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Overview
Seven brilliant teenagers battle increasingly bizarre and horrific dangers, trapped in a experimental underground research facility which is descending into chaos.
Winner of the Royal Mail Award. Short-listed for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, The Angus Book Award, the South Lanarkshire Book Award, The RED Award and the Stockport Book Prize.
'I raced thorough it… Great stuff' - Charlie Higson
(Young James Bond and The Enemy series)
'A high octane, action packed adventure story' -The Guardian
'I finished reading it and just said, wow' - Sunday Herald
'A plot that crackles' - Scotsman Newspaper
'A contemporary classic... in a class by itself' - In The Library Review
'Like a good Crichton Book… makes you sit back and think' - The Phoenix Book Company
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940179575603 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Black Hart |
| Publication date: | 02/14/2024 |
| Sold by: | Draft2Digital |
| Format: | eBook |
| Sales rank: | 910,042 |
| File size: | 349 KB |
About the Author
Jan-Andrew Henderson (J.A. Henderson) is the author of 40 children's, teen, YA and adult fiction and non-fiction books. He has been published in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and Europe by Oxford University Press, Collins, Hardcourt Press, Amberley Books, Oetinger Publishing, Mainstream Books, Black and White Publishers, Mlada Fontana, Black Hart and Floris Books.
He has been shortlisted for fifteen literary awards in the UK and Australia and won the Doncaster Book Prize, The Aurealis Award and the Royal Mail Award - Britain's biggest children's book prize.
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Bunker 10
By Henderson, J. A.
Harcourt Children's Books
Copyright © 2007 Henderson, J. A.All right reserved.
ISBN: 9780152062408
Pinewood Military Installation
Monday, 24 December 2007
20:00
The Christmas tree was taller than a military cadet and just as green. It had been decorated with old-fashioned wooden ornaments, wrapped in thick tinsel strands, and dotted with real candles in silver holders.
Five boys and two girls sat on the dormitory floor in a ring, ignoring the thin line of smoke seeping under the door. Simon and May-Rose pulled crackers. Barn, Cruikshank, and Diddy Dave swapped presents. Jimmy Hicks and Leslie had their arms around each other, paper hats upon their heads, pretending to be the King and Queen of Christmas.
“We’ve run out of Coca-Cola.” Barn thumped his chest. “I need more Coke if I’m going to do the biggest burp in world history. And I really am,” he added proudly.
“Give it up for my boy.” Diddy Dave draped a clump of discarded ribbons over his friend’s head. “He be a beast!”
“I’ll get the drinks.” Simon pulled himself up, went to the door, and opened it.
The corridor outside was filled with oily smoke, thickest where it rolled across the ceiling in black folds, a churning, suffocating beast. Two dead soldiers in army uniforms lay on the ground, staring sightlessly at each other. Simon put a handkerchief over his mouth, stepped over the bloody corpses, and went to the canteen. He fetched a bottle of Coke from one of the tall, gray fridges and returned to the party. Shutting the door behind him, he handed the bottle to Barn, who took a huge swig and grinned at the others.
“Ready?”
Simon looked at his watch and shook his head.
“It’s eight o’clock,” he said sadly.
Jimmy Hicks pulled Leslie close and held her tight. Barn began praying. May-Rose started to cry. Simon screwed his eyes shut and put his hands over his ears.
A high-pitched sound, louder than the whistle of a steam train, rose from below, and vast white light, bright as the promise of life, enveloped the room and ripped it apart.
At 2000 hours on Monday, 24 December 2007, Pinewood Military Installation exploded.
The blast ripped apart acres of forest and devastated the remote highland valley where the base was located. There were no survivors and no official cause was given for the incident.
Inside Pinewood were 185 male and female military personnel—a mix of scientists and soldiers.
There were also 7 children.
This is the story of their last day.
© Copyright J. A. Henderson 2007
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