A Place to Scream

TitleA Place to Scream
Year for Search1992
AuthorsUre, Jean [Neville](b. 1943)
Pagination207 pp.
Date Published1992
PublisherDoubleday
Place PublishedLondon
ISBN Number9780552526166
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

Young adult dystopia set in 2015 in which the stress of making a living means that the elderly are dumped on the highway because they are too expensive to keep, teenage beggars crowd the streets, and unemployment is standard. The protagonist is a sixteen year old girl who has a job and a home but dreams of a better life for herself and her sick grandfather.

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Author Note

Female author (b. 1943)

Full Text

1992 Ure, Jean [Neville] (b. 1943). A Place to Scream. London: Doubleday. 207 pp. CU

Young adult dystopia set in 2015 in which the stress of making a living means that the elderly are dumped on the highway because they are too expensive to keep, teenage beggars crowd the streets, and unemployment is standard. The protagonist is a sixteen year old girl who has a job and a home but dreams of a better life for herself and her sick grandfather. Female author.