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Julie Bertagna was born in Ayrshire and grew up near Glasgow. After an English degree at Glasgow University she worked as the editor of a small magazine, a teacher and then a freelance journalist. She has written many award-winning novels for teenagers and younger children and speaks in schools, libraries and at book festivals across the UK. Her books have also sold all over the world.
Exodus
, her first novel for Macmillan, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award and was described by the
Guardian
as ‘a miracle of a novel’. Julie writes full-time and lives in Glasgow with her family.

Praise for
Exodus:

‘This is a miracle of a novel . . . a book you will remember for the rest of your life’
Guardian

‘Like all the best fantasies, this one confronts some very real issues, and it’s the most exciting book I’ve read all year’ Artemis Cooper,
Mail on Sunday

‘Bertagna’s writing steams with her passion for a story . . . imaginative, inventive and challenging’
Glasgow Sunday Herald

‘An ambitious, futuristic environmental wake-up call’ Michael Thorne,
Scotsman

‘The question posed by this absorbing novel could hardly be more important: how is life on Earth to be sustained in an uncertain future?’ Linda Newbery,
Times Educational Supplement

‘This is a fabulous book – I cannot rate it highly enough. It proved impossible to put down and gripped from start to finish. The story is beautifully written, enthralling and inspiring . . . It was thought-provoking and challenging, whilst telling a cracking good story. I cannot wait to read more from this author’ amazon.co.uk

‘A gripping and intense plot, with believable and endearing characters . . . I loved the quirky writing style that made it oh-so-real . . . very, very well written!’ amazon.co.uk

Books by Julie Bertagna

Praise for
Zenith:

‘For all those who enjoyed Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials trilogy . . . terrific storytelling power, an ambitious and intellectually stimulating novel’ lovereading.co.uk

‘So vivid is Bertagna’s writing, so urgent her narrative . . .
Exodus
and
Zenith
are like two chapters in some magnificent epic’
Scotland on Sunday

‘I was transfixed by the poetic vision of Julie Bertagna’s
Zenith
. A breathtaking sequel’
Bookseller

‘Awesome: a collection of characters we learn to love, a vivid sense of time and place, a page-turning adventure’
Herald

‘A book that is to be treasure, not least for its cross-gender appeal but also for its sheer ambition and adventurous spirit’
Times Educational Supplement

First published 2011 by Macmillan Children’s Books

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ISBN 978-1-4472-0505-0 EPUB

Copyright © Julie Bertagna 2011

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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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