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Empty World

by John Christopher · 1977

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When a deadly virus kills off most of the world's population, a teenaged boy tries to survive in a seemingly empty England.

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(John Christopher is the pseudonym of Samuel Youd.)

Genre
science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thispost-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of thisdystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Setting
near futurenear futureMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
short · 134 pages

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