Overview

The City is divided. The bridges gated. In Southside, the hostiles live in squalor and desperation, waiting for a chance to overrun the residents of Cityside.   Nik is still in high school but is destined for a great career with the Internal Security and Intelligence Services, the brains behind the war. But when ISIS comes recruiting, everyone is shocked when he isn't chosen. There must be an explanation, but no one will talk about it. Then the school is bombed and the hostiles take the bridges. Buildings are burning, kids are dead, and the hostiles have kidnapped Sol. Now ISIS is hunting for Nik.   But Nik is on the run, with Sol's sister Fyffe and ISIS hot on their trail. They cross the bridge in search of Sol, and Nik finds answers to questions he had never dared to ask.   The Bridge is a gritty adventure set in a future world where fear of outsiders pervades everything. A heart-stopping novel about friendship, identity, and courage from an exciting new voice in young-adult fiction.

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The Bridge shows how hard it can be to tell right from wrong, especially in the face of war. This page-turner and first novel is well placed for a sequel.'<br> --Weekend Australian <br><br> War propels a boy from the privileged side of town across the bridge to the enemy, where he learns the real causes of the war and about his own history.... A suspenseful and entertaining debut. <br> --Kirkus Reviews <br><br> This grim first novel, set on a not-so-distant future Earth ... packs a significant emotional wallop.... Higgins works hard to expose the religious and racial bigotry lurking behind so many military conflicts, and she is adept at showing that, frequently, neither side is without blame. <br>- Publishers Weekly <br><br>. ..the gritty, painfully tense passages describing the ways in which war affects children - teens in particular - are compelling and deftly written. <br>-- The Horn Book <br> <br>. ..truly an engrossing and compelling story.... Higgins' depiction of a world gone mad on war and drunk on power and fear is on par with the best that dystopian literature has to offer.... The Bridge surpasses its contemporaries as it delves into areas rarely explored so convincingly by others in the genre ... avid enthusiasts of dystopian literature ... should not pass on The Bridge .... <br>--Highly Recommended, CM Magazine

The Bridge shows how hard it can be to tell right from wrong, especially in the face of war. This page-turner and first novel is well placed for a sequel.'<br> --Weekend Australian

The Bridge shows how hard it can be to tell right from wrong, especially in the face of war. This page-turner and first novel is well placed for a sequel.' --Weekend Australian War propels a boy from the privileged side of town across the bridge to the enemy, where he learns the real causes of the war and about his own history.... A suspenseful and entertaining debut. --Kirkus Reviews This grim first novel, set on a not-so-distant future Earth ... packs a significant emotional wallop.... Higgins works hard to expose the religious and racial bigotry lurking behind so many military conflicts, and she is adept at showing that, frequently, neither side is without blame. - Publishers Weekly . ..the gritty, painfully tense passages describing the ways in which war affects children - teens in particular - are compelling and deftly written. -- The Horn Book . ..truly an engrossing and compelling story.... Higgins' depiction of a world gone mad on war and drunk on power and fear is on par with the best that dystopian literature has to offer.... The Bridge surpasses its contemporaries as it delves into areas rarely explored so convincingly by others in the genre ... avid enthusiasts of dystopian literature ... should not pass on The Bridge .... --Highly Recommended, CM Magazine . . . Readers will easily see themselves in Nik, a young man unsure of his place and uncertain of who is in the right. The popularity of dystopias will ensure that this story has appeal, and it will also make readers think. - School Library Journal

War propels a boy from the privileged side of town across the bridge to the enemy, where he learns the real causes of the war and about his own history ....A suspenseful and entertaining debut. - <b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i> This grim first novel, set on a not-so-distant future Earth.... packs a significant emotional wallop ....Higgins works hard to expose the religious and racial bigotry lurking behind so many military conflicts, and she is adept at showing that, frequently, neither side is without blame. -<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i> .... Readers will easily see themselves in Nik, a young man unsure of his place and uncertain of who is in the right. The popularity of dystopias will ensure that this story has appeal, and it will also make readers think. -<b><i>School Library Journal</i> .... truly an engrossing and compelling story ....Higgins depiction of a world gone mad on war and drunk on power and fear is on par with the best that dystopian literature has to offer ....<i>The Bridge </i>surpasses its contemporaries as it delves into areas rarely explored so convincingly by others in the genre .... -<b><i>CM Magazine</i>

Author Information

Jane Higgins was born in New Zealand. She has degrees in mathematics and anthropology and has worked on many human rights campaigns. She is a senior research fellow at Lincoln University and her specialty is youth studies. Jane lives in Christchurch. The Bridge is her first novel.

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