Battle Ground Series by Rachel Churcher

Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2021 BRONZE MEDAL winnerWishing Shelf Book Award 2019 BRONZE MEDAL winnerReaders' Favorite FIVE STAR bookLooking for an award-winning dystopia? Prefer die-for-each-other friendships to romance? Like your YA with a relevant political twist? Battle Ground is a friendship-based found-family survival story with a strong female lead, and book one of a gripping near-future dystopian series... moreReaders' Favorite Book Awards 2021 BRONZE MEDAL winnerWishing Shelf Book Award 2019 BRONZE MEDAL winnerReaders' Favorite FIVE STAR bookLooking for an award-winning dystopia? Prefer die-for-each-other friendships to romance? Like your YA with a relevant political twist? Battle Ground is a friendship-based found-family survival story with a strong female lead, and book one of a gripping near-future dystopian series.Sixteen-year-old Bex Ellman has been drafted into an army she doesn't support and a cause she doesn't believe in. Her plan is to keep her head down, and keep herself and her friends safe – until she witnesses an atrocity she can't ignore, and a government conspiracy that threatens lives all over the UK. With her loyalties challenged, Bex must decide who to fight for – and who to leave behind.The Battle Ground series is set in a dystopian near-future UK, after Brexit and Scottish independence.…..Silence. Darkness. My pulse, loud in my ears.We're under attack. We need to move. We need to get out. Three floors underground in a nuclear bunker – we're safe while no one knows we’re here, but if they’ve found us, we're trapped. One way in, and one way out. Voices. Sounds. Hammer blows, slamming through the silence. I force myself to wake up. Open my eyes, push back the blanket, crawl out of bed. I need to wake the others. Boots. Armour. Gun. Time to be brave. less

Ketty Smith is an instructor with the Recruit Training Service, turning sixteen-year-old conscripts into government fighters. She's determined to win the job of lead instructor at Camp Bishop, but the arrival of Bex and her friends brings challenges she's not ready to handle. Running from her own traumatic past, Ketty faces a choice: to make a stand, and expose a government conspiracy, or keep herself safe, and hope she's working for the winning side... moreKetty Smith is an instructor with the Recruit Training Service, turning sixteen-year-old conscripts into government fighters. She's determined to win the job of lead instructor at Camp Bishop, but the arrival of Bex and her friends brings challenges she's not ready to handle. Running from her own traumatic past, Ketty faces a choice: to make a stand, and expose a government conspiracy, or keep herself safe, and hope she's working for the winning side.The Battle Ground series is set in a dystopian near-future UK, after Brexit and Scottish independence.*****Trapped. Cornered. And all I can feel is the pain. The bullet against my knee.I crawl between the trees, into the darkness, fighting to get away from the voices on the path. Survive, Ketty. Live through this. Get out of sight, and away from the guns. Away from the tiny fighters.I crawl, clenching my teeth against the pain, while the children behind me argue about putting a bullet in my back. Discipline, determination, backbone. Keep quiet, and keep moving. Let them go. Protect yourself. Get through this. less

Bex Ellman and Ketty Smith meet in London. As the war heats up around them, Bex and Ketty must learn to trust each other. With her friends and family in danger, Bex needs Ketty to help rescue them. For Ketty, working with Bex is a matter of survival. When Victory is declared, both will be held accountable for their decisions.The Battle Ground series is set in a dystopian near-future UK, after Brexit and Scottish independence.