''Zones'' is a 1997 young adult science fiction novel by

Damien Broderick Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. His science fiction novel ''The Dreaming Dragons'' (1980) introduced the trope of the generation time machin ...

and Rory Barnes.National Library of Australia – ''Zones'' by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes
/ref> It follows the story of Jenny who receives a phone call from another year.

Publishing history

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

Synopsis

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.

Awards

''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 ''

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'' by Isobelle Carmody in the young-adult category and to Broderick's '' The White Abacus'' in the science fiction category.

References

1997 novels Australian science fiction novels 1997 science fiction novels Australian young adult novels Children's science fiction novels HarperCollins books {{1990s-child-sf-novel-stub