Bertagna, Julie
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1962- ) Scottish author who has concentrated until recently on books for younger children; her Young Adult sf Exodus sequence comprising Exodus (2002), Zenith (2007) and Aurora (2011), is a tale of global warming (see Climate Change) beginning in 2099, continuing into the early twenty-second century and skipping forward to 2116 in the third volume. The ocean rises sufficiently to force the evacuation of a small Scottish island; led by a young girl, the islanders examine several other communities (en passant Glasgow too is drowned) searching for a place they can call home. [JC]
Julie Bertagna
born Ayrshire, Scotland: 1962
works
series
Exodus
- Exodus (London: Young Picador, 2002) [Exodus: hb/]
- Zenith (London: Young Picador, 2007) [Exodus: hb/]
- Aurora (London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2011) [Exodus: hb/]
individual titles
- The Spark Gap (London: Mammoth, 1996) [pb/Angelo Rinaldie]
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