1996 novel by Kerry Greenwood
The Broken Wheel is a 1996 young adult science fiction novel by Kerry Greenwood.
Background.
"The Broken Wheel" was first published in Australia in 1996 by Moonstone in paperback format. It won in a tie situation with Hillary Bell's "Mirror, Mirror" the 1996 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.
Plot summary.
After an apocalyptic event, the survivors have formed into groups. These include the Travellers, who trade in small goods; the medievalists in the enclave Thorngard; the Tribe, a loose gathering of nomads; and in the city the Breakers, who destroy every machine they find, blaming the machines for the disaster. Sarah, a child of the Breakers, joins with the Travellers in an attempt to save the world from destruction.
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