L.S. Matthews

• Jun-2006
• / General Fiction
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Winner of the Fidler Award, this is a compelling, globally successful book about becoming a refugee, told with compassion and hope.War and drought have come to Tiger's country. Just before Tiger's family leaves, Tiger finds a fish struggling for li...

• Nov-2007
• / General Fiction
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Four of the Outcasts don't really participate in class, and all five could care less about a group activity, so the fact that all of them actually go on the fieldtrip is something of a miracle. And when reality splits, and they end up in another dim...

• Feb-2008
• / General Fiction
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My brother Tom was ill. So ill, they couldn't even say if he was going to get better. But for me and Tom, the worst thing of all was that they wanted to take our dog away. To avoid infection, they said. Well, if anything was going to stop Tom getting...

• Jul-2008
• / General Fiction
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Set in a future where the effects of climate change begin to take hold, the story follows Jack and Michael as they try to cope with a new existence.After a dramatic escape from the approaching floods, Jack and his family relocate to the country, wher...

• Nov-2008
• / General Fiction
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THE FIRST THING I remember is waking up in the woods. I didn't know where I was, or how I got there. I didn't know my own name. All I knew was that the little silver key hung round my neck had always been there. This is how Lexi's story begins. Sh...

• Sep-2014
• / Fantasy
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Aya Du-Mara knew that life on the steppes was dangerous, but life on the steppes after being banished from clan and family was deadly. What was she supposed to do now? And if she had to be cursed, couldn't there be some kind of consolation? Of course...

• Oct-2015
• / Fantasy
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She did it. Aya Du-Mara wrote her own path and joined the attempt to rescue those captured from New Hope. But things are far more complicated than she ever guessed. Riots, droughts and dying Magi plague Sheathra’s capital. A boiling pot of secrets ...