Taronga Vs Children Of The Dust
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Taronga is a novel written by Victor Kelleher, which is set in Australia in 1987, two years after last days, a tragedy caused by Chernobyl. Similarly, the novel ‘Children of the Dust’ written by Louise Lawrence is also about a disaster cause by a nuclear war, set in England. The weak are killed and the strong become stronger as the human ....
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.... compassionate, befriends Ben. Together, they survive living in the zoo, which is run by Molly and Steve, in the end, escaping to freedom.
Taronga is relatively different to Children of the Dust, where a family of four, Sarah, Veronica, William and Catherine, has to survive in their house, away from all the radioactive material as a result of a nuclear war. Only one of the four survive, Catherine, where she then lives with some other survivors f ....
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