Books with title Wiped Out

The unexpected death of a friend in the surfing community brings an old classmate into Noah’s life. A classmate looking for answers.When Mitchell Henderson, the owner of The Blue Wave motel and an icon in the local surfing community, dies in a car crash, Anne Sullivan asks Noah to do a little digging. Not because she suspects any wrongdoing, but because she needs closure, and because she seriously doubts he was capable of reckless driving.What starts as a favor to an old high school friend quickly becomes something more, especially when Anne finds herself on the wrong side of mysterious threats and outright harassment.Noah soon discovers that there are more pieces to the puzzle than he realized, including a betrayed widow, a mountain of debt, and some shady characters who were pressing hard on Mitchell Henderson.Noah needs to move fast. Not just to give Anne the answers she’s looking for, but quite possibly to save her life, too.

A first childrens title from a prize-winning poet and author of adult books. A novel exploring a young boys grief, set against a colourful background of surfing.Eleven-year-old Billy's mother has just died. Billy's father isn't coping too well so Billy goes to stay with his dull Auntie Mary. The death of his mother has taken all the colour away from Billy's world. He sees his Auntie Mary as a grey person, whose dull blue house is shrouded in fog. Billy feels foggy and dull, too, and longs for the colour to return to his life. His mother was a well-known surfer Kitten Brown and the author has woven into this novel the buzzing vibes of the surfing world. Waves, movement, colour, VW combis, Cornwall, surfing songs described through Billy's dreams as he sleeps away his grief. For though Billy's mother is dead, her joyful personality pervades the whole story as Billy, Auntie Mary and Billy's dad all attempt to deal with their grief. The author confronts the themes of loss and change in a most vibrant and original way. Her writing is sensual colour, taste, smell, touch and sound all leap from the page. She shows how different people handle loss and change differently, and how they learn to relate to each other in new ways.The author's writing style is simple, sparse yet poetic, reminiscent of David Almond and Berlie Doherty.

A first children's title from a prize-winning poet and author of adult books. A novel exploring a young boy's grief, set against a colourful background of surfing.Eleven-year-old Billy's mother has just died. Billy's father isn't coping too well so Billy goes to stay with his dull Auntie Mary. The death of his mother has taken all the colour away from Billy's world. He sees his Auntie Mary as a grey person, whose dull blue house is shrouded in fog. Billy feels foggy and dull, too, and longs for the colour to return to his life. His mother was a well-known surfer - Kitten Brown - and the author has woven into this novel the buzzing vibes of the surfing world. Waves, movement, colour, VW combis, Cornwall, surfing songs - described through Billy's dreams as he sleeps away his grief. For though Billy's mother is dead, her joyful personality pervades the whole story as Billy, Auntie Mary and Billy's dad all attempt to deal with their grief. The author confronts the themes of loss and change in a most vibrant and original way. Her writing is sensual - colour, taste, smell, touch and sound all leap from the page. She shows how different people handle loss and change differently, and how they learn to relate to each other in new ways.The author's writing style is simple, sparse yet poetic, reminiscent of David Almond and Berlie Doherty.

Eenralla lives in a Dome. That Dome is run by the Government. The Government has a secret. A secret they want Eenralla to forget. It all started when she touched the wall...Eenralla seems to be lost forever. The Rebellion seems to havecrumbled at the feet of the Domes' power. Murkas has won. Or so he would like to think. Justin isn't controlled by the Domes--he was bornand raised outside of them. He escapes, with help from Brynlea, his mind on onething: WAKE. UP. EENIE.