Dirt
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Food is scarce in Newbeck. Rations are meagre. Everyone grows what they can on government-allotted Squares of land, using seeds and soil bought from mysterious mega-business, the Green Cultivation Corporation. One hot day, a strange girl rides into town wearing a sunhat as big as a bicycle wheel. She arrives alone, on a desert track from nowhere, full of questions no-one's ever asked before. Local boy Sam is fascinated by her. Why won't she talk about her family and where she lives? Why is she so curious about his way of life? And why can't he get her out of his head . . . A dystopian eco-roma...
Food is scarce in Newbeck. Rations are meagre. Everyone grows what they can on government-allotted Squares of land, using seeds and soil bought from mysterious mega-business, the Green Cultivation Corporation. One hot day, a strange girl rides into town wearing a sunhat as big as a bicycle wheel. She arrives alone, on a desert track from nowhere, full of questions no-one's ever asked before. Local boy Sam is fascinated by her. Why won't she talk about her family and where she lives? Why is she so curious about his way of life? And why can't he get her out of his head . . . A dystopian eco-romance for young adults, Dirt shows that even on stony ground, hope can grow. Dirt is Habitat Press's first publication for a younger audience. The author, Laura Baggaley, has been a finalist in the Mslexia Children's Novel Competition, and longlisted for the Times / Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition and the Yeovil Literary Prize.
