Fifteen year old Kambili lives in fear of her father, a charismatic yet violent Catholic patriarch. Escape and discovery of new, liberated way of life come when Nigeria is shaken by military coup, forcing Kambili and her brother to live at their aunt's home, a noisy place full of laughter. The visit will lift the silence from her world and in time, unlock a terrible, bruising secret at the heart of the family life. 

Steve Harmon is black. He is in jail,maybe forever. He is on trial for murder. And he is sixteen years old. 

The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves.

Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community.