Description
In a society of the future, the government restricts its citizens’ rights and punishes people who disagree with its regime by sending them to work camps. Lorna’s father was killed at a protest meeting and now her mother has disappeared, so Lorna makes a decision that will put her own freedom, and even her life, at risk.
Reading Age: 10+
Interest Age: 11+
Themes explored include: Freedom, Convention and rebellion, Desire to escape, Heroism – real and perceived, Individual versus society, Injustice, Love and sacrifice, Overcoming – fear, weakness, vice. The main themes in this novel are to do with freedom – and how much freedom should a community give up to achieve a standard of living, the dangers of someone else deciding what rights a person has and the role of the individual in standing up to a regime.
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