Who Runs The World?

Author: Virginia Bergin

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  • : $14.99 AUD
  • : 9781509834037
  • : Pan Macmillan
  • : Macmillan Children's Books
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  • : 0.252
  • : May 2017
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 14.99
  • : May 2017
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  • : Main Market Ed.
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  • : English
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  • : Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
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Description

Welcome to the Matriarchy. Sixty years after a virus has wiped out almost all the men on the planet, things are pretty much just as you would imagine a world run by women might be: war has ended; greed is not tolerated; the ecological needs of the planet are always put first. In two generations, the female population has grieved, pulled together and moved on, and life really is pretty good - if you're a girl. It's not so great if you're a boy, but fourteen-year-old River wouldn't know that. Until she met Mason, she thought they were extinct.

Promotion info

Set in the near future, this funny, edgy YA novel by the bestselling author of The Rain asks the question: what would a world with no men be like?

Author description

Virginia Bergin learned to roller-skate with the children of eminent physicists. She grew up in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and went on to study psychology, but ruined her own career when, dabbling in fine art at Central Saint Martins, she rediscovered creative writing. Since then she has written poetry, short stories, film and TV scripts. Most recently she has been working in online education, creating interactive courses for The Open University.