Zones is a 1997 young adult science fiction novel by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes.[1] It follows the story of Jenny who receives a phone call from another year.
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Author | Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes |
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Language | English |
Genre | Young adult, science fiction |
Published | 1997 (Moonstone) |
Publication place | Australia |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 224 (first edition) |
ISBN | 0-7322-5760-3 |
Publishing history
editZones was first published in Australia in 1997 by Moonstone, a division of HarperCollins Australia, in trade paperback format.[2] In 2004 it was released as a braille book by Vision Australia Information and Library Service.[3] In 2012, it appeared in print in the US for the first time, from Borgo/Wildside.
Synopsis
editThe protagonist is a teenager called Jenny who lives in Melbourne with her father and enjoys physics. She has a typical life until receiving a phone call from a boy from the year 1965.[clarification needed]
Awards
editZones was a short-list nominee for the 1997 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel and best science fiction novel but lost to Catherine Jinks' Eye to Eye and Greylands by Isobelle Carmody in the young-adult category and to Broderick's The White Abacus in the science fiction category.[4]
References
edit- ^ National Library of Australia – Zones by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes
- ^ "Bibliography: Zones". ISFDB. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ Zones (Braille book, 2004). WorldCat. OCLC 225541907.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1998 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 25 April 2010.