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Description for Exodus
Paperback. A startling, thrilling novel set in a dystopian future ravaged by global warming Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
It is 2099 - and the world is gradually drowning, as mighty Arctic ice floes melt, the seas rise, and land disappears forever beneath storm-tossed waves. For 15-year-old Mara, her family and community, huddled on the fast-disappearing island of Wing, the new century brings flight. Packed into tiny boats, a terrifying journey begins to a bizarre city that rises into the sky, built on the drowned remains of the ancient city of Glasgow. But even here there is no safety and, shut out of the city, Mara realizes they are asylum-seekers in a world torn between high-tech wizardry and the ... Read more
It is 2099 - and the world is gradually drowning, as mighty Arctic ice floes melt, the seas rise, and land disappears forever beneath storm-tossed waves. For 15-year-old Mara, her family and community, huddled on the fast-disappearing island of Wing, the new century brings flight. Packed into tiny boats, a terrifying journey begins to a bizarre city that rises into the sky, built on the drowned remains of the ancient city of Glasgow. But even here there is no safety and, shut out of the city, Mara realizes they are asylum-seekers in a world torn between high-tech wizardry and the ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan MacMillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330399081
SKU
KTG0010581
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Julie Bertagna
After an early career as a teacher and freelance feature writer for major Scottish newspapers, Julie Bertagna has quickly established a reputation as an author of powerful and original fiction for young people. EXODUS, her first novel for Macmillan, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year Award and won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award ... Read more
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