THE SKY SO HEAVY

A haunting dystopian novel in the vein of John Marsden from a brand new voice in Australian YA literature.

For Fin, it's just like any other day - racing for the school bus, bluffing his way through class and trying to remain cool in front of the most sophisticated girl in his universe. Only it's not like any other day because, on the other side of the world, nuclear missiles are being detonated.

When Fin wakes up the next morning, it's dark, bitterly cold and snow is falling. There's no internet, no phone, no TV, no power and no parents. Nothing Fin's learnt in school could have prepared him for this.

With his parents missing and dwindling food and water supplies, Fin and his younger brother, Max, must find a way to survive in a nuclear winter...all on their own.
When things are at their most desperate, where can you go for help?

Claire Zorn is the author of three novels for young adults: The Sky So Heavy, The Protected and One Would Think the Deep. Published to critical acclaim both nationally and internationally, her novels have won multiple awards, most notably the Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Fiction, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult Fiction Prize, the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction and the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Older Readers (twice).