Books with author Karl Pearson

Hope Fullerton-Smith's problems are adding up. A psycho on the loose in her neighbourhood. A delinquent foster brother out to get her. A mute Russian girl sharing her bedroom. Hope's new roommate, Vera, is weird. She can't speak and she has horrible nightmares. But she gets under Hope's skin. As details of her cruel life emerge, Hope agrees to help her try to dodge deportation back to Russia. But it's not a good time to be sneaking around town, and Vera's quest to find the one thing she believes will give her a shot at staying in the US leads her toward a vicious trap. As Vera puts herself in the path of mortal danger, Hope never suspects the shocking truth: that she herself stands to win, or to lose, more than she ever dreamt possible. Artful storytelling in a thrilling tale that will grip you to the very last page.

When Vika finds a rare black phantom crystal while caving she's not the only one who feels its pull. The school bullies kidnap her little brother and demand the Black Phantom as ransom. Vika and her fraternal twin are lured into a mine and stumble on a sinister and unearthly industry beneath the ground. Trapped, separated from her brothers and facing unimaginable evil, Vika realises she will not escape the chamber of horrors without losing plenty that is precious to her. Her own life is the very least of what's at stake. What little hope she has rests on her getting the Phantom back. The question is, how much fear can she take and still keep fighting, for the sake of the place and the people she loves?

Finalist for the CLA Book of the Year for Children AwardKit Pearson’s endearing heroine from the award-winning The Whole Truth, Polly, is now thirteen and following in her sister’s footsteps to a boarding school in Victoria. The adjustment is difficult―all those rules!―and Polly often escapes into her dreams of becoming an artist. At least her family is intact again, and there are no more dark and difficult secrets to be kept hidden . . . that is, until her teenage sister, Maud, makes a dramatic confession. Will Polly be able to keep this new secret? Will it tear her family apart again?

Kit Pearson’s most recent and critically acclaimed novel tells the story of the 5 Bell children, each of them coping in various ways in the aftermath of their mother’s death. Set in the 1950s and seen through the perspective of the middle child, 11-year-old Corrie, A Perfect Gentle Knight illustrates how a rich fantasy life both helps and hinders children trying to cope with loss, loneliness, and growing up.While elder sister Roz is growing up and out of the desire for fantasy games, eldest brother Sebastian, who fancies himself Sir Lancelot in their Round Table game, continues to need it as much as ever, creating tension in the family and concern for Corrie, who worries that he may have lost his grip on reality.

Darlene has never attended public school,and she’s pretty sure she will have nothing in common with the average Bangor High student.When your Mum is a movie star and life has been all travel and the finest tutors, public high seems underwhelming.The game changes when Darlene asks Daddy ifshe can go to Paris over Christmas break.The argument turns into a hasty and ironic bet. If Darlene can become ridiculously popular by December, she can go to Paris.Ridiculosity has never stopped Darlene before,and Google has all of the answers she needs.By studying the alpha psychology wolf packs and the principle of least interest, she plans to use her unfairly-amazing brainto dominate the popular cliques.*However* there are two things her research did not prepare her for: the evil forces of Korey Grant, and the unreasonably-hot Jason PageWitness as Darlene encounters doorways of unusual sizes, sneaky uses of lemon squares, a cheerleader emergency, and two cases of pancake trickery...

Kit Pearson’s endearing heroine from The Whole Truth, Polly, is now thirteen and following in her sister’s footsteps to a boarding school in Victoria. The adjustment is difficult—all those rules!—and Polly often escapes into her dreams of becoming an artist. At least her family is intact again, and there are no more dark and difficult secrets to be kept hidden . . . that is, until her teenage sister, Maud, makes a dramatic confession. Will Polly be able to keep this new secret? Will it tear her family apart again?