Michael Adams Michael Adams i(6422054 works by)
Gender: Male
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In 2017, Michael Adams was based in the Blue Mountains, NSW. He published his first novel, young-adult SF The Last Girl, in 2013, and since then has completed The Last ... trilogy and begun a children's science-fiction series, The Seven Signs.

His previous work as a film reviewer resulted in Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies : A Film Critic's Year-Long Quest to Find the Worst Movie Ever Made (2010).

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y separately published work icon Carnage Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2016 9942649 2016 single work children's fiction children's science fiction

'The DARE Award winners’—Yasmin, Zander, Andy, Dylan, JJ, Isabel and Mila—have been caught in a deadly battle of wits with a mysterious enemy who isn’t afraid to kill. Too late, they learned that the First Sign predicted catastrophic attacks which have left Egypt in chaos. Yasmin is missing. Many more lives are at stake. With Andy and Dylan in police custody in LA, can the remaining four DARE winners unravel the Second Sign—seven new symbols—and stop The Signmaker’s destructive plan before the countdown ends?

'If you could be a hero, would you DARE? Seven Signs. Seven days to save the world.' (Publication summary)

2017 honour book KOALA Awards Fiction for Years 7-9
2017 shortlisted REAL Awards Fiction for Years 7-9
y separately published work icon Skyfire Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2015 9104716 2015 single work children's fiction children's science fiction fantasy

'Enter the DARE awards ...make your dreams come true! The seven winners of the inaugural DARE awards are thrust together on a life-changing journey, to cross seven continents in seven days. But on the eve of their adventure, they receive The First Sign. Before they can solve the puzzle of the mysterious symbols, a deadly attack throws one of them into a terrifying fight for life. Soon, all seven are battling an epic seven-day countdown to destruction. Can they stand together and solve The Seven Signs before their time is up? Seven teenagers. Seven signs. Seven days to save the world! ' (Publication summary)

2019 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award Older Readers
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