A Place to Scream
Title | A Place to Scream |
Year for Search | 1992 |
Authors | Ure, Jean [Neville](b. 1943) |
Pagination | 207 pp. |
Date Published | 1992 |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Place Published | London |
ISBN Number | 9780552526166 |
Keywords | English 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. |
Holding Institutions | CU |
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. |