Title The undercurrent / by Paula Weston

Published Melbourne, Vic. : The Text Publishing Company, 2017

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Wes/Und		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Wes/Und		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Wes/Und		AVAILABLE

Description 396 pages ; 24 cm regular print Summary Eighteen-year-old Julianne De Marchi is different. As in: she has an electrical undercurrent beneath her skin that stings and surges like a live wire. She can use it-to spark a fire, maybe even end a life-but she doesn't understand what it is. And she can barely control it, especially when she's anxious. Ryan Walsh was on track for a stellar football career when his knee blew out. Now he's a soldier-part of an experimental privatised military unit that has identified Jules De Marchi as a threat. Is it because of the weird undercurrent she's tried so hard to hide? Or because of her mother Angie's history as an activist against bio-engineering and big business? It's no coincidence that Ryan and Jules are in the same place at the same time-he's under orders to follow her, after all. But then an explosive attack on a city building by an unknown enemy throws them together in the most violent and unexpected way. (Publisher's website) Analysis Australian Subject Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Juvenile fiction. Private miltary companies -- Juvenile fiction Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction. Force and energy -- Juvenile fiction. Young adult fiction. Young women -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Dystopias. Fantasy fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Novels. ISBN 1925498239 9781925498233

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