Julie Bertagna
Julie Bertagna (born 1962) is a Scottish author who has written real life and science fiction novels for both children and young adults. Her books have been shortlisted for several literature awards, including the Carnegie Medal and her novel Exodus was the winner of the Lancashire County Library Children's Book of the Year Award. Soundtrack, her second novel for young adults, won a Scottish Arts Council Award, the second highest award ever given to a Scottish children's writer.
Books
Aurora
Author: Julie Betagna
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Interest age: 11+
Reading age: 8+
The third in a series which portrays a future world devastated by global warming, Aurora introduces us to the headstrong Lily, Mara's daughter, who sets out in search of Fox, her birth father, and in doing so, discovers lands and peoples they had thought completely destroyed.
Exodus
Author: Julie Bertagna
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Interest age: 13+
Reading age: 12+
Exodus is a disturbing and relevant epic that explores many contemporary themes.