This kid Michael claims to be from the surface and describes it as a land of milk and honey essentially. There is a boy in the class - called Michael I think, who is a bit weird.Īt this point you begin to realise that everything is underground - only that the inhabitants have no concept of the surface. The kid goes to a school - this is run by computer and there is very little in the way of schooling - I don't think reading is taught -just he bare minimum social programming to get a kid to function in this horrible society. The only food available is some form of deep fried cabbage. Food costs, water costs - the child is constantly hungry. The mother repeatedly tells the child she was only born so that she would be given a room to live in as opposed to a dormitory. The book starts with a young girl about 8-10 years old who has a fairly unpleasant mother who is in her late teens at most. Here is the plot briefly - If anyone can tell me the name of the book I would be in your debt! I've thought back to this book many times over the years and can remember the plot and characters quite well but have been unable to remember the title or figure it out with extensive googling. My copy was donated to some charity at the age of thirteen by my very helpful sister (including my cherished copy of the Hobbit!). I read this book many many times as ~ten to twelve year old in the late eighties.
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