false <![CDATA[Children of the Dust]]> 1030207 6 The story begins on a May afternoon in England. The sirens wail and people panic - war has suddenly broken out between East and West and the bombs are falling. Very soon the war is over, and from that afternoon the world has changed forever... Louise Lawrence writes a convincing story about the end of an old world and the start of a new one. There are three main characters in the book: Sarah, Ophelia and Simon. Each of these characters represent their respective generation. Through these people we see how the war has affected their lives and the world around them. Sarah's story is about what it is like right after the nuclear holocaust, with Sarah, her step mother, and her half brother and sister sealed inside a dark house, and dealing with the effects of the radioactive fallout. "Ophelia" takes place a little later, in a bunker filled with people who have survived the holocaust. They try to maintain and uphold a civil society, and to prepare for the world that's waiting for them outside. The third story, "Simon" takes place decades after the war and we see a new species of human has emerged as a result of the contaminated world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended, and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It will include writing in English from various genres and differing times. Children of the Dust by Louise Lawrence is edited by Ron Middleton, Wargrave Piggott School, Reading. 405222 1985 Children of the Dust total:85|5:32|4:31|3:15|2:5|1:2| 85 341 130 15 4 0 false true Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 10:25:12 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 10:25:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 25 09:30:10 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 09:34:52 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Mon Aug 04 08:53:14 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 08:57:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Aug 03 10:15:46 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 10:19:12 -0700 2007 sadistic bastard. A sadistic bastard I should probably thank, because this is a good book, and it certainly affected my outlook on life.

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The next two books go on to show the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sat Dec 08 17:28:17 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 17:30:32 -0800 2007
I checked it out again in 8th grade. It's the first book I remember finishing on my own and enjoying.

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Buyer beware because I read this book in 6th grade and was compelled to read it again 4 years ago because I couldn't get it out of my head and it is not at all a "happy"...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 10:57:45 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 13:30:39 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Mar 22 11:11:27 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 11:13:39 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Dec 31 07:29:59 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 03 16:01:17 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 23:02:58 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 04:30:49 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Aug 27 07:48:36 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 07:49:08 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Nov 07 01:49:42 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 01:49:42 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 18:19:15 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 18:19:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 07:58:24 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 07:58:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 16:17:06 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 16:17:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 11:27:58 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 11:27:58 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1030207