Dr Joanna Nadin is a former broadcast journalist and special adviser to the Prime Minister. Since leaving politics she’s written more than 100 books for adults and children, including the Sunday Times bestselling Worst Class in the World series, the Flying Fergus series with Sir Chris Hoy, and the acclaimed Joe All Alone, which is now a BAFTA-winning BBC drama. She’s been nominated five times for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, and shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and twice for the Lollies. She’s an Associate Professor in Creative Writing at University of Bristol.
About When the World Ends, by Joanna Nadin
When the unthinkable happens to the planet, two ragtag groups of kids on opposite sides of England beat the odds and escape death. But they soon realise that the only way to be truly safe is to seek a place they've only heard about in stories. As their treacherous journeys unfold, can they help each other survive - even when the world is ending around them?
When the unthinkable happens to the planet, two ragtag groups of kids on opposite sides of England beat the odds and escape death. But they soon realise that the only way to be truly safe is to seek a place they've only heard about in stories. As their treacherous journeys unfold, can they help each other survive - even when the world is ending around them?
You can read more about When the World Ends on the publisher's website here. Below, you can read an excerpt from the novel.
From When the World Ends
Be Prepared
The government said to
stop using plastic and
time all our showers and
turn off the heating, but
it wasn’t enough.
stop using plastic and
time all our showers and
turn off the heating, but
it wasn’t enough.
The government gave
instructions to comfort us.
To make us feel we stood
a chance, when we haven’t got
a single hope.
Flood
You think it will be silent when it rises.
But it comes in a
thunder and rush,
a clatter and clanking of
cars smashing on lamp-posts and
the sides of fried chicken shops,
of things in the water that
should be on land.
And over it all,
car alarms and fire sirens,
and the screaming of people
who know they are as good as
dead.
But it comes in a
thunder and rush,
a clatter and clanking of
cars smashing on lamp-posts and
the sides of fried chicken shops,
of things in the water that
should be on land.
And over it all,
car alarms and fire sirens,
and the screaming of people
who know they are as good as
dead.
Guess What
Everyone is an expert on
what will happen next.
The navy, says Mrs Witter, who’s seen
Chinooks on the TV so she
knows what she’s talking about.
The navy will take us to Culdrose or
Yeovil.
Chinooks on the TV so she
knows what she’s talking about.
The navy will take us to Culdrose or
Yeovil.
Armageddon Terry reckons the water will
sink by midweek and
we’ll be able to rescue ourselves –
our own handsome princes.
The tourists only care whether
they’ll get a refund and when
they can post their one-star review and if
any trains will leave from Par or Liskeard.
And all the while, me and Roshan play cards
and try to guess who would win in a fight between
a dinosaur and Armageddon Terry,
while I try not to wonder where my mum is
or if she is at all.
and try to guess who would win in a fight between
a dinosaur and Armageddon Terry,
while I try not to wonder where my mum is
or if she is at all.
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