Sedgwick, Marcus.
Floodland / Marcus Sedgwick ; wood engravings by the author. - London : Dolphin, 2000. - 122p. ; 20cm.
Zoe, left behind in the confusion when her parents escaped, survives there as best she can. Alone and desperate among marauding gangs, she manages to dig a derelict boat out of the mud and gets away to Eels Island. But Eels Island, whose raggle-taggle inhabitants are dominated by the strange boy Dooby, is full of danger too.
The belief that she will one day find her parents spurs Zoe on to a dramatic escape in a story of courage and determination that is handled with warmth and humanity.
1858817633 (pbk.) : 9781858817637
GB99W6826 bnb
Floods--Juvenile fiction.
Abandoned children--Juvenile fiction.
Dystopias.
Children's stories.
FIC SED
Floodland / Marcus Sedgwick ; wood engravings by the author. - London : Dolphin, 2000. - 122p. ; 20cm.
Zoe, left behind in the confusion when her parents escaped, survives there as best she can. Alone and desperate among marauding gangs, she manages to dig a derelict boat out of the mud and gets away to Eels Island. But Eels Island, whose raggle-taggle inhabitants are dominated by the strange boy Dooby, is full of danger too.
The belief that she will one day find her parents spurs Zoe on to a dramatic escape in a story of courage and determination that is handled with warmth and humanity.
1858817633 (pbk.) : 9781858817637
GB99W6826 bnb
Floods--Juvenile fiction.
Abandoned children--Juvenile fiction.
Dystopias.
Children's stories.
FIC SED