Zones (novel)

1997 novel by Damien Broderick

Zones

Zones first edition cover

Author| Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes
Language| English
Genre| Young adult, science fiction
Published| 1997 (Moonstone)
Publication place| Australia
Media type| Print (Paperback)
Pages| 224 (first edition)
ISBN| 0-7322-5760-3

Zones is a 1997 young adult science fiction novel by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes.[1] It follows the story of Jenny who receives a phone call from another year.

## Publishing history

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Zones was first published in Australia in 1997 by Moonstone, a division of HarperCollins Australia, in trade paperback format.[2] In 2004 it was released as a braille book by Vision Australia Information and Library Service.[3] In 2012, it appeared in print in the US for the first time, from Borgo/Wildside.

## Synopsis

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The protagonist is a teenager called Jenny who lives in Melbourne with her father and enjoys physics. She has a typical life until receiving a phone call from a boy from the year 1965.[clarification needed]

## Awards

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Zones was a short-list nominee for the 1997 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel and best science fiction novel but lost to Catherine Jinks' Eye to Eye and Greylands by Isobelle Carmody in the young-adult category and to Broderick's The White Abacus in the science fiction category.[4]

## References

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1. ^ National Library of Australia – Zones by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes
2. ^ "Bibliography: Zones". ISFDB. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
3. ^ Zones (Braille book, 2004). WorldCat. OCLC 225541907.
4. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1998 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 25 April 2010.

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