David J. Wighton

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Nary, Nary, Quite Contrary (Wilizy, #7) (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

A professional kidnapper captures a six-year-old blonde, blue-eyed girl named Maddy. She ends up in Safe Haven's slave ranch #24 where she is put to work in Big Momma's kitchen. Maddy may be safe there for a while, but she is still being hypnotized and she still has to wear a dog collar that zaps her. Meanwhile, Lucas is selling doughnuts in Toronto with Theo. He runs afoul of a protection racket run by Doctor Sandman who orders Winker, Blinker and Nod to kill him. Fortunately, Lucas is protected by a blonde, blue-eyed guardian angel, named Azure. She reveals her existence to him and reveals what he must do to survive two assassination attempts. With the university shutting down for Christmas holidays, Lucas wonders if Azure will be around to protect him from a third assassination attempt. Do angels work during the Christmas holidays? Meanwhile Theo has become sweet on a girl who has been imprisoned on an island surrounded by hungry alligators. This island is where Big Momma's ranch sends its slaves to retire in comfort. Comfort can be defined as starving to death or becoming an alligator lunch. Theo calls her 'Panther Girl' because she acts very much like a panther. Her real name is Nary Nary Quite Contrary. Marie, her mother, believes in a kind of religion. Marie claims that Theo is a god in her religion and he will rescue her and Nary and take them off the island. Yeah, right. As the climax of the book approaches, Maddy sees a copter that will be leaving the slave ranch and hides inside it. Guess where that copter is going. Back in Toronto, Lucas learns that guardian angels don't work during Christmas holidays.

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Autor

David Wighton is a retired educator who enjoys writing youth novels when he's not on a basketball court coaching middle-school girls. The books in his Wilizy series peek at how people lived after the word's governments collapsed in the chaos that followed the catastrophic rise in ocean levels and the disappearance of the world's last deposits of oil. Luckily today, in the 2080s, the citizens of Alberta are safe because their It's Only Fair society uses brain-bands to zap people whenever they break a rule. That way, all children grow up knowing the difference between right and wrong. Unfortunately, they're also taught that women's ankles need to be covered so that men can't see them and turn into perverts. Plus, no-one in Alberta can have babies any more because the government manufactures them in a way that ensures that no child has an unfair advantage over any other child. All of this makes sense to Alberta's dictator, but not to Will and Izzy two teenagers who are decidedly different from everyone else.

Wighton's novels have strong teenage characters driving the plot and facing challenges that, in many respects, are no different from what teenagers face today. His novels are intended to entertain and readers will find adventure, romance, suspense, humour, a strong focus on family, plus a touch of whimsy. Wighton also writes to provoke a little thought about life in today's societies and what the future might bring. Teachers may find the series useful in the classroom and the novels are priced with that intent in mind.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: David J. Wighton
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781310973222
• Artikelnr.: 48616908