Description
Product ID: | 9780140372649 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Daz 4 Zoe |
Authors: | Author: Robert Swindells |
Page Count: | 176 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 12 years |
Description: | Select Guide Rating It is 2051 and Britain is a divided country, divided by economic and education strategies. Half the population shelters in fortified suburbs (Newtown); the other half smoulders in sealed-off ghettoes. This is the story of Zoe and Daz, the semi-literate ghetto dweller, whose brother was executed for raiding with the underground resistance movement. It is the year 2051 and Britain is a divided country, deliberately divided by economic and education strategies. Half the population shelters in fortified suburbs (Newtown); the other half resentfully smoulders in sealed-off ghettoes. This is the story of privileged Zoe and Daz, the semi-literate ghetto dweller, whose brother was executed for raiding with the underground resistance movement. When Zoe and her friends go slumming one day, she meets Daz - and it''s Romeo and Juliet all over again. But their impossible relationship has far-reaching consequences ... |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1995-06-29 |