Children's Fiction Stepfamilies
Livyer's World
- Publisher
- Breakwater Books Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2007
- Category
- Stepfamilies
- Recommended Age
- 11 to 13
- Recommended Grade
- 6
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897174159
- Publish Date
- Jun 2007
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
The year is 2150. Ninety percent of the world's population has been wiped out. Civilization has evolved to accommodate various cultures. In Newfoundland, a 'livyer' culture dominates. The population is a quarter of what it was and spread out over a greater area in small 'tiltons' - communities of people who live in the bush but travel out to the coast to trade. Viddy, the protagonist, has to learn to function in this new society, which takes pride in its mixed Inuit/Newfoundland heritage.
About the author
Robin McGrath is the author or editor of fifteen books, including Trouble and Desire (1995), Escaped Domestics (1998), Hoist Your Sails and Run (1999), Donovan's Station (2002),Covenant of Salt (2005), and Livyers World(2007). She has published over two hundred pieces in magazines such as Beaver, Inuit Art Quarterly, Parchment, TickleAce, Fiddlehead and Room of One's Own.
She is an occasional contributer to CBC Radio, has written and narrated three video scripts, had her first play staged in 2002, and is currently the non-fiction columnist for the St. John's newspaper The Telegram.
Robin was born in Newfoundland and lives in Labrador with her husband, provincial court judge, John Joy. She is a member of The Writers Union of Canada and the Letterset Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Librarian Reviews
Livyers World
It’s 2150, and 90 per cent of the world’s population has been annihilated. Civilization has evolved to accommodate various cultures. In Newfoundland, a “livyer” culture dominates. Viddy must learn to function in this society that takes pride in its mixed Inuit/Newfoundland heritage.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. 2008.
