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Exodus

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It is 2099 - and the world is gradually drowning, as mighty Arctic ice floes melt, the seas rise, and land disappears forever beneath storm-tossed waves.

For 15-year-old Mara, her family and community, huddled on the fast-disappearing island of Wing, the new century brings flight.

Packed into tiny boats, a terrifying journey begins to a bizarre city that rises into the sky, built on the drowned remains of the ancient city of Glasgow.

But even here there is no safety and, shut out of the city, Mara realizes they are asylum-seekers in a world torn between high-tech wizardry and the most primitive injustice.

To save her people, Mara must not only find a way into the city but also search for a new land and a new home...

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Product Details
Young Picador
033039908X / 9780330399081
Paperback / softback
823.914
04/02/2011
United Kingdom
English
337 p.
20 cm
teenage Learn More
Quiz No: 205871, Points 14.00, Book Level 5.60,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: 2002.