Winter of Fire
Title | Winter of Fire |
Year for Search | 1992 |
Authors | Jordan, Sherryl(b. 1949) |
Date Published | 1992 |
Publisher | Scholastic |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, Female author |
Annotation | Young adult authoritarian dystopia with fantasy elements. Future earth so polluted that the sky is not seen, and little grows. Division between the Chosen, who have power, and the Quelled, who are essentially slaves. A young woman from the Quelled who has unusual abilities is able to bring about changes, and the novel ends with the earth beginning to recover. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. Auckland, New Zealand: Ashton Scholastic, 1993. Rpt. as the 25th anniversary ed. New York: Scholastic, 2019, and Auckland, New Zealand: Scholastic, 2019. |
Holding Institutions | PSt, VUW |
Author Note | Aotearoa/New Zealand author (b. 1949) |
Full Text | 1992 Jordan, Sherryl (b. 1949). Winter of Fire. New York: Scholastic. Rpt. Auckland, New Zealand: Ashton Scholastic, 1993. Rpt. as the 25th anniversary ed. New York: Scholastic, 2019, and Auckland, New Zealand: Scholastic, 2019. PSt, VUW Young adult authoritarian dystopia with fantasy elements. The future earth is so polluted that the sky is not seen, and little grows. Division between the Chosen, who have power, and the Quelled, who are essentially slaves. A young woman from the Quelled who has unusual abilities is able to bring about changes, and the novel ends with the earth beginning to recover. Aotearoa/New Zealand female author. |