The Scavengers

TitleThe Scavengers
Year for Search2014
AuthorsPerry, Michael(b. 1964)
Date Published2014
PublisherHarper
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Young adult dystopia in which a family escapes an authoritarian environment into a dangerous outside where they live mostly by scavenging in abandoned junk heaps. While, by the end of the novel, the family is able to return to a reformed civilization, the young, female protagonist prefers the outside.

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2014 Perry, Michael (b. 1964). The Scavengers. New York: Harper. Public

Young adult dystopia in which a family escapes an authoritarian environment into a dangerous outside where they live mostly by scavenging in abandoned junk heaps. While, by the end of the novel, the family is able to return to a reformed civilization, the young, female protagonist prefers the outside.