What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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The Planet of Junior Brown
SOLVED: Children's/YA
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SOLVED. 1970s-ish Kids' book: no adults are around, so kids form groups they call "planets". [s]
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Timpetill?There are several editions and various different covers. It also seems to have been rewritten later as Trouble at Timpetill.
Maybe! Thanks for the idea. I'll ILL a copy and check with him.
Still waiting for my copy of Timpetill, and I'm reading a bunch of other "no adults" books too. So far, none of them have the specific detail of the groups/gangs/families known as "planets."My husband did remember something else when I picked his brain tonight: there were adults in the world, just not with these children. The kids may have been orphans or runaways, he's not sure, but it wasn't Logan's Run where there's no one on earth older than 21, or The Girl Who Owned a City where everyone over 12 died in a plague.
Thanks for any help you can give me!
Rainbowheart, it sure is. That's where I got the list of "no adults" books that I'm currently ILLing and buying used. I am on a mission to find this book before Christmas so I can give it to my husband!
Hopefully we can track it down for you!Total long shot, but The Planet of Junior Brown is about a group of homeless black children. I think there are still adults around, though.
Is your husband fairly sure the characters were black?
He isn't sure - he thinks he might be confusing that part with another book. I just put a hold on Planet of Junior Brown at my library. Thank you!!
I'm almost sure that is the book! I'll find out tomorrow or Thursday and let you know.
Fingers crossed!I was pretty sure that was way out in left field, but I'll be so happy if it's the right book.
We're sure this is it! We haven't read it yet, but it matches everything, including the essential detail of the groups of kids being called planets. I think we can safely mark this as Found. Thanks, everybody, especially @rainbowheart!
Awesome news! I'm super glad this turned out to be it.
What's the Name of That Book???
Books mentioned in this topic
The Planet of Junior Brown (other topics)Timpetill: A Story for Children (other topics)
Trouble at Timpetill (other topics)
It was a world with no adults. Kids formed different groups called "planets."
It had an urban setting. the "planets" were outdoors in alleys, etc. No one lived in houses.
Newer kids to the planets were taught the group rules by the other kids: this is how we do things in our planet, etc.
It may have featured all Black characters, but he may be confusing that with another book.