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Originally Posted by JDK1962
For those interested in the genre, may I recommend Wyndham's The Chrysalids? Read it for the first time last week. It was first published in 1955, but you'd never be able to tell...reads like current dystopian YA fiction by someone who can write.  |
Surprised you think Wyndham is suitable for YA. He was writing as early as the 30's and is British and it shows in his style. I read an extract of the Kraken Wakes in a journal for kids when I was a kid. It scared the crap out of me! Good writer though.