The Paradise Generation

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A standalone young adult dystopian adventure</strong></p><p></p><p>Winner Young Adult Fiction Award New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2025</p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Shortlisted for the Storylines Tessa Duder Award</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>They say we're the Paradise Generation. No more wars or plagues or rapid sea rise. Nothing bad is supposed to happen to us.</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But it does.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Kieran was twelve he crashed a liberated car deep in the suburban wilds. The accident left his cousin Lucas in hospital and Kieran pretty much done with breaking rules.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Four years later he's reconsidering. Lucas's Allocated recovery time is almost up and if Kieran can't help him Lucas is dead. Midnight hospital break-ins and dodgy internet remedies look a lot more tempting when you've tried everything else.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Meanwhile Kieran finds an accomplice in Mira a girl hiding losses of her own. He can't help being drawn to her but there's one problem: their Match is outlawed.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In their search for solutions Kieran uncovers truths that make the rules meaningless. The truth could save Lucas could sanction his match with Mira.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Or it could get him killed.</span></p>