He's Shadow Star's number one fan, writing fan fiction of their adventures together. His arch-nemesis is Pyro Storm: an Extraordinary capable of controlling fire who is bent on bringing Nova City to its knees.Īnd then there's 16 year old Nicholas Bell: who isn't Extraordinary in the slightest. The one thing they all agree on - the living and the dead - is never, ever to open the attic door.Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above.Įxtraordinaries, The In Nova City, there are the Extraordinaries - Shadow Star: a protector who can manipulate darkness in his quest to protect those who cannot protect themselves. Meanwhile Almost Annie and Hardly Alice, the resident ghosts, are tied to the house for reasons they have long forgotten, watching the world around them change, but never leaving. But Sibbi is misbehaving, growing thinner and paler by the day, and she won't stop talking about the mysterious endsister. The boys quickly find their feet in London, and Else is hoping to reinvent herself. Outhwaite House is full of old shadows and new possibilities. They all live contentedly squabbling in a cottage surrounded by trees and possums.until a letter arrives to say they have inherited the old family home in London. And then there is Sibbi, the baby of the family. There's the inseparable twins, Oscar-and-Finn, Finn-and-Oscar. There's teenage Else, the violinist who abandons her violin. Endsister, The Meet the Outhwaite children.
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