George Ivanoff
George Ivanoff is an author and stay-at-home dad residing in Melbourne.
He has written over 35 books for children and teenagers, including many titles for the education market.
Two of his books (Life, Death and Detention and Real Sci-Fi) have been on the booklist for the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge
since its inception in 2005.
George has also had stories published in numerous magazines and anthologies,
including Trust Me! (Ford Street Publishing, 2008), Doctor Who, Short Trips: Defning Patterns (Big Finish, UK, 2008)
and Under the Weather: Stories about climate change (Frances Lincoln, UK, 2009).
More information about George is available on his website: www.georgeivanoff.com.au
SYNOPSIS
Tark and Zyra are teenage thieves living in a fantastical world flled with danger, in which magic and technology co-exist.
They strive to gain entrance to a place called Designers Paradise.
In order to gain entrance, they must steal keys and money to pay for the time they spend there.
They face many dangers and challenges along the way, but they fnally succeed.
Those who gain entry to Designers Paradise are able to immerse themselves in virtual reality games.
Tark and Zyra, whose lives are flled with danger and death, choose to play a game called ‘Suburbia’ —
a game in which they live peaceful, uneventful lives, simply going to school and hanging out at the mall with friends.
But they are pursued into ‘Suburbia’ by the Fat Man, who is intent on controlling Designers Paradise.
In order to stop him, Tark and Zyra must seek out the Designers.
But when they reach the control centre of Designers Paradise they are faced with a revelation
that makes them question the nature of Designers Paradise and their own world.
George Ivanoff at Torquay College
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