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Anyone know the name of this book

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Kaloki · 07/02/2010 13:47

I think it's aimed more at teens than kids, it was one I read when I was a kid and it terrified me.

The cover I remember, but not hte name or author.

The cover (I think) was pale blue with pastel door frames on it, one inside the other. It was a bit of a post apocalyptic story, that gave me nightmares, and I've grown up hooked on horror, so it's always stuck in my head and I'd love to know what it actually is. Any ideas?

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Lifeinagoldfishbowl · 07/02/2010 13:48

can you remember any of the story?

waitingforglasto · 07/02/2010 13:51

This reminds me of the queries we used to get in my past life as a bookseller..

Was it a Robert Westall?

lalaa · 07/02/2010 13:54

was it Z for Zachariah? We did it for English Lit GCSE. Teenage girl left in a valley strangely unaffected by nuclear bomb. Everyone else is dead.

Kaloki · 07/02/2010 13:56

I'm not sure waiting

It was about (as far as I can remember) some kids after some sort of disaster happened (a brother and sister) travelling through a disaster zone after they lost their parents. I can remember if they were looking for their parents or if they died. I never finished it, so can't remember much else. I think there were some sorts of gangs about that they were hiding from.

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MiaWallace · 07/02/2010 14:04

Children of the dust?

BadGardener · 07/02/2010 14:06

Wasn't it Empty World by John Christopher? I remember the doors. Everyone has died of an illness that makes them age very fast. As far as I remember it's just a teenage boy though he looks after some younger children at some point.

waitingforglasto · 07/02/2010 14:08

Good call bad gardener...

Kaloki · 07/02/2010 14:10

That was it!!! Empty World!! Thankyou! I've been trying toi remember it for years and years now

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BadGardener · 07/02/2010 14:16
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