Andra
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060236854 (006023685X)
Publish date: April 1st 1991
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 229
Edition language: English
I just re-read this book after 18 years. The storyline still fascinates me, but as one of Lawrences earlier books, there are several technical issues with her writing. The head hopping (point of view changes within a scene) was the most bothersome. Although all her books do that, it seemed especiall...
"Andra" was originally published in 1971, and adapted as an 8 part TV series in Australia in 1976. The book was apparently intended as mainstream SF, not YA SF, though I suspect for today's readers its ideal audience would be early teens.The voice of the story is almost naive, and the science shaky...
Sometime in the future a young girl recieves an eye transplant that will change her world forever. She lives underground with everyone else. No one has lived on the surface of the planet for hundreds of years, so no one remembers what the sky looks like, or trees. And yet, Andra's new eyes remember....